Umut Bozok

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Umut Bozok
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Bozok in 2021
Personal information
Full name Umut Dilan Bozok
Date of birth (1996-09-19) 19 September 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Saint-Avold, France
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
Trabzonspor
Number 9
Youth career
2002–2011 Etoile Naborienne
2011–2016 Metz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Metz II 33 (13)
2016–2017 Consolat 31 (18)
2017–2019 Nîmes 61 (26)
2019–2022 Lorient 21 (2)
2021Troyes (loan) 16 (1)
2021–2022Kasımpaşa (loan) 38 (20)
2022– Trabzonspor 6 (2)
National team
2012–2013 Turkey U17 5 (3)
2013 Turkey U18 1 (0)
2017 Turkey U21 5 (3)
2022– Turkey 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:57, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:27, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Umut Dilan Bozok (born 19 September 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club Trabzonspor. Born in France, he plays for the Turkey national team.

Club career

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 Nimes Olympique on 9 June 2017 for €150,000.[2][3]

Bozok made his professional debut for Nîmes in a 1–0 Ligue 2 loss to Stade de Reims on 28 July 2017.[4] He scored his first professional hattrick in a 4–0 Ligue 2 win over Stade Brestois 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]

Lorient

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]

Troyes (loan)

On 1 February 2021, Bozok moved to Ligue 2 club Troyes on a loan deal until the end of the season.[8]

Kasımpaşa (loan)

On 22 July 2021, he was loaned to Kasımpaşa S.K. 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

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

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

As of match played 1 July 2022[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Metz B 2013–14 CFA 2 1 0 1 0
2014–15 CFA 10 0 10 0
2015–16 CFA 2 22 13 22 13
Total 33 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 13
GS Consolat 2016–17 National 31 18 3 0 0 0 34 18
Nimes 2017–18 Ligue 2 36 24 1 0 1 1 38 25
2018–19 Ligue 1 25 2 0 0 2 0 27 2
Total 61 26 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 65 27
Lorient 2019–20 Ligue 2 16 2 3 2 1 0 20 4
2020–21 Ligue 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Total 21 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 25 4
Troyes (loan) 2020–21 Ligue 2 16 1 0 0 0 0 16 1
Kasımpaşa (loan) 2021–22 Süper Lig 38 20 3 0 41 20
Career total 200 80 10 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 214 83

Honours

Lorient

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Umut Bozok, le virtuose - Stadito". 12 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b Rédaction. "Umut Bozok, meilleur buteur de National, signe à Nîmes".
  3. ^ "Fédération Française de Football". www.fff.fr.
  4. ^ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Domino's Ligue 2 - Saison 2017/2018 - 1ère journée - Nîmes Olympique / Stade de Reims". www.lfp.fr.
  5. ^ "Ligue1.com - French Football League - Domino's Ligue 2 - Season 2017/2018 - Week 12 - Nîmes Olympique / Stade Brestois 29". www.ligue1.com.
  6. ^ a b "LFP.fr - Umut Bozok, meilleur buteur de Domino's Ligue 2 !". www.lfp.fr.
  7. ^ 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)
  8. ^ 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)
  9. ^ "Transferts : Umut Bozok (Lorient) prêté à Kasimpasa". L'Équipe.
  10. ^ İSTANBUL (İHA), Yunus Kılıç-Samet Yalçın /. "Süper Lig'in gol kralı Umut Bozok! Burak Yılmaz'dan sonra ilk kez..." www.hurriyet.com.tr.
  11. ^ "TÜRKİYE AZERBAYCAN - Maç Detayları TFF". www.tff.org.
  12. ^ "Faroe Islands v Turkey game report". UEFA. 25 September 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  13. ^ "A la rencontre d'Umut Bozok - Nîmes Olympique". 9 June 2017.
  14. ^ "Pianiste, karatéka, spécialiste des penalties, qui est Umut Bozok (Marseille Consolat), le meilleur buteur du National ?". France Football.
  15. ^ Umut Bozok at Soccerway

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