Can Akın

Can Akın — Biography

Fikret Can Akın is a Turkish basketball figure best known as a point guard and now working as an assistant coach at Türk Telekom. His best years as a player came at Beşiktaş: in 2011-12 he won the Turkish Basketball League, the Turkish Cup and the FIBA EuroChallenge with the team, and the following season he was in the squad that won the club's first-ever Presidential Cup. After his playing days he moved to the coaching bench.

Born in İstanbul and standing 1.90 m tall, Akın turned professional in 2002 and played in the Basketbol Süper Ligi for clubs including Galatasaray, Efes Pilsen, Olin Edirne and İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi. His 2010-2011 season earned him a place at the Beko All Star game. Before 2011-12 he signed with Beşiktaş; in a squad that included Deron Williams he played very well in the opening weeks, but a knee injury kept him out of action for a long time. In 2012-13 he competed with Beşiktaş in the EuroLeague, where the team reached the Top 16.

At the start of 2013-14 he left Beşiktaş, and Türk Telekom, which was aiming to build an ambitious squad, signed him as one of its reinforcements, a player who had worn the Beşiktaş shirt the season before. After retiring as a player he has continued at Türk Telekom as an assistant coach.