Ramazan Özcan is a Turkish

Turkish people

Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...

-Austrian

Austrians

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 goalkeeper

Goalkeeper (football)

In association football, the goalkeeper occupies a position that represents the last line of defence between the opponent's offence and his own team's goal. The primary role of the goalkeeper is to defend his team's goal and prevent the opposition from scoring a goal...

 for FC Ingolstadt 04

FC Ingolstadt 04

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.

Club

Özcan started his professional career with Austria Lustenau in 2003 and moved to Red Bull Salzburg in the summer of 2006. He spent one season and a half with Salzburg as the club's third-choice goalkeeper and only made two Bundesliga appearances in the final stages of the 2006–07 season.

He moved to German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 2nd Bundesliga

2. Fußball-Bundesliga

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 side 1899 Hoffenheim in the winter break of the 2007–08 season on an initial six-month loan and played all seventeen league games in the second half of the season as the club secured promotion to the 1st Bundesliga

Fußball-Bundesliga

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. In these seventeen games, he only conceded thirteen goals. He was signed by the club on a three-year contract upon the end of the season, but on 30 December 2009 he left Germany

Germany

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 to sign on loan for Besiktas J.K.

Besiktas J.K.

Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü , or simply Beşiktaş , is a Turkish sports club. The club's football team is one of the major teams in Turkey. The professional sports club, founded in 1903, is based in the Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey...

International

Following Helge Payer

Helge Payer

Helge Payer is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Rapid Vienna and internationally for the Austrian national team.-Club career:...

's withdrawal due to illness, Özcan was named to Austria

Austria national football team

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's 23-man squad for the UEFA Euro 2008 finals, but did not play any matches during the tournament. He made his international debut in a friendly match against Italy

Italy national football team

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 on 20 August 2008, replacing Alex Manninger

Alex Manninger

Alexander "Alex" Manninger is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Juventus F.C. in the Italian Serie A. He has played for a variety of high-profile clubs, almost always as a substitute....

 at half-time. The match ended in a 2–2 draw.

External links

• Ramazan Özcan at kicker.de
• Ramazan Özcan at Transfermarkt.de