Umut Bulut (, born 15 March 1983) is a Turkish professional

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who plays for

Eyüpspor Eyüpspor is a Turkish professional football club that is located in the Eyüp district of Istanbul. The team colours are lavender and yellow. Their home ground is Eyüp Stadium, which has a capacity of 2,500. History Eyüpspor played in the Ista ...

. Between 2007 and 2018, he made 39 appearances and scored ten goals for the Turkey national team.

Club career

Trabzonspor

Due to prolific goalscorer

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leaving the club, and the club having difficulties with results,

Trabzonspor Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Trabzon. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, the men's football team has won seven Süper Lig championships. Trabzonspor also have a women's football team, ...

signed Bulut for €1.8 million on a four-year contract. He was given the

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which was previously worn by

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. His first match was on 5 August 2006 against

Kayserispor Kayseri Spor Kulübü, commonly known as Kayserispor, is a Turkish professional football club based in Kayseri. They play their home matches at the Kadir Has Stadium in red and yellow kits. The team has won one Turkish Cup in 2008 and also fini ...

. The following week he scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw against

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, winning the

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as well as the 2009–10 Turkish Cup, scoring in the

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against rivals Fenerbahçe during a 3–1 win.

Toulouse

On 28 June 2011, Bulut signed with French club

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for €4.8 million. He made his

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debut against

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on 6 August 2011. One week later, he scored his first goal for the club against

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, before getting a second goal for Toulouse against Nancy in a 1–0 win. In the seventeenth week of the season, Bulut scored the winning goal in a 2–1 victory against

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. The only other two goals he scored for the club were both against

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, including one from an outstanding long range shot.

Galatasaray

On 26 June 2012, Bulut joined Galatasaray on loan until the end of the season. He scored two goals on his debut for the club against their rivals Fenerbahçe during the

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. Galatasaray won the game 3–2, with Bulut being named Man of the Match. On 20 August 2012, Bulut made his first appearance in the 2012–13 Süper Lig season against Kasımpaşa as he was included in the starting eleven, and he scored a brace for Galatasaray as the game finished 2–1. Bulut got the equaliser in the following match against

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as the game finished 3–3. On 2 September 2012, he again scored the opening goal of the match, in Galatasaray's 3–2 win against

Bursaspor Bursaspor Kulübü Derneği (), commonly known as Bursaspor, is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Bursa. Formed in 1963, the club colours are green and white, with home kits usually featuring both colours in a striped pattern. In th ...

, the one thousandth league win in the club's history. Bulut's next goal came on 15 September 2012, scoring in the 90th minute as Galatasary won 4–0 against

Antalyaspor Antalyaspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Antalya. The club's colours are red and white. They play their home matches at the Antalya Stadium. In Turkey, the club won the First League twice in 1982 and 1 ...

. His five league goals in the first four weeks of the season surpassed the record set by Saša Ilić. On 19 October, Bulut scored an crucial goal for Galatasaray against Gençlerbirliği, helping his side come from 1–3 down to tie the game 3–3. After disappointing performances in both the Süper Lig and Champions League during the month of October, Bulut returned with another excellent match as he scored the opener against

in a 3–0 win. The following week he scored his tenth goal of the season, again getting the opener in a 3–1 victory against İstanbul B.B. after converting from teammate

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's assist. Following his successful loan spell, Galatasaray officially signed Bulut from Toulouse on a 3+1 year deal for €2.7 million.

Eyüpspor

On June 18, 2021, Bulut signed a 1+1 year contract with

International career

Bulut made his international debut in Turkey's draw against

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on 5 June 2007. He scored his first two international goals on 2 June 2012, in a 3–1 friendly victory against

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. Bulut then scored a hat-trick against

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in Turkey's 5–0 World Cup qualifier win on 6 September 2013.

Personal life

On 14 March 2016, it was revealed that Umut Bulut's father Kemal had been killed in the Ankara Car bombing during the previous day, shortly after he had watched Galatasary's match against Gençlerbirliği.

Career statistics

Club

International

Source:

International goals

''Scores and results table list Turkey's goal tally first.''

Honours

Trabzonspor *

Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup ( Turkish: ''Türkiye Kupası'') is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası ...

: 2009–10 *

Turkish Super Cup The Turkish Super Cup ( Turkish: ''TFF Süper Kupa''), as it is currently known, is the annual super cup football match contested between the previous season's Süper Lig champions and the Turkish Cup winners in Turkey. It was originally known a ...

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Galatasaray *

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: 2012–13, 2014–15 *Turkish Cup: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 *Turkish Super Cup:

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Individual *

top scorer: 2009–10 (7 goals)

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bulut, Umut 1983 births Living people People from Yeşilhisar Turkish footballers Turkey international footballers Turkey B international footballers Turkey under-21 international footballers Turkey youth international footballers Turkish expatriate footballers Turkish expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in France Süper Lig players Ligue 1 players MKE Ankaragücü footballers İnegölspor footballers Trabzonspor footballers Toulouse FC players Galatasaray S.K. footballers Kayserispor footballers Association football forwards