Yunus Akgün

Yunus Akgün (born 7 July 2000) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a winger for the Turkish club Galatasaray in the Süper Lig.

Yunus Akgün
Yunus Akgün in 2022
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) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Galatasaray
Number 11
Youth career
2011–2018 Galatasaray
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Galatasaray 34 (2)
2020–2021 → Adana Demirspor (loan) 28 (5)
2021–2022 → Adana Demirspor (loan) 34 (8)
International career‡
2015–2016 Turkey U16 9 (2)
2016–2017 Turkey U17 24 (4)
2018–2019 Turkey U19 9 (4)
2019 Turkey U20 1 (0)
2019 Turkey U21 4 (0)
2022– Turkey 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:12, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June 2022

Professional career

Galatasaray

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]

Adana Demirspor (loans)

On 6 September 2021, Adana Demirspor re-hired Akgün, who played last season, from Galatasaray.[3]

International career

Akgün is a youth international for Turkey. He represented the Turkey U17s at the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship,[4] and the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[5]

International goals

Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first.

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 June 2022LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania Lithuania5–06–02022–23 UEFA Nations League

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. "Yunus Akgün'ün Adana Demirspor'a geçici transferi hakkında". Galatasaray S.K. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  4. "U17 Milliler, Hırvatistan'daki ilk antrenmanını yaptı". www.tff.org (in Turkish).
  5. "U17 Milli Takımı, Dünya Kupası hazırlıklarına başladı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
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