Hüzeyfe Doğan (born 1 January 1981) is a former professional

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who played as an

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. Born in Turkey and raised in Germany, he represented the Turkey U19 and then the Germany U20s internationally.

Club career

Doğan was born in

Karakoçan Karakoçan ( ota, تپه ''Tepe'', ku, Dep, hy, italic=yes, Oxi) is a town of Elazığ Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ...

, Turkey. He moved to Germany at young age and as naturalized German citizen. He started his career with

Bonner SC Bonner SC is a German association football club based in Bonn. The club was formed in 1965 through the merger of ''Bonner FV'' and ''Tura Bonn''. Its former women's football department won the German national championship in 1975. History ''B ...

before joined

Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen (), Bayer Leverkusen, or simply Leverkusen, is a professional football club based in Leverkusen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The club competes in the Bundesliga, t ...

's youth system. He stayed for six years, and like many

Turks in Germany Turks in Germany, also referred to as German Turks and Turkish Germans (german: Türken in Deutschland/Deutschtürken; tr, Almanya'da yaşayan Türkler/Almanya Türkleri), are ethnic Turkish people living in Germany. These terms are also used t ...

, he tried his chances by joining a Turkish team. He joined Ankaragücü in summer 2003, but returned to Germany for

SC Paderborn 07 Sport-Club Paderborn 07 e.V., commonly known as simply SC Paderborn 07 () or SC Paderborn, is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has enjoyed its greatest successes since the turn of the mille ...

in summer 2005.

International career

He played for

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, the country where he was raised, at 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.

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* 1981 births Living people People from Karakoçan German footballers Germany youth international footballers Turkish footballers Turkey youth international footballers German people of Turkish descent Turkish emigrants to Germany Association football midfielders Bonner SC players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players Bayer 04 Leverkusen II players SC Paderborn 07 players MKE Ankaragücü footballers Wuppertaler SV players 1. FC Union Berlin players SC Preußen Münster players Denizlispor footballers Yeni Malatyaspor footballers 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Süper Lig players {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub