Ümit Korkmaz (; born 17 September 1985) is an Austrian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a winger for Ostbahn XI.

Club career

Korkmaz was signed by a fifth division club at the age of 18. He was soon discovered by scouts of

Rapid Wien Sportklub Rapid Wien (), commonly known as Rapid Vienna, is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid has won the most Austrian championship titles (32), including the first title in the season 1911–12, ...

and transferred to the club. Brought through the ranks of

, Korkmaz played two seasons with the side. In June 2008, Korkmaz agreed to join

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side

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...

. He signed a four-year contract that runs until 30 June 2012. In January 2011, Eintracht Frankfurt loaned Korkmaz, who had not had many chances to play for the club that season, to

2. Bundesliga The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...

club

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum (), is a German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has spent 35 seasons in the Bundeslig ...

. On 12 December 2013, it was announced that he had annulled his contract with

FC Ingolstadt 04 Fußball-Club Ingolstadt 2004 e.V., commonly known as FC Ingolstadt 04 or FC Ingolstadt, is a German football club based in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. The club was founded in 2004 out of the merger of the football sides of two other clubs: ESV Ingols ...

and would subsequently join

Çaykur Rizespor Çaykur Rizespor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Rize. The club play in the TFF First League. The club was founded on May 19, 1953, with green-yellow as club colours, but later changed to blue-green. Since 1990, the team ...

. Korkmaz signed with

First Vienna First Vienna FC is an Austrian association football club based in the Döbling district of Vienna. Established on 22 August 1894, it is the country's oldest team and has played a notable role in the history of the game there. It is familiarly k ...

on 20 December 2018.

International career

He received his first call-up for

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

in summer 2007 but only made his debut prior to

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. He was also included in the 23-man squad for the tournament.

Personal life

Korkmaz is of Turkish descent. He also holds Turkish citizenship, which made him eligible to play internationally for the Turkey national team.

Honours

Rapid Wien * Austrian Football Bundesliga: 2007–08

References

External links

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Ümit Korkmaz
at ÖFB {{DEFAULTSORT:Korkmaz, Umit 1985 births Living people Footballers from Vienna Austrian people of Turkish descent Turkish footballers Austrian footballers Association football wingers Austria international footballers UEFA Euro 2008 players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Süper Lig players SK Rapid Wien players Eintracht Frankfurt players VfL Bochum players FC Ingolstadt 04 players Çaykur Rizespor footballers SKN St. Pölten players FC Mauerwerk players First Vienna FC players SC Ostbahn XI players Turkish expatriate footballers Austrian expatriate footballers Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany