Tevfik Köse (born 12 July 1988) is a Turkish professional

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 lea ...

who plays as a forward for German club DV Solingen.

Club career

Tevfik Köse began his career with

Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, that competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fo ...

and signed in summer 2001 for

Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen, officially known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH () and commonly known as Bayer Leverkusen or simply Leverkusen, is a German professional football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It competes in the B ...

. He started his professional career with Bayer Leverkusen in the 2005–06 season for the reserve team. After two years at Bayer Leverkusen he left Germany on loan for

Ankaraspor Sincan Belediyesi Ankaraspor Kulübü, commonly known as Ankaraspor (), is a Turkish professional football club based in the country's capital Ankara. Founded in 1978, the club competes in the TFF Second League. The club was known as Osmanlıspor ...

in August 2007. After his return from loan he was loaned out to

Kayserispor Kayseri Spor Kulübü, commonly known as Kayserispor, and also called Bellona Kayserispor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club based in Kayseri. They play their home matches at the RHG Enertürk Enerji Stadium ...

for the 2008–09 season . On 31 December 2009, Köse signed with

İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K., shortly Istanbul BB SK or IBBSK, is a multi-sports club of the Istanbul Province, metropolitan municipality of Istanbul in Turkey. Branches *İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi (volleyball team), Volley ...

for two and a half years.IBB Signs Tevfik Köse

International career

Köse was a part of Turkey's U17 squad at the

FIFA U-17 World Championship The FIFA U-17 World Cup, founded as the FIFA U-16 World Championship, later changed to U-17 in 1991 and to its current name in 2007, is the annual world championship of association football for male players under the age of 17 organized by ''Fé ...

. Tevfik Köse finished tied for second top scorer of the competition. He was also part of the squad that finished runner-up in the

2012 Toulon Tournament The 2012 Toulon Tournament was the 40th edition of the Toulon Tournament and took place from 23 May to 1 June. Colombia national under-20 football team, Colombia were 2011 Toulon Tournament, the defending champions, but they did not participate th ...

and scored a goal in the 1–0 win against France in the semi-final.

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* * * * 1988 births Living people Turkish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Turkey men's B international footballers Turkey men's under-21 international footballers Turkey men's youth international footballers German men's footballers German sportspeople of Turkish descent Süper Lig players Fortuna Düsseldorf players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players Bayer 04 Leverkusen II players Ankaraspor footballers Kayserispor footballers İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. players Çaykur Rizespor footballers Boluspor footballers Adana Demirspor footballers Tuzlaspor players Sakaryaspor footballers Footballers from Düsseldorf 21st-century German sportsmen 21st-century Turkish sportsmen {{Turkey-footy-forward-stub