Suat Kaya

Suat Kaya

Personal information
Full name	Suat Kaya
Date of birth	26 August 1967 (1967-08-26)
Place of birth	Istanbul, Turkey
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1986–1987	Galatasaray	3	(0)
1987–1992	Konyaspor	110	(13)
1992–2003	Galatasaray	241	(31)
Total		353	(44)
National team
1993–2000	Turkey	15	(1)
Teams managed
2004–2006	Galatasaray B
2006–2007	Gaziantep Belediyespor
2007	Orduspor
2007–2008	Gaziantep Belediyespor
2011	Tokatspor
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Suat Kaya (born 26 August 1967 in Istanbul) is a retired Turkish footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

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

Returned in 1992, he 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 – 1993–95 – helping the Istanbul outfit 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.

Honours

Club

• Galatasaray:
  • Turkish League: 1987–88, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02
  • Turkish Cup: 1992–93, 1995–96, 1998–99, 1999–2000
  • UEFA Cup: 1999–2000
  • UEFA Super Cup: 2000

Statistics

Club

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Galatasaray	1986–87	3	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	0
	Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Konyaspor	1987–88	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0
	1988–89	29	2	8	0	-	-	-	-	37	2
	1989–90	24	1	1	0	-	-	-	-	25	1
	1990–91	28	3	1	0	-	-	-	-	29	3
	1991–92	28	7	1	0	-	-	-	-	29	7
	Total	110	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	121	13
Galatasaray	1992–93	8	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	15	0
	1993–94	27	8	5	0	3	1	9	0	44	9
	1994–95	27	8	7	3	2	1	5	0	41	12
	1995–96	28	5	5	0	3	0	2	0	38	5
	1996–97	25	2	-	-	3	1	-	-	28	3
	1997–98	21	2	5	1	3	2	2	1	31	6
	1998–99	23	2	3	0	2	0	4	1	32	3
	1999–00	28	1	4	0	2	0	13	0	47	1
	2000–01	25	1	2	0	1	0	12	1	40	2
	2001–02	19	1	-	-	-	-	12	1	31	2
	2002–03	10	1	-	-	-	-	3	0	10	1
	Total	241	31	34	4	22	5	63	4	360	44
Career total		354	44	45	4	22	5	63	4	484	57

International

National team	Year	Apps	Goals	Assists
Turkey	1993	1	0	-
	1994	2	0	-
	1995	3	1	-
	1997	1	0	-
	2000	8	0	-
Total		15	1	-

Managerial

As of 10 June 2010

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Galatasaray B		2004	2006	&100000000000000000000000	&100000000000000000000000	&100000000000000000000000	&100000000000000000000000	!—
Belediyespor		2006	2007	&1000000000000002500000025	&100000000000000090000009	&1000000000000001000000010	&100000000000000060000006	&1000000000000003600000036.00
Orduspor		2007	2007	&1000000000000001100000011	&100000000000000030000003	&100000000000000040000004	&100000000000000040000004	&1000000000000002726999927.27
Belediyespor		2007	2008	&1000000000000003500000035	&1000000000000001100000011	&1000000000000001200000012	&1000000000000001200000012	&1000000000000003142999931.43
Rizespor		2009	2009	&100000000000000030000003	&100000000000000000000000	&100000000000000000000000	&100000000000000030000003	&0&100000000000000000000000.00
Total				&1000000000000007400000074	&1000000000000002300000023	&1000000000000002600000026	&1000000000000002500000025	&1000000000000003107999931.08

External links

• Turkish Football Federation profile
• Suat Kaya at National-Football-Teams.com