Ali Akman

Turkish footballer (born 2002)
Ali Akman
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-04-18) 18 April 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Yıldırım, Turkey
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Dender
Number 19
Youth career
2013–2015 İnegölspor
2015–2019 Bursaspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Bursaspor 39 (12)
2021–2023 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 (0)
2021–2022 → NEC Nijmegen (loan) 28 (6)
2022–2023 → Göztepe (loan) 14 (0)
2023– Dender 16 (6)
International career‡
2016–2017 Turkey U15 4 (2)
2017–2018 Turkey U16 10 (6)
2018–2019 Turkey U17 14 (6)
2019–2020 Turkey U18 8 (6)
2020 Turkey U19 2 (0)
2020–2022 Turkey U21 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2022

Ali Akman (born 18 April 2002) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Belgian club Dender.

Club career

Bursaspor

Akman was promoted to Bursaspor first team in 2019. He scored 12 goals in 39 TFF First League matches.

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 1 February 2021, Akman signed a four-year contract with Eintracht Frankfurt in effect from 1 July 2021.[2] After his contract, which was set to expire in 2021 summer, had been terminated by Bursaspor, he joined the Frankfurt club on 8 March 2021 and immediately began training with the team.[3][4]

Loan to NEC Nijmegen

On 4 August 2021, he went to NEC Nijmegen on loan.[5]

Loan to Göztepe

On 7 August 2022, Akman moved to Göztepe on a season-long loan with an option to buy.[6]

Dender

On 10 August 2023, Akman joined Dender in the Belgian second tier on a one-year contract with an optional second year.[7]

International career

Akman represented Turkey at many youth levels.[8]

Personal life

Akman is the nephew of former Galatasaray midfielder and Turkish international Ayhan Akman.[9] His cousins Hamza and Efe Akman are also professional footballers.[10]

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Ali Akman". Eintracht Frankfurt. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Eagles sign highly rated striker Ali Akman". Eintracht Frankfurt. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Ali Akman arrives in Frankfurt". Eintracht Frankfurt. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Ali Akman ilk antrenmanına çıktı". www.sozcu.com.tr. Archived from the original on 2021-03-20. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  5. ^ "Akman loaned to NEC Nijmegen". Eintracht Frankfurt. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Ali Akman Göztepe'mizde" (in Turkish). Göztepe. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Ali Akman, nieuwe spits bij FC Dender" [Ali Akman, new striker at FC Dender.] (in Dutch). F.C.V. Dender E.H. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  8. ^ AA. "Ümit Milli Takım aday kadrosu açıklandı! Rıdvan Yılmaz ve Ali Akman..." www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  9. ^ "Ayhan Akman, yeğeni Ali Akman ile ilgili konuştu" (in Turkish). Sporx.com. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Ayhan Akman, yeğeni Ali Akman ile ilgili konuştu" (in Turkish). Sporx.com. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Bruma named Eredivisie player of the month, Ali Akman receives first official Johan Cruyff talent of the mont award and XI of the month". eredivisie.eu. September 10, 2021.
  12. ^ "Bruma named Eredivisie player of the month, Ali Akman receives first official Johan Cruyff talent of the mont award and XI of the month". eredivisie.eu. September 10, 2021.

External links