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Deniz Bozkurt

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Deniz Bozkurt
Personal information
Full name Deniz Manuel Bozkurt
Date of birth (1993-07-27) July 27, 1993 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth Plantation, Florida, United States
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Boca Raton FC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Florida Atlantic Owls 49 (8)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Floridians FC 7 (1)
2018 Bayamón FC
2019– Boca Raton FC
International career
2013 Puerto Rico U20 5 (0)
2015– Puerto Rico 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 March 2019

Deniz Manuel Bozkurt (born July 23, 1993) is a retired Turkish-born Puerto Rican footballer. He most recently played for Boca Raton FC and for the Puerto Rico national football team.

Career

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Bozkurt started his career in the United States' college system with the Florida Atlantic Owls where he stood out as a player, scoring 6 goals in 37 appearances over 3 seasons, earning him a call up to the Puerto Rico U20s for the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[2] In early 2015 he traveled to Germany for a trial with VfL Wolfsburg.[3]

International career

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Bozkurt was called up to the Puerto Rico U20s in 2012 whilst playing for Florida Atlantic Owlsfor the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying match against Barbados U20s.[2] He received his first full national cap for Puerto Rico in 2015 in a friendly against Canada as a substitute in the 36th minute.[4]

His first goal for Puerto Rico came during second round qualifications for he 2018 FIFA World Cup in a first-leg tie over Grenada in which Bozkurt's goal gave the Puerto Ricans a 1-0 victory.[5]

International goals

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Scores and results list Puerto Rico's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 12 June 2015 Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón, Puerto Rico  Grenada 1-0 1-0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round

References

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  1. ^ Deniz BozkurtFIFA competition record (archived)
  2. ^ a b "Deniz Bozkurt profile". FAU. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  3. ^ "VfL II: Jetzt mischt auch ein US-Boy mit". Vfl Wolfsburg. 29 January 2015. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  4. ^ Squizzato, Daniel (30 March 2015). "Puerto Rico 0, Canada 3 | International Friendly Recap". MLS. Archived from the original on 15 November 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Guatemala and Bermuda draw 0-0, Puerto Rico beats Grenada". ESPN. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
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