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Umut Bulut
Bulut with Galatasaray during the 2014–15 season
Personal information
Full name Umut Bulut
Date of birth (1983-03-15) 15 March 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Kayseri, Turkey
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Yeni Malatyaspor
Number 9
Youth career
1994–2000 Petrol Ofisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Petrol Ofisi 28 (5)
2001–2006 Ankaragücü 90 (36)
2002–2003 → İnegölspor (loan) 30 (6)
2006–2011 Trabzonspor 162 (67)
2011–2012 Toulouse 31 (5)
2012–2016 Galatasaray 114 (32)
2016–2019 Kayserispor 102 (23)
2020– Yeni Malatyaspor 11 (3)
International career‡
2001 Turkey U19 4 (1)
2002 Turkey U20 2 (0)
2004–2005 Turkey U21 21 (0)
2007– Turkey 39 (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 March 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:01, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Umut Bulut (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈumut ˈbuɫut], born 15 March 1983) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays for Yeni Malatyaspor. Between 2007 and 2018, he made 39 appearances scoring 11 goals for the Turkey national team.

Club career

Trabzonspor

Due to the goal scorer Fatih Tekke leaving the club, and the team and having difficulties, Trabzonspor signed Bulut. The transfer fee was €1.8 million for a four-year contract. He was given the number 10 jersey which was previously worn by Hami Mandıralı. His first match was on 5 August 2006, against Kayserispor. The following week he scored his first goal for the team in a 1–1 draw against Manisaspor. He scored 88 goals in 197 official games for Trabzonspor, where he won the 2010 Turkish Super Cup as well as the 2009–10 Turkish Cup, scoring in the final against rivals Fenerbahçe in a 3-1 win.

Toulouse

On 28 June 2011, he signed with Toulouse FC for €4.8 million. Bulut made his Ligue 1 Debut against Ajaccio. One week later, on 13 August 2011, scored he his first goal against Dijon FCO and second goal against Nancy which was also the only goal of the game as Toulouse won 1–0. In the 17th week of the season, he scored a winning goal against Evian in a 2–1 win. The other 2 goals were against Lyon and one of them was an outstanding long range shot. After his first season his brilliant performance caught the eye of many teams.[1]

Galatasaray

Umut Bulut first home match for Galatasaray.
Umut Bulut in 2013-14 season

On 26 June 2012, Bulut joined Galatasaray on loan until the end of the season.[2] He scored two goals on his début for Galatasaray against their rivals Fenerbahçe during the game for the 2012 Turkish Super Cup Final. Galatasaray won the game 3–2, where he became the Man of the Match.

On 20 August 2012, Bulut made his debut in the 2012–13 Süper Lig game against Kasımpaşa in the starting 11, where he scored the 2 Goals for Galatasaray as the game finished 2–1. Bulut scored in the second game in an equalizing goal against Beşiktaş as the game finished 3–3. On 2 September 2012 he scored again in the opening goal of the match against Bursaspor as the game ended 3–2, making Galatasaray's 1000th League win in history. His next goal came on 15 September 2012, when he scored a late goal in the 90th minute as Galatasary won the game 4–0 against Antalyaspor. He made a brilliant start in the 2012–13 Süper Lig season scoring 5 league goals in the first 4 weeks and eliminated Saša Ilić's record. On 19 October scored he an important goal for Galatasaray when they were trailing 3–2 against Gençlerbirliği right before his teammate Hakan Balta scored the last goal and the game ended 3–3. After disappointing matches both in the Süper Lig and Champions League during the month of October. Bulut returned with another excellent performance and scored the opener against Kayserispor in a 3–0 win. The following week he again scored the opener from teammate Burak Yılmaz's assist against İstanbul BB as the game ended 3–1, his 10th goal of the season.

Following his successful loan spell, Galatasaray officially signed Bulut from Toulouse on a 3+1 year deal for €2.7 million.[3]

Umut Bulut for Galatasaray against Real Madrid.

International career

Bulut made his debut against Brazil on 5 June 2007, in a match that ended in a draw.[4] He scored his first 2 international goals on 2 June 2012 against Portugal in a friendly match as the game finished 3–1. He then scored a hat-trick for Turkey against Andorra in a 5–0 victory in World Cup qualifiers on 6 September 2013.[5]

Personal life

On 14 March 2016, it was revealed that Umut Bulut's father Kemal Bulut was killed in the Ankara Car bombing on 13 March 2016, after watching the game Gençlerbirliği vs Galatasaray.[6]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 May 2018

.[7][8][9][10]

Club

Umut Bulut after scoring for Galatasaray
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Petrol Ofisi 1999–00 2 0 — — — 2 0
2000–01 26 5 0 0 — — 26 5
Total 28 5 0 0 — — 28 5
Ankaragücü 2001–02 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
2003–04 22 11 2 0 — — 24 11
2004–05 34 9 2 0 — — 36 9
2005–06 33 16 3 3 — — 36 19
Total 90 36 7 3 — — 97 39
İnegölspor (loan) 2002–03 30 6 0 0 — — 30 6
Trabzonspor 2006–07 31 15 8 4 — 1 1 40 20
2007–08 33 14 4 3 — 4 2 41 19
2008–09 33 14 4 0 — — 37 14
2009–10 31 11 9 7 — 2 0 42 18
2010–11 33 13 4 3 — 1 0 38 17
Total 162 67 26 17 — 8 3 196 87
Toulouse 2011–12 31 5 1 0 0 0 — 32 5
Galatasaray 2012–13 27 12 0 0 1 2 10 1 38 15
2013–14 27 5 10 1 1 0 8 3 46 9
2014–15 33 11 5 1 0 0 5 1 43 13
2015–16 27 4 10 3 1 0 8 0 46 7
Total 114 32 25 5 3 2 31 4 173 43
Kayserispor 2016–17 31 4 6 2 — — 37 6
2017–18 32 14 2 1 — — 34 15
2018–19 22 2 2 0 — — 24 2
Total 85 20 10 3 0 0 0 0 95 23
Career total 540 171 69 28 3 2 39 7 651 208

International

Umut Bulut in National Team colours.
As of 14 May 2020
National team Year Apps Goals
Turkey 2007 1 0
2008 0 0
2009 0 0
2010 1 0
2011 7 0
2012 11 3
2013 9 6
2014 5 1
2015 4 1
2018 1 0
Total 39 11

International goals

Scores and results table. Turkey's goal tally first:

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 2 June 2012 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal  Portugal 1–0 3–1 Friendly
2. 2–1
3. 11 September 2012 Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul  Estonia 2–0 3–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
4. 14 August 2013 Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul  Ghana 2–0 2–2 Friendly
5. 6 September 2013 Kadir Has Stadium, Kayseri  Andorra 1–0 5–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
6. 2–0
7. 4–0
8. 11 October 2013 A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn  Estonia 1–0 2–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
9. 19 November 2013 Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin  Belarus 1–0 2-1 Friendly
10. 10 October 2014 Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul  Czech Republic –0 1-2 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Honours

Club

Trabzonspor

Galatasaray

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Resmen Toulouse'da – Türkiye Transferler – Trabzonspor". Sporx.com. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Umut Bulut Galatasaray' da". Galatasaray SK. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "UMUT BULUT". TFF. 6 November 2009. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
  5. ^ http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/world-cup/qualifying/turkey-andorra-463770.html
  6. ^ The Guardian
  7. ^ Umut Bulut at Soccerway
  8. ^ "Bulut, Umut". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  9. ^ "UMUT BULUT". Turkish Football Federation. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  10. ^ "Umut Bulut". Mackolik.com. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
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