Onur Bulut

Onur Bulut

Bulut with Beşiktaş in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Onur Bulut[1]
Date of birth	(1994-04-16) 16 April 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Werdohl, Germany
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Team information
Current team	Beşiktaş
Number	4
Youth career
1999–2004	FSV Werdohl
2004–2008	SF Oestrich-Iserlohn
2008–2013	VfL Bochum
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2015	VfL Bochum II	59	(4)
2012–2016	VfL Bochum	54	(5)
2016–2018	SC Freiburg	22	(0)
2018–2019	Eintracht Braunschweig	31	(2)
2019–2021	Alanyaspor	23	(3)
2020–2021	→ Çaykur Rizespor (loan)	18	(0)
2021–2023	Kayserispor	55	(4)
2023–	Beşiktaş	43	(0)
International career^‡
2012–2013	Turkey U19	8	(0)
2022–	Turkey	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:35, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Onur Bulut (born 16 April 1994) is a professional footballer who plays for Süper Lig club Beşiktaş. Born in Germany, he plays for the Turkey national team. He predominantly plays in a central midfield role, but can also be used out on the right side as both a midfielder and full-back.^[2][3]

Club career

In May 2016, Bulut joined Bundesliga side SC Freiburg from VfL Bochum of the 2. Bundesliga for the forthcoming 2016–2017 season.^[4]

In January 2018, he moved to 2. Bundesliga club Eintracht Braunschweig on a 3+1⁄2-year contract until 2021.^[5] A regular starter under manager Torsten Lieberknecht, he made four appearances in the second half of the 2018–19 season under André Schubert.^[6]

In July 2019, Bulut was suspended during pre-season^[7] and was asked find "a solution for his future".^[6] On 27 July 2019, he signed a three-year contract with Süper Lig club Alanyaspor.^[8] In 2021, he moved to Kayserispor.^[9]

On 8 February 2023, he joined Beşiktaş and signed a contract until 2026.^[10]

International career

Born in Germany, Bulut is of Turkish descent. He was a youth international for Turkey, having played for the Turkey U19s. He was called up to the senior Turkey squad for the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League matches against Luxembourg on 22 September 2022 and Faroe Islands on 25 September 2022.^[11] He debuted with the senior Turkey team in a friendly 2–1 win over the Czech Republic on 19 November 2022.^[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 June 2019^[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
VfL Bochum II	2011–12	Regionalliga West	15	1	—		—		15	1
	2012–13		30	3	—		—		30	3
	2013–14		9	0	—		—		9	0
	2014–15		5	0	—		—		5	0
	Total		59	4	—		0	0	59	4
VfL Bochum	2011–12	2. Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2012–13		0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2013–14		10	0	1	0	—		11	0
	2014–15		13	1	0	0	—		0	0
	2015–16		31	4	4	0	—		35	4
	Total		54	5	5	0	0	0	59	5
SC Freiburg	2016–17	Bundesliga	21	0	2	0	—		23	0
	2017–18		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		22	0	2	0	0	0	24	0
SC Freiburg II	2017–18	Regionalliga Südwest	4	0	—		—		4	0
Eintracht Braunschweig	2017–18	2. Bundesliga	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	2018–19	3. Liga	22	2	1	0	0	0	23	2
	Total		31	2	1	0	0	0	32	2
Career total			170	12	8	0	0	0	178	12

International

As of match played 12 September 2023

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Turkey	2022	1	0
	2023	3	0
Total		4	0

Honours

Beşiktaş

• Turkish Cup: 2023–24
• Turkish Super Cup: 2024^[13]

References

1. "Onur Bulut". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
2. "Onur Bulut" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
3. "Onur Bulut" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
4. "Freiburg: Bulut ist der zweite Neuzugang". kicker Online (in German). 18 May 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
5. "Bulut verstärkt Eintracht Braunschweig". kicker Online (in German). 25 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
6. "Braunschweigs Bulut soll seine Zukunft ordnen". kicker Online (in German). 11 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
7. von Cramon, Elmar (10 July 2019). "Jonas Thorsen verlässt Eintracht". Neue Braunschweiger (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2019.
8. "Onur Bulut, Alanyaspor'da" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 27 July 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
9. "Kayserispor Onur Bulut'u transfer ediyor". fanatik.com.tr (in Turkish). 24 June 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
10. "Ex-Bundesliga-Profi Bulut bleibt in der Türkei: Besiktas statt Augsburg". transfermarkt.de (in German). 8 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
11. "Isole Faroe – Turchia 2-1: successo firmato Davidsen ed Edmundsson". calciomagazine.net. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
12. "Tayyip Talha Sanuç, Samet Akaydin and Onur Bulut spoke after the Czechia match!". 19 November 2022.
13. "Besiktas claims Turkcell Super Cup with 5-0 win over Galatasaray". Türkiye Today. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.

External links

• Onur Bulut at the Turkish Football Federation
• Onur Bulut – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Onur Bulut at Soccerway
• Onur Bulut at fussballdaten.de (in German)