Erbil Bozkurt

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Erbil Bozkurt
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Bozkurt in 2017
Personal information
Full name Erbil Bozkurt
Date of birth (1990-04-04) 4 April 1990 (age 35)
Place of birth Hackney, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Hull City
(Goalkeeping Coach)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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

Erbil Bozkurt (born 4 April 1990) is an English former footballer who is the goalkeeping coach at EFL Championship club Hull City. [1] [2]

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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. [3]

On 7 August 2017, he moved as a player-coach to Boreham Wood. [4] 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. [5] He would be promoted to the role of First Team goalkeeping coach on 4 June 2020, [5] ahead of the restart of football following the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 4 February 2023, Bozkurt would leave QPR for Wycombe Wanderers [6] in what would be a brief spell that lasted under a month. [7] On 30 June 2023, he became the goalkeeping coach of MK Dons under manager Graham Alexander. [8] On 5 July 2024, Hull City appointed Bozkurt as their First Team goalkeeping coach. [1]

Personal life

Bozkurt is of Turkish descent, [5] and holds a UEFA A licence in goalkeeping. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Bozkurt appointed Goalkeeping Coach". Hull City A.F.C. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Erbil Bozkurt". Hull City A.F.C. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  3. "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.
  4. "ERBIL BOZKURT: "I AM REALLY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS"". Boreham Wood F.C. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 "Wycombe Wanderers' GK coach Erbil Bozkurt on his move from QPR". Bucks Free Press. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  6. "Erbil Bozkurt joins as Head of Goalkeeping". Wycombe Wanderers F.C. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  7. "Confirmed! Matt Bloomfield returns as manager". Wycombe Wanderers F.C. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  8. "Erbil Bozkurt appointed Goalkeeper Coach". MK Dons F.C. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2024.