Ahmet Can Duran is a Turkish basketball player born on January 28, 1999 in Afyonkarahisar. The 2.08 meter tall player serves as a center. He started his professional career in Fenerbahçe and played in different teams of the Basketball Super League in the following years.
Club career
He met basketball in Fenerbahçe's infrastructure in 2014. Two seasons later, he was included in the A team squad and took part in the squad that won the President's Cup, Turkish League and EuroLeague championships in the 2016-17 season. In order to find more time, he moved to Büyükçekmece Basketball in 2020. Then he returned to Fenerbahçe and also played for Fenerbahçe College during this period.
He signed an agreement with Bursaspor in the summer of 2023, and after one season, he was transferred to Konya Büyükşehir Belediyespor. He spent two seasons in Konya; In the 2025-26 season, he contributed to his team reaching the semi-finals by producing an average of 9.4 points and 5.7 rebounds per game in the league. In June 2026, he signed a contract with İzmir team Göztepe.
national team
He also played regularly in the youth national teams. He played in the Türkiye squad that won the bronze medal in the 2015 FIBA European Under-16 Championship and was selected for the best five of the tournament. A year later, he was a member of the silver medal-winning team at the 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship in Zaragoza. He also wore the national jersey in the Under-18 European Championship hosted by Türkiye in 2016.
Duran, who was in a European champion squad at a very young age, continues his career as one of the league's consistent long players in the following years.
