Burak Kaplan

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Burak Kaplan
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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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2010 Bayer Leverkusen II 32 (10)
2009–2011 Bayer Leverkusen 4 (2)
2011 → Greuther Fürth (loan) 6 (3)
2011–2014 Beşiktaş 5 (0)
2013 → SV Babelsberg 03 (loan) 10 (0)
2013 → Fethiyespor (loan) 2 (0)
2014 → KFC Uerdingen 05 (loan) 11 (0)
2014–2017 Wattenscheid 09 49 (14)
2017 FC Kray 14 (6)
Total133(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]

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Club career

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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Burak Kaplan". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Player's profile: Burak Kaplan" (in German). kicker. Archived from the original on 7 August 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Ramos rettet leidenschaftlicher Hertha einen Punkt" (in German). Kicker. 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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