Career
Played at Denizlispor youth division, Akbulut served for for his entire professional career. Player = Club Akbulut had begun playing football in Denizlispor at youth level, until his joining to in 1980, in which he played for 14 seasons during one of the most successful periods of the team"s history. He also played at European Cups, having 6 caps in Union of European Football Associations Champions League between 1982 and 1992, and Cup Winners" Cup twice in 1997-1998 season.
= International Akbulut played in Turkish national football team in Olympic and senior level, called up the team in total of 4 matches.
Manager The first coaching experience of Kadir Akbulut was Silivrispor, a Turkish Regional Amateur League team of Silivri district of Istanbul, until his resignation on 3 March 2011. On 1 July 2011, he was hired by Çatalcaspor, another amateur league team located in Istanbul.
Managed by Akbulut, Çatalcaspor promoted to 3. Lig at professional stage, for the first time at their history, following 1–0 ended play-off encounter against Edirnespor Gençlik South.K., on 6 May 2014.
Akbulut earned a one-year extension for his contract at Çatalcaspor on June 2014.
