Efe Akman (born 20 March 2006) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a

defensive midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

for

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 ...

club

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...

Club career

Akman is a youth product of

, and worked his way up their youth academy. He won a league title with their U16s. The

Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...

club

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earned his transfer rights as part of

Nicolò Zaniolo Nicolò Zaniolo (; born 2 July 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or right winger for club Fiorentina, on loan from Süper Lig club Galatasaray, and the Italy national team. Club career Early ca ...

's move to Galatasaray in February 2023. He made his senior and professional debut with Galatasaray in the

as a late substitute in a 3–0 win over

Konyaspor Konyaspor Kulübü (, Konya Sports Club), commonly referred to as Konyaspor, is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya, one of the largest cities in central Anatolia. Due to sponsorship agreements, the club is also officially known ...

on 7 January 2024.

International career

Akman is a youth international for Turkey. He played for the Turkey U17s at the

2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship The 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2022) was the 19th UEFA European Under-17 Championship (38th edition if the Under-16 era is also included), the annual international youth football championship organise ...

Personal life

Akman is the son of former Turkish international footballer Ayhan Akman. His brother

Hamza The hamza ( ') () is an Arabic script character that, in the Arabic alphabet, denotes a glottal stop and, in non-Arabic languages, indicates a diphthong, vowel, or other features, depending on the language. Derived from the letter '' ʿayn'' ( ...

also plays at

. His cousin Ali Akman is also a professional footballer.

Honours

Galatasaray *

: 2024–25 *

Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup () is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası''. Now Ziraat Bankası is ...

: 2024–25

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Akman, Efe 2006 births Living people People from Şişli Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Süper Lig players Galatasaray S.K. footballers 21st-century Turkish sportsmen