Suat Kaya

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Suat Kaya
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Personal information
Date of birth (1967-08-26) 26 August 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Istanbul, Turkey
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1979–1986 Galatasaray
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1987 Galatasaray 3 (0)
1987–1992 Konyaspor 110 (13)
1992–2003 Galatasaray 241 (31)
Total354(44)
International career
1993–2002 Turkey 18 (2)
Managerial career
2004–2006 Galatasaray B
2006–2007 Gaziantep Belediyespor (assistant)
2007 Orduspor (assistant)
2007–2008 Gaziantep Belediyespor (assistant)
2009 Çaykur Rizespor
2010 Diyarbakırspor
2011 Tokatspor
2013 Gaziantep Belediyespor
2014 Göztepe
2015–2016 Bucaspor
2016–2019 Menemen Belediyespor
2019 Sakaryaspor
2021 Serik Belediyespor
2021 Tuzlaspor
2021–2022 Eskişehirspor
2022 Tuzlaspor
2024 Sakaryaspor
Medal record
Representing Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Men's football
FIFA World Cup
Bronze medal icon.svg 2002 Japan-South Korea
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Suat Kaya (born 26 August 1967) is a Turkish football manager and former player.

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His career was all but associated with Galatasaray, with which he won major titles including and the 2000 UEFA Cup. Over the course of 16 seasons, he amassed Süper Lig totals of 353 games and 44 goals.

Club career

Born in Istanbul, Suat started playing professionally with Turkish first division powerhouse Galatasaray, making his first-team debuts at age 19. In the following five years, he represented Konyaspor.

Returned in 1992, Suat only played eight times in his first season in his second spell, as Gala won the league. He proceeded to become an essential midfield figure in the following years, notably scoring a career-best eight goals in two consecutive seasons – 1993 to 1995 – helping the Istanbul side to five leagues and two cups (this included two consecutive doubles).

Aged nearly 33, in 2000, Suat appeared, as a starter, in both of Galatasaray's European conquests, the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup. In June 2003, he retired from football, starting a coaching career in the following year, with Galatasaray's reserves. In the next seasons, he managed several clubs, namely second division's Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor (two spells).

International career

Suat gained 15 caps for Turkey during seven years, and participated at UEFA Euro 2000. In the final stages in Belgium and the Netherlands, he played in three out of four matches for the national side, assisting Hakan Şükür in the second goal of the 2–0 group stage win against co-hosts Belgium, on 19 June. [1]

Career statistics

[ citation needed ]

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cup [a] EuropeTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Galatasaray 1986–87 3030
Konyaspor 1987–881010
1988–89 29280372
1989–90 24110251
1990–91 28310293
1991–92 28710297
Total11013110000012113
Galatasaray 1992–93 80303010150
1993–94 278503190449
1994–95 2787321504112
1995–96 285503020385
1996–97 25231283
1997–98 212513221316
1998–99 232302041323
1999–2000 2814020130471
2000–01 2512010121402
2001–02 191121312
2002–03 10130101
Total2413134422563436044
Career total3544445422563448457

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year [2]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Turkey 199310
199420
199531
199710
200080
Total151

Managerial statistics

As of 10 June 2010
TeamFromToRecord
GWDLWin %
Galatasaray B 200420060000!
Belediyespor 20062007259106036.00
Orduspor 2007200711344027.27
Belediyespor 2007200835111212031.43
Rizespor 200920093003000.00
Total74232625031.08

Honours

Galatasaray

References

  1. "Rüştü and Şükür star as Belgium fall to Turkey". UEFA. 6 October 2003. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  2. "Suat Kaya". European Football. Retrieved 10 December 2015.