Efe Akman (born 20 March 2006) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a
defensive midfielder for
Süper Lig club
Galatasaray.
Club career
Akman is a youth product of
Galatasaray, and worked his way up their youth academy. He won a league title with their U16s. The
Serie A club
Roma
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earned his transfer rights as part of
Nicolò Zaniolo's move to Galatasaray in February 2023. He made his senior and professional debut with Galatasaray in the
Süper Lig as a late substitute in a 3–0 win over
Konyaspor on 7 January 2024.
International career
Akman is a youth international for Turkey. He played for the
Turkey U17s at the
2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
The 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2022) was the 19th UEFA European Under-17 Championship (38th edition if the Under-16 era is also included), the annual international youth football championship organis ...
.
Personal life
Akman is the son of former Turkish international footballer
Ayhan Akman
Ayhan Akman (, born 23 February 1977) is a retired Turkish footballer who last played for Galatasaray. He was suspended from football for six months after doping testing positive for a banned substance. He is the assistant manager of Galatas ...
. His brother
Hamza
Hamza ( ar, همزة ') () is a letter in the Arabic alphabet, representing the glottal stop . Hamza is not one of the 28 "full" letters and owes its existence to historical inconsistencies in the standard writing system. It is derived from ...
also plays at
Galatasaray. His cousin
Ali Akman
Ali Akman (born 18 April 2002) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a striker for TFF First League club Göztepe, on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt.
Club career Bursaspor
Akman was promoted to Bursaspor first team in 2019. He scored ...
is also a professional footballer.
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2006 births
Living people
People from Şişli
Turkish men's footballers
Turkey men's youth international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Süper Lig players
Galatasaray S.K. footballers