Şaban Özdoğan (born 14 March 1990) is a retired Danish
footballer
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and current assistant coach of Ishøj IF. He previously played for
Danish Superliga
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Avarta
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. He moved to
Kjøbenhavns Boldklub
Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (known simply as KB) was a Danish professional multi-sports club based in Copenhagen. The club was founded on 26 April 1876 on the grassy fields in outer Copenhagen which later became Fælledparken.
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(KB) in 1999, the reserve team of multiple Danish champions
FC Copenhagen
Football Club Copenhagen (, ), commonly known as F.C. København, F.C. Copenhagen, Copenhagen, or simply FCK, is a Danish professional football club based in Copenhagen. FCK was founded in 1992 as a superstructure on top of Kjøbenhavns Boldklu ...
. Özdoğan made his debut for Copenhagen, the defending 2005–06 Danish Superliga champions, in the unofficial 2006
Viasat Cup
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tournament in May 2006, after playing the first half of the 2006–07 season for KB's youth team. On 3 December 2006, he made his official debut for the club in 1–0 home loss to Norwegian club
Lillestrøm
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in the
Royal League
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, replacing Lars Jacobsen in the 69th minute. In 2007, he was promoted to the KB senior squad, two years early, alongside Mads Laudrup.
Ahead of the 2009–10 season, Özdoğan was promoted to the Copenhagen first team squad together with Thomas Delaney, under manager
Ståle Solbakken
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During his playing career, Solbakken was named 1995 Norwegian midfielder of the year, an ...
. Özdoğan made his Superliga debut in April 2010, and played two games as Copenhagen won the 2009–10 Danish Superliga championship. In the following season, he played in four games, as FCK won the championship once again. Özdoğan played a total of 70 minutes in these six games for FCK. Özdoğan had his contract terminated in December 2011, as he was deemed surplus to requirements by Copenhagen's new manager Roland Nilsson.
After undergoing a trial with Turkish second division club Kasımpaşa, Özdoğan chose not to sign with the club, suspecting that the contract offered was dubious. Following an unsuccessful trial with
Danish 1st Division
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club Viborg, Özdoğan returned to his childhood club, Avarta, in the
Danish 2nd Division
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Svebølle B&I
Svebølle is a railway town, with a population of 2,288 (1 January 2025),Ishøj IF. On June 14, 2024, Ishøj IF confirmed that Özdoğan retired after the last game of the season, which ended in a victory and meant that Ishøj moved up to the 2024-25 Danish 2nd Division.Saban Özdogan stopper karrieren bold.dk, 14 June 2024
International career
He has played 26 games and scored a single goal for various Danish youth national teams. He made his debut for the Danish under-16 national team in January 2006, and played two matches for the team and scored a goal. In September 2006, he was called up for the Danish under-17 national team.
Honours
Copenhagen
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Danish Superliga
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2010–11
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