MLS transfer rumors: who is Ercan Kara, the player who could join Orlando City SC?

MLS transfer rumors continue and today everyone is wondering: who is Ercan Kara, the player who could join Orlando City SC? Here is the answer and why the Florida club needs him. 

The Lions team is looking for this player to come to Major League Soccer to finish making the team that finished sixth overall in the Eastern Conference work, but who is this Austrian striker?

Who is Ercan Kara?

Kara is an Austrian professional soccer player who plays as a striker for Rapid Vienna of the Austrian Bundesliga and the Austrian national team.

The player was previously with SK Slovan HAC, Austria Wien II, Mauerwerk, and Horn, all teams outside the Austrian top flight. 

When and where was Ercan Kara born?

The Austrian striker was born on January 3, 1996, in Austria, making him a young 26-year-old talent of Turkish descent. Kara is 6 feet tall and has a market value of 3 million euros. He plays right-footed and was signed by his current club Rapid Vienna on January 27, 2020. 

How has Ercan Kara's career in Austrian soccer been?

The player made his debut in the regional league Regionalliga OST first with Young Violets Austrian Vien, in the 2014-2015 season.

He would later go to FC Mauerwerk in the same league in the 2017-2019 seasons and from there he would make the jump to the second division of Austrian soccer, the Admiral 2. League to play for SV Horn, a club in which he played 16 games, in which he would score 13 goals and provide 3 assists. 

This was the team that catapulted him to the maximum circuit of Austrian soccer, the Bundesliga where he would arouse the interest of Rapid Vienna, which would hire him from the 2019-2020 season, to play there until today. 

How was Ercan Kara's performance in Rapid Vienna?

The player has been able to respond to the call of the team and since 2019 has played 58 games in the uniform of the green-and-white, scoring 27 goals and providing 13 assists. And because of these numbers, he received the call of his national team. 

When did Erca Kara make her debut for the Austrian national team?

The player's debut came on March 31, 2021, as a late substitute in the 4-0 loss to Denmark in the qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup on March 31, 2021.

Since his debut to date, the player has made 7 international appearances for his national team but has so far failed to score goals wearing the uniform of his national team. 

And to Kara's bad luck, he was not chosen as part of Franco Foda's 26-player squad for Euro 2020, which was held at the end of 2021 and won by the Italian national soccer team. 

What are the chances of Ercan Kara joining Orlando City SC?

The information was released by the website specialized in transfers, Transfermarkt.

According to the site's information, Orlando City SC of MLS is on the verge of acquiring the Austrian attacker as a Franchise Player for the 2022 campaign within Major League Soccer. 

The Austrian club has already confirmed that the player is traveling to speak with a potential new employer for final negotiations and sports medicals.

According to the club's sporting director, the player has received an offer from a team whose name is not mentioned, but which is very good from an economic point of view.

Zoran Barisic, Rapid Vienna's Sporting Director, said the following to questions from the Austrian media: 

"Ercan Kara has received a very attractive offer, also from an economic point of view, which he is willing to accept. Moreover, we have already reached an agreement with the interested club on the modalities of the transfer. If contrary to expectations, the transfer does not go through, he will return to us and, due to his character, I am not worried that he will not give 100 percent for Rapid immediately. I ask you to understand that we cannot make any further statements at the moment for reasons of confidentiality."

Therefore, it appears to be a matter of hours before making his arrival at Orlando City SC official.