Ramazan Özcan
Ramazan Özcan [ øzdʒɑn ] ( born June 28, 1984 in Hohenems ) is an Austrian footballer of Turkish descent. His nickname is "Rambo".
Career
Club career
Vorkarriere and Red Bull Salzburg
Ramazan Özcan started his football career in the federal youth development center ( BNZ ) Vorarlberg and moving in 2003 to SC Austria Lustenau in the First League. In his first season as a regular keeper he missed as a runner-up behind FC Wacker Tirol barely with his team to Bundesliga promotion. 2006, the now multiple junior team player was acquired for the second team of FC Red Bull Salzburg. In the season 2006/ 07 he managed with the Red Bulls amateurs the rise of the West Regional in the First League.
In the Bundesliga, Ramazan Özcan could accrue only twice in athletic meaningless appearances for the first team of FC Red Bull Salzburg, but could not convince with two defeats. On 9 May 2007, he made his debut at a 2:3 home defeat against Traun.
1899 Hoffenheim
In January 2008, Ramazan Özcan was loaned to the end of the season 2007/ 08 by the German second division club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and recruited later. After the previous ordinary keeper Daniel Haas was injured on the 17th match day, Özcan played all second division games for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the second half.
With Hoffenheim, where he played together with compatriot Andreas Ibertsberger, he succeeded with the team promotion to the Bundesliga.
After Özcan had suffered an injury in the knee joint capsule, he was banished by coach Ralf Rangnick on the bench. From 1 January 2010 Özcan was committed on loan from Turkish giants Beşiktaş Istanbul until end of season 2009/10. He was a replacement for the two injured keeper Rüştü Reçber and Hakan Arıkan.
FC Ingolstadt 04
During the summer break in 2011 Özcan moved to FC Ingolstadt 04, where he signed a two-year contract until 30 June 2013, where he was initially planned behind Sascha Kirschstein only as a good # 2. ; However, this lost through poor performance his place and coach Benno Möhlmann sat Özcan 1 October 2011 for the first time a. After initial uncertainty Öczan stabilized his power, and was regularly again in goal. In December 2012, his contract was prematurely extended until 2016.
National
Özcan was convened shortly after the case of injury, respectively sick leave by Helge Payer and Christian Gratzei as the third goalie in the Austrian squad for the Euro 2008, but did not play.
His debut in the national team was Özcan on 20 August 2008 in a 2-2 friendly draw against Italy, where he caused an unfortunate own goal.