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Ozan Muhammed Kabak (born 25 March 2000) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim and the Turkey national team.
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Kabak training with VfB Stuttgart in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ozan Muhammed Kabak[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 March 2000[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Ankara, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | TSG Hoffenheim | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2017 | Galatasaray | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Galatasaray | 14 | (0) |
| 2019 | VfB Stuttgart | 15 | (3) |
| 2019–2022 | Schalke 04 | 40 | (3) |
| 2021 | → Liverpool (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Norwich City (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2022– | TSG Hoffenheim | 58 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Turkey U15 | 7 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Turkey U16 | 15 | (5) |
| 2016–2017 | Turkey U17 | 15 | (3) |
| 2018 | Turkey U18 | 11 | (4) |
| 2019– | Turkey | 26 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 June 2024 | |||
Ozan trained with the Galatasaray youth academy, joining in 2011. He signed his first professional contract with Galatasaray on 1 July 2017.[3] Ozan made his professional debut for Galatasaray in a 2–0 Süper Lig win over Yeni Malatyaspor on 12 May 2018.[4] This made him the first footballer born in the 2000s to play in the Süper Lig.[5] On 24 October 2018, he played his first Champions League match in a 0–0 home draw against Schalke 04 in the 2018–19 season.[6]
On 17 January 2019, Kabak moved to Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart where he signed a contract until June 2024.[7] On 3 March, he scored twice in a 5–1 win over Hannover 96, registering his first senior career goals.[8] In doing so, at the age of 18 years, 11 months and 7 days, he became the youngest Turkish center-back, and third-youngest Stuttgart player to ever score twice in a single Bundesliga match.[9]
On 30 June 2019, Kabak joined Schalke 04 on a five-year contract for a fee of €15 million, after Schalke activated a release clause in his contract.[10] He was a regular performer in his first season with the club, appearing in 28 matches and scoring three goals.[11] In September 2020, he was banned for five games and hit with a €15,000 fine after being caught spitting at Werder Bremen’s Ludwig Augustinsson. Kabak apologised to Augustinsson via Twitter afterwards, insisting the incident, for which he was shown a red card, was an accident.[12]
On 1 February 2021, Kabak signed for Liverpool on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season. The deal was reportedly worth £1 million, plus potentially £500,000 in add-ons depending on appearances and Liverpool's performance in the Champions League. It also included an option to buy, which was set at approximately £18 million and could rise to £26.5m with add-ons.[13][14] On 13 February 2021, he made his Liverpool debut in a Premier League game against Leicester City, ending in a 1–3 away defeat.[15][16] On 16 February, he played in a 2–0 away win over RB Leipzig in the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, becoming the first Turkish player to appear for an English club in the competition.[17] At the end of the season, Liverpool declined to sign Kabak on a permanent basis.[18]
On 30 August 2021, Kabak returned to England to join newly promoted Norwich City on a season-long loan deal with the club having an option to make the deal permanent at the end of the season.[19]
On 23 July 2022, Kabak moved to TSG Hoffenheim and signed a contract until 30 June 2026. He also has a clause where it shows he could earn up to 8 million in add ons.[20]
Ozan is a youth international for Turkey. He captained the Turkey U17s at the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship,[21] and was listed as one of the 10 players to watch by UEFA.[22]
On 17 November 2019, Kabak made his debut in the Turkey senior team during the team's UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match against Andorra, playing the full match which Turkey won 2–0.[23] Kabak scored his first international goal on 16 November 2022 in a 2–1 friendly win over Scotland.[24]
On 24 May 2024, Kabak was named in the 35-man preliminary squad for the UEFA Euro 2024.[25] On 5 June, he was withdrawn due to knee injury prior to the tournament.[26]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Galatasaray | 2017–18 | Süper Lig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Süper Lig | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| Total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
| VfB Stuttgart | 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 15 | 3 | — | — | — | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 17 | 3 | |||
| Schalke 04 | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 28 | 3 | |||
| 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 40 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 42 | 3 | |||||
| Liverpool (loan) | 2020–21 | Premier League | 9 | 0 | — | — | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| Norwich City (loan) | 2021–22 | Premier League | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| TSG Hoffenheim | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 30 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 33 | 4 | |||
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 30 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 58 | 6 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 64 | 8 | |||||
| Career total | 147 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 165 | 14 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 2 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 16 November 2022 | Diyarbakır Stadium, Diyarbakır, Turkey |  Scotland | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 2. | 12 September 2023 | Cegeka Arena, Genk, Belgium |  Japan | 1–3 | 2–4 |
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