Ramazan Özcan

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Ramazan Özcan
Personal information
Full name Ramazan Özcan
Date of birth June 28, 1984 (1984-06-28) (age 23)
Place of birth    Hohenems, Austria
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club 1899 Hoffenheim
Number 27
Youth clubs
BNZ Vorarlberg
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2003–2006
2006–2008
2008
2008–
Austria Lustenau
Red Bull Salzburg
1899 Hoffenheim (loan)
1899 Hoffenheim
00 (0)
02 (0)
17 (0)
00 (0)   
National team

2008–
Austria U-21
Austria
23 (0)
00 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of May 17, 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Ramazan Özcan (born June 28, 1984 in Hohenems) is an Austrian footballer of Turkish descent who plays as a goalkeeper for 1899 Hoffenheim.

[edit] Club career

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 2nd Bundesliga 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. 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.

[edit] International career

Following an illness to Helge Payer, Özcan was named to Austria's 23-man squad for the UEFA Euro 2008 finals. He is yet to make his international debut.

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