Volkan Ekici

Volkan Ekici — Biography

Volkan Ekici is a midfielder who was born and raised in Germany and holds dual Turkish-German citizenship. His career began in the Borussia Dortmund academy, reached the professional level at Beşiktaş and then returned to the lower tiers of German football.

Starting out at SuS Derne, Ekici joined Dortmund's academy in 2000. In 2007-08 he won the western league with the U-17 side and finished runner-up in the German final, losing 6-4 to Hoffenheim; the following season he reached another final with the U-19s but lost 2-1 to Mainz. In 2010 he moved to Turkey and signed a three-year contract with Beşiktaş; he scored 8 goals in 28 matches for the A2 team and made his professional debut on the last matchday of 2010-11, coming on in the 83rd minute against Gaziantepspor. He was loaned to Kartalspor in 2011-12, left Beşiktaş in January 2012 and joined Göztepe, where he found no chances beyond the A2 team.

In 2013 he returned to Germany and joined fourth-tier Fortuna Düsseldorf II; he played his first match on February 2 and on May 19 scored his first professional goal against Viktoria Köln, adding an assist. The next season he went to fifth-tier SV Rödinghausen, but an injury in his first match ended his season. He then moved to the club of his birthplace, Lüner SV, transferred to Hammer SpVg in 2017 and later played in the Landesliga again for Lüner SV.