Okan Aydın
Aydın warming up for Eskişehirspor in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-05-08) 8 May 1994
Place of birth Leverkusen, Germany[1]
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
0000–2002 SV 07 Setterich
2002–2012 Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Bayer Leverkusen II 28 (5)
2012–2013 Bayer Leverkusen 1 (0)
2013–2014 Eskişehirspor 1 (0)
2014–2017 Rot-Weiß Erfurt 98 (12)
2017–2018 Chemnitzer FC 19 (0)
2019–2020 Viktoria Berlin 0 (0)
2019 → Austria Klagenfurt (loan) 15 (4)
2019–2020 Austria Klagenfurt 29 (12)
2021–2022 Wacker Innsbruck 31 (6)
2022–2023 TSV Hartberg 26 (5)
2023 Debrecen 1 (0)
International career
2009–2010 Germany U16 5 (2)
2010–2011 Germany U17 21 (5)
2012 Germany U18 1 (0)
2013 Turkey U19 11 (2)
2013 Turkey U20 3 (0)
Medal record
Turkey U19
Runner-upMediterranean Games 2013
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2023

Okan Aydın (Turkish pronunciation: [oˈkan ajˈdɯn], born 8 May 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward.[2] Born in Germany, he is a former youth international for Turkey.

Club career

Aydın went through Bayer 04 Leverkusen's youth ranks and eventually made his Bundesliga debut in October 2012 in a 2–2 draw with Mainz 05, as a substitute for Simon Rolfes. On 6 September 2013, he joined Eskişehirspor on a three-year contract.[3] After not being able to establish himself at the Turkish club and earning only a single cap during the 2013–14 season, he moved back to Germany and joined 3. Liga side Rot-Weiß Erfurt. There he signed a one-year contract including a two-year extension clause.[4]

In September 2020, Okan moved to China League One side Jiangxi Liansheng F.C. from Austria Klagenfurt.[5]

On 14 January 2022, Okan signed a 1.5-year contract with TSV Hartberg in the Austrian Football Bundesliga.[6]

On 14 February 2023, Okan joined Debrecen in Hungary.[7]

International career

Aydın played for the Turkey national under-19 football team, which won the silver medal at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey. He also represented Turkey at the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. Aydin also represented Germany at the 2011 U17 World Cup where he helped Germany obtain third place after losing a dramatic overtime game in the semifinals to the eventual champions and hosts Mexico.[8]

Personal life

Aydın's younger brother, Anıl Aydın, is also a professional footballer.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Okan Aydın at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ Okan Aydın at kicker (in German)
  3. ↑ "Eskisehirspor sign Bayer 04 Leverkusen winger Okan Aydin". 6 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Rot-Weiß verpflichtet Okan Aydin" [Red-White signs Okan Aydin] (in German). Rot-Weiß Erfurt. 1 September 2014. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Klagenfurt-Kicker wechselt nach China". laola1.at (in German). 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Okan Aydin verstärkt die Hartberg-Offensive" (Press release) (in German). TSV Hartberg. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "OKAN AYDIN A DVSC JÁTÉKOSA" [OKAN AYDIN IS A DVSC PLAYER] (in Hungarian). Debrecen. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "Gomez the hero for mighty Mexico". FIFA.com. 7 July 2011. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  9. ↑ Jung, Kevin (1 July 2019). "FCK nimmt FC-Talent Anil Aydin unter Vertrag" [FCK signs FC talent Anıl Aydın]. liga3-online.de (in German). Retrieved 9 January 2021.
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