Ali Akman
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 April 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Yıldırım, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ankara Keçiörengücü | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| 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) |
| 2023–2025 | Dender | 23 | (7) |
| 2025 | Çorum | 16 | (2) |
| 2025– | Ankara Keçiörengücü | 9 | (0) |
| 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) |
| 2020–2024 | Turkey U21 | 13 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 October 2024 | |||
Ali Akman (born 18 April 2002) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a striker for TFF 1. Lig club Ankara Keçiörengücü.
Club career
[edit | edit source]İnegölspor
[edit | edit source]Ali Akman started his football career at Inegölspor in 2013.[2]
Bursaspor
[edit | edit source]On September 9, 2015, he transferred to the Bursaspor youth team. On August 31, 2018, he signed a 3-year professional contract.[3]
Akman was promoted to the Bursaspor first team in 2019. He scored 12 goals in 39 TFF First League matches.
Eintracht Frankfurt
[edit | edit source]On 1 February 2021, Akman signed a four-year contract with Eintracht Frankfurt effective 1 July 2021.[4] After his contract, which was set to expire in the summer of 2021, had been terminated by Bursaspor. He joined the Frankfurt club on 8 March 2021 and immediately began training with the team.[5][6]
Loan to NEC Nijmegen
[edit | edit source]On 4 August 2021, he went to NEC Nijmegen on loan.[7]
Loan to Göztepe
[edit | edit source]On 7 August 2022, Akman moved to Göztepe on a season-long loan with an option to buy.[8]
Dender
[edit | edit source]On 10 August 2023, Akman joined Dender in the Belgian second tier on a one-year contract with an optional second year.[9]
International career
[edit | edit source]Akman represented Turkey at many youth levels.[10]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Akman is the nephew of former Galatasaray midfielder and Turkish international Ayhan Akman.[11] His cousins Hamza and Efe Akman are also professional footballers.[12]
Honours
[edit | edit source]Individual
- Eredivisie Talent of the Month: August 2021,[13]
- Eredivisie Team of the Month: August 2021,[13]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Ali Akman at the Turkish Football FederationLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Ali Akman at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Ali Akman at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 2002 births
- People from Yıldırım
- Footballers from Bursa Province
- Living people
- 21st-century Turkish sportsmen
- Men's association football forwards
- Turkish men's footballers
- Turkey men's youth international footballers
- Turkey men's under-21 international footballers
- Bursaspor footballers
- Eintracht Frankfurt players
- NEC Nijmegen players
- Göztepe S.K. footballers
- F.C.V. Dender E.H. players
- Çorum F.K. footballers
- Ankara Keçiörengücü S.K. footballers
- TFF 1. Lig players
- Eredivisie players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Challenger Pro League players
- Turkish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Turkish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium