Tevfik Köse

Tevfik Köse — Biography

Tevfik Köse is a 1.80 m forward born in Düsseldorf who played for Turkey's youth national teams. He holds both Turkish and German citizenship, and his family comes from Bayburt. At the 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship he finished as top scorer and was dubbed "the new Aykut Kocaman" in the Turkish press. Late in his career he played in Germany for DV Solingen.

He started at Fortuna Düsseldorf, moved to Bayer Leverkusen in summer 2001 and began his professional career with the reserve team in 2005-06. He was named among ten standout talents of UEFA's under-17 tournament. After two years at Leverkusen he left Germany on loan to Ankaraspor in August 2007; on his return he was loaned out again, to Kayserispor for 2008-09. On December 31, 2009, he signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor, a club later known as İstanbul Başakşehir. In 2013-14 he transferred to Çaykur Rizespor on a three-year deal. In later years he played for Boluspor and Osmanlıspor and in January 2017 joined Büyükşehir Gaziantepspor.

He wore the Turkey shirt at U17, U19, U20 and U21 level and for the A2 team. He was in the squad that finished runner-up at the 2012 Toulon Tournament, scoring in the 1-0 semi-final win over France. In a 2014 interview he said he had not reached the point he wanted.