Place of birth Trabzon, Turkey Number 61 Apps (Gls) Current team Trabzon İdmanocağı | Playing position Years Team Height 1.65 m Position Defender | |
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Date of birth (1988-02-22) February 22, 1988 (age 29) | ||
Nagehan Akşan (born February 22, 1988) is a Turkish women's football defender currently playing in the First League for Trabzon İdmanocağı with jersey number 61 as the team's captain. She was a member of the Turkish national team.
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Club
Nagehan Akşan obtained her license for her hometown club Trabzonspor on November 16, 2007. After playing 32 matches and scoring two goals in two seasons, she transferred to Yalıspor in Istanbul. She capped 19 times and scored an own goal for Yalıspor in the 2010–11 season. For the 2011–12 season, she returned to Trabzon to join the Trabzon İdmanocağı, where she still plays.
At the end of the 2008–09 season, her team Trabzonspor became the league champion, and was entitled to play in the UEFA Women's Champions League as the first Turkish team debuting. Akşan took part at the 2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League – Group D matches.
International
In 2009, she was admitted to the Turkey women's national team to play in three matches of the UEFA Support International Tournament. At the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5, she was member of the national team. However, she sat on the bench.