Cihan Özkara (born 14 July 1991) is a German-born Azerbaijani professional footballer who most recently played as a forward for German club Rot Weiss Ahlen.

Career

Özkara was born in Hamm. He began his career with

LR Ahlen Rot Weiss Ahlen is a football in Germany, 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 th ...

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 is most well known as ...

in summer 2007. After one year with Arminia Bielefeld, he returned to Rot Weiss Ahlen where he made his senior debut on 22 September 2009 against Greuther Fürth in the DFB-Pokal. He signed on 6 October 2009 his first professional contract until 30 June 2012. On 30 January 2015, Özkara signed for Simurq PIK on loan till the end of the 2014–15 season. On 4 September 2020, Özkara a three-year contract with

İstanbulspor İstanbulspor Kulübü is a Turkish association football, football and sports club founded by Istanbul High School students in 1926. In 2004–05, they were relegated from the Turkish Süper Lig (Super League) to the TFF First League. For many d ...

Career statistics

:''Score and result list Azerbaijan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Özkara goal.''

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* * * Living people 1991 births Azerbaijani people of Turkish descent German sportspeople of Turkish descent German people of Azerbaijani descent German men's footballers Azerbaijani men's footballers 21st-century Azerbaijani sportsmen Footballers from Hamm Azerbaijan men's international footballers Men's association football forwards 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Süper Lig players TFF 1. Lig players TFF Second League players Azerbaijan Premier League players 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 Azerbaijani expatriate men's footballers German expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Turkey German expatriate sportspeople in Turkey 21st-century German sportsmen {{Azerbaijan-footy-bio-stub