Ferhat Kaya

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Ferhat Kaya
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-03-11) 11 March 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth Beringen, Belgium
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Youth career
Westerlo
2001–2003 Verbroedering Geel
2003–2005 PSV
2005–2006 Gaziantepspor
2006–2007 Gazişehir Gaziantep
2007–2008 PSV
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
2021–2022 KVK Beringen
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:23, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

Ferhat Kaya (born 11 March 1986) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He has Kurdish descent. [1]

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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.
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