Ozan İpek

Ozan İpek — Biography

Ozan İpek is best known as a midfielder in the Bursaspor side that won the club's first Süper Lig title in 2009-10. The 1.80 m player worked in midfield as well as on the left wing. He came up through the lower divisions to reach the Süper Lig and the senior national team, and in early 2026 he returned to football by agreeing a deal with an amateur league club.

He began in amateur football at Antalya DSİ in 1999, turned professional at Batman Petrolspor in 2004 and scored 12 goals there. He moved to Kahramanmaraşspor in 2007 and was loaned to Bucaspor the following season, where 10 goals and 10 assists drew Süper Lig interest. He transferred to Bursaspor on February 2, 2009. In the title season he contributed 8 goals and 5 assists, and he stood out in the two 3-2 away wins at Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe, with a goal and an assist in the first and two goals and an assist in the second.

Although he had never played for any youth national side, that form earned him a call-up to the senior team in 2010. At 23 he made his debut on March 3, 2010, coming on in the 62nd minute for Arda Turan in a 2-0 win over Honduras, and he started his second match, against Northern Ireland, on May 26, 2010. In October 2012 coach Ertuğrul Sağlam left him out of the squad over indiscipline, and in January 2013 he was loaned to Mersin İdman Yurdu until the end of the season. In later years he played for Antalyaspor and Erzincanspor.