Umut Bozok – Wikipedia
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Footballer (born 1996)
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| Full name | Umut Dilan Bozok | ||
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| Date of birth | 19 September 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Saint-Avold, France | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
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Current team |
Trabzonspor | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| 2002–2011 | Etoile Naborienne | ||
| 2011–2016 | Metz | ||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2016 | Metz B | 33 | (13) |
| 2016–2017 | Consolat | 31 | (18) |
| 2017–2019 | Nîmes | 61 | (26) |
| 2019–2022 | Lorient | 21 | (2) |
| 2021 | → Troyes (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | → Kasımpaşa (loan) | 38 | (20) |
| 2022– | Trabzonspor | 16 | (3) |
| 2012–2013 | Turkey U17 | 5 | (3) |
| 2013 | Turkey U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | Turkey U21 | 5 | (3) |
| 2022– | Turkey | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:46, 20 March 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:27, 26 September 2022 (UTC) |
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Umut Dilan Bozok (born 19 September 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Süper Lig club Trabzonspor. Born in France, he plays for the Turkey national team.
Club career[edit]
Bozok began playing football with his local club l’Etoile Naborienne Saint-Avold at the age of 6. He began as a defender because of his strong physique.[1] He then moved to the youth academy of FC Metz in 2011. After spending three years in Metz’s second team, Bozok moved to GS Consolat in Marseille for first-team football. After a successful season with GS Consolat, becoming the top scorer in the Championnat National with 18 goals in 31 matches, Bozok transferred to Ligue 2 side Nîmes on 9 June 2017 for €150,000.[2][3]
Bozok made his professional debut for Nîmes in a 1–0 Ligue 2 loss to Reims on 28 July 2017.[4] He scored his first professional hattrick in a 4–0 Ligue 2 win over Brest on 20 October 2017.[5] Bozok finished the top scorer of the 2017–18 Ligue 2 with 24 goals in 36 games, and helped promote Nîmes to the Ligue 1 for the 2018–19 season.[6]
On 18 June 2019, Bozok signed with French club Lorient, for three years and one optional.[7] The transfer fee was reported as 1.5 million euros.[7] On 1 February 2021, Bozok moved to Ligue 2 club Troyes on a loan deal until the end of the season.[8] On 22 July 2021, he was loaned to Kasımpaşa in the Turkish Süper Lig for the 2021–22 season.[9] With 20 goals in 38 games, Bozok was named “Gol Kralı” (top scorer) of the Süper Lig that season.[10]
International career[edit]
Bozok represents Turkey at an international level. In his debut for the Turkey U21 national team, he scored a brace in a 4–0 win over Azerbaijan U21 on 28 March 2017.[11] Bozok made his debut for the Turkey national football team on 25 September 2022 in a Nations League game against the Faroe Islands.[12]
Personal life[edit]
Bozok was born in France, and is of Turkish descent.[13] Outside of football, he is a pianist and a black-belt in karate.[14]
Career statistics[edit]
- As of match played 24 December 2022[15]
Honours[edit]
Lorient
Individual
References[edit]
- ^ “Umut Bozok, le virtuose – Stadito”. 12 November 2017.
- ^ a b Rédaction. “Umut Bozok, meilleur buteur de National, signe à Nîmes”.
- ^ “Fédération Française de Football”. www.fff.fr.
- ^ “LFP.fr – Ligue de Football Professionnel – Domino’s Ligue 2 – Saison 2017/2018 – 1ère journée – Nîmes Olympique / Stade de Reims”. www.lfp.fr.
- ^ “Ligue1.com – French Football League – Domino’s Ligue 2 – Season 2017/2018 – Week 12 – Nîmes Olympique / Stade Brestois 29”. www.ligue1.com.
- ^ a b “LFP.fr – Umut Bozok, meilleur buteur de Domino’s Ligue 2 !”. www.lfp.fr.
- ^ a b “Transferts : Umut Bozok (Nîmes) à Lorient (officiel)” [Transfers: Umut Bozok (Nîmes) to Lorient (official)]. L’Équipe (in French). 18 June 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Macedo, Aurélien (1 February 2021). “Umut Bozok prêté à Troyes” [Umut Bozok loaned to Troyes]. Foot Mercato (in French). Retrieved 5 February 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ “Transferts : Umut Bozok (Lorient) prêté à Kasimpasa”. L’Équipe.
- ^ İSTANBUL (İHA), Yunus Kılıç-Samet Yalçın /. “Süper Lig’in gol kralı Umut Bozok! Burak Yılmaz’dan sonra ilk kez…” www.hurriyet.com.tr.
- ^ “TÜRKİYE AZERBAYCAN – Maç Detayları TFF”. www.tff.org.
- ^ “Faroe Islands v Turkey game report”. UEFA. 25 September 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ “A la rencontre d’Umut Bozok – Nîmes Olympique”. 9 June 2017.
- ^ “Pianiste, karatéka, spécialiste des penalties, qui est Umut Bozok (Marseille Consolat), le meilleur buteur du National ?”. France Football.
- ^ Umut Bozok at Soccerway
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