Onur Bulut (born 16 April 1994) is a professional

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who plays for

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twen ...

club

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. 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.

Club career

In May 2016, Bulut joined

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...

side

SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg (), is a Football in Germany, German professional football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions ...

from

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German professional association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. They currently play ...

of the 2. Bundesliga for the forthcoming 2016–2017 season. In January 2018, he moved to 2. Bundesliga club

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. They compete in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier o ...

on a -year contract until 2021. A regular starter under manager Torsten Lieberknecht, he made four appearances in the second half of the 2018–19 season under

André Schubert André Schubert (born 24 July 1971, Kassel, West Germany) is a German football coach. Career Beginning and education Schubert studied sports and German studies at the University of Kassel. He started to work as a youth coach in 1989, and until ...

. In July 2019, Bulut was suspended during pre-season and was asked find "a solution for his future". On 27 July 2019, he signed a three-year contract with

club

Alanyaspor Alanyaspor Kulübü, known as Corendon Alanyaspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Alanya in Antalya Province. Formed in 1948, the club colours are orange and green. Home matches are play ...

. In 2021, he moved to

Kayserispor Kayseri Spor Kulübü, commonly known as Kayserispor, and also called Bellona Kayserispor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club based in Kayseri. They play their home matches at the RHG Enertürk Enerji Stadium ...

. On 8 February 2023, he joined

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 18 km2 and its population is 175,190 (2022). It is located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and ...

and signed a contract until 2026. On 20 June 2025, he signed a two-year contract with Süper Lig side

International career

Born in Germany, Bulut is of Turkish descent. He was a youth international for Turkey, having played for the

Turkey U19 Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

s. He was called up to the senior Turkey squad for the

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matches against

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on 22 September 2022 and

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on 25 September 2022. He debuted with the senior Turkey team in a friendly 2–1 win over the

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on 19 November 2022.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Beşiktaş *

Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup () is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası''. Now Ziraat Bankası is ...

: 2023–24 *

Turkish Super Cup The Turkish Super Cup, known as Turkcell Super Cup () for sponsorship reasons, is a super cup tournament in Turkish football. Founded in 1966 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2025 by four teams: the winners ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bulut, Onur 1994 births Living people People from Märkischer Kreis Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's international footballers Turkey men's youth international footballers German sportspeople of Turkish descent Men's association football midfielders VfL Bochum players VfL Bochum II players SC Freiburg players Eintracht Braunschweig players Alanyaspor footballers Çaykur Rizespor footballers Kayserispor footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Süper Lig players 21st-century Turkish sportsmen