Samet Akaydin

Samet Akaydin (born 13 March 1994) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Süper Lig side Fenerbahçe and the Turkey national team.

Samet Akaydin
Akaydın with Adana Demirspor in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-03-13) 13 March 1994
Place of birth Trabzon, Turkey
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Fenerbahçe
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– Fenerbahçe 21 (0)
International career‡
2022– Turkey 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2023

Career

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

Adana Demirspor

He moved to Süper Lig side Adana Demirspor where he had successful seasons and selected to the national team.

Fenerbahçe

On 12 January 2023, he signed Turkish powerhouse Fenerbahçe SK for three and half years.[1] He made his Süper Lig debut for the team in a 2-1 away game win over Gaziantep FK on 15 January 2023.

Career statistics
As of 22 October 2023.[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arsinspor 2013–14 TFF Third League 4000—40
Sancaktepe 2014–15 TFF Third League 33310—343
2015–16 34410—354
2016–17 32070—390
2017–18 TFF Second League 32200—322
Total 131990001409
Şanlıurfaspor 2018–19 TFF Second League 34300—343
Ankara Keçiörengücü 2019–20 TFF First League 33300—333
2020–21 16100—161
Total 4940000494
Adana Demirspor 2020–21 TFF First League 6000—60
2021–22 Süper Lig 33221—353
2022–23 16210—172
Total 5543100585
Fenerbahçe 2022-23 Süper Lig 170402[lower-alpha 1]0230
2023–24 40001[lower-alpha 2]050
Total 2104030280
Career total 266201613028521
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Conference League

International career

Akaydin debuted with the Turkey national football team in a friendly 2–1 win over the Czech Republic on 19 November 2022.[3]

As of match played 15 October 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Turkey 202210
202320
Total30

Honours

Club

Sancaktepe

Adana Demirspor

Fenerbahçe

References
  1. "Ailemize hoş geldin Samet Akaydın". January 12, 2023.
  2. "Samet Akaydın". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  3. "Tayyip Talha Sanuç, Samet Akaydin and Onur Bulut spoke after the Czechia match!". November 19, 2022.
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