Levin Öztunalı
Öztunali with Bayer Leverkusen
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Levin Mete Öztunalı | ||
| Date of birth | 15 March 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Hamburg, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
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Current team
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Mainz 05 | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| TuRa Harksheide | |||
| 2004–2006 | Eintracht Norderstedt | ||
| 2006–2013 | Hamburger SV | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2016 | Bayer Leverkusen | 15 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Werder Bremen (loan) | 41 | (2) |
| 2016– | Mainz 05 | 30 | (5) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010–2011 | Germany U15 | 4 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Germany U16 | 5 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Germany U17 | 14 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Germany U19 | 11 | (3) |
| 2014– | Germany U20 | 11 | (1) |
| 2015– | Germany U21 | 12 | (3) |
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 May 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2017 |
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Levin Mete Öztunalı (born 15 March 1996) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga side Mainz 05 and the Germany U21 national team.
Following seven years in the academy of Hamburger SV, Öztunalı made his senior debut with Bayer Leverkusen in 2013. He made 15 league appearances for the club before joining Werder Bremen on a season-and-a-half loan deal two years later. Following the expiration of the loan in 2016, Öztunalı joined current club Mainz.
He has also represented Germany at various youth levels and was part of the squad which won the UEFA European Under-19 Championship in 2014.
On 2 February 2013 Bayer Leverkusen announced the signing of Öztunalı from Bundesliga rivals Hamburg on a 5-year deal, with the transfer to be completed at the end of the season. He made his debut on 10 August, coming on as a late substitute for Gonzalo Castro in a 3–1 win over Freiburg. At 17 years and 146 days Öztunalı became the youngest player to ever play for Leverkusen in the Bundesliga, and the 11th youngest player in the history of the competition. On 26 August 2014 Öztunalı was voted the second best u-18 player in Germany behind teammate Julian Brandt, in doing so he was awarded the silver Fritz Walter Medal.
On 21 December 2014 Öztunalı joined Werder Bremen on an 18-month loan deal, running until the end of the 2015–16 campaign. Upon his arrival in Bremen, Chief Executive Thomas Eichin described Öztunalı as "one of the most sought-after talents in the Bundesliga." His first goal for Die Grün-Weißen came on the final day of the 2014–15 season when he netted in a 3–2 loss to Borussia Dortmund. Öztunalı had to wait until May the following the season to score his next goal for the club, netting one and assisting another in a 6–2 drubbing of Stuttgart. The result saw Bremen climb out of the relegation zone at the expense of their opponents. He made his final appearance for the club on 14 May, playing for 77 minutes as Bremen beat Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 to avoid relegation.
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