Ozan İpek
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Ozan İpek is a Turkish
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...

 footballer who plays for Bursaspor
Bursaspor
Bursaspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Bursa. Formed in 1963, Bursaspor are nicknamed the Yeşil Timsahlar...

 in the Turkish Süper Lig. While at Batman Petrolspor
Batman Petrolspor
Batman Petrolspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Batman. Formed in 1960, the club colours are red, white, and black and they play their home matches at Batman 16 Mayıs...

 in the Turkish second tier, he scored 12 goals during one season and alerted bigger clubs. While on loan with Bucaspor
Bucaspor
Bucaspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Izmir. Formed in 1928, Bucaspor are nicknamed Fırtına . The club colours are yellow and navy....

, Bursaspor's sister club, he registered 10 goals and 10 assists.

In April 2010, it was reported Chelsea FC scouts were tracking him.

In February 2009, he transferred to Bursaspor in the Süper Lig. In January 2010, he extended his contract until the summer of 2012. On 22 February 2010, İpek scored a brace in the final 6 minutes of a match against Fenerbahce S.K., giving Bursa a famous 2–3 victory away at Fenerbahce.

International career

Having spent the majority of his playing career in the lower divisions, İpek never represented Turkey at youth level. However, his impressive form for his club in the early part of 2010, where he scored 7 goals from midfield and also saw Bursaspor challenge for the title, saw him called up for national duty. He made his international debut at the age of 23, on 3 March 2010, in a 2–0 friendly win against Honduras
Honduras national football team
The Honduran national football team, nicknamed Los Catrachos, La Bicolor or La H, is the national team of Honduras and is controlled by the Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras...

, coming on as a 62nd minute substitute for Arda Turan
Arda Turan
Arda Turan is a Turkish footballer who plays for Atlético Madrid and the Turkish national team, as a left winger. At the age of 22, prior to the 2009–10 season he was made the captain of Galatasaray....

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