Cihan Özkara

Cihan Özkara (2013 )

Cihan Özkara (* July 14, 1991 in Hamm ) is a German -Turkish- Azerbaijani footballer who also has the German nationality.

Career

The age of six Özkara Rot Weiss Ahlen joined (then LR Ahlen ) in and went through there the youth departments. In his B- Youth 2007 /08 he spent a year with the Westphalian neighbors Arminia Bielefeld, but returned immediately back to Ahlen. There he became a performer in U19.

September 22, 2009 it made ​​up for a coach dismissal in the first team of interim coach Andreas Zimmermann along with three other youth players into the first team and joined him in the DFB - Pokal game against SpVgg Greuther Fürth first time. The next second division Gameday he completed his first league game as a pro. Shortly afterwards he received along with two other young players a professional contract until 2012. Özkara Since then came a few more times in the second division team to use, he went to the club in 2010 but from the 3rd league.

On July 25, 2011 will be changes to the Turkish first division club Sivasspor was known. In the season 2012/13 he was loaned to second-division Kayseri Erciyesspor. Already the winter break of the same game time he came back early to Sivasspor.

National

Since then, Berti Vogts has worked as Azerbaijan coach, pursues the Azerbaijani Football Association 's strategy to nominate German -Turkish footballer for their national teams. Thus, the Azerbaijan U21 also Cihan Özkara in 2011 and then won in 2012 for the Azerbaijan national team.