Cihan Özkara (born 14 July 1991) is a German-born Azerbaijani professional
footballer
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who plays as a
forward
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for German club
Rot Weiss Ahlen
Rot Weiss Ahlen is a German football club based in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 2006 the club was known as ''LR Ahlen'' for its major sponsor, but underwent a name change when the sponsor withdrew its support after the team was relegated ...
.
Career
Özkara was born in
Hamm
Hamm (, Latin: ''Hammona'') is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northeastern part of the Ruhr area. As of 2016 its population was 179,397. The city is situated between the A1 motorway and A2 motorway. Hamm railwa ...
. He began his career with
LR Ahlen
Rot Weiss Ahlen is a German football club based in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 2006 the club was known as ''LR Ahlen'' for its major sponsor, but underwent a name change when the sponsor withdrew its support after the team was relegate ...
and played eight years before joining
Arminia Bielefeld
DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of ...
in summer 2007. After one year with Arminia Bielefeld, he returned to
Rot Weiss Ahlen
Rot Weiss Ahlen is a German football club based in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 2006 the club was known as ''LR Ahlen'' for its major sponsor, but underwent a name change when the sponsor withdrew its support after the team was relegated ...
where he made his senior debut on 22 September 2009 against
Greuther Fürth in the
DFB-Pokal
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. He signed on 6 October 2009 his first professional contract until 30 June 2012.
On 30 January 2015, Özkara signed for
Simurq PIK
Simurq PIK ( az, Simurq Peşəkar Idman Klubu) was an Azerbaijani football club based in Zaqatala, that competed in the Azerbaijan Premier League.
History
Early years (2005–2009)
The club was founded in 2005 and participated in the Azerbaijan ...
on loan till the end of the
2014–15 season.
On 4 September 2020, Özkara a three-year contract with
İstanbulspor
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.
Career statistics
:''Score and result list Azerbaijan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Özkara goal.''
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1991 births
Sportspeople from Hamm
Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia
Azerbaijani people of Turkish descent
German people of Turkish descent
German people of Azerbaijani descent
Living people
German footballers
Azerbaijani footballers
Azerbaijan international footballers
Association football forwards
Rot Weiss Ahlen players
Sivasspor footballers
Kayseri Erciyesspor footballers
Simurq PIK players
SC Preußen Münster players
SC Verl players
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen players
İstanbulspor footballers
Sarıyer S.K. footballers
2. Bundesliga players
3. Liga players
Regionalliga players
Süper Lig players
TFF First League players
Azerbaijan Premier League players
TFF Second League players
Azerbaijani expatriate footballers
German expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Turkey
Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
German expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
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