Samet Akaydin
{{Short description| Turkish defender footballer (born 1994)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Samet Akaydin
| image = Samet Akaydin20220225 14 (cropped).jpg
| upright =
| alt =
| caption = Samet Akaydin with Adana Demirspor in 2022
| fullname = Samet Akaydin
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|3|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Trabzon, Turkey
| height = 1.90 m
| position = Centre back
| currentclub = Çaykur Rizespor
| clubnumber = 3
| youthyears1 = 2004–2009
| youthclubs1 = İdmanocağı
| youthyears2 = 2009–2010
| youthclubs2 = Trabzonspor
| youthyears3 = 2010–2011
| youthclubs3 = İdmanocağı
| youthyears4 = 2011–2013
| youthclubs4 = Boluspor
| years1 = 2013–2014
| clubs1 = Arsinspor
| caps1 = 4
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2014–2018
| clubs2 = Sancaktepe
| caps2 = 131
| goals2 = 9
| years3 = 2018–2019
| clubs3 = Şanlıurfaspor
| caps3 = 34
| goals3 = 3
| years4 = 2019–2021
| clubs4 = Ankara Keçiörengücü
| caps4 = 49
| goals4 = 4
| years5 = 2021–2023
| clubs5 = Adana Demirspor
| caps5 = 55
| goals5 = 4
| years6 = 2023–2025
| clubs6 = Fenerbahçe
| caps6 = 32
| goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2024
| clubs7 = → Panathinaikos (loan)
| caps7 = 12
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2025–
| clubs8 = Çaykur Rizespor
| caps8 = 14
| goals8 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2022–
| nationalteam1 = Turkey
| nationalcaps1 = 14
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| club-update = 7 December 2024 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 22:00, 23 March 2025 (UTC)
}}
Samet Akaydin (born 13 March 1994) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Turkish Süper Lig club Çaykur Rizespor and the Turkey national football team.
Club career
Akaydin began his youth career with Black Sea Region-based clubs Trabzon İdmanocağı, Trabzonspor, Boluspor and started his professional career with hometown club Arsinspor. He played four seasons with Istanbul-based club Sancaktepe, one season with Şanlıurfaspor, one and a half seasons with Ankara Keçiörengücü.
=Adana Demirspor=
Akaydin moved to Süper Lig side Adana Demirspor until the end of the 2023-24 season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ntvspor.net/futbol/samet-akaydin-adana-demirspor-da-60087ec3560350042c6abc22|title=Samet Akaydın, Adana Demirspor'da|publisher=NtvSpor.net|date=20 January 2021}} On 23 January 2021, he made his debut against Bursaspor. On 18 September 2021, he made his Süper Lig debut against Rizespor in a 3-1 win.
He showed a very successful performance with his club, made 49 Süper Lig (with 4 goals) and 6 TFF First League appearances with the team and also made three Turkish cup apperarances and one goal. He had successful seasons and selected to the national team.
=Fenerbahçe=
On 4 December 2023, Akaydin signed Turkish powerhouse Fenerbahçe, until the end of the 2026–27 season.{{Cite web|url=https://fenerbahce.org/haberler/futbol/2023/1/ailemize-hos-geldin-samet-akaydin|title=Ailemize hoş geldin Samet Akaydın|publisher=Fenerbahçe SK|date=12 January 2023}} He made his Süper Lig debut for the team in a 2–1 away game win over Gaziantep FK on 15 January 2023.
On 9 March 2023, he made his continental debut in the UEFA Europa League round of 16 match against Sevilla.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fenerbahce.org/haberler/futbol/2023/3/sevilla-2-0-fenerbahce|title=Sevilla 2-0 Fenerbahçe|publisher=Fenerbahçe SK|date=9 March 2023}}
On 10 November 2024, he scored his first goal with the team against Sivasspor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fenerbahce.org/haberler/futbol/2024/11/fenerbahce-4-0-net-global-sivasspor|title=Fenerbahçe 4-0 Net Global Sivasspor|publisher=Fenerbahçe SK|date=10 November 2024}}
==Panathinaikos (loan)==
On 14 January 2024, Akaydin joined Greek side Panathinaikos on loan from Fenerbahçe, until the end of the 2023–24 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.pao.gr/transfers/ston-panathinaiko-o-samet-akaintin/ |title=Στον Παναθηναϊκό ο Σαμέτ Ακαϊντίν |date=14 January 2024 |publisher=Panathinaikos FC|access-date=14 January 2024 |language=el}}
He was excluded from the squad due to his Mustafa Kemal Atatürk social media post for Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day on 19 May 2024. Panathinaikos asked him to remove his post but he did't accept the club's request and did not remove the post, then he was excluded from the main squad. Akaydin, who informed Fenerbahçe that he wanted to leave Panathinaikos after what happened, decided to return to Turkey.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/tr/haber/19-mayis-paylasimi-yapan-samet-akaydin-kadro-disi-birakildi/bltb665147f6cf09d48|title=19 Mayıs paylaşımı yapan Samet Akaydin kadro dışı bırakıldı|publisher=GOAL.com|date=20 May 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.milliyet.com.tr/skorer/yunanistanda-skandal-samet-akaydin-karari-ataturk-paylasimi-sonrasu-kadro-disi-7129640|title=Yunanistan'da skandal Samet Akaydin kararı! Atatürk paylaşımı sonrası kadro dışı|publisher=Milliyet|date=20 May 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/sporarena/panathinaikostan-19-mayis-ayibi-samet-akaydinden-paylasimini-kaldirmasini-isteyip-kadro-disi-biraktilar-42464603|title=Panathinaikos'tan 19 Mayıs ayıbı! Samet Akaydin'den paylaşımını kaldırmasını isteyip, kadro dışı bıraktılar...|publisher=Hürriyet|date=20 May 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.fanatik.com.tr/fenerbahce/son-dakika-panathinaikostan-skandal-hareket-samet-akaydin-ataturk-paylasimi-nedeniyle-kadro-disi-kaldi-2548092|title=Panathinaikos'tan skandal hareket: Samet Akaydin, Atatürk paylaşımı nedeniyle kadro dışı kaldı|publisher=Fanatik|date=20 May 2024}}
