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Tolgay Özbey 
Personal information Full name Tolgay Özbey Date of birth 12 April 1986 Place of birth Sydney, Australia Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Playing position Striker Club information Current club East Bengal Number 20 Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2003–2004 Sydney United 3 (0) 2003–2004 Sydney Crescent Star 13 (5) 2004 Fairfield Bulls 3 (4) 2004–2005 Sydney Crescent Star 0 (0) 2005–2006 Sydney FC 1 (0) 2006 Blacktown City Demons 0 (0) 2006–2007 Newcastle United Jets 5 (0) 2007 Blacktown City Demons 0 (0) 2008 Marconi Stallions 0 (0) 2009 Sydney Olympic 17 (10) 2009-2010 Bursa Nilüfer S.A.Ş. 2 (1) 2010–2010 Blacktown City FC 20 (23) 2010– East Bengal 30 (20) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 June 2009.
† Appearances (Goals).Tolgay Özbey (born 12 April 1986) is an Australian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Kingfisher East Bengal.
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Biography
Early in his career, Özbey was recognized for his contributions as a Striker with Blacktown City Demons during which he was chosen as the NSW Premier League Player Of The Year in 2006 and won the competition's top goal scorer award (Andreas Golden Boot Award) back-to-back in 2006 and 2007.[1]
The successful period in 2006 lead to his recruitment on loan by A-League side Sydney FC for their 2005-06 season finals campaign. Özbey's first appearance for Sydney came on the 12 February 2006, as a substitute in the first leg of the semi-final against Adelaide United at Hindmarsh Stadium. Although Özbey was given a few minutes of game time during the final minutes of the first leg of the semi final against Adelaide, he remained an unused substitute for the rest of Sydney FC's campaign in which Sydney became eventual champions with their 1-0 victory over the Central Coast Mariners.
Ozbey in Australia
Özbey's stint at Sydney FC lead to his signing by former mentor Nick Theodorakopoulos who had just taken over charge at A-League side Newcastle Jets for the 2006-07 season. Özbey's time at Newcastle didn't last long after Theodorakopoulos was sacked early on in the season.
Following his attempt at an A-League career, Özbey returned to the NSW Premier League in 2008 with the Marconi Stallions. After a disappointing year with the Stallions, he signed with Sydney Olympic FC for the 2008 season. Özbey had previously played at Sydney Olympic FC during his youth career.
In July 2009, he had trials in Turkey [2] and was signed soon after by Bursa Nilüfer S.A.Ş. [3] (Bursa Nilüferspor) and participated in the TFF Third League (TFF 3. Lig).
Following the completion of the TFF 3. Lig 2009 season in which Bursa Nilüfer S.A.Ş. finished fourth and missed the opportunity to participate in the TFF 3. Lig Promotion Group, Özbey returned to Australia to again team up with Aytek Genç and many of his old comrades from the successful 2006 and 2007 Blacktown City Demons teams to play for Blacktown City FC in the NSW Premier League 2010 season.[4]
The 2010 NSW Premier League season proved to be fruitful for Özbey at Blacktown as he won a league record, third Golden Boot award with 22 goals from 19 matches bringing his total goals scored wearing the Blacktown guernsey to 76 from 75 matches.[5] Furthermore, Özbey was voted the 2010 NSW Premier League Player Of The Year.[6]
Following the completion of the 2010 NSW Premier League Finals Series, Özbey joined Indian club, East Bengal FC [7] who will be competing in the All India Football Federation (AIFF) I-League as well as the AFC Cup to which East Bengal FC qualified after defeating arch rivals Mohun Bagan AC 1-0 in the 2010 AIFF Federation Cup (India).[8]
Tolgay Ozbey confirmed his stay with East Bengal for 2011-2012 season
Personal life
Özbey is of Turkish descent [9] and is nicknamed Tolly.[10]
References
- ^ NSW Premier League
- ^ Olympic ready to face Sydney FC
- ^ Player Details Turkish Football Federation
- ^ Blacktown City FC
- ^ Ozbey strikes gold for Blacktown FC
- ^ Tolgay Ozbey crowned NSW Premier League’s best at 2010 Gold Medal Dinner
- ^ Ozbey goes international
- ^ A striker in land of Tendulkar
- ^ Exclusive: Sign Me Up For A-League - Sydney Olympic's Tolgay Ozbey
- ^ Tolly's double triples the wins
External links
Categories:- 1986 births
- Living people
- Australian people of Turkish descent
- Australian soccer players
- A-League players
- National Soccer League (Australia) players
- Blacktown City Demons players
- Marconi Stallions players
- Newcastle United Jets players
- Sydney FC players
- Sydney Olympic players
- Sydney United players
- Expatriate footballers in India
- I-League players
- Kingfisher East Bengal FC players
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