Tufan Özbozkurt

Tufan Özbozkurt — Biography

Tufan Özbozkurt was born in Utrecht on 20 March 1993 to a family that had emigrated to the Netherlands. A left-back and left winger, he is 1.72 m tall. He started out at USV Elinkwijk in 1997, moved to PSV in 2002 (one of the country's biggest youth set-ups) and rose from the E1 level to A1. In October 2011 he signed a two-year professional contract, and in PSV's reserve side under Marco Roelofsen he made 48 appearances, scoring 3 goals with 3 assists. As a Jong PSV player he made his Eerste Divisie debut on 3 August 2013 against Sparta Rotterdam.

His international path began with the Netherlands under-19 side in 2011. In 2012 he was called up to the Turkey U-19 team, for whom he made his first appearance against Ireland on 28 February 2012, and in February 2013 he played for the Turkey U-20 side.

In the 2014-15 transfer window he joined Konyaspor on a two-year contract. During his years in Turkey he also played for Yeni Malatyaspor and Anadolu Selçukluspor, then returned to the Netherlands, leaving Jong FC Utrecht in the summer of 2018. He joined FC Lienden in October 2019 and later played left-back for Tweede Klasse club Nieuw Utrecht.