Ahmetcan Kaplan
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 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 |
NEC (on loan from Ajax) | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| 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– | → NEC (loan) | 11 | (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 7 December 2025 ‡ 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 Dutch Eredivisie club NEC on loan from Ajax.
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]
