Yunus Akgün

Yunus Akgün (born 7 July 2000) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Adana Demirspor on loan from Galatasaray.

Yunus Akgün
Personal information
Full name Yunus Akgün
Date of birth (2000-07-07) 7 July 2000
Place of birth Küçükçekmece, Turkey
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Adana Demirspor
(on loan from Galatasaray)
Number 35
Youth career
2011–2018 Galatasaray
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Galatasaray 16 (1)
2020– → Adana Demirspor (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2015–2016 Turkey U16 9 (2)
2016–2017 Turkey U17 24 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 February 2019

Professional career

Akgün is a product of the Galatasaray youth academy, joining in 2011. He made his professional debut for Galatasaray in the 2018 Turkish Super Cup 1–1 (5–4) penalty shootout loss against Akhisar Belediyespor on 5 August 2018.[1]

On 29 January 2019, Akgün scored a hat-trick in 4–1 win of Turkish Cup match against Boluspor.[2]

International career

Akgün is a youth international for Turkey. He represented the Turkey U17s at the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship,[3] and the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[4]

Honours
Galatasaray

References
  1. "Galatasaray 1-1 AkhisarsporNormal süre sona erdi - Kupalar TFF". www.tff.org.
  2. "Galatasaray'da Yunus Akgün fırtınası! Hat-trick yaptı, maç topunu aldı". Sabah (in Turkish).
  3. "U17 Milliler, Hırvatistan'daki ilk antrenmanını yaptı". www.tff.org (in Turkish).
  4. "U17 Milli Takımı, Dünya Kupası hazırlıklarına başladı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
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