Tufan Özbozkurt (born 20 March 1993) is a Turkish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a left-back for Tweede Klasse club Nieuw Utrecht. He made his professional debut as

Jong PSV Jong PSV is a Dutch football team based in Eindhoven. It is the reserve team of PSV Eindhoven and plays in the Eerste Divisie since the 2013–14 season. History Until 2013, Jong PSV played in the Beloften Eredivisie, a league exclusively for ...

player in the

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on 3 August 2013 against

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top flight ...

Career

Since leaving Jong FC Utrecht in the summer 2018, Özbozkurt was left without club. In October 2019, he went on a trial at

SV Spakenburg SV Spakenburg is a Dutch football club based in Bunschoten. It was founded in 1931 and currently competes in the Tweede Divisie. It shares a football rivalry with IJsselmeervogels that is also from Bunschoten-Spakenburg. History The club was fo ...

. Later in October 2019, he joined

FC Lienden FC Lienden is a football club from Lienden, Netherlands. The club was established on 1 August 1930. History In 2010s, the club saw a rise through the Dutch football pyramid, under the guidance of former professional player Hans Kraay Jr., wh ...

. At the end of November 2019, he suffered from a knee injury which later required a surgery in the

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Private life

Özbozkurt is a very near friend of Memphis Depay, whom he has known since his time in

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; en, Philips Sports Association ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department, whi ...

.'Laatste Memphis-nieuws bezorgt Olympique Lyon hartverzakking'
soccernews.nl, February 2020

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ozbozkurt, Tufan 1993 births Living people Footballers from Utrecht (city) Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's youth international footballers Dutch sportspeople of Turkish descent Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers Jong PSV players Konyaspor footballers 1922 Konyaspor footballers Jong FC Utrecht players FC Lienden players TFF Second League players Eerste Divisie players Derde Divisie players Men's association football midfielders Tweede Divisie players SV TEC players Sportlust '46 players