 Akyol with Galatasaray | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bahçeşehir Koleji | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Assistant coach | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 April 1987 Kadıköy, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 5.5 in (1.97 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 208 lb (94 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2005: 2nd round, 59th overall pick | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Atlanta Hawks | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2003–2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard / small forward | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 4, 7, 11, 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||
| As player: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2009 | Efes Pilsen | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | → Galatasaray Café Crown | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Air Avellino | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Anadolu Efes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Galatasaray Liv Hospital | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Anadolu Efes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Beşiktaş Integral Forex | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Acıbadem Üniversitesi | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Sigortam.net İTÜ Basket | ||||||||||||||||||||
| As coach: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Galatasaray Nef (assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023- | Bahçeşehir Koleji S.K.(assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Cenk Akyol (born 16 April 1987) is a Turkish professional basketball coach and former player who played at the shooting guard position. He is assistant coach for Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).
On 3 July 2015, Akyol signed a multi-year contract with Beşiktaş Integral Forex.[1] After one season he left the club. On 20 October 2016, he signed with Acıbadem Üniversitesi of the Turkish Basketball First League.[2]
Akyol was drafted 59th overall in the 2005 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks. On 20 February 2014 the Atlanta Hawks traded Akyol's draft rights to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for Antawn Jamison[3] and on 7 January 2015 the Clippers traded his rights to the Philadelphia 76ers, along with Jared Cunningham and cash for the rights to Sergei Lishouk.[4] On 19 February 2015 he was again traded to the Denver Nuggets for Javale McGee and the rights to Chukwudiebere Maduabum.[5] On 18 January 2017 Akyol's draft rights were traded back to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for the player rights of Mo Williams and cash considerations.[6] His draft rights would later be traded once again, on 23 February 2017, alongside Mike Scott and cash considerations for a Top-55 protected second round pick from the Phoenix Suns.
On 2 July 2018 he signed with Sigortam.net İTÜ Basket of the Turkish Basketball First League. [7]
Akyol is also a regular Turkish national team player.
As of August 2021, he started to work as an assistant coach at Galatasaray Nef.[8]
On 21 August 2013 Akyol married national volleyball player and member of Vakıfbank Volleyball Naz Aydemir.[9]
