German retired footballer (born 1989)
Cihan Kaptan (born 4 March 1989, in Wuppertal) is a German retired footballer.
Career
Kaptan began his career by the Bambinis of Wuppertaler SV Borussia and signed 1996 a contract for D-Youth from Bayer 04 Leverkusen.[2] With Bayer 04 Leverkusen he won the German A-youth Championship in 2007 (2–1 win in the final against Bayern Munich) and the youth A-German Cup in 2008 (3–1 in the final against Borussia Moenchengladbach). Kaptan won in his youth in twice the West German championship in 2007 and 2008.[3] After twelve years at Bayer 04 Leverkusen he moved to the Süper Lig club Bursaspor.[4] After only two Turkish Cup games in one and a half years at Bursaspor he joined in January 2010 Borussia Dortmund II,[5] where he earned his first professional game on 7 February 2010 against Kickers Offenbach in the 3. Liga.[6]
International career
He earned his first international cap for the Germany national under-20 football team level against Turkey Under-20 football team in Kuşadası. Kaptan played as midfielder for the Germany U20 team in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[7]
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