Akgün Kaçmaz

Akgün Kaçmaz — Biography

Akgün Kaçmaz was a former Turkish international footballer who played for Fenerbahçe in the 1950s and was in the Turkey squad for the 1954 FIFA World Cup finals. Fenerbahçe counts him among the club's legendary players, and he is also remembered as one of the football pioneers of his native Ankara. He died in Fethiye on 12 November 2023 at the age of 88, and the Turkish Football Federation announced his death.

His main club was Fenerbahçe, where he played between 1951 and 1961. Besides the yellow-and-navy side he also played for Fatih Karagümrük and Bandırmaspor. His position is given differently by different sources: mostly as a defender, elsewhere as a midfielder or forward. He stood 1.69 metres tall. After his playing days he also worked as a coach.

His international path began in the youth ranks. With Turkey U-18 he took part in the 1953 world youth championship and was in the squad that finished third. In all he was capped six times: four for the U-18s, once for the A2 team and once for the senior national side, scoring one goal across those matches. He is best remembered for being in the 1954 World Cup squad. He spent his last years in Marmaris; he died in Fethiye, where he was being treated, and was buried in Marmaris after funeral prayers at the Beldibi Altınoluk Mosque.