Murat Akça

Murat Akça — Biography

Murat Akça is a central defender born in Stuttgart who holds both Turkish and German citizenship. Standing 1.84 meters tall, he came through the Galatasaray youth system, played for Turkey at under-17, under-19 and under-21 level, and now plays for TFF 3. Lig side Yalova FK 77.

He was promoted from Galatasaray's youth side to the first team in 2006-07. His displays in the 2008-09 pre-season drew attention, but he found few chances afterwards. At the end of 2009-10 he was one of the players included in the exchange when Galatasaray signed Çağlar Birinci from Denizlispor; his contract was ended by mutual consent and he moved to Denizlispor. Judged not ready for the new squad, he was loaned to Second League side Adana Demirspor to gain experience, and despite his young age quickly became a regular in the starting eleven. That run put him on the radar of several Süper Lig clubs, and he joined Sivasspor at the start of 2011-12, but left in 2013 after Roberto Carlos became head coach and he stopped getting games.

He joined Kardemir Karabükspor, then coached by Tolunay Kafkas, in the 2013-14 winter break; in his first season he played 14 league games and scored twice, and in his second he was mostly behind Emre Güngör and played only occasionally. On June 11, 2016, he signed with Yeni Malatyaspor. He moved to Giresunspor in 2019, returned to Yeni Malatyaspor in 2020, and the two parted ways in January 2021. In later years he also played for Altay and Pendikspor.