Yasin Özcan (born 20 April 2006) is a Turkish professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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and the Turkey national team.

Professional club career

Youth career and Kasımpașa

Özcan is a youth product of İl Özel İdaresispor, and Karadolap Gençlikspor before finishing his development at Kasımpaşa. He signed his first professional contract with Kasımpaşa in the summer of 2022 until 2025 at the age of 16. On 8 August 2022, Özcan made his professional debut with Kasımpaşa as a substitute in a 4–0

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loss to

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. He scored his first senior goal in a 3–1 loss to

on 21 January 2023 at the age of 16 years and 276 days, becoming the youngest goalscorer in the league that season, and one of the youngest goalscorers in Europe. On 11 October 2023, he was named by English newspaper ''

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'' as one of the best players born in 2006 worldwide.

Aston Villa

On 10 February 2025, it was announced that

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club

had agreed to sign Özcan and he would join the club ahead of the 2025–26 season. According to ''The Athletic'', the two teams had agreed a compensation package of €7 million, with a further €1 million of add-ons. He made his first team debut during a 1–0 friendly loss against

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club

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on 16 July 2025.

International career

Özcan is a youth international for Turkey, having played up to the Turkey U21s. He made his senior Turkey national team debut on 11 June 2025 in a friendly game against the Mexico national team.

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International

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ozcan, Yasin 2006 births Living people People from Kağıthane Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's under-21 international footballers Turkey men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football fullbacks Kasımpaşa S.K. footballers Aston Villa F.C. players Süper Lig players 21st-century Turkish sportsmen Turkish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Turkish expatriate sportspeople in England