Muhammet Hanifi Akagündüz (born January 11, 1978 in
Bingöl
Bingöl ( diq, Çolig; ku, Çewlik; hy, Ճապաղջուր, translit=Chapaghjur) is a city in Eastern Turkey and the capital of Bingöl Province.
Etymology
One of the historical names for the city, ''Bingöl'' literally means ''thousand lak ...
), nicknamed ''Aka'', is a
Turkish
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* of or about Turkey
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*** Turkish alphabet
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-born
Austria
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n
footballer
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.
Akagündüz moved with his family to Austria in 1987 and he
naturalised
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three years later.
Club career
His career has seen the much-travelled Aka play for
FK Austria Wien
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,
SV Gerasdorf
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* South Vietnam, an extinct state
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, St. Pölten,