Career
Akanji started his youth football with the local club in Wiesendangen. In May 2007 Akanji changed clubs and is a youth exponent form Football Club Winterthur. During his early years he played for their U-18 team and later with their second team
In the 2014-2015 Challenge League he was in Winterthur"s starting eleven, having played two games for them during the previous season.
On 15 April 2015 it was announced that Akanji would transfer to Basel for the 2015-2016 Super League season. He made his Swiss Super League debut on 26 September 2015 being substituted in against Football Club Lugano.
Akanji made two appearances for the Switzerland U-20 national team His debut was on 7 September 2014 in the 0–0 draw against the German U-20 national team