Aykut Akgün

Aykut Akgün — Biography

Aykut Akgün is a former footballer and coach, an attacking midfielder who grew up in Germany and came through the Trabzonspor youth system, and holds both Turkish and German citizenship. The turning point of his career came at Karşıyaka: his form there took him to the Turkey A2 national team and then, in 2011, to Trabzonspor, where he had come through the youth system.

He joined Trabzonspor's youth set-up from Germany at 16 and reached the first team in 2006. He was loaned to Maltepespor and then moved to Zeytinburnuspor; when he could not break into the squad of Karlsruher SC's second team he came back to Turkey and signed with 1. Lig side Giresunspor for 2008-09. At Karşıyaka he became a regular starter in his second season. On June 24, 2011, he signed a five-year contract with Trabzonspor, and scored his first goal on May 8, 2013, in a 6-0 Turkish Cup win over Sivasspor. He was loaned to Çaykur Rizespor in January 2014, moved to Kardemir Karabükspor for 2014-15 and to Eskişehirspor for 2015-16. Adana Demirspor is also among his clubs. He joined Bursaspor in August 2019, returned to the club in July 2021 and left in December 2021. In February 2022 he signed with Çorum FK, and in September 2022 he moved to the amateur side Nilüfer Belediye FK, his last club.

He played for Turkey at under-20 level. On February 9, 2011, he made his first appearance for the A2 national team in a friendly against Belarus in Antalya, and played for that side regularly afterwards.