Özcan Yaşar (born 13 January 2002) is a professional
footballer
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who plays as a
forward
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* Forward (surname)
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for Turkish club
Fethiyespor
Fethiyespor is a Turkish sports club based in Fethiye, MuÄŸla.
Fethiyespor were promoted to the Turkish Second Division in the 2005–06 season. In the 2011–12 football season, Fethiyespor reached the end of season promotion play-off games bu ...
. Born in the Netherlands, he represents Turkey internationally.
Club career
Early years
YaÅŸar played youth football for SV De Vecht and
Elinkwijk, before joining the
Utrecht youth academy in 2015. He made his debut for the reserve team
Jong Utrecht
Jong FC Utrecht (U23) is a Dutch football team, based in Utrecht. It is the reserve team of FC Utrecht and plays in the Eerste Divisie since the 2016–17 Eerste Divisie season.
Current squad
On loan
Staff
...
in the
Eerste Divisie on 10 January 2020, replacing
Jeredy Hilterman in the 79th minute of a 2–1 away loss.
In the summer of 2021, he moved to
NAC Breda
NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eerste Divi ...
, where he was assigned to the under-21 squad.
VVV-Venlo
On 16 July 2022, YaÅŸar signed a one-year contract with
VVV-Venlo with an option for an additional year, after a successful trial. The move reunited him with former Utrecht coach
Rick Kruys
Rick Kruijs, commonly known as Rick Kruys, (born 9 May 1985) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Eerste Divisie club VVV-Venlo. His father, Gert Kruys is also a former professional footballer and cu ...
.
YaÅŸar made his debut for VVV on the first matchday of the
2022–23 Eerste Divisie
The 2022–23 Eerste Divisie, known as Keuken Kampioen Divisie for sponsorship reasons, is the 67th season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1956.
Teams
A total of 20 teams will take part in the league: 17 teams from the 2021–22 ...
season, replacing
Sven Braken in the 75th minute of a 3–0 home win over
Almere City
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. On 27 May 2023, he scored Venlo's all important second goal deep into extra-time to defeat
Willem II on aggregate and send the club to the second round in play-offs for promotion. He left VVV at the end of the
season, as his contract was not extended.
Career statistics
References
External links
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2002 births
People from Stichtse Vecht
Footballers from Utrecht (province)
Living people
Dutch sportspeople of Turkish descent
Turkish men's footballers
Turkey men's youth international footballers
Dutch men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
USV Elinkwijk players
FC Utrecht players
Jong FC Utrecht players
NAC Breda players
VVV-Venlo players
Fethiyespor footballers
Eerste Divisie players