Umut Koçin

Umut Koçin — Biography

Umut Koçin is a former German-Turkish footballer born in Hamburg who played as an attacking midfielder. He spent his career between Germany, Austria and Turkey, played in a European cup competition with Kayserispor in the Süper Lig, and stood out for his goals in the lower divisions. As a youth he made 22 appearances at various levels for Turkey's junior national teams.

He began at HT 1816 Hamburg, moved to Hamburg's U19 side in 2004 and to Arminia Bielefeld's youth setup in 2006; he played for Bielefeld's second team in the fourth division but never reached the first team. In August 2008 he came to Turkey and signed his first professional contract with Kayserispor: he played the last 16 minutes of the Super Cup final against Galatasaray and started the UEFA Cup match against Paris Saint-Germain on 18 September. In his first season he made 14 appearances and two assists; he played nine matches in his second and then left.

In 2010-11 he scored once and made four assists in 22 games for Kapfenberger SV in the Austrian Bundesliga. In 2011 he moved to fourth-division RB Leipzig, where he made four assists in 20 league matches. He then played for Karşıyaka, Pazarspor, Nazilli Belediyespor and Hamburger SV II. His most productive spell came in 2015-16 at fifth-division FC Türkiye Wilhelmsburg, where 17 goals and six assists in 26 games helped keep the team up. In 2016-17 he scored seven goals as Sancaktepe Belediyespor won the Third League and went up to the Second League; Amed SK is also among his clubs.