- Muhammet Akagündüz
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Muhammet Akagündüz Personal information Full name Muhammet Hanifi Akagündüz Date of birth January 11, 1878 Place of birth Bingöl, Turkey Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Playing position Striker Club information Current club Admira Wacker Mödling Number 21 Youth career 1994-1996 WS Ottakring 1996-1997 Breitensee WAT Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1997-1998 Austria Wien Amateure 0 (0) 1998 SV Gerasdorf 0 (0) 1998 FCN Skt Pölten 0 (0) 1998 Austria Wien 0 (0) 1998-1999 FCN Skt Pölten 34 (11) 1999-2000 VfB Admira Wacker Mödling 0 (0) 2000-2003 SV Ried 90 (29) 2003-2004 Malatyaspor 29 (6) 2004-2005 Konyaspor 31 (6) 2005-2006 Rapid Wien 34 (9) 2006 Kayserispor 13 (2) 2007 Hellas Verona 5 (2) 2007-2008 SV Ried 27 (4) 2008-2009 Manisaspor 27 (8) 2009- Admira Wacker Mödling 13 (5) National team‡ 2002-2007 Austria 10 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of 2009/10 season.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 June 2008Muhammet Akagündüz, nicknamed Aka, (born January 11, 1978 in Bingöl) is a Turkish-born Austrian footballer. He plays as a striker for Admira Wacker Mödling in the Austrian Erste Liga.
Akagündüz moved with his family to Austria in 1987 and he gained Austrian citizenship three years later. He excelled at school and enrolled on a medical education course while starting his football career.
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Club career
His career has seen the much-travelled Aka play for FK Austria Wien, Gerasdorf, St. Pölten, VfB Admira Wacker Mödling, SV Ried, Malatyaspor, Konyaspor, Rapid Wien, Kayserispor and Hellas Verona.
He signed for Manisaspor from SV Ried in summer 2008.
International career
Akagündüz has also played for the Austrian national team, having decided to represent his naturalised country rather than that of his birth. He made his debut for Austria in October 2002 against Belarus and has earned 10 caps, scoring one goal. His final international game was a February 2007 friendly match against Malta in which he came on as a late substitute for Roland Linz.
National team statistics
Austria national team Year Apps Goals 2002 3 1 2003 0 0 2004 0 0 2005 1 0 2006 5 0 2007 1 0 Total 10 1 References
External links
- Player profile - SV Ried
- Player profile - Austria Archive
- Rapid stats - Rapid Archive
- Career stats - National Football Teams
- Roster - Manisaspor
Categories:- 1978 births
- Living people
- Austrian footballers
- Austria international footballers
- Austrian people of Turkish descent
- Turkish footballers
- VfB Admira Wacker Mödling players
- SV Ried players
- Malatyaspor footballers
- Konyaspor footballers
- SK Rapid Wien players
- Kayserispor footballers
- Hellas Verona F.C. players
- Manisaspor footballers
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
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