Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 10 April 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Sulingen, Germany | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Menemen | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
1999–2002 | TuS Sulingen | ||
2003–2011 | Werder Bremen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2011–2016 | Werder Bremen II | 20 | (3) |
2013–2016 | Werder Bremen | 20 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 15 | (1) |
2017–2018 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 17 | (1) |
2020 | Menemenspor | 6 | (1) |
2021–2023 | 1461 Trabzon FK | 62 | (8) |
2023– | Menemen | 6 | (2) |
International career | |||
2008–2009 | Germany U16 | 11 | (3) |
2009 | Germany U17 | 4 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Germany U18 | 8 | (1) |
2013 | Germany U20 | 1 | (0) |
2013 | Germany U21 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 October 2023 |
Özkan Yıldırım (born 10 April 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Turkish club Menemen. [1] [2]
On 14 May 2016, the last day of the 2015–16 Bundesliga season, Yıldırım made his first-team return from injury coming onto the pitch in the 77th minute of Werder Bremen's 1–0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt which kept Werder in the Bundesliga. [3]
On 30 June 2016, Yıldırım signed a two-year contract with 2. Bundesliga side Fortuna Düsseldorf. [4]
On 31 August 2017, he transferred to league rivals Eintracht Braunschweig having agreed a two-year contract until summer 2019. [5] [6] At the end of the season, following Braunschweig's relegation to the 3. Liga, he was released from his contract. [7]
In September 2018, Yıldırım trialled with 2. Bundesliga SV Darmstadt 98. [8] Three weeks later, in early October, Darmstadt announced their decision to not sign Yıldırım. [9]
In January 2020, after being without a club for 1.5 years, Yıldırım joined Turkish second-tier side Menemenspor. [10] He left the club at the end of his contract on 31 May 2020. [11]