Ercan Kara

Slovan HAC

Kara came through the Slovan HAC youth system. On 13 November 2011, he made his senior debut for Slovan's first team as a 15-year-old in the fourth-tier Wiener Stadtliga as a 60th-minute substitute for Burak Özbek in a 5–1 defeat at home to Nußdorfer AC. In his debut season, Kara made ten league appearances and a further appearance in the local Wiener Cup, but did not score. On 25 May 2013, Kara scored his first senior goal for Slovan, in a 3–2 Wiener Stadtliga defeat against Post SV Wien. It was his only goal of the season in 29 appearances. Slovan took voluntary relegation to the sixth tier Wiener Oberliga A. In the 2013–14 season, Kara scored 32 goals in 27 Oberliga appearances but the team did not achieve promotion following a seventh-place finish.

Austria Wien II

Ahead of the 2014–15 season, 18-year-old Kara signed with Austria Wien, spending two seasons with the club's reserve team in the third-tier Regionalliga Ost. He made 16 appearances and scored once. His playing time was limited as academy director Ralf Muhr expressed doubts about his fitness level.

FC Mauerwerk

In 2016, Kara returned to the Wiener Stadtliga with Karabakh Wien (later renamed FC Mauerwerk in 2018). Kara finished his first season with the team as the Wiener Stadtliga top goalscorer with 35 goals in 30 appearances as the team won the division title and promotion to the Regionalliga Ost. In the following two seasons, Kara again led the league in goals with 26…

Born in Austria, Kara is of Turkish descent and was also eligible to represent Turkey internationally. In January 2021, Kara said in a press conference that while he was aware Turkey was monitoring him and would consider representing them, he had only been contacted by Austrian officials. In March 2021, Franco Foda called up Kara to the Austria national team for the first time. He made his national team debut on 31 March 2021, coming on as a 74th-minute substitute for Xaver Schlager in a 4–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying loss to Denmark. The game was played behind closed doors at Ernst-Happel-Stadion in his hometown, Vienna. In April 2021, Turkey manager Şenol Güneş admitted that he had missed out on cap-tying Kara having not been able to travel to Austria to watch him in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 9 October 2021, Kara made his first start in Austria's 2–0 away win against the Faroe Islands in World Cup qualification, assisting the opening goal scored by Konrad Laimer.

Club

As of 18 September 2026

International

As of 15 November 2021

FC Mauerwerk

Wiener Stadtliga: 2016–17 Orlando City

U.S. Open Cup: 2022 Individual

Wiener Stadtliga golden boot: 2016–17 Regionalliga Ost golden boot: 2017–18, 2018–19