Fatih made 29 appearances for the club, and earned his first cap for the Turkey national under-21 football team.

Fatih joined RCD Mallorca at the beginning of the 2001–02 season, but he made a quick return to Turkey, signing for Fenerbahçe on 4 December 2001 after five appearances for the Spanish club.

PAOK signed him the following season, where he made 16 appearances before returning to Turkey at the winter break, this time to Trabzonspor.

[5][6] Akyel last played for Tepecikspor, making one appearance for the club before he was arrested in March 2010 on allegations of match-fixing in 2007 and 2008.

He participated in the 1997 Mediterranean Games, starting all five matches en route to winning a silver medal.