Nathan Aké

About

Nathan Benjamin Aké (Dutch: [‘naːtɑn ‘aːkeː]; born 18 February 1995) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and the Netherlands national team.

Nathan Benjamin Aké was born on 18 February 1995 in The Hague, South Holland, to an Ivorian father, and a Dutch mother.

Aké agreed to join the Chelsea youth system from Feyenoord in 2010 at age 15. He had played at Feyenoord since age 12 after joining the club from ADO Den Haag.

Aké made his Premier League debut on 26 December 2012 against Norwich City as a 17-year-old, replacing Juan Mata in added time at the end of a 1–0 win at Carrow Road. He made his first start for the club in the FA Cup on 27 February 2013 in a 2–0 win against Championship team Middlesbrough. He was chosen to start in a defensive midfield position for Chelsea in the second leg of their UEFA Europa League quarter-final clash with Rubin Kazan in Russia on 11 April, a match that finished in a 3–2 loss but resulted in a 5–4 aggregate victory. Aké was an unused substitute for Chelsea in the 2013 UEFA Europa League…