Cihan Kaptan Explained

Cihan Kaptan
Fullname:Cihan Kaan Kaptan[1]
Birth Date:4 March 1989
Birth Place:Wuppertal, West Germany
Height:1.76 m
Position:Defensive midfielder
Youthyears1:1994–1996
Youthclubs1:Wuppertaler SV
Youthyears2:1996–2007
Youthclubs2:Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Years1:2007–2010
Caps1:0
Goals1:0
Clubs1:Bursaspor
Years2:2010
Caps2:6
Goals2:0
Clubs2:Borussia Dortmund II
Years3:2011
Caps3:14
Goals3:0
Clubs3:Jahn Regensburg II
Years4:2011–2012
Clubs4:Sancaktepe
Years5:2012–2014
Caps5:48
Goals5:1
Clubs5:Centone Karagümrük
Years6:2014–2015
Caps6:35
Goals6:0
Clubs6:Ofspor
Years7:2015
Caps7:0
Goals7:0
Clubs7:Wuppertaler SV
Totalcaps:103
Totalgoals:1
Nationalyears1:2004–2005
Nationalyears2:2007–2008
Nationalyears3:2009
Nationalteam3:Germany U20
Nationalcaps1:8
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalcaps2:7
Nationalgoals2:0
Nationalcaps3:4
Nationalgoals3:0

Cihan Kaptan (born 4 March 1989, in Wuppertal) is a German retired footballer.

Career

Kaptan began his career by the Bambinis of Wuppertaler SV Borussia and signed 1996 a contract for D-Youth from Bayer 04 Leverkusen.[2] With Bayer 04 Leverkusen he won the German A-youth Championship in 2007 (2–1 win in the final against Bayern Munich) and the youth A-German Cup in 2008 (3–1 in the final against Borussia Moenchengladbach). Kaptan won in his youth in twice the West German championship in 2007 and 2008.[3] After twelve years at Bayer 04 Leverkusen he moved to the Süper Lig club Bursaspor.[4] After only two Turkish Cup games in one and a half years at Bursaspor he joined in January 2010 Borussia Dortmund II,[5] where he earned his first professional game on 7 February 2010 against Kickers Offenbach in the 3. Liga.[6]

International career

He earned his first international cap for the Germany national under-20 football team level against Turkey Under-20 football team in Kuşadası. Kaptan played as midfielder for the Germany U20 team in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009™: List of Players: Germany. FIFA . 8 . 6 October 2009 . 26 July 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091013164551/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/10/28/62/fwyc_2009_squadlists.pdf . 13 October 2009 .
  2. http://www.halternerzeitung.de/sport/bvb/Amateure-BVB-II-Cihan-Kaptan-debuetiert-gegen-VfL-Bochum-II;art2108,784004 Halterner Zeitung | BVB II: Cihan Kaptan debütiert gegen VfL Bochum II
  3. http://www.westline.de/fussball/borussia-dortmund/Cihan-Kaptan-ist-ab-sofort-Borusse;art2003,45887 westline | Cihan Kaptan ist ab sofort Borusse
  4. http://efsane.teksas.org/haber_oku.asp?haber=3024 Cihan Kaptan görücüye çikti » Teksas . ORG | Bursaspor Haberleri
  5. https://www.derwesten.de/sport/lokalsport/dortmund/Transfer-von-Cihan-Kaptan-endlich-perfekt-id2472090.html BVB 2:: Transfer von Cihan Kaptan endlich perfekt – Dortmund
  6. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/3liga/spieltag/3-liga/2009-10/23/938998/spielanalyse_borussia-dortmund-ii-1291_kickers-offenbach-120.html Hünemeier macht den Unterschied aus