Oğuzhan Kefkir

Oğuzhan Kefkir — Biography

Oğuzhan Kefkir was born on 27 August 1991 in Wuppertal, Germany, to a working-class family; he holds both Turkish and German citizenship. He began playing football with SV Bayer Wuppertal in 1997, joined VfL Bochum's youth academy in 2002, made his Bundesliga debut against SC Freiburg on 3 April 2010, and signed his first professional contract on 27 May 2010 after being promoted from the U-19 team.

The midfielder transferred to Alemannia Aachen at the end of the 2011-12 season and to Borussia Dortmund at the start of 2013-14; he also played for DV Solingen, and in June 2023 he moved to Regionalliga side Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. He currently plays for Türkspor Dortmund. Repeatedly called up to Turkey's youth national teams, he was named to the Turkey under-19 squad's training camp in December 2009.