Emre Öztürk

Emre Öztürk — Biography

Emre Öztürk was born on 1 April 1986 in Heidelberg, Germany, into a Turkish working-class family. Some sources give his date of birth as 11 July 1986. A right winger who holds both Turkish and German citizenship, he built his career across the two countries.

He began playing football in the youth system of SG Dielheim near Heidelberg, and then passed through the youth sides of FV Nußloch, SV Sandhausen, SV 98 Schwetzingen and SV Waldhof Mannheim. His professional path started with VfL Wolfsburg II, the reserve side of VfL Wolfsburg, where he played in the Regionalliga Nord for four seasons. He then moved to 3. Liga club SV Sandhausen, and in his first season there he scored 11 goals in 31 matches, a major contribution to his team. He could not repeat that form over the next two seasons, and announced that he was open to offers from Turkey and wanted to try his luck there.

In Turkey he played for Göztepe and Yeni Malatyaspor. He has since retired from playing and is described as a former footballer.