Oğuzhan Matur (born 17 August 1999) is a German professional

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 lea ...

who plays as a

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for Turkish side

Adanaspor Adanaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional Association football, football club based in Adana; currently, they play in the TFF First League. The club was founded in 1954 by middle-class merchants and artisans in response to their perceived ali ...

, on loan from

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twen ...

side

Hatayspor Hatayspor Kulübü, known as Atakaş Hatayspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club located in Antakya, Hatay Province. Hatayspor, founded in 1967 through a merger of three local clubs, aimed to promote sports and po ...

Career

Matur began his senior career with his local club

Viktoria Berlin Fußball-Club Viktoria 1889 Berlin Lichterfelde-Tempelhof e.V., commonly known as FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin or Viktoria Berlin, is a German association football club based in the locality of Lichterfelde (Berlin), Lichterfelde of the Boroughs and ...

, and shortly after moved to Optik Rathenow on 12 July 2018. On 13 July 2020, he transferred to Tennis Borussia for a season. On 24 August 2021, he moved to the

TFF Second League The TFF 2. Lig (), currently referred to as Nesine 2. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the third level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in the 2001–02 season with the name of ''Turkish Second League Category B'' as a continu ...

in Turkey with

Zonguldak Kömürspor Zonguldak Kömürspor is a Turkish professional football club based in Zonguldak. The club is also known as Kara Elmas (Black Diamond), referring to coal mining. History ''Demir Madencilik Dilaverspor'', founded in 1986, was renamed as Zonguld ...

on a 2-year contract. On 26 June 2023, he transferred to the

club on a 3-year contract.

Personal life

Born in

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

, Germany, Matur is of Turkish descent. He lost 31 relatives during the

2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes On 6 February 2023, at 04:17 Time in Turkey, TRT (01:17 Coordinated Universal Time, UTC), a 7.8 earthquake struck southern and central Turkey and northern and western Ba'athist Syria, Syria. The epicenter was west–northwest ...

, and made public statements thanking the miners who were digging out survivors.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Matur, Oguzhan 1999 births Living people Footballers from Berlin German men's footballers German sportspeople of Turkish descent FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin players FSV Optik Rathenow players Tennis Borussia Berlin players Zonguldak Kömürspor footballers Hatayspor footballers Adanaspor footballers Regionalliga players Süper Lig players TFF 1. Lig players TFF Second League players Men's association football fullbacks 21st-century German sportsmen