Özkan Yıldırım (born 10 April 1993) is a German professional

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who plays as an

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for Turkish club

Menemen Menemen () is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 573 km2, and its population is 200,904 (2022). The district extends on a fertile plain formed by the alluvial soil carried by the Gediz River. Adjacent distric ...

Club career

On 14 May 2016, the last day of the 2015–16 Bundesliga season, Yıldırım made his first-team return from injury coming onto the pitch in the 77th minute of

Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen, Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, Werder are best known for their professional association foo ...

's 1–0 win over

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

which kept Werder in the Bundesliga. On 30 June 2016, Yıldırım signed a two-year contract with 2. Bundesliga side

Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, that competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fo ...

. On 31 August 2017, he transferred to league rivals

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. They compete in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier o ...

having agreed a two-year contract until summer 2019. At the end of the season, following Braunschweig's relegation to the

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, he was released from his contract. In September 2018, Yıldırım trialled with 2. Bundesliga

SV Darmstadt 98 Sportverein Darmstadt 1898 e.V., commonly known as Darmstadt 98 (), is a German professional association football club based in Darmstadt, Hesse. The club was founded on 22 May 1898 as FC Olympia Darmstadt. Early in 1919, the association was bri ...

. Three weeks later, in early October, Darmstadt announced their decision to not sign Yıldırım. In January 2020, after being without a club for 1.5 years, Yıldırım joined Turkish second-tier side Menemenspor. He left the club at the end of his contract on 31 May 2020.Profile at TFF
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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yildirim, Ozkan 1993 births Living people People from Sulingen Footballers from Lower Saxony German sportspeople of Turkish descent German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football midfielders Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players TFF 1. Lig players TFF Second League players SV Werder Bremen II players SV Werder Bremen players Fortuna Düsseldorf players Eintracht Braunschweig players Menemen F.K. footballers 21st-century German sportsmen