Burak Kaplan

Burak Kaplan
Personal information
Date of birth1 February 1990
Place of birthCologne, West Germany
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing positionAttacking Midfielder / Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Wattenscheid 09
Number8
Youth career
1994–1997SSV Vingst
1997–2008Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2010Bayer Leverkusen II32(10)
2009–2011Bayer Leverkusen4(2)
2011Greuther Fürth (loan)6(3)
2011–2014Beşiktaş5(0)
2013SV Babelsberg 03 (loan)10(0)
2013Fethiyespor (loan)2(0)
2014KFC Uerdingen 05 (loan)11(0)
2014–Wattenscheid 0919(4)
National team
2007Turkey U164(0)
2009Turkey U19
2010–2012Turkey U2113(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:38, 11 March 2015 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 June 2012

Burak Kaplan (born 1 February 1990) is a Turkish football midfielder who plays for Wattenscheid 09.[1]

Club career

He made his Bundesliga debut on 11 December 2009 for Bayer Leverkusen against Hertha BSC in dramatic fashion, scoring the 2–1 go-ahead goal in the 90th minute, only to see the 2–2 equalizer in the additional time.[2] Subsequently, on 13 December 2009, he signed a professional contract with Leverkusen for three years until 2012.[3]

In July 2014, his contract with Beşiktaş was dissolved and he joined German fourth tier Regionalliga West side Wattenscheid 09.[4]

References

  1. "Player's profile: Burak Kaplan" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  2. "Ramos rettet leidenschaftlicher Hertha einen Punkt" (in German). kicker.de. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  3. "Burak 2012'ye kadar Bayer'de" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  4. "Burak Kaplan verstärkt die SG Wattenscheid 09" [Burak Kaplan strengthens SG Wattenscheid 09] (in German). SG Wattenscheid 09. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2015.

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