Umut Bozok
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Umut Dilan Bozok | ||
Date of birth | 19 September 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Saint-Avold, France | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team |
Kasımpaşa (on loan from Lorient) | ||
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– | Lorient | 21 | (2) |
2021 | → Troyes (loan) | 16 | (1) |
2021– | → Kasımpaşa (loan) | 2 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2012–2013 | Turkey U17 | 5 | (3) |
2013 | Turkey U18 | 1 | (0) |
2017– | Turkey U21 | 5 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:21, 22 August 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 04:21, 22 August 2021 (UTC) |
Umut Dilan Bozok (born 19 September 1996) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Süper Lig club Kasımpaşa, on loan from Ligue 1 club Lorient.[1]
Professional 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.[2] 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.[3][4]
Bozok made his professional debut for Nîmes in a 1–0 Ligue 2 loss to Stade de Reims on 28 July 2017.[5] He scored his first professional hattrick in a 4–0 Ligue 2 win over Stade Brestois on 20 October 2017.[6] 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.[7]
On 18 June 2019, Bozok signed with French club Lorient, for 3 years and 1 optional.[8] The transfer fee was reported as 1.5 million euros.[8]
On 1 February 2021, Bozok moved to Ligue 2 club Troyes on a loan deal until the end of the season.[9] On 22 July 2021, he was loaned to Kasımpaşa S.K. in the Turkish Süper Lig.[10]
International career[]
Bozok represents Turkey at an international level. In his debut for the Turkey national under-21 football team, he scored a brace in a 4–0 win over Azerbaijan U21 on 28 March 2017.[11]
Personal life[]
Bozok was born in France, and is of Turkish descent.[12] Outside of football, he is a pianist and a black-belt in karate.[13]
Career statistics[]
- As of match played 14 September 2020[1]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Metz B | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 18 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | ||
Career total | 143 | 59 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 62 |
Honours[]
Lorient
Individual[]
- Championnat National top goalscorer: 2016–17 (18 goals)[3]
- Ligue 2 top goalscorer: 2017–18 (24 goals)[7]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Umut Bozok at Soccerway
- ^ "Umut Bozok, le virtuose - Stadito". 12 November 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "LFP.fr - Umut Bozok, meilleur buteur de Domino's Ligue 2 !". www.lfp.fr.
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ Macedo, Aurélien (1 February 2021). "Umut Bozok prêté à Troyes" [Umut Bozok loaned to Troyes]. Foot Mercato (in French). Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ "Transferts : Umut Bozok (Lorient) prêté à Kasimpasa". L'Équipe.
- ^ "TÜRKİYE AZERBAYCAN - Maç Detayları TFF". www.tff.org.
- ^ "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.
External links[]
- Umut Bozok – French league stats at LFP – also available in French
- Umut Bozok at the Turkish Football Federation
- 1996 births
- Living people
- People from Saint-Avold
- Sportspeople from Moselle (department)
- Association football forwards
- Turkish footballers
- Turkey youth international footballers
- Turkey under-21 international footballers
- French footballers
- French people of Turkish descent
- FC Metz players
- Nîmes Olympique players
- FC Lorient players
- ES Troyes AC players
- Kasımpaşa S.K. footballers
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Süper Lig players
- Championnat National players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Championnat National 3 players