Survivor 2021 celebrity team contestant Özbek was born on September 14, 1986 in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany. Barış Özbek, who started football in the BG Schwerin infrastructure, played in Tus Hordel in 2003-2004 and then switched to the Rot-Weiss Essen infrastructure in 2005. Barış wore the A team jersey for two years. He scored 1 goal in 39 games. He was transferred to Galatasaray with his teammate Serkan Çalık in the 2007-2008 season. In the 2007-08 season, Barış Özbek was one of Galatasaray’s first signings, which was restructured with Karl-Heinz Feldkamp. Baris, who can play in the middle of midfield, on the right wing and rarely on the right side, can play on both sides of the game. The characteristics of Barış, who played for Rot-Weiss Essen, one of the teams in the German Local League, and also played 16 times for the German under-21 soccer team, played a key role in the Feldkamp system. He played for Trabzonspor in the 2011-12 and 2012-2013 seasons. The footballer, who injured the internal cruciate ligament in his right knee during self-training in Germany without being able to wear the Trabzonspor uniform, was away from the fields for 6 months. Uzbek is married to Minecan Özbek.