Ozan Tufan

Ozan Tufan
Tufan with Turkey in 2016
Personal information
Full name Ozan Tufan[1]
Date of birth (1995-03-23) 23 March 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth Orhaneli, Turkey
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
Trabzonspor
Number 11
Youth career
2005–2012 Bursaspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Bursaspor 41 (3)
2015–2022 Fenerbahçe 133 (18)
2019Alanyaspor (loan) 17 (0)
2021–2022Watford (loan) 7 (0)
2022–2024 Hull City 79 (18)
2024– Trabzonspor 39 (4)
International career‡
2012 Turkey U17 1 (0)
2012–2013 Turkey U18 11 (0)
2012–2014 Turkey U19 16 (1)
2014–2021 Turkey 65 (9)
Medal record
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:44, 11 December 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:25, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

Ozan Tufan (born 23 March 1995) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Süper Lig club Trabzonspor and the Turkey national team. His primary position is attacking midfielder, but he can also play as a striker or a right winger.

Club career

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On 19 August 2021, Tufan left Turkey for the first time in his career when he joined newly promoted Premier League club Watford on a season-long loan deal with the option to buy.[3] On 2 February 2022, the loan was terminated early with Tufan returning to Turkey having only made nine appearances in all competitions.[4] Following his return, Watford's Academy Manager, Omer Riza, talked about Tufan's struggle to adapt to the pace of the Premier League.[5]

On 1 July 2022, Tufan signed for Championship club Hull City for an undisclosed fee. Tufan signed a three-year deal with the club holding the option for a further year.[6] He made his debut for the Tigers on 30 July 2022 in the home match against Bristol City and scored a penalty to level the score.[7] Tufan scored his first hat-trick for Hull in their 4–2 home victory over Sheffield Wednesday on 12 August 2023.[8]

In September 2023, Tufan was named Hull City's Player of the Month for August.[9]

On 27 June 2024, Tufan moved to Trabzonspor for an undisclosed fee.[10]

International career

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Tufan played for the Turkey national under-19 team, which won the silver medal at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey.[11] He also represented his country at the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[12]

On 25 May 2014, Tufan played his first national match for Turkey against Ireland in Dublin.[13] On 3 September 2014, Tufan scored his first goal, a long range shot against Denmark in a friendly game at 90th minute. Turkey won the game 2–1. In a post-match interview about the game he replied " I had the ball in front of me and right when I was about to kick it, I heard Arda Turan backing me to shoot. I initially had the scare of hitting my shot off-range, on such an important moment; but I kept my composure and hit the ball right after. I want to thank Fatih Terim for giving me this chance, I think I've done the best I could today."[14]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 15 August 2024[15] Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bursaspor 2012–13 Süper Lig 1 0 4 0 1[c] 1 6 1
2013–14 8 0 5 0 13 0
2014–15 32 3 12 0 2[c] 0 46 3
2015–16 1[d] 0 1 0
Total 41 3 21 0 3 1 1 0 66 4
Fenerbahçe 2015–16 Süper Lig 26 0 10 0 9[c] 1 45 1
2016–17 22 3 10 2 7[e] 0 39 5
2017–18 9 3 1 0 4[c] 0 14 3
2018–19 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019–20 33 6 1 0 34 6
2020–21 37 6 4 0 41 6
2021–22 6 0 1 0 2[f] 0 9 0
Total 133 18 27 2 22 1 182 21
Alanyaspor (loan) 2018–19 Süper Lig 17 0 2 0 19 0
Watford (loan) 2021–22 Premier League 7 0 1 0 1 0 9 0
Hull City 2022–23 Championship 42 8 1 0 1 0 44 8
2023–24 37 10 2 0 1 0 40 10
Total 79 18 3 0 2 0 84 18
Trabzonspor 2024–25 Süper Lig 1 0 0 0 4[c] 0 5 0
Career total 278 39 54 2 3 0 29 2 1 0 365 43
  1. ^ Includes Turkish Cup, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ a b c d e Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
  5. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

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As of match played 8 October 2021[16] Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Turkey 2014 9 1
2015 10 0
2016 12 2
2017 8 1
2018 0 0
2019 10 1
2020 6 2
2021 10 2
Total 65 9
Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tufan goal. List of international goals scored by Ozan Tufan[17]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 3 September 2014 TRE-FOR Park, Odense, Denmark  Denmark 2–1 2–1 Friendly
2 21 June 2016 Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens, France  Czech Republic 2–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2016
3 6 October 2016 Torku Arena, Konya, Turkey  Ukraine 1–2 2–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 11 June 2017 Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër, Albania  Kosovo 4–1 4–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 7 September 2019 Vodafone Park, Istanbul, Turkey  Andorra 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
6 7 October 2020 RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany  Germany 1–1 3–3 Friendly
7 14 October 2020 Türk Telekom Arena, Istanbul, Turkey  Serbia 2–2 2–2 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B
8 27 March 2021 La Rosaleda Stadium, Málaga, Spain  Norway 1–0 3–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
9 3–0

References

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  1. ^ "2021/22 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Ozan Tufan: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Official: Watford Sign Ozan Tufan". www.watfordfc.com. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Official: Tufan Loan Terminated". www.watfordfc.com. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  5. ^ Gray, Ryan (19 April 2022). "Omer Riza has talked about Ozan Tufan's Watford loan". Watford Observer. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Tufan signs for Hull City". www.wearehullcity.co.uk. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Hull City 2–1 Bristol City". BBC Sport. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Hull City 4–2 Sheffield Wednesday". BBC Sport. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Tufan wins August Player of the Month". Hull City A.F.C. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Tufan Departs". Hull City A.F.C. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  11. ^ "U19'lar Akdeniz Oyunları'nda ikinci oldu" (in Turkish). TFF.org. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  12. ^ "U19 Milli Takımı'nın UEFA Avrupa U19 Şampiyonası aday kadrosu açıklandı" (in Turkish). TFF.org. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  13. ^ Player's profile, eu-football.info, Retrieved 11 October 2014
  14. ^ "Ozan Tufan: Arda Abi arkadan vur oğlum dedi. Vurdum..." www.hurriyet.com.tr. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  15. ^ Ozan Tufan at Soccerway Edit this at Wikidata
  16. ^ "Ozan Tufan". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  17. ^ "Tufan, Ozan". National Football Teams.
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