Timur Oruz

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Timur Oruz

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|10|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Krefeld, Germany{{cite web |title=Timur Oruz |url=http://www.deutsche-olympiamannschaft.de/de/athleten/detail/a_action/show/a_athletes/timur-oruz-1970.html |website=Deutsche-Olympiamannschaft.de |language=de |publisher=Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund |accessdate=2 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806105531/https://www.deutsche-olympiamannschaft.de/de/athleten/detail/a_action/show/a_athletes/timur-oruz-1970.html |archive-date=6 August 2016 |url-status=live }}

| height = 1.87 m

| weight = 88 kg

| position = Midfielder / Forward

| currentclub = Rot-Weiss Köln

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2012

| youthclubs1 = Crefelder HTC

| years1 = 2012–2013

| clubs1 = Crefelder HTC

| years2 = 2013–2014

| clubs2 = Uhlenhorst Mülheim

| years3 = 2014–2015

| clubs3 = Crefelder HTC

| years4 = 2015–present

| clubs4 = Rot-Weiss Köln

| nationalyears1 = 2014–2023

| nationalteam1 = Germany

| nationalcaps1 = 115

| nationalgoals1 = 29

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Timur Oruz (born 27 October 1994){{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/timur-oruz |title=Timur Oruz |website=Rio2016.com |publisher=Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games |accessdate=19 August 2016 |archive-date=15 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815081708/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/timur-oruz |url-status=dead }} is a German field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Bundesliga club Rot-Weiss Köln. He played a total of 115 matches for the German national team from 2014 until 2023.{{cite web |title=Nationalspieler Portraits |url=http://www.hockey.de/VVI-web/default.asp?lokal=DHB&innen=/VVI-web/Auswahl-Teams/Nationalspieler-Anzeige.asp&persid=125190 |website=www.hockey.de |publisher=German Hockey Federation |accessdate=30 October 2019 |language=de}}

International career

Oruz represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won the bronze medal. On 28 May 2021, he was named in the squads for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship and the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|title=DHB-Herren: Das Team für Olympia steht (fast)|url=https://web.hockey.de/news/fmj1v7.html|website=hockey.de|access-date=28 May 2021|language=de|date=28 May 2021|archive-date=7 June 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210607030932/https://web.hockey.de/news/fmj1v7.html|url-status=dead}} In February 2024 he announced his retirement from the national team.{{cite web |title=Timur Oruz hört in Hockey-Nationalmannschaft auf |url=https://www.sportschau.de/regional/wdr/wdr-wegen-des-berufs-koelner-oruz-hoert-in-hockey-nationalmannschaft-auf-100.html |website=sportschau |publisher=Sportschau |access-date=27 February 2024 |language=de |date=26 February 2024}}

Club career

Oruz started playing hockey at Crefelder HTC. In 2013 he left Crefelder HTC for Uhlenhorst Mülheim.{{cite web |title=Krefeld vermeldet auch Abgänge |url=https://www.hockeyliga.de/index2.php?data[page]=newsarchiv&data[newsid]=zkcspj |website=www.hockeyliga.de |accessdate=30 October 2019 |language=de |date=5 July 2013}} After one season he returned to his club in Krefeld and in 2015 he moved to his current club Rot-Weiss Köln.{{cite web |title= Hypothek im Finale: Oruz suspendiert |url=https://www.wz.de/nrw/krefeld/lokalsport/hypothek-im-finale-oruz-suspendiert_aid-29195961 |website=wz.de |publisher=Westdeutsche Zeitung |access-date=27 February 2024 |language=de |date=6 May 2015}} He won his first Bundesliga title directly in his first season in 2016.{{cite web |title=Timur Oruz - mit Ehrgeiz und Disziplin festgefahrene Fundamente einreißen |url=https://magazin.hockey.de/articles/portraet-timur-oruz |website=hockey.de |language=de |date=11 January 2023}}

Personal life

Oruz was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of six{{Cite web |title=Timur Oruz – That's how he rolls |url=https://www.rehacare.com/en/Timur_Oruz_%E2%80%93_That_s_how_he_rolls |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=www.rehacare.com |language=en}} His sister Selin Oruz is also a field hockey player for the national team.{{cite web |last1=Westhoff |first1=Alex |title="Die kleine Schwester gilt es zu beschützen" |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/sport/olympia/deutsches-team/geschwister-selin-und-timur-oruz-hoffen-auf-hockey-gold-bei-olympia-in-rio-14375496.html |website=www.faz.net |publisher=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung |accessdate=30 October 2019 |language=de |date=12 August 2016}}