| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 September 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Castrop-Rauxel, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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MSV Duisburg | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Blau-Gelb Schwerin | |||
| SG Wattenscheid 09 | |||
| DJK TuS Hordel | |||
| 2003–2005 | Rot-Weiss Essen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2007 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 38 | (1) |
| 2007–2011 | Galatasaray | 91 | (7) |
| 2011–2013 | Trabzonspor | 9 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Union Berlin | 40 | (2) |
| 2015–2016 | Kayserispor | 11 | (0) |
| 2016– | MSV Duisburg | 22 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2006–2007 | Germany U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Germany U21 | 16 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:13, 6 May 2017 (UTC). |
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Barış Özbek (Turkish pronunciation: [barɯʃ øzbek], born 14 September 1986) is a German footballer of Turkish descent who plays for MSV Duisburg.
Özbek cemented his spot as a solid regular starter at Galatasaray in his first season after an impressive start to the season. He recently celebrated the league title in Istanbul with his club. They won the 2007–08 season. At the start of the 2009–10 season, he scored a brace during the third qualifying round of the Europa League, against Maccabi Netanya on 6 August 2009. Özbek has adopted the nickname Barış for his commitment when it comes to chasing the ball. He moved to MSV Duisburg on 1 February 2016.
Özbek has played for the German U-21 national team.
His brother, Ufuk is also a professional footballer. Özbek is known to be fairly clumsy, during the renovation of his house in Germany, he managed to injure himself to miss the first half of the Turkish Premier Division 2011–12 season.