Oğuzhan Özyakup

Oğuzhan Özyakup

Özyakup with Turkey in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-09-23) 23 September 1992
Place of birth Zaandam, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Beşiktaş
Number 15
Youth career
Zaandam Türkspor[1]
2005–2008 AZ
2008–2012 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Arsenal 0 (0)
2012– Beşiktaş 118 (21)
National team‡
2008–2009 Netherlands U17 15 (5)
2011–2012 Netherlands U19 9 (2)
2012–2014 Turkey U21 7 (3)
2013– Turkey 23 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 December 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 July 2016

Oğuzhan Özyakup (born 23 September 1992), nicknamed Ozzie,[2][3] is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Beşiktaş and the Turkish national team. A product of the Arsenal Academy and AZ Alkmaar Academy, he won the 2008–09 & 2009–10 Premier Academy League and the FA Youth Cup of 2008–09 with the Gunners.[4]

Early years

Özyakup was born in Zaandam, to Turkish parents from city of Trabzon who immigrated to the Netherlands.[5] His father is in wholesale nourishment business.[1] He is youngest of two siblings.[1] He started his career at Zaandam Türkspor, a local amateur club which Dutch players with Turkish descent were predominantly recruited, where he lated pull the attraction of AZ Alkmaar officials.[1] He was invited to trials of AZ at the age of 11, in which he succeeded and recruited.[1]

Özyakup signed for Arsenal on schoolboy forms on 1 September 2008,[6] and played regularly for Arsenal Academy's side.

With this outfit the Turksman won for Arsenal the Premier Academy League of 2008–09 and 2009–10. Ozayakup also was triumphant in winning the FA Youth Cup of 2008–09 with the Gunners. [4]

Club career

Arsenal

On 28 August 2011, Özyakup was named a substitute for the Premier League match against Manchester United in which the London-based club suffered a heavy 8–2 defeat.[7]

0zyakup made his competitive first team debut start for Arsenal in September, 2011. This came in a League Cup match against Shrewsbury Town, where he supplied the assist for Yossi Benayoun to round off the game 3–1.[8]

He was an unused substitute in Arsenal's Champions League Round of 16 second-leg tie against Milan, which Arsenal won 3–0 on the night, but went down 4–3 on aggregate.[9]

Beşiktaş

Özyakup at friendly game against Chelsea in Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, in 2014 August

Beşiktaş completed the signing of Özyakup on 8 June 2012 for a fee of €500,000. The club officially disclosed that he would make €400,000 in the 2012–13 season plus a €100,000 sign-on bonus.[10] In June 2014 the club officially announced that it was going to pay him €1,300,000 in the 2015–16 season plus a €10,000 match bonus per game.[11] Özyakup earned his 100th Süper Lig cap on 6 March 2016,[12] at week 24 home game against Eskişehirspor, ended 3–1 for Beşiktaş.[13] In May 2016, Beşiktaş chairman Fikret Orman stated that Italian side Lazio officially approached for Özyakup.[14]

International career

Özyakup was part of the Netherlands U17 that reached the UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship final in 2009,[15] being No.10 and captain of the team.[16]

In 2012, at age 19, he chose to play for Turkey instead of the Netherlands.[17][18] Coincidentally Özyakup scored his first international goal for Turkey right against his birth place, the Netherlands, on 6 September 2015 in the Euro 2016 qualifiers.[19]

Style of play and reception

"Someone who saw Oğuzhan [Özyakup] yesterday for the first time might say: "What kind of a player is that? Did he come from outer space?". They might say: "He driblles like [Zinedine] Zidane." He is an intelligent player."

Rıdvan Dilmen, 17 August 2015, Fanatik.[20]

Özyakup is an energetic attacking-minded central midfielder.[3][21] Being able to play simple and quickly,[22][23] Özyakup can lead the team play.[24] He is "skillful" at finishing and possesses high level of anticipation that allows him to be at the right place on the pitch, according to former Beşiktaş and Turkish international forward Feyyaz Uçar.[25]

Özyakup is considered an "intelligent" player and was once called a "magician"[26][27] by former Turkish international and current pundit Rıdvan Dilmen in 2015.[28] Özyakup is praised by Dilmen for his "Zidane-like" dribbling attributes and touted to be talented enough to play for Barcelona.[29] In 2016, Turkey national team captain Arda Turan stated that he believes that Özyakup will become the leader once he [Arda] quits the national team, describing Özyakup as an "outstanding player", being "very intelligent" and "a big talent".[30]

Özyakup is an admirer of Zinedine Zidane and Juan Roman Riquelme.[31]

