Tolgay Özbey

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Tolgay Özbey
East Bengal
in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-04-12) 12 April 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
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
 10 (4)
2008
Marconi Stallions
 18 (7)
2009–2010
Bursa Nilüfer S.A.Ş.
 7 (1)
2010
Blacktown City FC
 20 (23)
2010–2012
East Bengal
 84 (66)
2012–2013
Mohun Bagan
 28 (14)
2013
Mohammedan
 11 (1)
2014–2015
Dempo
 19 (12)
2014 → FC Goa (loan) 9 (2)
2015 → Sydney Olympic (loan) 1 (0)
2015–2016
Rockdale City
 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 September 2015

Tolgay Özbey (born 12 April 1986) is an Australian professional

striker
.

Biography

Australian Clubs

Early in his career, Özbey was recognised for his contributions as a

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 led to his recruitment on loan by

Central Coast Mariners
.

Ozbey in Australia

Özbey's stint at Sydney FC lead to his signing by former mentor

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

Bursa Nilüferspor[3] 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

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]

East Bengal

Following the completion of the 2010 NSW Premier League Finals Series, Özbey joined Indian club,

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] On 26 April in the 2011 AFC Cup at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, he gave his side lead by finding the net the 20th minute, and then scored the all important equaliser in the 93rd minute against South China AA
to manage a 3–3 draw. He also scored against Prayag United in East Bengal's 2–1 win, which secured a runner-up finish in the I-League.

Mohun Bagan

Tolgay Ozbey switched to cross-city rivals

Air India (football club), Mumbai FC, ONGC FC
.

Tolgay scored his first derby goal for Mohun Bagan in the last match of the season. The Australian striker had a good run down the right side of the East Bengal defense, before taking a powerful left-footed shot in the last minute of the match in Mohun Bagan's 2–3 loss in the

Calcutta Premier Division
decider.

However, following some problems with the Mohun Bagan officials, he opted to leave the club.

Mohammedan Sporting

Ozbey signed for newly promoted

Mohammedan on a one-year deal for 2013–14 I-League season, hence joining the elusive list of players who have played for all three Kolkata giants.[9] He started the season in style, scoring a goal in the Durand Cup
final on 19 September 2013.

Dempo

On 12 January 2014, Özbey signed for Goan giant Dempo SC in a

Churchill Brothers S.C.[11] On 30 May he signed an extension with the club.[12]

Return to Australia

Mid-way through the 2015 National Premier Leagues NSW season, Ozbey returned to Sydney Olympic,[13] and debuted against Manly United.[14] Whilst injury would go on to hamper the rest of his season, Ozbey returned for Olympic in their 2015 FFA Cup campaign against Gungahlin United and Hume City.

In November 2015, it was announced that Ozbey had joined

Rockdale City Suns for the 2016 National Premier Leagues NSW season
.

Personal life

Özbey is of Turkish descent[15] and is nicknamed Tolly.[16] Tolgay is a Galatasaray fan and writes regular columns for the Bengali tabloid Ebela.[citation needed]

References

  1. NSW Premier League
  2. ^ Olympic ready to face Sydney FC [permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Player Details Turkish Football Federation
  4. ^ Blacktown City FC Archived 5 September 2012 at archive.today
  5. ^ Ozbey strikes gold for Blacktown FC
  6. ^ Tolgay Ozbey crowned NSW Premier League’s best at 2010 Gold Medal Dinner
  7. ^ Ozbey goes international
  8. ^ A striker in land of Tendulkar
  9. ^ Mitra, Atanu. "Tolgay Ozbey has agreed terms with Mohammedan Sporting". Goal.com. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  10. ^ "'Dempo have a coach I admire a lot' - Tolgay Ozbey - Goal.com". Archived from the original on 8 January 2014.
  11. ^ "Tolgay Ozbey: I am really enjoying my football at Dempo - Goal.com". Archived from the original on 9 April 2014.
  12. ^ Atanu Mitra (30 May 2014). "Özbey, Amiri extend contract with Dempo, Rowilson roped in". Goal.com. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  13. ^ Stavroulakis, Mark. "Ozbey ready to ignite Olympic". Football NSW. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  14. ^ "MANLY SMASH OLYMPIC FOR FIVE". Manly United. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  15. ^ Exclusive: Sign Me Up For A-League – Sydney Olympic's Tolgay Ozbey
  16. ^ Tolly's double triples the wins [permanent dead link]

External links

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