Uğur Akdemir

Uğur Akdemir — Biography

Uğur Akdemir is a defender who came through the Galatasaray youth system and plays both as a center-back and as a right-back. His career has taken him to many cities and clubs across Turkey; in January 2024 he joined Ankara Keçiörengücü together with Görkem Bitin, and he plays for that 1. Lig side.

His career began at Galatasaray: after winning three consecutive youth-level championships he was promoted to the first team, but when he could not establish himself there he was loaned to Gaziantep BB and Orduspor to gain experience. His form for those two sides earned him the title of best right-back in the 1. Lig. In the 2008-09 season he was transferred to Çaykur Rizespor and played there for one season; he then turned out for Konyaspor and Diyarbakırspor, and in the middle of 2010-11 moved to Kartalspor. As a teenager he pulled on the Turkey U-19 national team shirt five times.

In the years that followed he joined Eskişehirspor in 2016 and Büyükşehir Gaziantepspor in 2018. At the end of that year Altay brought him in from Boluspor, and in 2020 he was playing for Afjet Afyonspor.