Ferhat Kaya

Ferhat Kaya
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-03-11) 11 March 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Beringen, Belgium
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Beringen
Youth career
Westerlo
2001–2003 Verbroedering Geel
2003–2005 PSV
2005–2006 Gaziantepspor
2006–2007 Gazişehir Gaziantep
2007–2008 PSV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Gazişehir Gaziantep 0 (0)
2008 FC Eindhoven 0 (0)
2009–2010 Racing Mol-Wezel 39 (0)
2010 FC Brussels 0 (0)
2010–2011 Royal Antwerp 12 (0)
2012–2016 Fortuna Sittard 144 (0)
2016–2017 Helmond Sport 31 (0)
2017–2019 Sakaryaspor 2 (0)
2021– Beringen
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:57, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Ferhat Kaya (born 11 March 1986) is a Belgian professional footballer of Kurdish descent[1] who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian Division 3 club Beringen.

Career

Kaya was born in Beringen, Belgian Limburg, and started playing football at the Westerlo youth academy. Via Verbroedering Geel, he moved to the PSV Eindhoven academy in 2003.[2] After having played there for two years, Kaya left for Turkish club Gaziantepspor.[3]

In August 2008, after three years in Turkey, Kaya signed with Eerste Divisie club FC Eindhoven after a successful trial.[4] A year later, he signed with Racing Mol-Wezel in the Belgian Third Division.[5] Afterwards, he had stints with FC Brussels and Royal Antwerp.[6][7]

Kaya then trained for six months with SV Meerssen, before signing a contract with Fortuna Sittard, who was looking for a successor to Danny Wintjens, who had moved to PEC Zwolle. Kaya became the starting goalkeeper at the club, andafter 144 matches, Kaya signed a two-year contract with Helmond Sport in June 2016.[8]

He was signed by Sakaryaspor in the summer of 2017 on a free transfer.[9] In April 2019, Kaya terminated his contract by mutual consent, after he had not received his salary.[10]

In March 2021, after being a free agent for two years, Kaya joined Belgian Division 3 club Beringen.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Document Details | Report on the Trial of Ferhat Kaya - Trial Observation Report | KHRP | Kurdish Human Rights Project".
  2. ^ "Ferhat Kaya". PSV (in Dutch). 11 January 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Gaziantepspor'dan üç imza". Haber7 (in Turkish). 5 July 2005.
  4. ^ "Ferhat Kaya nieuwe doelman bij FC Eindhoven". Soccernews (in Dutch). 2 September 2008.
  5. ^ "Ferhat Kaya hekelt mentaliteit bij Mol-Wezel: Wij moeten altijd naar de top mikken". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 1 December 2009.
  6. ^ "Ferhat Kaya nieuwe keeper van Antwerp". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 13 August 2010.
  7. ^ "Ferhat Kaya nieuwe doelman van Antwerp". Gazet van Antwerpen (in Flemish). 12 August 2010.
  8. ^ "Helmond Sport trekt twee keepers aan | Helmond Sport". Helmond Sport (in Dutch). 24 June 2016.
  9. ^ Ottens, Chris (10 July 2017). "Sakaryaspor meldt komst van Helmond Sport-doelman Ferhat Kaya". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch).
  10. ^ "FERHAT KAYA TFF'YE BAŞVURDU". Sakarya Yenihaber (in Turkish). 21 March 2019.
  11. ^ "Coronacrisis of niet, deze straffe keepertransfers gooien hoge ogen in het Limburgs voetbal". hbvl.be (in Flemish). 10 March 2021.