Ozan Kabak

Club

As of match played 29 August 2026

International

As of match played 25 June 2026

Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kabak goal.

Galatasaray

Ozan trained with the Galatasaray youth academy, joining in 2011. He signed his first professional contract with Galatasaray on 1 July 2017. Ozan made his professional debut for Galatasaray in a 2–0 Süper Lig win over Yeni Malatyaspor on 12 May 2018. This made him the first footballer born in the 2000s to play in the Süper Lig. On 24 October 2018, he played his first Champions League match in a 0–0 home draw against Schalke 04 in the 2018–19 season.

VfB Stuttgart

On 17 January 2019, Kabak moved to Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart where he signed a contract until June 2024. On 3 March, he scored twice in a 5–1 win over Hannover 96, registering his first senior career goals. In doing so, at the age of 18 years, 11 months and 7 days, he became the youngest Turkish center-back, and third-youngest Stuttgart player to ever score twice in a single Bundesliga match.

Schalke 04

On 30 June 2019, Kabak joined Schalke 04 on a five-year contract for a fee of €15 million, after Schalke activated a release clause in his contract. He was a regular performer in his first season with the club, appearing in 28 matches and scoring three goals. In September 2020, he was banned for five games and hit with a €15,000 fine after being caught spitting at Werder Bremen's Ludwig Augustinsson. Kabak apologised to Augustinsson via Twitter afterwards, insisting the incident, for which he was shown a red card, was an accident.

Liverpool (loan)

On 1 February…

Ozan is a youth international for Turkey. He captained the Turkey U17s at the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, and was listed as one of the 10 players to watch by UEFA. On 17 November 2019, Kabak made his debut in the Turkey senior team during the team's UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match against Andorra, playing the full match which Turkey won 2–0. Kabak scored his first international goal on 16 November 2022 in a 2–1 friendly win over Scotland. On 24 May 2024, Kabak was named in the 35-man preliminary squad for the UEFA Euro 2024. On 5 June, he was withdrawn due to knee injury prior to the tournament. On 2 June 2026, Kabak was selected in the 26-man squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Kabak was born in Ankara, where his father was working at the time, although his family is from Derik, Mardin Province. In a 2026 interview with KAFA Sports, he said that he grew up with Kurdish music at home and described himself as a fan of Kurdish music.