Ertaç Özbir

Ertaç Özbir
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-10-25) 25 October 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Seyhan, Adana, Turkey
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Ankaragücü
Number 25
Youth career
2003–2007 Sincan Belediyespor
2007–2009 Etimesgut Şekerspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Etimesgut Şekerspor 13 (0)
2010–2015 Kasımpaşa 11 (0)
2015–2019 Yeni Malatyaspor 71 (0)
2019–2020 Gençlerbirliği 16 (0)
2020–2022 Yeni Malatyaspor 31 (0)
2022–2024 Adana Demirspor 44 (0)
2024– Ankaragücü 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 June 2024

Ertaç Özbir (born 25 October 1989) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ankaragücü.[1]

Club career

Özbir began his amateur footballing career as a youth player with Sincan Belediyespor. After four years with the club, he was transferred to Etimesgut Şekerspor. Özbir made his professional debut against Tokatspor on 14 February 2010.[2] He totaled 13 appearances in the TFF Second League during the 2009–10 season. Kasımpaşa transferred him before the start of the 2010–11 season, making his Süper Lig against Antalyaspor on 3 October 2010.[3] On 28 August 2019, Özbir signed a two-year contract with Gençlerbirliği.[4] On 4 October 2020, Özbir returned to Yeni Malatyaspor, signing a two-year contract.[5]

Özbir was transferred to Adana Demirspor in the 2022 summer transfer period.[6] He made debut in his new team against Giresunspor on 8 August 2022.[7] In his first season, as the first goalkeeper of the team, he made the first 11 appearances in 32 league matches. He kept a clean sheet in 8 matches.

International career

Özbir was called up to the Turkey under-21 national team for the first time in September 2010.[1]

In October 2023, he received his first call-up to the Turkey senior national team for two UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against Croatia and Latvia.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ a b Ertaç Özbir at the Turkish Football Federation
  2. ^ "TOKATSPOR 2-0 ETİMESGUT ŞEKERSPOR A.Ş." tff.org. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  3. ^ "MEDİCAL PARK ANTALYASPOR 3-1 KASIMPAŞA" (in Turkish). tff.org. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  4. ^ "YENİ TRANSFERİMİZ ERTAÇ ÖZBİR" (in Turkish). Gençlerbirliği. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Yine Yeniden Yuvana Hoşgeldin" (in Turkish). Yeni Malatyaspor. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Ertaç Özbir'den Adana Demirspor'a 2+1 yıllık imza" (in Turkish). fanatik.com.tr. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Giresunspor:2-Adana Demirspor:3". tff.org. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  8. ^ "A Millî Takım'ın Hırvatistan ve Letonya Maçları Aday Kadrosu Açıklandı". www.tff.org (in Turkish). 10 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  9. ^ "A Millî Takım Aday Kadrosunda Değişiklik". www.tff.org (in Turkish). 10 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.


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