Atilla Özmen (born 11 May 1988) is a Turkish

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who plays as a

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for

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club Isparta 32 SK.

Career

A native of

Ayvalık Ayvalık (), formerly also known as Kydonies (), is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Balıkesir Province, Turkey. Its area is 305 km2, and its population is 75,126 (2024). It is a seaside town on the northwestern Aegean Se ...

, a seaside town in

Balıkesir Province Balıkesir Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in northwestern Turkey with coastlines on both the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean Sea, Aegean. Its area is 14,583 km ...

on Turkey's northwestern Aegean coast, Atilla Özmen played football since childhood and, in 1998, at the age of 10, was already a regular at Istanbul youth club, Küçükköy Belediye, where he remained until 2002, when a move, for the 2003–04 season, was arranged to

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club in nearby

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. The following three seasons (2004–07) were spent at

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's club Altay S.K., which has the same jersey colours (black and white) and with which he maintained good relations. In 2007, he was one of the players traded between Altay and Beşiktaş on loan. For Bank Asya 1. Lig 2008–09, he joined Altay back again. Spelled his time at Altay and Konyaspor respectively, he joined another İzmir team Bucaspor, promoted

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in June 2010. Following Bucaspor's relegation from

, Atilla moved to

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on 14 July 2011, signing a three-year deal. He signed for Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor on 1 July 2014.

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* * * 1988 births Living people People from Ayvalık Sportspeople from Balıkesir Province Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's under-21 international footballers Turkey men's youth international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Altay S.K. footballers Beşiktaş J.K. footballers Konyaspor footballers Bucaspor footballers Samsunspor footballers Gaziantep F.K. footballers İnegölspor footballers Balıkesirspor footballers Süper Lig players TFF 1. Lig players TFF Second League players 21st-century Turkish sportsmen {{Turkey-footy-goalkeeper-stub