Ümit Akdağ
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ümit Akdağ | ||
| Date of birth | 6 October 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Toulouse (on loan from Alanyaspor) | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2015 | Steaua București | ||
| 2015–2017 | Chelsea | ||
| 2017–2023 | Alanyaspor | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Alanyaspor | 1 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → Göztepe (loan) | 25 | (3) |
| 2024– | → Toulouse (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Romania U21 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023 | |||
Ümit Akdağ (born 6 October 2003) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Toulouse, on loan from Süper Lig club Alanyaspor.[1]
Club career
[edit]Alanyaspor
[edit]After representing FC Steaua București and Chelsea at youth level, Ümit moved to Alanyaspor in 2017. He made his professional debut for the club on 3 June 2023, coming on as a 46th-minute substitute for Umut Güneş in a 1–5 away Süper Lig loss to Trabzonspor.
Loan to Göztepe
[edit]The following season, Akdağ was loaned to TFF First League team Göztepe. He recorded his debut on 19 August 2023, in a goalless draw at Ümraniyespor, and on 21 October scored his first goal in a 3–0 home win over Şanlıurfaspor.
Akdağ contributed with three goals from 25 appearances in the second tier championship, as Göztepe finished as runners-up and promoted to the Süper Lig.
Loan to Toulouse
[edit]On 23 August 2024, Akdağ joined French club Toulouse on loan.[2] He made his Ligue 1 debut on 22 September 2024, starting in a 0–2 away loss to Brest.
International career
[edit]Akdağ was called up by head coach Daniel Pancu to the Romanian under-21 national team for the matches against Albania and Switzerland, making his debut in a 5–0 victory against the former on 17 November 2023. He came on in the 71st minute for Cătălin Vulturar.[3][4]
Personal life
[edit]Akdağ was born in Bucharest, Romania, to parents of Turkish ethnicity.
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 11 May 2024
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Other[a] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Alanyaspor | 2022–23 | Süper Lig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Göztepe (loan) | 2023–24 | TFF First League | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 3 | ||
| Toulouse | 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career Total | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | ||
- ^ Appearances in the Süper Lig promotion play-offs
References
[edit]- ^ "Umit Akdag". flashscore.ro. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Umit Akdag rejoint le TeFeCe !". Toulouse FC (in French). 23 August 2024.
- ^ "Cine este Umit Akdag, turcul care poate debuta la naționala U21 a României". digisport.ro. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Lotul convocat de Daniel Pancu pentru Albania U21 - România U21". gsp.ro. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
External links
[edit]- Ümit Akdağ at Soccerway
- 2003 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Bucharest
- Romanian people of Turkish descent
- Romanian men's footballers
- Süper Lig players
- TFF First League players
- Alanyaspor footballers
- Göztepe S.K. footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Romania men's under-21 international footballers
- Romanian expatriate men's footballers
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in France