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Ömer Toprak

Ömer Toprak
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Toprak with Leverkusen in 2014
Personal information
Full name Ömer Toprak
Date of birth (1989-07-21) 21 July 1989 (age 27)
Place of birth Ravensburg, West Germany
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
Bayer Leverkusen
Number 21
Youth career
1994–2001 TSB Ravensburg
2001–2005 FV Ravensburg
2005–2008 SC Freiburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 SC Freiburg 68 (4)
2011– Bayer Leverkusen 143 (5)
2017– Borussia Dortmund 0 (0)
National team
2008 Germany U19 3 (1)
2011– Turkey 26 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 February 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 March 2017

Ömer Toprak (born 21 July 1989) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for German club Bayer Leverkusen and the Turkey national team.

Toprak began his career with TSB Ravensburg in 1994. In 2001, he moved to FV Ravensburg. He was signed by SC Freiburg in 2005. He signed his first professional contract in the summer of 2008. In his first professional season, he featured in 26 league games and scored 4 goals as Freiburg won the 2. Bundesliga.

He was part of the German U-19 national team squad that won the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. He participated in three matches during the tournament, scoring one goal.

On 30 September 2011, Toprak was named to the Turkey national football team squad by coach Guus Hiddink for the upcoming UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches against Germany and Azerbaijan. He made his Turkish debut on 15 November against Croatia in the second leg of UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying play-offs, playing the full 90 minutes of a goalless draw at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb which ensured that Croatia advanced to the finals 3–0 on aggregate.

Toprak is the son of Turkish immigrants from Sivas. He was born and raised in Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg. He has one older sister and two older brothers one of whom, Harun, is also a professional football player for FV Ravensburg. His cousin, Rahman Soyudoğru, has also played professional football, including in Germany and Turkey.


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