Ozan Kabak grew up in Ankara and came through Galatasaray’s academy, winning the Turkish title before moving to VfB Stuttgart in 2019 and then Schalke.
After spells on loan at Liverpool and Norwich City, he joined Hoffenheim in 2022. He is a strong, aggressive centre-back. A serious knee injury in late 2024 kept him out of a large part of the season. Kabak has been capped by Turkey.
Career in numbers
Since his first senior season in 2017/18, Kabak has made 197 club appearances and scored 19 goals in all competitions for 6 clubs. The 2022/23 season, with 4 goals from 33 matches for TSG Hoffenheim, remains his highest tally. His busiest campaign was 2018/19, with 34 appearances. So far in 2026/27 he has 1 goal in 6 appearances for TSG Hoffenheim. The full season-by-season record is in the Stats section of this profile.