Oğuzhan Azğar

Oğuzhan Azğar — Biography

Oğuzhan Azğar is a Turkish centre-back who came through the youth system of Samsunspor, the club of his home town of Samsun. He won 53 caps for Turkey across the various youth levels, and made his Süper Lig debut for Samsunspor in a match against Galatasaray.

He started in football on 6 April 2005 with a youth licence, moved to an amateur licence a year later and played four years in Samsunspor's amateur ranks. He signed his first professional contract on 9 November 2009. His first official match for the Samsunspor first team was against Orduspor on 20 December 2009, and he played his first Süper Lig game against Galatasaray on 7 January 2012.

His international path began at under-15 level against Belgium; his first under-16 match was against Ireland, his first under-17 match against Portugal and his first under-18 match against Hungary. He terminated his Samsunspor contract by mutual consent on 30 January 2013 and signed with Akhisar Belediyespor the next day. He went on loan from Akhisar to the third-tier club Derince Belediyespor, and later played for Ankara Adliyespor.