Onur Kaya (born 20 April 1986) is a Belgian professional footballer of Turkish descent who plays as an attacking midfielder for FC Kosova Schaerbeek.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1986-04-20) 20 April 1986 (age 36) | ||
Place of birth | Brussels, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | FC Kosova Schaerbeek | ||
Youth career | |||
1993–2002 | Anderlecht | ||
2002–2005 | Vitesse | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2010 | Vitesse | 76 | (7) |
2010–2014 | Charleroi | 100 | (10) |
2014–2015 | Lokeren | 20 | (0) |
2015–2018 | Zulte Waregem | 131 | (12) |
2018–2022 | Mechelen | 85 | (5) |
2022– | FC Kosova Schaerbeek | 0 | (0) |
National team | |||
2002 | Belgium U17 | 5 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kaya, who has dual Belgian-Turkish nationality, was born and raised in Brussels, but moved to the youth academy of Dutch Eredivisie club Vitesse in 2002.[2] There, he made his professional debut on 11 February 2006 in the away game against Heerenveen.[3] In May 2006, a few months after his debut, Kaya signed a contract four-year contract extension with Vitesse until the summer of 2010.[4] He played a key role for the team in the following years alongside Mads Junker, Theo Janssen and Ruud Knol.[5][6] However, in the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons, Kaya was mainly used as a substitute.[7] In the 2009–10 season, he scored twice in the away match against Heracles Almelo and thus won a starting spot in the next games.[8][9]
Before the start of the 2010–11 season, Kaya moved to Charleroi.[10] He immediately suffered relegation to the Belgian Second Division with the club in his first season.[11] After one season in the second tier, Charleroi immediately promoted back to the Belgian First Division A.[12] In the 2012–13 season, he grew out to become the main force in midfield for the club.[13]
In January 2014, Kaya signed with Lokeren. There, however, manager Peter Maes preferred other players in midfield and, partly due to the emerging talent Hans Vanaken, Kaya never won a place in the starting eleven.[14][15]
On 8 January 2015, he signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Zulte Waregem.[16] On 18 March 2017, the club won the Belgian Cup, beating Oostende in the final. A penalty shootout after a match with extra time (2–2 after regular time, 3–3 after 120 min) resulted in the second cup win in club history.[17] With this result, Zulte Waregem qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. There, Kaya played his former team Vitesse.[3]
On 24 July 2018, Kaya joined Mechelen on a three-year deal after four seasons with Zulte Waregem.[18] He grew into a team captain at the club.[19]
On 24 August 2022, Kaya came out of retirement and joined FC Kosova Schaerbeek in the Belgian sixth tier league.[20]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Vitesse | 2005–06 | Eredivisie | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |||
2006–07 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 29 | 3 | |||||
2007–08 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |||||
2008–09 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||||
2009–10 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 20 | 5 | |||||
Total | 76 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 8 | ||
Sporting Charleroi | 2010–11 | Belgian Pro League | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 30 | 2 | |||
2011–12 | Belgian Second Division | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 20 | 3 | ||||
2012–13 | Belgian Pro League | 34 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 36 | 4 | ||||
2013–14 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 1 | |||||
Total | 100 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 10 | ||
Lokeren | 2013–14 | Belgian Pro League | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||
2014–15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
Total | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
Zulte Waregem | 2014–15 | Belgian Pro League | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 14 | 2 | |||
2015–16 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 40 | 2 | |||||
2016–17 | Belgian First Division A | 40 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | 44 | 4 | ||||
2017–18 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | 39 | 4 | |||
Total | 119 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 137 | 12 | ||
Career totals | 315 | 27 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 344 | 30 |
Kaya was a youth international for Belgium, at the U19 level.[22]
Lokeren
Zulte Waregem
De Belg van Turkse origine is al enkele jaren een boegbeeld bij Charleroi en wou tegen Genk graag op gepaste wijze afscheid nemen van de fans.
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