Yavuz Özkan

Yavuz Özkan — Biography

Yavuz Özkan is a goalkeeper who was part of the Bursaspor squad that won the Süper Lig in 2009-10. He spent most of his career in the lower divisions of Turkish football. He came through the youth ranks of his hometown club Denizlispor and signed a youth contract with them in 1999, but did not play a professional match for the club. In 2004 he moved to Denizli Belediyespor and turned professional.

He transferred to Bursaspor in 2006 and spent a spell on loan at Tarsus İdman Yurdu. When he returned to Bursaspor in 2008-09 he was Dimitar İvankov's backup, and the team's title came the following season. In 2012-13 he was loaned to Adanaspor in the second tier, and on 13 August 2013 he signed a one-year contract with Şanlıurfaspor. Fatih Karagümrük is also among the clubs he played for.