Umut Bozok

Umut Dilan Bozok (born 19 September 1996) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a striker for French club Lorient.[1]

Umut Bozok
Personal information
Full name Umut Dilan Bozok
Date of birth (1996-09-19) 19 September 1996
Place of birth Saint-Avold, France
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 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 16 (2)
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 18 June 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 June 2019

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]

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.[8]

Personal life

Bozok was born in France, and is of Turkish descent.[9] Outside of football, he is a pianist and a black-belt in karate.[10]

Career statistics
As of match played 23 July 2020[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Metz B 2013–14 CFA 2 10————10
2014–15 CFA 100————100
2015–16 CFA 2 2213————2213
Total 3313000000003313
GS Consolat 2016–17 National 31183000——3418
Nimes 2017–18 Ligue 2 36241011——3825
2018–19 Ligue 1 2520020——272
Total 6126103100006527
FC Lorient 2019–20 Ligue 2 1623210——204
Career total 141597341000015262

Honours

FC Lorient

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References
  1. Umut Bozok at Soccerway
  2. "Umut Bozok, le virtuose - Stadito". 12 November 2017.
  3. Rédaction. "Umut Bozok, meilleur buteur de National, signe à Nîmes".
  4. "Umut Bozok, meilleur buteur du National".
  5. "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Domino's Ligue 2 - Saison 2017/2018 - 1ère journée - Nîmes Olympique / Stade de Reims". www.lfp.fr.
  6. "Ligue1.com - French Football League - Domino's Ligue 2 - Season 2017/2018 - Week 12 - Nîmes Olympique / Stade Brestois 29". www.ligue1.com.
  7. "LFP.fr - Umut Bozok, meilleur buteur de Domino's Ligue 2 !". www.lfp.fr.
  8. "TÜRKİYE AZERBAYCAN - Maç Detayları TFF". www.tff.org.
  9. "A la rencontre d'Umut Bozok - Nîmes Olympique". 9 June 2017.
  10. "Pianiste, karatéka, spécialiste des penalties, qui est Umut Bozok (Marseille Consolat), le meilleur buteur du National ?". France Football.
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