Erbil Bozkurt
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 Bozkurt in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Erbil Bozkurt | ||
| Date of birth | 4 April 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Hackney, England | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Hull City (Goalkeeping Coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| ?–2016 | Haringey Borough | ? | (?) |
| 2016–2017 | Hampton & Richmond Borough | 0 | (0) |
| 2017 | Leyton Orient | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Boreham Wood | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:14, 4 August 2024 (UTC) | |||
Erbil Bozkurt (born 4 April 1990) is a former English footballer. He now works as the goalkeeping coach at EFL Championship club Hull City.[1]
Coaching career
[edit]Bozkurt began his coaching career whilst playing for Hampton & Richmond Borough. He was appointed as the academy goalkeeping coach at Leyton Orient on 1 February 2016. Bozkurt held this position until 1 April 2017, when he became the club's senior goalkeeping coach.[2]
On 7 August 2017, he moved as a player coach to Boreham Wood.[3] Bozkurt retired as a player on 18 January 2018, when he left his position as goalkeeping coach at Boreham Wood for the equivalent U21 position at EFL Championship side Queens Park Rangers.[4] He would be promoted to the role of First Team goalkeeping coach on 4 June 2020,[4] ahead of the restart of football following the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 4 February 2023, Bozkurt would leave QPR for Wycombe Wanderers[5] in what would be a brief spell that lasted under a month.[6] On 30 June 2023, he became the goalkeeping coach of MK Dons under manager Graham Alexander.[7] On 5 July 2024, Hull City appointed Bozkurt as their First Team goalkeeping coach.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Bozkurt is of Turkish descent.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Bozkurt appointed Goalkeeping Coach". Hull City A.F.C. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Neale Fenn and Erbil Bozkurt added to Leyton Orient's backroom staff as Omer Riza serves touchline ban". East London and West Essex Guardian. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "ERBIL BOZKURT: "I AM REALLY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS"". Boreham Wood F.C. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ a b c "Wycombe Wanderers' GK coach Erbil Bozkurt on his move from QPR". Bucks Free Press. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Erbil Bozkurt joins as Head of Goalkeeping". Wycombe Wanderers F.C. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Confirmed! Matt Bloomfield returns as manager". Wycombe Wanderers F.C. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Erbil Bozkurt appointed Goalkeeper Coach". MK Dons F.C. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024.