Cihan Kaptan (born 4 March 1989, in

Wuppertal Wuppertal (; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, with a population of 355,000. Wuppertal is the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and List of cities in Germany by population, 17th-largest in Germany. It ...

) is a German retired footballer.

Career

Kaptan began his career by the Bambinis of Wuppertaler SV Borussia and signed 1996 a contract for D-Youth from

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. With

he won the German A-youth Championship in 2007 (2–1 win in the final against Bayern Munich) and the youth A-German Cup in 2008 (3–1 in the final against Borussia Moenchengladbach). Kaptan won in his youth in twice the West German championship in 2007 and 2008. After twelve years at

he moved to the

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club Bursaspor. After only two Turkish Cup games in one and a half years at Bursaspor he joined in January 2010

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, where he earned his first professional game on 7 February 2010 against Kickers Offenbach in the 3. Liga.

International career

He earned his first international cap for the Germany national under-20 football team level against Turkey Under-20 football team in Kuşadası. Kaptan played as

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for the Germany U20 team in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaptan, Cihan 1989 births Living people Footballers from Wuppertal German sportspeople of Turkish descent German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders 3. Liga players Wuppertaler SV players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players Bursaspor footballers Borussia Dortmund II players SSV Jahn Regensburg II players 21st-century German sportsmen