Mehmet Boztepe (born 16 January 1988) is a Turkish professional

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who plays for German

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club MSV Düsseldorf.

Birth and Childhood

Boztepe was born in 1988 in Elazig. In the same year his father moved to

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and settled down in

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. A year later moved Boztepe with his mother and his sister.

Career

He has risen through the ranks from the youth team of

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. From 2007 Boztepe then played in the second team of the Bundesliga side

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, often known simply as Borussia Dortmund () or by its initialism BVB (), or just Dortmund by International fans, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is ...

. With this he rose above 2008 in the newly formed

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. 2011 he moved to his native country and signed with the first division Eskisehirspor. After half a year without an assignment, he moved to the second division Elazigspor from his hometown of Elazig. Because of eligibility, which was missing, he joined the Dutch second division

FC Emmen FC Emmen is a Dutch professional football club based in Emmen, Drenthe. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2022–23 season. Founded in 1925, the club ...

. Half a season later, he returned to Germany to sign for

Wuppertaler SV Wuppertaler SV is a Football in Germany, German association football club located in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia. The city was founded in the year of 1880 by the union of a number of smaller towns including Elberfeld, Barmen, Vohwinkel, Cr ...

. On 17 June 2013, it was announced that Boztepe will move on 1 July 2013 to

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. On 8 January 2014, Boztepe joined the Turkish 1st division club

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International career

Böztepe plays as an attacking

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or a winger. On 15 February 2010 he was nominated for the

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. He was appointed for the Turkmenistan

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References

External links

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Mehmet Boztepe Interview
1988 births Sportspeople from Elazığ Living people Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's youth international footballers German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Borussia Dortmund II players Eskişehirspor footballers Elazığspor footballers FC Emmen players Wuppertaler SV players SSVg Velbert players Adanaspor footballers Bandırmaspor footballers Balıkesirspor footballers Menemen F.K. footballers Sakaryaspor footballers Regionalliga players 3. Liga players Eerste Divisie players TFF 1. Lig players TFF Second League players Oberliga (football) players Turkish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Turkish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands 21st-century German sportsmen 21st-century Turkish sportsmen {{germany-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub