Erbil Bozkurt

Erbil Bozkurt
Bozkurt in 2017
Personal information
Full name Erbil Bozkurt
Date of birth (1990-04-04) 4 April 1990 (age 34)
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

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

Bozkurt is of Turkish descent.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Bozkurt appointed Goalkeeping Coach". Hull City A.F.C. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "ERBIL BOZKURT: "I AM REALLY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS"". Boreham Wood F.C. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "Wycombe Wanderers' GK coach Erbil Bozkurt on his move from QPR". Bucks Free Press. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Erbil Bozkurt joins as Head of Goalkeeping". Wycombe Wanderers F.C. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Confirmed! Matt Bloomfield returns as manager". Wycombe Wanderers F.C. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Erbil Bozkurt appointed Goalkeeper Coach". MK Dons F.C. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024.