Ömer Toprak

Ömer Toprak (born 21 July 1989) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for German club Werder Bremen, and the Turkey national team.[2]

Ömer Toprak
Toprak with Bayer Leverkusen in 2014
Personal information
Full name Ömer Toprak
Date of birth (1989-07-21) 21 July 1989
Place of birth Ravensburg, West Germany
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Werder Bremen
Number 21
Youth career
1994–2001 TSB Ravensburg
2001–2005 FV Ravensburg
2005–2008 SC Freiburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 SC Freiburg 68 (4)
2011–2017 Bayer Leverkusen 154 (5)
2017–2020 Borussia Dortmund 35 (0)
2019–2020 → Werder Bremen (loan) 10 (0)
2020– Werder Bremen 15 (2)
National team‡
2008 Germany U19 3 (1)
2011–2017 Turkey 27 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:25, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:35, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Toprak began his career with TSB Ravensburg in 1994. In 2001, he moved to FV Ravensburg.

SC Freiburg

Toprak signed for SC Freiburg in 2005. Three years later, He signed his first professional contract in the 2007–08 season.[3] During that period, he played for Freiburg U19 and the reserve team and won 22 games with the latter.

In his first professional season, he featured in 26 league games and scored 4 goals as Freiburg won the 2. Bundesliga and promoted after a defeat of VfL Osnabrück. On 9 June 2009, Toprak suffered from a karting accident, causing him to miss the first half of the 2009–10 season but he recovered, scoring a goal against Hamburger SV on the 65th minute. Toprak played 24 league games during the 2010–11 season.

Bayer Leverkusen

Bayer 04 Leverkusen signed Toprak as a replacement for newly retired Sami Hyypiä for a reported transfer fee of €2 to 3 million.[4] He appeared in the match versus Dynamo Dresden in the 2011–12 DFB-Pokal but they were eliminated 4–3. In Bayer's first match against Mainz 05, he scored an own goal, causing his team to lose 2–0. He scored another own goal against Hertha BSC. Bayer managed to qualify to the Champions League round of 16, where they were eliminated by FC Barcelona.

In January 2014, Toprak agreed a contract extension until 2018.[5]

Werder Bremen

In August 2019, Toprak joined Werder Bremen on a year-long loan from Borussia Dortmund. Werder Bremen announced the deal includes an purchase obligation to permanently sign Toprak that would come into effect with a "high likelihood"; the reported transfer fee agreed for that case was reported as €5 to 6 million.[6] The permanent signing took effect in July 2020.[7]

International career
Toprak with Turkey in 2013

He was part of the German U-19 national team squad that won the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. He participated in three matches during the tournament, scoring one goal.

On 30 September 2011, Toprak was named to the Turkey national football team squad by coach Guus Hiddink for the upcoming UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches against Germany and Azerbaijan.[8] He made his Turkish debut on 15 November against Croatia in the second leg of UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying play-offs, playing the full 90 minutes of a goalless draw at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb which ensured that Croatia advanced to the finals 3–0 on aggregate.[9]

Personal life

Toprak is the son of Turkish immigrants from Sivas. He was born and raised in Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg. He has one older sister and two older brothers one of whom, Harun, is also a professional football player for FV Ravensburg. His cousin, Rahman Soyudoğru, has also played professional football, including in Germany and Turkey.[10]

On 9 June 2009, Toprak was involved in a karting accident, in which he suffered severe burns and had to be treated in a special clinic.[11] He was able to resume training after only four months.[12]

Career statistics

Club
As of 23 January 2021.[13][14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SC Freiburg 2008–09 2. Bundesliga 30410——314
2009–10 Bundesliga 14000——140
2010–11 24010——250
Total 684200000704
Bayer Leverkusen 2011–12 Bundesliga 2701060—340
2012–13 2612040—321
2013–14 2813082—393
2014–15 2913090—411
2015–16 1912040—251
2016–17 2511060—321
Total 1545120372002037
Borussia Dortmund 2017–18 Bundesliga 260109000360
2018–19 902030—140
2019–20 0000001010
Total 3503012010510
Werder Bremen (loan) 2019–20 Bundesliga 10020——120
Werder Bremen 2020–21 Bundesliga 14210——152
Career total 281112004921035113

International
As of matches played on 3 January 2021[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Turkey 201110
2012102
201380
201440
201500
201620
201720
Total272

Honours

SC Freiburg

Borussia Dortmund

National

Germany U19

References
  1. "Profis: Ömer Toprak" (in German). Borussia Dortmund.
  2. "Toprak, Ömer" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  3. "Ömer Toprak spielt wieder für den SC Freiburg" (in German). badische-zeitung.de. 6 January 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  4. "Hyypiä macht zum Saisonende Schluss". kicker Online (in German). 2 May 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  5. "Leverkusen tie down Toprak on long-term contract". UEFA.com. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  6. "Perfekt: Werder angelt sich tatsächlich Toprak". Buten und Binnen (in German). Radio Bremen. 11 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  7. "Auslaufende Verträge, Kaufpflicht von Toprak, Bittencourt und Selke: So geht es mit dem Werder-Kader weiter". Sportbuzzer (in German). 7 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  8. "Turkey squad announced for Germany and Azerbaijan qualifiers". tff.org. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  9. "Croatia finish the job against Turkey". UEFA. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  10. "Ömer Toprak: Toprağında futbolculuk var!" (in Turkish). TFF.org. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  11. "Freiburgs Toprak nach Unfall im Krankenhaus" (in German). focus.de. 10 June 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  12. "Freiburg: Toprak hofft "Ob es reicht, muss man abwarten."" (in German). reviersport.de. 1 October 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  13. Ömer Toprak at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  14. "Toprak stats". Whoscored. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  15. Ömer Toprak at National-Football-Teams.com
  16. "Ö.Toprak". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  17. http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/ec-u19-08.html
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