Salih Özcan is a defensive midfielder born in Cologne in 1998. He came through 1. FC Köln's academy, made his Bundesliga debut with the club, and also spent a loan season at Holstein Kiel. Borussia Dortmund signed him in 2022, and he later had a loan spell at Wolfsburg before returning to Dortmund. Özcan represented Germany at youth level and won the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, then chose Turkey and made his senior international debut in 2022.
