Oğuzhan Özyakup
.JPG) Özyakup with Beşiktaş in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 September 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Zaandam, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Beşiktaş | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2008 | AZ | ||
| 2008–2011 | Arsenal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2011–2012 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
| 2012– | Beşiktaş | 75 | (9) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008–2009 | Netherlands U17 | 15 | (5) |
| 2011–2012 | Netherlands U19 | 9 | (2) |
| 2012– | Turkey U21 | 6 | (3) |
| 2013– | Turkey | 7 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 April 2015. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Oğuzhan Özyakup (born 23 September 1992) is a Turkish footballer who plays for Turkish Süper Lig club Beşiktaş and the Turkish national team. A product of the Arsenal Academy and AZ Alkmaar Academy, he can play as a central midfielder or as an offensive midfielder. He made his competitive first-team debut for Arsenal in a League Cup tie against Shrewsbury Town.
Early years
Özyakup signed for Arsenal on schoolboy forms on 1 September 2008,[1] and made numerous appearances for the Arsenal Academy and Arsenal Reserves before he made his competitive first team debut for Arsenal in a League Cup against Shrewsbury Town, supplying the assist for Yossi Benayoun to round off the game 3–1.[2]
Club career
Arsenal
On 28 August 2011, Özyakup was named a substitute for the Premier League match against Manchester United in which the London based club suffered a heavy 8–2 defeat.[3] He was an unused substitute in Arsenal's Champions League Round of 16 second-leg tie against Milan, which Arsenal won 3–0 on the night, but went down 4–3 on aggregate.[4]
Beşiktaş
Beşiktaş completed the signing of Özyakup on 8 June 2012 for a fee of €500,000. The club officially disclosed that he will make €400,000 in 2012-13 season plus a €100,000 sign-on bonus.[5]
International career
Özyakup was part of the Netherlands U17 that reached the UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship final in 2009.[6] At age 19, he chose to play for Turkey instead of the Netherlands.[7]
Honours
- Arsenal: Premier Academy League: 2008–09, 2009–10 / FA Youth Cup: 2008–09
Career statistics
- As of 15 March 2015.[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Assist | Apps | Goals | Assist | Apps | Goals | Assist | Apps | Goals | Assist | Apps | Goals | Assist | ||
| Arsenal | 2011–12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Beşiktaş | 2012–13 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 2013–14 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 2014–15 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | – | 11 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 2 | 10 | |||
| Total | 75 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | – | 13 | 2 | 4 | 97 | 11 | 22 | |||
| Career total | 75 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 99 | 11 | 23 | |
References
- ↑ "Oguzhan Ozyakup". arsenal.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ↑ Arsenal 3–1 Shrewsbury, bbc.co.uk, 20 September 2011. accessed 20 September 2011
- ↑
- ↑ BBC Sport – Arsenal 3–0 AC Milan (agg 3–4). Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on 2012-05-30.
- ↑ Official: Beşiktaş sign Arsenal youth Oğuzhan Özyakup for €500,000 Turkish-football.com
- ↑ Paul Saffer. Germany reward fans with U17 success, uefa.com, 18 May 2009. accessed 20 September 2011
- ↑ Kalbimin sesini dinledim (I listen my heart). Hurriyet.com.tr. 11 February 2012. Retrieved on 2012-05-30.
- ↑ Oğuzhan Özyakup career statistics at Soccerbase
External links
- Oğuzhan Özyakup – UEFA competition record
- Oğuzhan Özyakup – FIFA competition record
- Oğuzhan Özyakup – FIFA competition record
- Oğuzhan Özyakup at National-Football-Teams.com
- ESPN Profile
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