Ahmetcan Kaplan
 Kaplan playing for Ajax in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 January 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Trabzon, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ajax | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2020 | Trabzonspor | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Trabzonspor | 13 | (0) |
| 2022– | Ajax | 19 | (0) |
| 2023– | Jong Ajax | 17 | (3) |
| 2025–2026 | → NEC (loan) | 25 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Turkey U16 | 8 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Turkey U17 | 14 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Turkey U19 | 5 | (1) |
| 2022–2024 | Turkey U21 | 7 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:24, 15 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
Ahmetcan Kaplan (Turkish: [ah.metˈdʒan kapˈlan]; born 16 January 2003) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eredivisie club Ajax.
Club career
A youth product of Trabzonspor, Kaplan signed his first professional contract with the club on 10 August 2020.[1] He made his professional debut for Trabzonspor in a 1–1 Süper Lig tie with Alanyaspor on 27 September 2021.[2]
Kaplan joined Dutch club Ajax of the Eredivisie on a five-year contract in August 2022.[3]
On 29 August 2025, Kaplan was loaned by NEC for the 2025–26 season.[4]
International career
Kaplan is an international for Turkey, having earlier been a youth international, represented the Turkey U16s and U17s.
On 7 June 2024, he was selected in Turkey's 26-man squad for the UEFA Euro 2024.[5]
Career statistics
- As of match played 12 April 2026
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Trabzonspor | 2020–21 | Süper Lig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Süper Lig | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| Total | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Ajax | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2026–27 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Jong Ajax | 2023–24 | Eerste Divisie | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | Eerste Divisie | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 2025–26 | Eerste Divisie | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 17 | 3 | — | — | — | 17 | 3 | |||||
| NEC (loan) | 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 25 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 30 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 71 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 5 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
Honours
Trabzonspor
References
- ↑ "Trabzonspor genç stoper Ahmetcan Kaplan'a imzayı attırdı!". 61saat.com.
- ↑ "Trabzonspor vs. Alanyaspor - 27 September 2021". Soccerway.
- ↑ "Ajax signs contract with Ahmetcan Kaplan". AFC Ajax. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ↑ "N.E.C. huurt Ahmetcan Kaplan van Ajax" [NEC loans Ahmetcan Kaplan from Ajax] (in Dutch). 29 August 2025. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
- ↑ HABER 61, Trabzon Haber-. "Trabzonspor'un genç ismi Ahmetcan Kaplan'dan samimi açıklamalar". haber61.net.
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External links
- Profile at the AFC Ajax website
- Ahmetcan Kaplan at Soccerway
- Ahmetcan Kaplan at the Turkish Football Federation
- Ahmetcan Kaplan at www.mackolik.com (in Turkish)
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- 2003 births
- Footballers from Trabzon
- Living people
- 21st-century Turkish sportsmen
- Men's association football central defenders
- Turkish men's footballers
- Turkey men's youth international footballers
- Turkey men's under-21 international footballers
- Trabzonspor footballers
- AFC Ajax players
- Jong Ajax players
- NEC Nijmegen players
- Süper Lig players
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- UEFA Euro 2024 players
- Turkish expatriate men's footballers
- Turkish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands