Burak Kaplan

Burak Kaplan
Personal information
Full name Burak Kaplan[1]
Date of birth (1990-02-01) 1 February 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Cologne, West Germany
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, left winger
Youth career
1994–1997 SSV Vingst
1997–2008 Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Bayer Leverkusen II 32 (10)
2009–2011 Bayer Leverkusen 4 (2)
2011Greuther Fürth (loan) 6 (3)
2011–2014 Beşiktaş 5 (0)
2013SV Babelsberg 03 (loan) 10 (0)
2013Fethiyespor (loan) 2 (0)
2014KFC Uerdingen 05 (loan) 11 (0)
2014–2017 Wattenscheid 09 49 (14)
2017 FC Kray 14 (6)
Total 133 (35)
International career
2007 Turkey U16 4 (0)
2009 Turkey U19
2010–2012 Turkey U21 13 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Burak Kaplan (born 1 February 1990) is a Turkish-German former professional football midfielder who played as an attacking midfielder or left winger.[2]

Club career

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Kaplan made his Bundesliga debut on 11 December 2009 for Bayer Leverkusen against Hertha BSC. He scored the 2–1 go-ahead goal in the 90th minute, only to see the 2–2 equalizing goal be scored by the other club in the additional time.[3] Subsequently, on 13 December 2009, he signed a professional contract with Leverkusen for three years until 2012.[4]

In July 2014, his contract with Beşiktaş was dissolved and he joined German fourth tier Regionalliga West side Wattenscheid 09.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Burak Kaplan". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Player's profile: Burak Kaplan" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Ramos rettet leidenschaftlicher Hertha einen Punkt" (in German). kicker.de. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Burak 2012'ye kadar Bayer'de" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Burak Kaplan verstärkt die SG Wattenscheid 09" [Burak Kaplan strengthens SG Wattenscheid 09] (in German). SG Wattenscheid 09. 2 July 2014. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
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