Akın Alkan (born 31 July 1989) is a Turkish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

for

TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig (), currently referred to as Trendyol 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization ...

club

Bandırmaspor Bandırmaspor is a Turkish professional football club located in the town of Bandırma, Balıkesir Province and currently plays in the TFF First League. History The club was founded in 1965 after a merger between amateur sides İdmanyurdu Gençl ...

Professional career

Alkan began his early career in the lower Turkish leagues with

Beylerbeyi Beylerbeyi is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Üsküdar, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 5,168 (2022). It is located on the Asian shore of the Bosporus, to the north of the Bosphorus Bridge. It is bordered on the ...

Batman Petrolspor Batman Petrolspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Batman. Formed in 1960, the club colours are red, white, and black and they play their home matches at Batman Stadium. The club is named Petrolspor because Batman i ...

, and

Karagümrük Karagümrük is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Fatih, Istanbul Province, Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called E ...

. In 2016, he transferred to

Hatayspor Hatayspor Kulübü, known as Atakaş Hatayspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club located in Antakya, Hatay Province. Hatayspor, founded in 1967 through a merger of three local clubs, aimed to promote sports and po ...

and helped them get promoted into the

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twen ...

for the 2020–21 season. He made his professional debut with Hatayspor in a 3–1 Süper Lig loss to Gençlerbirliği on 6 January 2021.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alkin, Akan 1989 births People from Üsküdar Living people Turkish men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Beylerbeyi S.K. footballers Batman Petrolspor footballers Fatih Karagümrük S.K. footballers Hatayspor footballers MKE Ankaragücü footballers Esenler Erokspor footballers Bandırmaspor footballers Süper Lig players TFF 1. Lig players TFF Second League players TFF Third League players Footballers from Istanbul 21st-century Turkish sportsmen