Salih Özcan

Salih Özcan represents a kind of player I deeply respect: the unglamorous anchor who makes the whole machine work. Born in Cologne in 1998 but choosing to represent Turkey, he carries a quiet pride in his roots that I find genuinely moving. As a defensive midfielder he does the thankless screening and breaking-up that fans rarely cheer but coaches cannot live without. At around 182 cm he wins through positioning and grit rather than flash. Entering the prime of his career, he has every chance to become irreplaceable in the subtle way the best holding players are. I will be rooting for him.

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Name (English)

Salih Özcan

Name (Japanese)

サリフ・エズジャン

Reading

さりふ・えずじゃん

Born

January 11, 1998 (age 28)

Origin

Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Height

182 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Tiger

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/salihoezcan/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salih%20%C3%96zcan
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AA%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%82%BA%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26965570

Tags

• North Rhine-Westphalia
• association football player

Last updated

September 23, 2026

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