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| Age | 30 |
|---|---|
| Birth date | October 13, 1996 |
| Birthplace | Essen |
| Profession | Footballer |
| Height | 1.91 m |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
Atakan Karazor — Biography
Atakan Karazor captains VfB Stuttgart and plays as a defensive midfielder. Born in Germany and holding both German and Turkish citizenship, he chose to represent Turkey at international level. He won the DFB-Pokal with Stuttgart in 2024-25.
He began in the youth ranks of Schwarz-Weiß Essen and VfL Bochum before moving to Borussia Dortmund in 2015, where the reserve side gave him 59 games in two seasons in the Regionalliga West. In the summer of 2017 he signed a three-year deal with Holstein Kiel of the 2. Bundesliga. An ankle ligament injury in pre-season kept him out of the squad until November, his professional debut came in January 2018, and his first goals followed in 2018-19. He moved to Stuttgart in May 2019, played 23 games in his first season, scored twice in a 6-0 win away at Nürnberg and went up to the Bundesliga with the team as runners-up.
His first top-flight appearance came on October 3, 2020, as a substitute against Leverkusen. He extended his contract to 2026 in May 2022 and to 2028 in June 2024, and became team captain that summer. Vincenzo Montella called him up to the national side in March 2025 for the Nations League play-offs against Hungary, and he made his Turkey debut on November 15, 2025, against Bulgaria in 2026 World Cup qualifying.
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