Kenan Özer (born 16 August 1987) is a Turkish

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who plays for

Bodrumspor Bodrumspor is a Turkish football club located in Bodrum, Turkey. History The club was founded under the name ''Bodrumspor'' in 1931 by Derviş Görgün, who was also a footballer for the club. They spent their early history as an amateur club ...

Career

He previously played as a striker in

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for the

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

sports club,

Beşiktaş J.K. Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü (), also known simply as Beşiktaş (), is a Turkish sports club founded in 1903 that is based in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul. The club's football team is one of the Big Three in Turkey and one of the most ...

and

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 ...

in the

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. A native of

Nicosia Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Arabic: Nikusiya) is the largest city, capital, and seat of government of Cyprus. It is located near the centre of the Mesaor ...

, the capital of

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, Kenan Özer was born in the part of the city, known by its Turkish name, Lefkoşa, which also serves as the capital of the internationally unrecognized

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus ( tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs), officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC; tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, ''KKTC''), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the island of Cyprus. Recog ...

. While playing, he wore 80 as the unusual number on his shirt.

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* * 1987 births Turkish Cypriot expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Living people Sportspeople from North Nicosia Turkish footballers Turkey men's under-21 international footballers Turkey men's youth international footballers Turkish Cypriot footballers Turkish people of Cypriot descent Beşiktaş J.K. footballers Çaykur Rizespor footballers İstanbulspor footballers Kayseri Erciyesspor footballers Antalyaspor footballers Boluspor footballers Akhisarspor footballers Konyaspor footballers Adana Demirspor footballers MKE Ankaragücü footballers Gaziantep F.K. footballers Yeni Malatyaspor footballers Süper Lig players TFF First League players TFF Second League players Men's association football forwards {{Turkey-footy-forward-stub