Ahmetcan Kaplan (; born 16 January 2003) 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

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for

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

club

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Club career

A youth product of

Trabzonspor Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional sports club located in the city of Trabzon, located in Black Sea region, northeastern Turkey. Established in 1967 through the merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor is one of the most prominent A ...

, Kaplan signed his first professional contract with the club on 10 August 2020. He made his professional debut for Trabzonspor in a 1–1

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 ...

tie with

Alanyaspor Alanyaspor Kulübü, known as Corendon Alanyaspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Alanya in Antalya Province. Formed in 1948, the club colours are orange and green. Home matches are play ...

on 27 September 2021. Kaplan joined Dutch club

of the

on a five-year contract in August 2022.

International career

Kaplan is an international for Turkey, having earlier been a youth international, represented the Turkey U16s and U17s. On 7 June 2024, he was selected in Turkey's 26-man squad for the

UEFA Euro 2024 The 2024 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2024 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2024) or simply Euro 2024, was the 17th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international Association football, football champ ...

Career statistics

Honours

Trabzonspor *

: 2021–22 *

Turkish Super Cup The Turkish Super Cup, known as Turkcell Super Cup () for sponsorship reasons, is a super cup tournament in Turkish football. Founded in 1966 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2025 by four teams: the winners ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

References

External links

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at the AFC Ajax website * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaplan, Ahmetcan 2003 births Living people Footballers from Trabzon Turkish men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Turkey men's under-21 international footballers Turkey men's youth international footballers UEFA Euro 2024 players Süper Lig players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Trabzonspor footballers AFC Ajax players Turkish expatriate men's footballers Turkish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands 21st-century Turkish sportsmen