Alpaslan Öztürk (born 16 July 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back and midfielder for Süper Lig club Pendikspor and the Turkey national team.
After the club's 2013 relegation from the Pro League and subsequent bankruptcy left all their players out of contract, Öztürk signed for Standard Liège.
He played regularly in the under-18 and reserve teams, and in March 2011, was given a first-team squad number prior to the FA Cup sixth-round tie against Bolton Wanderers.
[3] In the absence through injury of Stephen Carr and Roger Johnson, and with Liam Ridgewell not fit enough to start, Öztürk was named among the substitutes for that game, but remained unused.
[8] Playing as a midfielder rather than the right back position he usually occupied at Birmingham,[3] he was an unused substitute for the first team's visit to Standard Liège in January 2012,[9] made his debut as Beerschot beat K.V.
[12] Beerschot were relegated from the Pro League at the end of the 2012–13 season, and the club was subsequently declared bankrupt, which left the players out of contract.
[14][15] He made his Standard debut in the starting eleven against Lierse on 4 August, producing a calm, assured performance in his preferred position of defensive midfield.
In an interview with a Turkish website, Öztürk said he was training on his own and, with the club in financial difficulties, the players were not receiving their wages regularly.
[26] Öztürk made his international debut for the Turkey under-18 team in November 2010, in the starting eleven for a friendly match against their German counterparts, and came off the substitutes' bench against the same opponents two days later.