Onur Kaya

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Date of birth (1986-04-20) 20 April 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position Attacking midfielder
Onur Kaya
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-04-20) 20 April 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position Attacking midfielder
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)
2022–2023 FC Kosova Schaerbeek
Total 412 (34)
International career
2002 Belgium U17 5 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Onur Kaya (born 20 April 1986) is a Belgian former professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

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]

Career statistics

As of match played on 17 April 2018[21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vitesse2005–06Eredivisie 9000—90
2006–07 29300—293
2007–08 12000—120
2008–09 7000—70
2009–10 19411—205
Total 767110000778
Sporting Charleroi2010–11Belgian Pro League 29210—302
2011–12Belgian Second Division 19310—203
2012–13Belgian Pro League 34420—364
2013–14 18100—181
Total 1001040000010410
Lokeren2013–14Belgian Pro League 12040—160
2014–15 8010—10100
Total 200500010260
Zulte Waregem2014–15Belgian Pro League 13210—142
2015–16 38121—402
2016–17Belgian First Division A 40440—444
2017–18 28310—101394
Total 11910810010113712
Career totals 315271820011134430

International career

Kaya was a youth international for Belgium, at the U19 level.[22]

Honours

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