Mahmut Özen

Mahmut Özen — Biography

Mahmut Özen (born 1 September 1988) holds both Turkish and Swedish citizenship and plays as a defender. He is 1.78 m tall; sources differ on his birthplace, giving either Tarsus or Stockholm.

He began his professional career in 2008 at Swedish fourth-tier club Stafsinge IF. He moved to Varbergs BoIS in 2009, where he spent three seasons and scored his first senior goal. For the 2012 season he transferred to Allsvenskan club Mjällby AIF, making only a handful of appearances in his first season before becoming a regular starter in 2013. On 3 December 2013 he signed a four-year contract with reigning champions Malmö FF, but after making only one league appearance for the club in 2014 he was loaned to Turkish Süper Lig side Kayseri Erciyesspor until the end of the 2014-15 season. Malmö FF, with Özen on the squad, won the Allsvenskan title that 2014 season. He signed with Adana Demirspor on 7 January 2016 and then joined Falkenbergs FF on 13 March 2017.

He later returned to Sweden, where he played as a defender for Ettan club Nordic United FC.