Burak Kaplan

Burak Kaplan
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-02-01) 1 February 1990
Place of birth Cologne, West Germany
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder / Left wing
Club information
Current team
Wattenscheid 09
Number 8
Youth career
1994–1997 SSV Vingst
1997–2008 Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Bayer Leverkusen II 32 (10)
2009–2011 Bayer Leverkusen 4 (2)
2011Greuther Fürth (loan) 6 (3)
2011–2014 Beşiktaş 5 (0)
2013SV Babelsberg 03 (loan) 10 (0)
2013Fethiyespor (loan) 2 (0)
2014KFC Uerdingen 05 (loan) 11 (0)
2014– Wattenscheid 09 40 (14)
National team
2007 Turkey U16 4 (0)
2009 Turkey U19
2010–2012 Turkey U21 13 (5)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 November 2015.


Burak Kaplan (born 1 February 1990) is a Turkish football midfielder who plays for Wattenscheid 09.[1]

Club career

He made his Bundesliga debut on 11 December 2009 for Bayer Leverkusen against Hertha BSC in dramatic fashion, scoring the 2–1 go-ahead goal in the 90th minute, only to see the 2–2 equalizer in the additional time.[2] Subsequently, on 13 December 2009, he signed a professional contract with Leverkusen for three years until 2012.[3]

In July 2014, his contract with Beşiktaş was dissolved and he joined German fourth tier Regionalliga West side Wattenscheid 09.[4]

References

  1. "Player's profile: Burak Kaplan" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  2. "Ramos rettet leidenschaftlicher Hertha einen Punkt" (in German). kicker.de. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  3. "Burak 2012'ye kadar Bayer'de" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  4. "Burak Kaplan verstärkt die SG Wattenscheid 09" [Burak Kaplan strengthens SG Wattenscheid 09] (in German). SG Wattenscheid 09. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2015.

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