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Ahmetcan Kaplan

Ahmetcan Kaplan

Defender · NEC Nijmegen · 23 · Türkiye

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Season score
58.6
Eredivisie 26/27, 2 matches
Last 5 weeks
56.1
average of weeks with 60+ minutes
Market value
€6.0M
−€1.0M (−14%) since 28 May 2026
Transfermarkt, 25 Sep 2026

Photo: FCUFAN, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Born
16 Jan 2003
Height
189 cm
Foot
L
Contract until
30 Jun 2030
Wikipedia views
680 4 weeks

Wikipedia Wikidata Transfermarkt

Every week

1–7 Jul 2025 to 20–26 Oct 2026

22 of 69 weeks with 60+ minutes, averaging 54.7 (minutes-weighted); 2 of them 70 or better.

no matchunder 60′under 4545–5555–7070+

Every week as a table
WeekMatchesMinutesScoreExpectedUnderlying
20–26 Oct 202619057.152.457.3
13–19 Oct 2026210555.452.055.8
6–12 Oct 202611858.352.358.3
7–13 Apr 202616946.452.749.2
31 Mar – 6 Apr 20261971.352.671.3
17–23 Mar 202619073.351.373.3
10–16 Mar 202619046.451.646.4
3–9 Mar 202616043.252.143.7
24 Feb – 2 Mar 202616745.652.545.5
17–23 Feb 2026218055.352.556.4
10–16 Feb 202619055.452.257.2
3–9 Feb 202616546.752.646.7
27 Jan – 2 Feb 202619065.251.765.2
20–26 Jan 202619056.651.356.6
13–19 Jan 202619044.052.043.9
16–22 Dec 202519045.552.645.5
2–8 Dec 202519039.253.940.1
25 Nov – 1 Dec 202517050.454.452.1
18–24 Nov 202519059.254.159.5
4–10 Nov 202519065.353.266.2
28 Oct – 3 Nov 202519058.152.858.9
21–27 Oct 202519057.852.452.3
16–22 Sep 202519074.049.974.1
9–15 Sep 202519052.249.652.2

Against expectation

How it's expected

Each week's score beside what the player's earlier matches led to expect. Over the last 10 weeks with 60+ minutes: level with expectation (+1.4 a week).

30.040.050.060.070.080.09 Sep28 Oct25 Nov13 Jan3 Feb24 Feb17 Mar20 OctScore 57.1Expected 52.4
90

On the breakout watchlist

A 33% chance of breaking out within a year, on how players like them went before. Underlying 54.3 over 1,813 minutes in the last year, up 1.1 over the last 10 weeks. Wikipedia views 4.3× below similar performers. Valued €6.0M against €13.9M expected. See the list

Market value

Where these come from
Transfermarkt €6.0M −€1.0M (−14%) since 28 May 2026 25 Sep 2026 · its own valuation, revised a few times a year
Current estimate €5.6M no change recorded 22 Oct 2026 · BSD, seen when squads refresh
0€2.5M€5.0M€7.5M€10M202120222023202420252026€6.0M€5.6M
Every value as a table
DateSourceValue
22 Oct 2026Current estimate (BSD)€5.6M
25 Sep 2026Transfermarkt€6.0M
28 May 2026Transfermarkt€7.0M
2 Dec 2025Transfermarkt€5.0M
28 May 2025Transfermarkt€5.0M
17 Dec 2024Transfermarkt€6.0M
14 Oct 2024Transfermarkt€8.0M
31 May 2024Transfermarkt€10.0M
18 Mar 2024Transfermarkt€7.0M
15 Dec 2023Transfermarkt€4.0M
23 Jun 2023Transfermarkt€5.0M
11 Nov 2022Transfermarkt€5.0M
14 Sep 2022Transfermarkt€5.0M
1 Jun 2022Transfermarkt€2.8M
31 Mar 2022Transfermarkt€1.4M
4 Jan 2022Transfermarkt€300k
12 Oct 2021Transfermarkt€250k
14 Jul 2021Transfermarkt€100k
21 May 2021Transfermarkt€50k
16 Mar 2021Transfermarkt€50k
4 Aug 2020Transfermarkt€50k

Two different estimates, so each is its own line and each change is measured within its own line.

Moves

All transfers
DateMoveFee
30 Jun 2026NEC Nijmegen AjaxFree or loan
29 Aug 2025Ajax NEC NijmegenFree or loan
19 Aug 2022Trabzonspor Ajax€9.5M

What the score is made of

Eredivisie 26/27, 108 minutes. Each part as a percentile against 546 top-five-league defender seasons of 900+ minutes since 2025/26: 50 is the middle of them (the dashed ring).

