Erbil Bozkurt
English footballer and coach (born 1990)
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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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Bozkurt in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Erbil Bozkurt | ||
| Date of birth | 4 April 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Hackney, England | ||
| Position | 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 | |||
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]