Gabriel Özkan

Gabriel Ozkan

Personal information
Full name	Gabriel Özkan
Date of birth	(1986-05-23) May 23, 1986
Place of birth	Stockholm, Sweden
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1993–1998	Inter Orhoy
1999–2003	IF Brommapojkarna
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2006	IF Brommapojkarna	54	(3)
2006–2012	AIK	61	(8)
2013–2016	IF Brommapojkarna	18	(1)
International career‡
2003	Sweden U17	5	(0)
2005	Sweden U19	4	(1)
2006–2009	Sweden U21	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 November 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 March 2019

Gabriel Özkan (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɡɑ̂ːbrɪɛl ˈœ̌sːkan]; born May 23, 1986, in Stockholm) is a Swedish-Assyrian-Turkish football player who last played for IF Brommapojkarna. Gabriel joined AIK in the summer of 2006 from Brommapojkarna, after coming through the youth academy before becoming a first-team player, despite still being a teenager.

Biography

On November 14, 2006, he made his debut for the Swedish Under-21 football team against France. He struggled with injuries which cast doubt on his future in the game. He was regarded as one of the best prospects in Swedish football, but he wasn't able to play regularly during his last few seasons following a series of hamstring injuries. His Brazilian teammates nicknamed him as "the new Kaka".

Honours

AIK

• Allsvenskan: 2009
• Svenska Cupen: 2009
• Svenska Supercupen: 2010

External links

• Gabriel Özkan at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)