Bülent Akın

Akın (2010)

Bülent Akın ( born August 28, 1978 in Brussels ) is a former Belgian- Turkish football player.

Career

Clubs

Akın came as the son of parents of Turkish origin in Brussels on the world. Here he began with the club football in the youth of RSC Anderlecht. After he had come into the age to ascend to the first team of the club, was not considered by the former coaching staff. Akın himself later explained that they did not give him time in the chance to assert itself. He was suspected of having stolen from the locker room and was suspended because of money without the possibility of opinion three months from the Squad. After these developments, he took in the spring of 1997, the offer of the Turkish first division club Gençlerbirliği Ankara and moved to Turkey. In Gençlerbirliği he played professional contract despite half a season mainly for the reserve team and completed for the professionals only two league games. For the new season he was loaned to second-division Yeni Salihlispor. In this club he played the young and progressive coach Ersun Yanal and quickly established himself as a regular player. After the season Yanal took over the league rivals Denizlispor and made sure that the club is also committed Akın of Gençlerbirliği. After the undertaking failed, he was loaned out in November to the end of the season. With this club he finished the qualifying round sovereign first and reached as to the spring of 1999 to participate in the promotion round of the 2nd ligament in the promotion round one supplied with Vanspor and Göztepe Izmir head-to - head race for the second division championship. The season they finished behind Vanspor as runner and rose so after three years of absence, in the first Lig on. Akın counted in this promotion season among the driving forces of his team and was therefore obliged end of the season for a transfer fee. At the same time left Akins conveyor Yanal the team direction MKE Ankaragucu. Akın strengthened its position from within the team and became one of the shooting stars of the Erstligasaison 1999/2000.

Through his performances in the season 1999/2000 he had especially the Galatasaray star Gheorghe Hagi so impressed that this persuading his club to commit Akın for a release Summer of eight million dollars. His first competitive match for Galatasaray, he completed the UEFA Super Cup final against Spanish giants Real Madrid. Here he came on in the 72nd Minte for Gheorghe Hagi. The game won by his team to a golden goal by Mário Jardel. This Akın won his first title. In the regular season operating Akın showed in the first match days from a promising performance. In the further course of the season he was unable to retrieve and often sat on the bench the expected standard of performance. Galatasaray missed in a chaotic season championship and reached the safe as the only bright spot in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals. In the second season at Galatasaray Akın experienced a similar season. His team finished the Erstligasaison 2001/ 02 as a master. In summer, the coach Mircea Lucescu master was replaced by the old success coach Fatih Terim. This had the most new players who were brought in the two-year era Lucescu, rely on the sales list, including Akın.

In summer 2003, Akın moved into the English Premier League Bolton Wanderers. After he could not prevail with this club, and came into the season to be merely a league use, Akın changed already after only a year back to his old club Gençlerbirliği. In this club, his former promoter Ersun Yanal took over as coach and approved the change of his former player's. Even with Gençlerbirliği could not match his old form and eked out here reservists existence Akın. His team had qualified with a third place in the table in the preseason for the UEFA Cup in the 2003/04 season. With this club Akın experienced an equally successful UEFA Cup season. In the first round you won against the English club Blackburn Rovers and turned off in the second round of Sporting Lisbon. In the third round they met the Italian giants AC Parma. After surprisingly won the first leg 1-0 at Parma, one made ​​in the return leg on home soil with a 3-0 for a small sensation. In the second round they met the subsequent UEFA Cup winners FC Valencia. After winning the first game on home turf 1-0, they lost the return leg 0-2. Valencia scored in the 94th minute, the 0:2 and came to the next round. Gençlerbirliği reached in the same season, the final of the Turkish Football Cup, thus securing a renewed participation in the UEFA Cup. The final game they lost 0-4 against Trabzonspor. With the end of season Akın left the club and joined the League rival Malatyaspor. For this club he played only two years in the Süper Lig, and then a year in the TFF 1 Lig

After Akın in the summer of 2007 could not find a new club, he was hired in the spring of 2008 to the second division club MVV Maastricht. Here he played until the summer and then moved to Dutch club MVV Maastricht. Although Akın almost always came to regular stakes here, he joined in the summer of 2009, the Turkish third division Pursaklarspor. After one and a half years he left this club and went to league rivals Yeni Malatyaspor.

In the summer he returned to Pursaklarspor, which had been renamed in the meantime, in Kizilcahamamspor. Here he played until February 2012, then released his ongoing contract by mutual consent on and ended his football playing career.

National

Akın ran six times on Turkish U -21 national team. He and his team took the first time in history the Association at a U -21 Football Championship, U-21 Championship in 2000, in part. Here one difference however already in the group stage.

Achievements

• Cup of TFF 1 Lig and promotion to the Süper Lig: 1998/99

• Turkish champions: 2001 /02
• UEFA Super Cup winner: 2000
• Quarter-finalist of the UEFA Champions League: 2000/ 01

• Turkish Cup Runners-up: 2003/ 04
• Eighth finalist in the UEFA Cup: 2003 /04

• Participation in the U -21 Football Championship: 2000