| Umut Bozok | |
| Full Name: | Umut Dylan Bozok[1] |
| Birth Date: | 19 September 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Saint-Avold, France |
| Height: | 1.78 m |
| Position: | Striker |
| Currentclub: | Trabzonspor |
| Clubnumber: | 9 |
| Youthyears1: | 2002–2011 |
| Youthclubs1: | Etoile Naborienne |
| Youthyears2: | 2011–2016 |
| Youthclubs2: | Metz |
| Years1: | 2013–2016 |
| Clubs1: | Metz B |
| Caps1: | 33 |
| Goals1: | 13 |
| Years2: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs2: | Consolat |
| Caps2: | 31 |
| Goals2: | 18 |
| Years3: | 2017–2019 |
| Clubs3: | Nîmes |
| Caps3: | 61 |
| Goals3: | 26 |
| Years4: | 2019–2022 |
| Clubs4: | Lorient |
| Caps4: | 21 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Years5: | 2021 |
| Clubs5: | → Troyes (loan) |
| Caps5: | 16 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs6: | → Kasımpaşa (loan) |
| Caps6: | 38 |
| Goals6: | 20 |
| Years7: | 2022– |
| Clubs7: | Trabzonspor |
| Caps7: | 40 |
| Goals7: | 9 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2012–2013 |
| Nationalteam1: | Turkey U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 3 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2013 |
| Nationalteam2: | Turkey U18 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2017 |
| Nationalteam3: | Turkey U21 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 3 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2022– |
| Nationalteam4: | Turkey |
| Nationalcaps4: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 16:15, 7 June 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 16:27, 26 September 2022 (UTC) |
Umut Dylan 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.
Bozok was born in Saint-Avold, in the east of France, to a Turkish father born in Sorgun, Turkey. He holds both French and Turkish nationalities.[2] He acquired French nationality on 15 April 1998, through the collective effect of his father's naturalization.[3]
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.[4] 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.[5] [6]
Bozok made his professional debut for Nîmes in a 1–0 Ligue 2 loss to Reims on 28 July 2017.[7] He scored his first professional hattrick in a 4–0 Ligue 2 win over Brest on 20 October 2017.[8] 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.[9]
On 18 June 2019, Bozok signed with French club Lorient, for three years and one optional.[10] The transfer fee was reported as €1.5 million. On 1 February 2021, Bozok moved to Ligue 2 club Troyes on a loan deal until the end of the season.[11] On 22 July 2021, he was loaned to Kasımpaşa in the Turkish Süper Lig for the 2021–22 season.[12] With 20 goals in 38 games, Bozok was named "Gol Kralı" (top scorer) of the Süper Lig that season.[13]
On 1 September 2022, Bozok signed with Süper Lig club Trabzonspor.[14] [15]
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.[16]
Bozok made his debut for the senior national team on 25 September 2022 in a Nations League game against the Faroe Islands.[17]
Outside of football, he is a pianist and a black-belt in karate.[18]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | 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 | — | — | — | 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 | — | 65 | 27 | ||||
| Nîmes B | 2018–19 | National 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 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 | — | 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 | |||
| Trabzonspor | 2022–23 | Süper Lig | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | — | 7 | 1 | 37 | 10 | ||
| 2023–24 | Süper Lig | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 15 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 40 | 9 | 5 | 3 | — | 7 | 1 | 52 | 13 | ||||
| Career total | 241 | 90 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 267 | 97 | |||
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