Mustafa Özkan

Mustafa Özkan — Biography

Mustafa Özkan is a former forward, 1.89 meters tall, who was born in Forchheim, Germany, and holds both Turkish and German citizenship. His best season came in 2002-03, when he reached the UEFA Cup quarter-finals with Denizlispor, scoring six goals in eight matches in the competition. The following year he appeared in the UEFA Cup again, for Gençlerbirliği.

He began in Germany, playing two seasons for Stuttgarter Kickers in the 2. Bundesliga and appearing in 20 league matches. In Turkey he played for clubs including Çaykur Rizespor, Diyarbakırspor, Antalyaspor, MKE Ankaragücü, Beşiktaş, Denizlispor, Gençlerbirliği, Bursaspor, Göztepe and Malatyaspor; Kocaelispor, İstanbulspor, Grasshopper Zürich in Switzerland and Nürnberg in Germany are also among his clubs. His last professional club was Çaykur Rizespor, in 2009-10.

He was capped 16 times by Turkey: 15 times at under-21 level and once by the senior team. With the under-21 squad he finished runner-up at the 1997 Mediterranean Games, losing the final to Italy's Olympic side. His one senior appearance was a friendly against Ukraine on February 12, 2003, while he was a Denizlispor player; he started on the bench and came on in the 78th minute together with Arif Erdem and Fatih Tekke. Although born in Germany, he represented Turkey.