Yunus Akgün

Yunus Akgün (born 7 July 2000) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL Championship club Leicester City, on loan from Süper Lig club Galatasaray and the Turkey national team.

Yunus Akgün
Akgün playing with Adana Demirspor 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
 Leicester City
(on loan from Galatasaray)
Number 29
Youth career
2011–2018 Galatasaray
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Galatasaray 41 (2)
2020–2021 → Adana Demirspor (loan) 28 (5)
2021–2022 → Adana Demirspor (loan) 34 (8)
2023– → Leicester City (loan) 5 (0)
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 7 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:52, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:25, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

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]

Return to Galatasaray

Akgün became the champion in the Süper Lig in the 2022–23 season with the Galatasaray team. Defeating Ankaragücü 4-1 away in the match played in the 36th week on 30 May 2023, Galatasaray secured the lead with 2 weeks before the end and won the 23rd championship in its history.[4]

Leicester City (loan)

On 26 August 2023, Leicester City signed Akgün on loan for the 2023–24 season.[5][6]

International career

Akgün is a youth international for Turkey. He represented the Turkey U17s at the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship,[7] and the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[8]

Akgün made his senior debut for Turkey on 4 June 2022, in a UEFA Nations League tie at home to the Faroe Islands.[9] Akgün scored his first senior level goal for Turkey on the occasion of his second cap, scoring the fifth goal of six away to Lithuania on the 7 June 2022 in another UEFA Nations League tie.[10]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 4 October 2023[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Galatasaray 2018–19 Süper Lig 11064—201[lower-alpha 3]0204
2019–20 Süper Lig 5120—000071
2021–22 Süper Lig 0000—10—10
2022–23 Süper Lig 25130———281
2023–24 Süper Lig 1000—4[lower-alpha 4]00050
Total 422114—7010617
Adana Demirspor (loan) 2020–21 TFF First League 28542———327
2021–22 Süper Lig 34841———389
Total 6213830000007016
Leicester City (loan) 2023–24 EFL Championship 500020——70
Career total 1091519720701013823
  1. Includes Turkish Cup
  2. Includes EFL Cup
  3. Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
  4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International
As of match played 15 October 2023[12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Turkey 202251
202321
Total72


Turkey score listed first, score column indicates score after each Akgün goal
List of international goals scored by Yunus Akgün
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
17 June 2022LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania2 Lithuania5–06–02022–23 UEFA Nations League[13]
215 October 2023Medaş Konya Büyükşehir Stadyumu, Konya, Turkey6 Latvia1–04–0UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying[14]

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. "Turkish Super Lig: Galatasaray win title for 23rd time after beating Ankaragucu 4-1". BBC Sport. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  5. "About the temporary transfer of our football player Yunus Akgün". Galatasaray SK. 26 August 2023.
  6. "Leicester City Confirm Loan Signing Of Yunus Akgün". Leicester City F.C. 26 August 2023.
  7. "U17 Milliler, Hırvatistan'daki ilk antrenmanını yaptı". www.tff.org (in Turkish).
  8. "U17 Milli Takımı, Dünya Kupası hazırlıklarına başladı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  9. "Player details TFF". www.tff.org (in Turkish).
  10. "Player details TFF". www.tff.org (in Turkish).
  11. "Y. AKGÜN". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  12. "Akgün, Yunus". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  13. "Lithuania vs. Türkiye 0–6: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  14. "Türkiye vs. Latvia 4–0: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  15. "CUMHURİYETİN YÜZÜ, TÜRKİYE'NİN EN BÜYÜĞÜ, ŞAMPİYON GALATASARAY!". Galatasaray S.K. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
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