International career
Akaydin debuted with the Turkey national team in a friendly 2–1 win over the Czech Republic on 19 November 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://cablefreetv.org/tayyip-talha-sanuc-samet-akaydin-and-onur-bulut-spoke-after-the-czechia-match/|title=Tayyip Talha Sanuç, Samet Akaydin and Onur Bulut spoke after the Czechia match!|date=19 November 2022}}
Akaydin was selected to represent his nation at the UEFA Euro 2024.{{cite news |date=7 June 2024 |title=A Millî Takımımızın EURO 2024 Aday Kadrosu Açıklandı |trans-title=EURO 2024 Candidate Squad of Our National Team Announced |url=https://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=202&ftxtID=44561 |language=tr |publisher=Turkish Football Federation |access-date=7 June 2024}} Notably, he scored an own goal past Altay Bayındır from outside the box in the nation's 3–0 loss to Portugal during the group stage.{{cite web |last=Tobin |first=Sam |date=23 June 2024 |title=Portugal coast into Euro 2024 last-16 with 3-0 victory over Turkey |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/portugal-coast-into-euro-2024-last-16-with-3-0-victory-over-turkey-2024-06-22/ |access-date=September 4, 2024 |publisher=Reuters}} On 6 July, he scored his first international goal, by opening the score in a 2–1 defeat against the Netherlands in the quarter-final of the competition.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/2036207/ |title=Netherlands 2–1 Türkiye |publisher=UEFA |date=6 July 2024 }}
Style of play
Akaydın is a quick, aggressive, physically strong, and tenacious defender, who was known for his work-rate, energy, and hard-tackling style of play. Due to his height, he was also an aerial threat on set-pieces.{{cite web |url=https://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=286&ftxtID=38459 |title=Samet Akaydın: "Futboldan başka bir şey düşünmüyorum" |publisher=TFF.org |date=1 September 2022 }}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{Updated|11 December 2024}}{{cite web|title=Samet Akaydın|url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/samet-akaydin/316454/|website=Soccerway|access-date=11 March 2023}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup{{efn|Includes Turkish Cup and Greek Cup}} !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Arsinspor
|2013–14 |4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="5"|Sancaktepe
|2014–15 |TFF Third League |33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 3 | ||
| 2015–16
|TFF Third League |34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 4 | ||
| 2016–17
|TFF Third League |32 | 0 | 7 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 39 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18
|32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 2 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!131 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 9 | |
| Şanlıurfaspor
|2018–19 |TFF Second League |34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 3 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Ankara Keçiörengücü
|2019–20 |33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 3 | ||
| 2020–21
|TFF First League |16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!49 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 4 | |
| rowspan="4"|Adana Demirspor
|TFF First League |6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22
|33 | 2 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 3 | ||
| 2022–23
|Süper Lig |16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 17 | 2 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!55 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 5 | |
| rowspan=4|Fenerbahçe
|Süper Lig |17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| 2023–24
|Süper Lig |10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Conference League}} | 0 | |11 | 0 | |
| 2024–25
|Süper Lig |5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=UEL}} | 0 | |7 | 1 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 1 | |
| Panathinaikos (loan)
|12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!289 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 313 | 22 |
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=International=
{{updated|match played 23 March 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="4"|Turkey
|2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total | 14 | 1 |
:Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Akaydin goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Samet Akaydin !scope="col"|No. !scope="col" data-sort-type="date"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Cap !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
| align="center"|1
|6 July 2024 | Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany | align="center"|10 | {{fb|NED}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"|1–2 | UEFA Euro 2024 |
Honours
Sancaktepe
- TFF Third League: 2016–17
Adanademirspor
Fenerbahçe
- Turkish Cup: 2022–23{{cite web |url=https://www.fenerbahce.org/haberler/futbol/2023/6/cumhuriyetimizin-100-yilinda-turkiye-kupasi-fenerbahcemizin |title=Cumhuriyetimizin 100. Yılında Türkiye Kupası Fenerbahçemiz'in |date=11 June 2023 |website=fenerbahce.org |access-date=11 June 2023 }}
Panathinaikos
References
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External links
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Category:Footballers from Trabzon
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Category:Men's association football central defenders
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