Shooting11Creating16Progressing77Keeping the ball96Defending84Aerial81Finishing32
As a table
PartPercentilePer 90 vs average
Shooting11−0.32
Creating16−0.37
Progressing77+0.28
Keeping the ball96+1.05
Defending84+0.15
Aerial81+0.41
Finishing32−0.09

Attention

English Wikipedia views per week, the article and its redirects, last 52 weeks.

05001.0K1.5K28 Oct16 Dec3 Feb24 Mar12 May30 Jun18 Aug6 Oct

Plays most like

same position, last 12 months: the shape of their play, not its level
PlayerRecent scoreValue nowLikeness
Willi Orbán RB Leipzig · 3362.4€5.0M92%Compare
Abdelnour Soualhia SC Telstar · 25 · cheaper53.2€700k92%Compare
Omar Alderete Sunderland · 2943.9€10.0M92%Compare
Kacper Potulski 1. FSV Mainz 05 · 1954.0€18.0M91%Compare
Chris Richards Crystal Palace · 2654.2€28.0M90%Compare
Pascal Struijk Brighton & Hove Albion · 2754.5€22.0M89%Compare

Recent score: the last six months. Cheaper: valued at less than 60% of Ahmetcan Kaplan.

Seasons

SeasonCompetitionTeamMatchesMinutesScoreUnderlying
Eredivisie 26/27EredivisieNEC Nijmegen210858.658.8
UEFA Europa League 26/27Europa LeagueNEC Nijmegen210554.054.4
VriendenLoterij Eredivisie 25/26EredivisieNEC Nijmegen221,78054.754.9
UEFA Europa League 24/25Europa LeagueAFC Ajax319648.748.6

Latest matches

26 since July 2025
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
22 Oct 2026Europa Leagueat GNK Dinamo ZagrebW 4–290000.030.0057.1
18 Oct 2026EredivisieFortuna SittardD 2–290000.030.0758.7
15 Oct 2026Europa LeagueLevski SofiaD 1–115000.030.0036.0
10 Oct 2026Eredivisieat AFC AjaxD 1–11800–0.0158.3
12 Apr 2026EredivisieFeyenoordD 1–169000.290.0146.4
4 Apr 2026Eredivisieat ExcelsiorW 2–0900–0.0071.3
22 Mar 2026EredivisieSC HeerenveenD 2–29000–0.0273.3
14 Mar 2026Eredivisieat PSV EindhovenW 3–29000–0.0146.4
8 Mar 2026EredivisieFC VolendamW 3–060000.050.0443.2
28 Feb 2026EredivisieFortuna SittardL 2–36700–0.0345.6
All 26 matches
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
22 Oct 2026Europa Leagueat GNK Dinamo ZagrebW 4–290000.030.0057.1
18 Oct 2026EredivisieFortuna SittardD 2–290000.030.0758.7
15 Oct 2026Europa LeagueLevski SofiaD 1–115000.030.0036.0
10 Oct 2026Eredivisieat AFC AjaxD 1–11800–0.0158.3
12 Apr 2026EredivisieFeyenoordD 1–169000.290.0146.4
4 Apr 2026Eredivisieat ExcelsiorW 2–0900–0.0071.3
22 Mar 2026EredivisieSC HeerenveenD 2–29000–0.0273.3
14 Mar 2026Eredivisieat PSV EindhovenW 3–29000–0.0146.4
8 Mar 2026EredivisieFC VolendamW 3–060000.050.0443.2
28 Feb 2026EredivisieFortuna SittardL 2–36700–0.0345.6
21 Feb 2026Eredivisieat AFC AjaxD 1–190000.220.0152.7
17 Feb 2026Eredivisieat Sparta RotterdamD 1–190000.070.0858.0
11 Feb 2026EredivisieFC UtrechtL 1–390000.230.0755.4
7 Feb 2026EredivisieHeracles AlmeloW 4–16500–0.0446.7
31 Jan 2026Eredivisieat AZ AlkmaarW 3–19000–0.0165.2
24 Jan 2026EredivisiePEC ZwolleW 2–19000–0.0256.6
17 Jan 2026Eredivisieat NAC BredaW 4–39000–0.0344.0
20 Dec 2025EredivisieAFC AjaxD 2–29000–0.0345.5
7 Dec 2025Eredivisieat FC VolendamW 3–290000.140.0539.2
29 Nov 2025EredivisieSparta RotterdamW 3–170000.170.0150.4
23 Nov 2025Eredivisieat FeyenoordW 4–290000.040.0059.2
9 Nov 2025EredivisieFC GroningenW 2–090000.120.0165.3
2 Nov 2025Eredivisieat FC UtrechtL 0–190000.110.0258.1
25 Oct 2025Eredivisieat PEC ZwolleD 2–290100.300.0257.8
21 Sep 2025Eredivisieat SC HeerenveenL 2–39000–0.0174.0
13 Sep 2025EredivisiePSV EindhovenL 3–59000–0.0152.2