Deniz Bozkurt

Deniz Bozkurt
Personal information
Full name	Deniz Manuel Bozkurt
Date of birth	July 27, 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth	Jacksonville, 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
2011–2014	Florida Atlantic Owls
Senior career*
Years	Team
2014	Floridians FC
2018	Bayamón FC
2019–	Boca Raton FC
International career‡
2013	Puerto Rico U20
2015–	Puerto Rico
	*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[edit]

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]

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]

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

^ Deniz Bozkurt – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ ^a ^b "Deniz Bozkurt profile". FAU. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
^ "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.
^ 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.
^ "Guatemala and Bermuda draw 0-0, Puerto Rico beats Grenada". ESPN. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.

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