Career
Özbek cemented his spot as a solid regular starter at Galatasaray in his first season after an impressive start to the season. He recently celebrated the league title in Istanbul with his club At the start of the 2009-2010 season, he scored a brace during the third qualifying round of the Europa League, against Maccabi Netanya on 6 August 2009.
Özbek has adopted the nickname Barış for his commitment when it comes to chasing the ball.
He moved to MSV Duisburg on 1 February 2016. Özbek has played for the German U-21 national team
Özbek is known to be fairly clumsy, during the renovation of his house in Germany, he managed to injure himself to miss the first half of the Turkish Premier Division 2011-2012 season.