Suat Kaya

Suat Kaya

Personal information
Full name	Suat Kaya
Date of birth	(1967-08-26) 26 August 1967
Place of birth	Istanbul, Turkey
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Menemen Belediyespor (coach)
Youth career
1979–1986	Galatasaray
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1987	Galatasaray	3	(0)
1987–1992	Konyaspor	110	(13)
1992–2003	Galatasaray	241	(31)
Total		354	(44)
International career
1993–2000	Turkey	15	(1)
Managerial career
2004–2006	Galatasaray B
2006–2007	Gaziantep Belediyespor
2007	Orduspor
2007–2008	Gaziantep Belediyespor
2009	Çaykur Rizespor
2011	Tokatspor
2012–2013	Gaziantep Belediyespor
2014	Göztepe
2015–2016	Bucaspor
2016–	Menemen Belediyespor
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Suat Kaya (born 26 August 1967) is a Turkish former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and the current coach of Menemen Belediyespor.

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 SK, 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.

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	-

Honours

Galatasaray

• Süper Lig: 1986–87, 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

Managerial statistics

As of 10 June 2010

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Galatasaray B		2004	2006	0	0	0	0	!—
Belediyespor		2006	2007	25	9	10	6	036.00
Orduspor		2007	2007	11	3	4	4	027.27
Belediyespor		2007	2008	35	11	12	12	031.43
Rizespor		2009	2009	3	0	0	3	000.00
Total				74	23	26	25	031.08

External links

• Suat Kaya player profile at the Turkish Football Federation
• Suat Kaya manager profile coach profile at the Turkish Football Federation
• Suat Kaya at National-Football-Teams.com