Ömer Aysan Barış (born 23 July 1982) is a Turkish former professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Early life
Born in 1982, Aysan was born and raised in Kocaeli, where he started playing football, before enrolling in a Kocaeli football school and joining the youth academy of
Gölcükspor
Gölcük Spor Kulübü, commonly referred to as Gölcükspor, is a Turkish professional football club based in Gölcük, Kocaeli.The club was incepted in 1984 with the merger of Dumlupınar Youth Club's (Amateur Gölcükspor and Dumlupınar ...
, where he started his senior career. As a teenager, he experienced the
1999 İzmit earthquake
On the 17th of August, 1999 at 3:01 AM local time, a catastrophic magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck the Kocaeli Province of Turkey, causing monumental damage and 17,127–18,373 deaths. Named for the quakes proximity to the northeastern city of Izm ...
, which caused him and his family to temporarily live in tents.
Club career
After playing for Gölcükspor, Aysan joined the youth academy of Kocaelispor, before signing a professional contract with the club in 2000 and going on to play for them for five seasons. He debuted for Kocaelispor on 22 December 2000. He helped Kocaelispor win the 2002 Turkish Cup.
In 2005, he signed for
Bursaspor
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In th ...
, where he became sidelined due to injury for a period of time at the start of the 2006–07 season before becoming an important part of the team shortly after returning. In 2008, he signed for Ankaraspor, where he made fourteen league appearances throughout two seasons. However, he left Ankaraspor after the club was expelled from the Turkish top flight by The Professional Football Disciplinary Committee.
In 2009, he signed for
Trabzonspor
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on a three-year contract. However, a year later, he left Trabzonspor after arguing with a club official.
In 2010, he signed for
Manisaspor
Manisaspor is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Manisa. Originally formed in 1931 as Sakaryaspor, the club changed its name to Manisaspor on 15 June 1965.Fenerbahçe. He played for Manisaspor for two seasons. In September 2011 he played in a match at Fenerbahçe before 41,000 women and children after Fenerbahçe were sanctioned an men were banned from the stadium. He was quoted internationally as saying “It was such a fun and pleasant atmosphere”. In 2012, he signed for
Mersin İdmanyurdu
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before ending his professional playing career with
Şanlıurfaspor
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.
International career
During the beginning of the 2000s, Aysan was considered to get called up to the Turkey national team but he never made an appearance for them.
Style of play
Aysan mainly operated as a full-back and was known for his ability to help his team during their attacking phases. At the beginning of his career, he was mainly deployed as a left-back before he started being deployed more as a right-back as his career progressed.
Personal life
Aysan married Ayça Karasu in 2021, where he was given a plaque by the mayor of for his performances for Kocaelispor, where he played for five years.
Honours
Kocaelispor
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Turkish Cup
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