Aksel spent his entire professional career with Göztepe, and is their most capped player in their history.
He had three caps with the Turkey national football team, and after retiring was briefly a manager before his untimely death in 1978.
He debuted professionally in 1959, and played 390 games with 81 goals over his 14 seasons with the team in the Süper Lig.
After his career, Aksel had a brief stint in management with Göztepe, Orduspor, and Çaykur Rizespor.
On 13 October 1978, Aksel died in an explosion in a gas station in Rize, Turkey.