Ozan Can Kökçü unveils reason of his return to Azerbaijani national team
- 04 June, 2018
- 07:29
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Baku. 4 June. REPORT.AZ/ Ozan Can Kökci, the forward of Azerbaijan national under-21 football team , will hold the next season in Turkey's Bursaspor club which he belongs according to the agreement.
Report informs, the 20-year-old player himself told to Bursa Hakimiyet. The young forward said that his career in Dutch club Valve in the second half of the season, in which he played for rent, has been very effective: I had goals in Bursaspor. However, it was difficult for me to be in the main team because of the head coach and big staff. For this reason, among these clubs, I chose the Netherlands championship, where there were my personal coaches and gained experience.
Kökçü, who is in the camp of the U-21 National team at present, praised the new head coach of Bursaspor, Samet Aybaba. In his opinion, besides Aybaba is his favorite coach and loves football, he also attaches great importance to the youth. : "I am happy to work with him and look forward to the new season. I arrived in Azerbaijan immediately after the completion of the Netherlands championship. I continue my training both in national level and individually. In next season with our new head coach, I will remind you who is Ozan Can in next season by working with new head coach "
Kökçü did not answer certainly wheatear he would prefer Turkish national team or not. “I do not want to speak about it more. We have met with Tolunay Kafkas, the coordinator of young national team of Turkey in Netherlands before. I had to give up from Azerbaijan national team for some problems. I have been invited to the team by the arrival of new head coach Rashad Sadigov. Sadigov is a very good man and head coach. I thought he would teach me a lot, so I agreed to come back to national team. I do not want to go into details on this topic. I think that playing in main national team is somehow related with chance”.
The 20-year-old forward said that he will show his capability if he was given a chance in Bursaspor.
Özan Can Kökçü previously played friendly matches in the squad of Azerbaijan U-20 national team. At present, the Köçkü is in Kazakhstan for a friendly match against Kazakhstan U-21 national team to be held in Astana Arena.