Umut Bozok

Umut Dilan Bozok (born 19 September 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Süper Lig club Kasımpaşa, on loan from Ligue 1 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)
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)
2021Troyes (loan) 16 (1)
2021–Kasımpaşa (loan) 29 (14)
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 14:45, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 04:21, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

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]

Lorient

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]

Troyes (loan)

On 1 February 2021, Bozok moved to Ligue 2 club Troyes on a loan deal until the end of the season.[9]

Kasımpaşa (loan)

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]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Metz B 2013–14 CFA 2 1010
2014–15 CFA 100100
2015–16 CFA 2 22132213
Total 3313000000003313
GS Consolat 2016–17 National 311830003418
Nimes 2017–18 Ligue 2 362410113825
2018–19 Ligue 1 2520020272
Total 6126103100006527
Lorient 2019–20 Ligue 2 1623210204
2020–21 Ligue 1 50000050
Total 21232100000254
Career total 146597341000015762

Honours

Lorient

Individual

References

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