Erhun Oztumer
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Erhun Oztumer in the Away end of Bradford City | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Erhun Aksel Oztumer[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 May 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Greenwich, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Walsall | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Charlton Athletic | |||
| Fisher Athletic | |||
| 2008–2009 | Manisaspor | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2010 | Sivasspor | 0 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Anadolu Üsküdar | 34 | (5) |
| 2012–2014 | Dulwich Hamlet | 78 | (49) |
| 2014–2016 | Peterborough United | 50 | (7) |
| 2016– | Walsall | 14 | (8) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:00, 29 October 2016 (UTC). | |||
Erhun Aksel Oztumer (born 29 May 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays for Walsall as a midfielder.
Club career
Following nine years in the youth set up at Charlton Athletic, and a season with Fisher Athletic, 16-year-old Oztumer joined Manisaspor in 2008, who at the time were in the Turkish Süper Lig. Despite featuring mainly for the Manisaspor youth team, in 2009 he earned a move to Sivasspor, also of the Turkish Süper Lig, where he signed his first professional contract.[2] Oztumer never played for the first team at Sivasspor, but played 29 times for the reserve team in A2 Ligi, scoring eight goals. In 2011, Oztumer left Sivasspor to join Anadolu Üsküdar in the TFF Third League, the fourth tier of Turkish football, where he played senior football for the first time, playing 35 league games in 16 months, scoring five goals.[3]
Before the start of the 2012–13 season, Oztumer returned to England, joining Isthmian League side Dulwich Hamlet. He went on to score over 60 goals from midfield in all competitions over two seasons, during which time Dulwich won promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division.
In June 2014, he moved back into the professional game, joining Peterborough United for an undisclosed fee,[4] leaving with the best wishes of Dulwich Hamlet manager Gavin Rose.[5]
He played one friendly in pre-season, scoring a free kick against St Neots Town, before suffering an injury which kept him out of the early part of the 2014–15 season. He made his Peterborough debut as a substitute in a 2–2 draw with Oldham Athletic on 4 October 2014.[6] He made his first start for the club on 13 December 2014, scoring the winning goal away to Leyton Orient.[7]
On 17 June 2016, Oztumer signed for Football League One side Walsall on a two-year contract upon the expiry of his contract at Peterborough.[8] He scored on his debut in a 3–1 win over AFC Wimbledon on 6 August 2016.[9]
Personal life
Oztumer is of Turkish Cypriot descent.[10]
References
- ↑ "The Football League Limited: Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015" (PDF). The Football League. 16 May 2015. p. 54. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ↑ "Biography". http://erhunoztumer.com/. Retrieved 6 September 2014. External link in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ Turkish Football Federation stats
- ↑ "Peterborough United: Erhun Oztumer joins from non-league". BBC Sport. bbc.co.uk. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ↑ "I must say it is a pleasure to work with such a talent in Erhun Oztumer says Gavin Rose". Kentish Football. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ↑ 10. Erhun Oztumer Soccerbase
- ↑ Leyton Orient 1–2 Peterborough
- ↑ "Erhun Oztumer: Walsall sign Peterborough United midfielder on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ↑ "Walsall 3–1 Wimbledon". BBC Sport. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ↑ Another Cypriot makes the football grade in Turkey
