Oğuzhan Özyakup

Oğuzhan Özyakup

Özyakup in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-09-23) 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
2008–2012 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2011–2012 Arsenal 0 (0)
2012– Beşiktaş 108 (19)
National team‡
2008–2009 Netherlands U17 15 (5)
2011–2012 Netherlands U19 9 (2)
2012–2014 Turkey U21 7 (3)
2013– Turkey 15 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 April 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 06 September 2015

Oğuzhan Özyakup (born 23 September 1992), simply known as Ozzy,[1] is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Beşiktaş and the Turkish national team. A product of the Arsenal Academy and AZ Alkmaar Academy, 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,[2] 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 match against Shrewsbury Town, supplying the assist for Yossi Benayoun to round off the game 3–1.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5]

Beşiktaş

Beşiktaş completed the signing of Özyakup on 8 June 2012 for a fee of €500,000. The club officially disclosed that he would make €400,000 in the 2012–13 season plus a €100,000 sign-on bonus.[6] In June 2014 the club officially announced that it was going to pay him €1,300,000 in the 2015–16 season plus a €10,000 match bonus per game. [7] Özyakup earned his 100th league cap on 6 March 2016,[8] at week 24 home game against Eskişehirspor, ended 3–1 for Beşiktaş.[9]

International career

Özyakup was part of the Netherlands U17 that reached the UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship final in 2009.[10] At age 19, he chose to play for Turkey instead of the Netherlands.[11] Coincidentally Özyakup scored his first international goal for Turkey against Netherlands on 06 September 2015 in the Euro 2016 qualifiers.[12]

Playing style

"Someone who saw Oğuzhan [Özyakup] yesterday for the first time might say: "What kind of a player is that? Did he come from outer space?". They might say: "He driblles like [Zinedine] Zidane." He is an intelligent player."

Rıdvan Dilmen, 17 August 2015, Fanatik.[13]

Özyakup is an attacking-minded central midfielder.[14] Being able to play simple and quickly,[15][16] Özyakup can lead the team play.[17] He is skillful on finishing, positioning, and possesses high level of anticipation that makes him to be right place at pitch, according to Turkish former international, ex-Beşiktaş J.K. forward Feyyaz Uçar.[18]

Özyakup is considered an intelligent player and was once called once a magician[19][20] by Turkish former international and current pundit Rıdvan Dilmen in 2015.[21] Özyakup is praised by Dilmen for his [Zinedine] Zidane-alike dribbling attributes and touted to be talented enough to play at F.C. Barcelona.[22]

International goals

Scores and results table. Turkey's goal tally first:

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 6 September 2015 Torku Arena, Konya, Turkey  Netherlands 1-0 3-0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Honours

Club

Arsenal Youth

Career statistics

As of 30 April 2016.[23]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAssistAppsGoalsAssistAppsGoalsAssistAppsGoalsAssistAppsGoalsAssist
Arsenal 2011–12 000000201000201
Total 000000200000201
Beşiktaş 2012–13 2827201——3028
2013–14 2663101—2102974
2014–15 2525603—111442312
2015–16 2997510—50138108
Total 10819221415—18251402232
Career total 1081922141520118251422233

References

  1. ↑ Bagchi, Rob (11 December 2015). "Euro 2016: Turkey team guide". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Oguzhan Ozyakup". arsenal.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  3. ↑ Arsenal 3–1 Shrewsbury, bbc.co.uk, 20 September 2011. accessed 20 September 2011
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ BBC Sport – Arsenal 3–0 AC Milan (agg 3–4). Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on 2012-05-30.
  6. ↑ Official: Beşiktaş sign Arsenal youth Oğuzhan Özyakup for €500,000 Turkish-football.com
  7. ↑ Profesyonel futbol takımımız oyuncuları Necip Uysal, Oğuzhan Özyakup ve Olcay Şahan'ın sözleşmeleri yenilenmiştir
  8. ↑ "Oğuzhan Özyakup Süper Lig'deki 100. Maçına Çıkacak" (in Turkish). Milliyet. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "Beşiktaş 3-1 Eskişehirspor" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  10. ↑ Paul Saffer. Germany reward fans with U17 success, uefa.com, 18 May 2009. accessed 20 September 2011
  11. ↑ Kalbimin sesini dinledim (I listen my heart). Hurriyet.com.tr. 11 February 2012. Retrieved on 2012-05-30.
  12. ↑ "Türkiye 3-0 Hollanda" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  13. ↑ Oğuzhan uzaydan mı geldi!. Retrieved 28 December 2015
  14. ↑ Verschueren, Gianni (5 October 2015). "Arsenal Transfer News: Gokhan Tore, Oguzhan Ozyakup Targeted in Latest Rumours". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  15. ↑ Demirkol, Mehmet (17 August 2015). "Oğuzhan Zidane Çalımları Atıyor" (in Turkish). Fanatik. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  16. ↑ "Mehmet Demirkol: Türk Oyuncuların Kaderi Bu" (in Turkish). Fanatik. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  17. ↑ Demirkol, Mehmet (16 December 2015). "Zirvenin anahtarı kutsal rastlantı" (in Turkish). Fanatik. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  18. ↑ "Feyyaz Uçar, Beşiktaş-Galatasaray Derbisine Oğuzhan'ın Darbe Vuracağını İddia Etti" (in Turkish). Milliyet. 13 December 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  19. ↑ "Analiz! Rıdvan Dilmen: Beşiktaş'ın sihirbazı var" (in Turkish). Fanatik. 27 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  20. ↑ "Beşiktaşlı yıldız, Rıdvan Dilmen'i mest etti: "Sihirbaz"" (in Turkish). Cumhuriyet. 27 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  21. ↑ "Oğuzhan uzaydan mı geldi!" (in Turkish). Fanatik. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  22. ↑ Dilmen, Rıdvan (17 August 2015). "Oğuzhan Zidane Çalımları Atıyor" (in Turkish). Sabah. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  23. ↑ Oğuzhan Özyakup career statistics at Soccerbase

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