Fatih Sonkaya

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Fatih Sonkaya
Born (1981-07-01) July 1, 1981 (age 42)
Oltu, Turkey
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
ChildrenNisa Sonkaya
Fatih Sonkaya
Personal information
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
SV Heerlerhei
Swift Roermond
Heerlen
Roda
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2004 Roda 93 (1)
1999–2000 → VVV (loan) 8 (1)
2004–2005 Beşiktaş 10 (0)
2005–2008 Porto 5 (0)
2005–2006 Porto B 4 (0)
2006–2007 → Académica (loan) 4 (0)
2007–2008 → Roda (loan) 16 (0)
2009 Khazar 11 (0)
2010 Erciyesspor 14 (0)
Total165(2)
International career
2003–2004 Turkey 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fatih Sonkaya (born 1 July 1981) is a Turkish retired footballer who played as a right back.

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He also held Dutch nationality, due to the many years spent in that country.

Club career

Although born in Oltu, Eastern Anatolia Region, Sonkaya spent most of his youth in Heerlen, Netherlands where he, together with older brother Özcan, started playing soccer at RKSV Heerlen. He started his professional career at Roda JC in 1998 and, after six seasons (three as first-choice), with a loan to VVV-Venlo in between, transferred to Beşiktaş J.K. in his homeland.

For 2005–06, Sonkaya signed for Portuguese club FC Porto, [1] and collected the Primeira Liga winner's medal, albeit playing sparingly. The following campaign he was loaned to Académica de Coimbra also in the country, [2] appearing in just four top division games. [3]

After another loan, now back in the Netherlands with Roda, Sonkaya was released in June 2008 and joined Bursaspor. However, midway through the season, he moved to Azerbaijan's FK Khazar Lankaran.

In February 2010, Sonkaya returned to his country, signing with Kayseri Erciyesspor in the second level.

International career

A Turkish international since 2003, Sonkaya gained six caps, and appeared twice in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup as the national team finished third (two 2–1 wins).

Honours

Club

Porto

Country

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References

  1. ↑ "O primeiro turco" [The first Turkish]. Record (in Portuguese). 9 July 2005. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Sonkaya foi conhecer novos companheiros" [Sonkaya met new teammates]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 July 2006. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Sonkaya: "Não sei porque deixei de jogar"" [Sonkaya: «I do not know why I stopped playing»]. Record (in Portuguese). 20 December 2006. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "FIFA Confederations Cup France 2003™". FIFA. Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Turkey edge past Colombia". BBC Sport. 28 June 2003. Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
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