Mücahit Can Akçay (born 13 April 1998) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ankara Demirspor.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mücahit Can Akçay[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-04-13) 13 April 1998 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Bağcılar, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Ankara Demirspor | ||
| Number | 99 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2016 | Gençlerbirliği | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2020 | Konyaspor | 15 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Anadolu Selçukspor (loan) | 31 | (17) |
| 2020 | → Ümraniyespor (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | Ankaragücü | 2 | (0) |
| 2021 | → 1461 Trabzon (loan) | 11 | (3) |
| 2021– | Ankara Demirspor | 37 | (8) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012–2013 | Turkey U15 | 4 | (1) |
| 2014 | Turkey U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 2014 | Turkey U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2018 | Turkey U20 | 5 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 October 2018 | |||
A youth product of Gençlerbirliği, Akçay signed with Konyaspor in 2016 and made his debut for them in a 1-0 Turkish Cup loss to Trabzonspor on 26 January 2017.[3] Akçay was loaned to Anadolu Selçukspor for the 2017-18 season in the TFF Second League, and finished as one of the top scorers in the league.[4]
Akçay is a youth international for Turkey. He represented the Turkey U20s at the 2018 Toulon Tournament, and scored a brace in his debut - a 2-1 win over the Japan U20s on 28 May 2018.[5]