Atilla Özmen

Atilla Özmen
Personal information
Full name Atilla Özmen
Date of birth May 11, 1988 (1988-05-11) (age 23)
Place of birth Ayvalık, Balıkesir, Turkey
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Samsunspor
Number 16
Youth career
1998-2002 Küçükköy Belediye
2003-2004 İnegölspor
2004-2007 Altay
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Altay 11 (0)
2007–2008 Beşiktaş (loan) 0 (0)
2008–2009 Konyaspor (0)
2009–2011 Bucaspor 14 (0)
2011– Samsunspor 0 (0)
National team
2007 Turkey U-19 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Atilla Özmen (born 11 May 1988) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Samsunspor.

A native of Ayvalık, a seaside town in Balıkesir Province on Turkey's northwestern Aegean coast, Atilla Özmen played football since childhood and, in 1998, at the age of 10, was already a regular at Istanbul youth club, Küçükköy Belediye, where he remained until 2002, when a move, for the 2003–04 season, was arranged to İnegölspor club in nearby Bursa. The following three seasons (2004–07) were spent at Izmir's club Altay S.K., which has the same jersey colours (black and white) and with which he maintained good relations. In 2007, he was one of the players traded between Altay and Beşiktaş on loan. For Bank Asya 1. Lig 2008-09, he joined Altay back again.

Spelled his time at Altay and Konyaspor respectively, he joined another Izmir team Bucaspor, promoted Turkcell Super League in June 2010.

Following Bucaspor's relegation from Süper Lig, Atilla moved to Samsunspor on 14 July 2011, signing a three-year deal.

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