Samet Akaydin

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Samet Akaydın
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Samet Akaydın in 2020
Personal information
Full name Samet Akaydın
Date of birth (1994-03-13) 13 March 1994 (age 32)
Place of birth Trabzon, Turkey
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Çaykur Rizespor
Number 3
Youth career
2004–2009 İdmanocağı
2009–2010 Trabzonspor
2010–2011 İdmanocağı
2011–2013 Boluspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Arsinspor 4 (0)
2014–2018 Sancaktepe 131 (9)
2018–2019 Şanlıurfaspor 34 (3)
2019–2021 Ankara Keçiörengücü 49 (4)
2021–2023 Adana Demirspor 55 (4)
2023–2025 Fenerbahçe 32 (1)
2024 → Panathinaikos (loan) 12 (0)
2025– Çaykur Rizespor 29 (3)
International career‡
2022– Turkey 16 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 December 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:09, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

Samet Akaydın (born 13 March 1994) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Turkish Süper Lig club Çaykur Rizespor and the Turkey national football team.

Club career

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Akaydın began his youth career with Black Sea Region-based clubs Trabzon İdmanocağı, Trabzonspor, Boluspor and started his professional career with hometown club Arsinspor. He played four seasons with Istanbul-based club Sancaktepe, one season with Şanlıurfaspor, one and a half seasons with Ankara Keçiörengücü.

Adana Demirspor

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Akaydın moved to Süper Lig side Adana Demirspor until the end of the 2023-24 season.[1] On 23 January 2021, he made his debut against Bursaspor. On 18 September 2021, he made his Süper Lig debut against Rizespor in a 3-1 win.

He showed a very successful performance with his club, made 49 Süper Lig (with 4 goals) and 6 TFF First League appearances with the team and also made three Turkish cup apperarances and one goal. He had successful seasons and selected to the national team.

Fenerbahçe

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On 4 December 2023, Akaydın signed Turkish powerhouse Fenerbahçe, until the end of the 2026–27 season.[2] He made his Süper Lig debut for the team in a 2–1 away game win over Gaziantep FK on 15 January 2023.

On 9 March 2023, he made his continental debut in the UEFA Europa League round of 16 match against Sevilla.[3]

On 10 November 2024, he scored his first goal with the team against Sivasspor.[4]

Panathinaikos (loan)

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On 14 January 2024, Akaydin joined Greek side Panathinaikos on loan from Fenerbahçe, until the end of the 2023–24 season.[5]

He was excluded from the squad due to his Mustafa Kemal Atatürk social media post for Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day on 19 May 2024. Panathinaikos asked him to remove his post but he didn't accept the club's request and did not remove the post, then he was excluded from the main squad. Akaydın, who informed Fenerbahçe that he wanted to leave Panathinaikos after what happened, decided to return to Turkey.[6][7][8][9]

International career

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Akaydın debuted with the Turkey national team in a friendly 2–1 win over the Czech Republic on 19 November 2022.[10]

Akaydın was selected to represent his nation at the UEFA Euro 2024.[11] Notably, he scored an own goal past Altay Bayındır from outside the box in the nation's 3–0 loss to Portugal during the group stage.[12] On 6 July, he scored his first international goal, by opening the score in a 2–1 defeat against the Netherlands in the quarter-final of the competition.[13]

Style of play

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Akaydın is a quick, aggressive, physically strong, and tenacious defender, who was known for his work-rate, energy, and hard-tackling style of play. Due to his height, he was also an aerial threat on set-pieces.[14]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 11 December 2024[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Arsinspor 2013–14 TFF Third League 4 0 0 0 — 4 0
Sancaktepe 2014–15 TFF Third League 33 3 1 0 — 34 3
2015–16 TFF Third League 34 4 1 0 — 35 4
2016–17 TFF Third League 32 0 7 0 — 39 0
2017–18 TFF Second League 32 2 0 0 — 32 2
Total 131 9 9 0 0 0 140 9
Şanlıurfaspor 2018–19 TFF Second League 34 3 0 0 — 34 3
Ankara Keçiörengücü 2019–20 TFF First League 33 3 0 0 — 33 3
2020–21 TFF First League 16 1 0 0 — 16 1
Total 49 4 0 0 0 0 49 4
Adana Demirspor 2020–21 TFF First League 6 0 0 0 — 6 0
2021–22 Süper Lig 33 2 2 1 — 35 3
2022–23 Süper Lig 16 2 1 0 — 17 2
Total 55 4 3 1 0 0 58 5
Fenerbahçe 2022–23 Süper Lig 17 0 4 0 2[b] 0 23 0
2023–24 Süper Lig 10 0 0 0 1[c] 0 11 0
2024–25 Süper Lig 5 1 0 0 2[b] 0 7 1
Total 32 1 4 0 5 0 41 1
Panathinaikos (loan) 2023–24 Super League Greece 12 0 3 0 — 15 0
Career total 289 21 19 1 5 0 313 22
  1. ^ Includes Turkish Cup and Greek Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Conference League

International

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As of match played 18 November 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Turkey 2022 1 0
2023 3 0
2024 8 1
2025 4 0
Total 16 1
Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Akaydın goal.
List of international goals scored by Samet Akaydin
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 6 July 2024 Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany 10 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 1–0 1–2 UEFA Euro 2024

Honours

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Sancaktepe

Adanademirspor

Fenerbahçe

Panathinaikos

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