Ramazan Özcan ( born 28 June 1984) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, mainly for his first club Austria Lustenau as well as German club FC Ingolstadt 04.
Career Club Özcan started his professional career with Austria Lustenau in 2003, and moved to Red Bull Salzburg in the summer of 2006. He spent one season and a half with Salzburg as the club's third-choice goalkeeper and only made three Bundesliga appearances in the final stages of the 2006–07 season.
He moved to German 2. Bundesliga side 1899 Hoffenheim in the winter break of the 2007–08 season on an initial six-month loan and played all seventeen league games in the second half of the season as the club secured promotion to the Bundesliga. In these seventeen games, he only conceded twenty goals. He was signed by the club on a five-year contract upon the end of the season, but on 30 December 2009 he left Germany to sign on loan for Beşiktaş.
International Following Helge Payer's withdrawal due to illness, Özcan was named to Austria's 23-man squad for the UEFA Euro 2008 finals, but did not play any matches during the tournament. He made his international debut in a friendly match against Italy on 20 August 2008, replacing Alex Manninger at half-time. The match ended in a 2–2 draw. He represented the national team at 2016 UEFA Euro.
Personal life Özcan is of Turkish descent and holds Turkish citizenship as well.
Career statistics + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAustria Lustenau2003–04Austrian Football First League26020——2802004–0524030——2702005–0636020——380Total86070——930Red Bull Salzburg2006–07Austrian Football Bundesliga203000—502007–08000000—00Total203000—50Red Bull Salzburg II2007–08Austrian Football First League80———801899 Hoffenheim (loan)2007–082. Bundesliga17020——1901899 Hoffenheim2008–09Bundesliga8020——1002009–100000——002010–110000——00Total8020——100Beşiktaş (loan)2009–10Süper Lig0020——20FC Ingolstadt 042011–122. Bundesliga22000——2202012–1332010——3302013–1432030——3502014–1533000——3302015–16Bundesliga28000——280Total147040——1510Bayer Leverkusen2016–17Bundesliga001010—202017–181000——102018–19201010—402019–20001000—10Total303020—80Career total271021020002940
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