Mahmut Özen (born 1 September 1988) is a Swedish

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who plays as a defender for Ettan club Nordic United FC.

Career

Club career

Early career

Özen started his professional career in 2008 at the then

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club Stafsinge IF based in

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. For the 2009 season he moved to Varbergs BoIS where he played for three seasons, two seasons in Division 2 and one season in Division 1. Özen transferred to

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...

club

Mjällby AIF Mjällby Allmänna Idrottsförening, also known simply as Mjällby AIF, Mjällby or (especially locally) MAIF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Hällevik in Sölvesborg Municipality. The club is affiliated to Blekinge Fo ...

for the 2012 season. After having only played five matches for the club in his debut season, Özen made a breakthrough for the 2013 season where he played a majority of the club's matches.

Malmö FF

On 3 December 2013 it was announced that Özen had signed a four-year-long contract with the reigning league champions

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö, Scania. They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda S ...

. Özen will wear the number 24 shirt for the club. The transfer went through on 10 January 2014 when the Swedish transfer window opened. After having only appeared in only one league match for the club during the 2014 season, Özen was sent on loan to Turkish

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side Kayseri Erciyesspor until the end of the 2014–15 season.

Adana Demirspor

On 7 January 2016 it was confirmed, that Özen had signed a contract with Adana Demirspor.

Falkenbergs FF

Özen signed for Falkenbergs FF on 13 March 2017.

Career statistics

:''As of 28 November 2018.''

Honours

Club

;Malmö FF *

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References

External links

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Malmö FF profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ozen, Mahmut 1988 births Living people People from Tarsus, Mersin Sportspeople from Mersin Province Turkish men's footballers Swedish men's footballers Swedish people of Turkish descent Men's association football defenders Allsvenskan players Superettan players Ettan Fotboll players Division 2 (Swedish football) players Süper Lig players TFF 1. Lig players Mjällby AIF players Malmö FF players Kayseri Erciyesspor footballers Falkenbergs FF players Footballers from Stockholm 21st-century Swedish sportsmen 21st-century Turkish sportsmen