Career statistics

Club

As of 3 December 2016.[32]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAssistAppsGoalsAssistAppsGoalsAssistAppsGoalsAssistAppsGoalsAssist
Arsenal 2011–12 000000201000201
Total 000000201000201
Beşiktaş 2012–13 2827201——3028
2013–14 2663101—2102974
2014–15 2525603—111442312
2015–16 3197510—50140108
2016–17 821000—3001121
Total 11821231415—21251532433
Career total 1182123141520121251552434

International

As of 16 May 2016.[33]

Scores and results table. Turkey's goal tally first:

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 6 September 2015 Torku Arena, Konya, Turkey  Netherlands 1-0 3-0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Honours

Club

Arsenal
Beşiktaş

International

UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship Silver medal - (2009)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Mazlum Uluç (4 February 2012). "Oğuzhan Özyakup: Wenger'in Türk prensi" (in Turkish). TFF. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Beşiktaş'ta Ozzie bombası." (in Turkish). Takvim. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 Bagchi, Rob (11 December 2015). "Euro 2016: Turkey team guide". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 Amitai Winehouse (28 April 2016). "From FA Youth Cup to the Premier League". Daily Mail. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Oğuzhan Özyakup: Portakalı seçti, Arsenal'e geçti" (in Turkish). TFF. 31 October 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Oguzhan Ozyakup". arsenal.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ "Arsenal 3–1 Shrewsbury". BBC.co.uk.
  9. ↑ "Arsenal 3–0 AC Milan (agg 3–4)". BBC Sport.
  10. ↑ "Official: Beşiktaş sign Arsenal youth Oğuzhan Özyakup for €500,000". Turkish Football.com.
  11. ↑ Profesyonel futbol takımımız oyuncuları Necip Uysal, Oğuzhan Özyakup ve Olcay Şahan'ın sözleşmeleri yenilenmiştir
  12. ↑ "Oğuzhan Özyakup Süper Lig'deki 100. Maçına Çıkacak" (in Turkish). Milliyet. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  13. ↑ "Beşiktaş 3-1 Eskişehirspor". Hürriyet. 7 May 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  14. ↑ "Fikret Orman, Oğuzhan'ı İsteyen Takımı Açıkladı". Milliyet. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  15. ↑ "Germany reward fans with U17 success". UEFA.com.
  16. ↑ Saffer, Paul & Beusink, Ruud (7 March 2016). "Özyakup Takes Aim At Arsenal Team-mates" (in Turkish). UEFA. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  17. ↑ Fatih Özyar (11 February 2012). "Oğuzhan Türkiye'yi seçti" (in Turkish). Fanatik. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  18. ↑ Kalbimin sesini dinledim (I listen my heart). Hurriyet.com.tr. 11 February 2012. Retrieved on 2012-05-30.
  19. ↑ "Türkiye 3-0 Hollanda" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  20. ↑ Oğuzhan uzaydan mı geldi!. Retrieved 28 December 2015
  21. ↑ Verschueren, Gianni (5 October 2015). "Arsenal Transfer News: Gokhan Tore, Oguzhan Ozyakup Targeted in Latest Rumours". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  22. ↑ Demirkol, Mehmet (17 August 2015). "Oğuzhan Zidane Çalımları Atıyor" (in Turkish). Fanatik. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  23. ↑ "Mehmet Demirkol: Türk Oyuncuların Kaderi Bu" (in Turkish). Fanatik. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  24. ↑ Demirkol, Mehmet (16 December 2015). "Zirvenin anahtarı kutsal rastlantı" (in Turkish). Fanatik. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  25. ↑ "Feyyaz Uçar, Beşiktaş-Galatasaray Derbisine Oğuzhan'ın Darbe Vuracağını İddia Etti" (in Turkish). Milliyet. 13 December 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  26. ↑ "Analiz! Rıdvan Dilmen: Beşiktaş'ın sihirbazı var" (in Turkish). Fanatik. 27 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  27. ↑ "Beşiktaşlı yıldız, Rıdvan Dilmen'i mest etti: "Sihirbaz"" (in Turkish). Cumhuriyet. 27 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  28. ↑ "Oğuzhan uzaydan mı geldi!" (in Turkish). Fanatik. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  29. ↑ Dilmen, Rıdvan (17 August 2015). "Oğuzhan Zidane Çalımları Atıyor" (in Turkish). Sabah. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  30. ↑ "Arda Turan: Oğuzhan milli takımın lideri olacak" (in Turkish). NTV Spor. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  31. ↑ Mizrahi, Yakir (9 May 2008). "Oğuzhan Gunning For Netherlands Glory". UEFA. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  32. ↑ Oğuzhan Özyakup career statistics at Soccerbase
  33. ↑ "Özyakup, Oğuzhan". National Football Teams. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  34. ↑ "Ligler » Spor Toto Süper Lig » Spor Toto Süper Lig Arşiv » 2015-2016 Sezonu". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
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