Can Bozdoğan

Can Bozdoğan — Biography

Can Bozdoğan is a German footballer of Turkish descent, born in Cologne, who usually plays as a defensive midfielder. He was shaped in Germany's youth system and went on to play in the Bundesliga with Schalke 04 and in the Süper Lig with Beşiktaş. Known for a combative style of play, the 1.72 m midfielder is now part of the squad at Eredivisie club FC Utrecht in the Netherlands.

He began at 1.JFS Köln, joined the youth setup of 1. FC Köln in 2008 and played in its U17 and U19 sides until 2019. That year he moved to Schalke 04 for a fee of about 700,000 euros, and he made his Bundesliga debut on 14 June 2020 against Bayer 04 Leverkusen. In August 2021 he went on loan to Beşiktaş; his goal against Kasımpaşa on 3 December 2021 was his first and only one in the black-and-white shirt. He won the 2021 Süper Kupa with the club. In July 2022 he joined Utrecht on a season-long loan, made his debut on 6 August against RKC Waalwijk and soon afterwards set up two goals in the match with FC Emmen. The transfer was made permanent on 30 May 2023.

For Germany's U15, U16, U17, U18 and U20 national teams he played 18 matches in total, scoring 5 goals and providing 1 assist. At youth level, he chose to represent Germany.