Umut Bozok

Umut Bozok — Biography

Umut Bozok is a striker who was born and raised in France and chose Turkey, a top scorer in three different leagues. He topped the scoring charts in the Championnat National and Ligue 2 in France and, with Kasımpaşa in 2021-22, in the Turkish Süper Lig. He now leads the line for Eyüpspor.

He started at six with Etoile Naborienne in his home town of Saint-Avold and, because of his strong build, played in defense at first. In 2011 he joined the FC Metz academy and spent three years in the second team, then scored 18 goals in 31 matches for GS Consolat in Marseille to become the Championnat National top scorer. In 2017 he moved to Nîmes for 150,000 euros and took the Ligue 2 scoring title with 24 goals in 36 games, helping the club reach Ligue 1. He joined Lorient in 2019 and won the 2019-20 Ligue 2 title there, then was loaned to Troyes in 2021 and to Kasımpaşa the same summer.

After his 20 goals in 38 Süper Lig games he signed for Trabzonspor in September 2022 and won the Süper Kupa that year; in February 2025 his contract was terminated and he joined Eyüpspor. For the Turkey under-21s he scored twice on his debut against Azerbaijan, and he made his senior debut on September 25, 2022, against the Faroe Islands. In January 2026 he was the standout in his team's Turkish Cup win. Away from football he plays the piano and holds a black belt in karate.