Ali Akman

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

Ali Akman
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-04-18) 18 April 2002
Place of birth Yıldırım, Turkey
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Dender
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 1 (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– Turkey U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 April 2021

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]

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. "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.
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