Nagehan Akşan (born February 22, 1988) is a Turkish women's football defender who plays in the Women's Super League for ALG with jersey number 61. She was a member of the Turkish national team.
Club career
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 Maltepe Yalı 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.
Akşan transferred to Kdz. Ereğli for the 2017–18 season.
On June 1, 2018, she signed with the Istanbul-based club Ataşehir before the 2017–18 league champion club's participation at the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round. She played in all three matches of the qualification round. In the 2018–19 league season, she was appointed captain of the team.
For the 2021–22 Turkcell Women's Super League season, she transferred to the newly founded team Çaykur Rize. In the 2022–23 Super League season, she returned to her former club Ataşehir Beşediyespor. The next season, she transferred to Amed in Diyarbakır. However, after playing one match only, she moved to Gazianterp Asya. In the 2024–25 Super League season, she joined ALG in Gaziantep.
For the 2025–26 Super League season, she transferred Ünye.
International career 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.
Career statistics . ClubSeasonLeagueContinentalNationalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsTrabzon2008–09 First League15 0 – – 3 0 18 02009–10 First league17 2 3 0 0 0 20 2Total32 2 3 0 3 0 38 2Maltepe Yalı2010–11 First League19 0 – – 0 0 19 0Trabzon İdmanocağı 2011–12 First League21 0 – – 0 0 21 02012–13 First League18 0 – – 0 0 18 02013–14 First League13 0 – – 0 0 13 02014–15 First League16 0 – – 0 0 16 02015–16 First League17 2 – – 0 0 17 22016–17 First League24 1 – – 0 0 24 1Total109 3 – – 0 0 109 3Kdz. Ereğli 2017–18 First League16 0 – – 0 0 16 0Ataşehir 2018–19 First League14 0 3 0 0 0 17 02019–20 First League16 1 - - 0 0 16 12020–21First League4 0 – – 0 0 4 0Total34 1 3 0 0 0 37 1Çaykur Rize2021–22Super League6 0 – – 0 0 6 0Ataşehir2022–23Super League15 3 – – 0 0 15 3Amed2023–24Super League1 0 – – 0 0 1 0Gaziantep Asya2023–24Super League14 0 – – 0 0 14 0ALG2024–25Super League10 0 – – 0 0 10 0Ünye2025–26Super League20 – – 0 0 20Career total258 9 6 0 3 0 267 9
Honours Turkish Women's First League Trabzonspor Winners (1): 2008–09 Runners-up (1): 2009–10
Trabzon İdmanocağı Third places (3): 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16
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