Ferhad Ayaz (born Ferhat Ayaz; 10 October 1994) is a Swedish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays for Bosnian club

Borac Banja Luka Fudbalski klub Borac Banja Luka (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Бopaц Бања Лука, ) is a Bosnian professional association football club, based in the city of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is the major part of th ...

Career

Ayaz, who came to Sweden when he was five years old, started playing football in

Karlslunds IF HFK Karlslunds IF FK is a Sweden, Swedish association Football, football club located in the Karlslund neighbourhood in western Örebro. Background Karlslunds IF's football team has participated mainly in the lower divisions of the Swedish football ...

and played as a junior also for IFK Kristinehamn before joining Degerfors IF. Ayaz started his professional career with

Degerfors IF Degerfors IF is a Swedish football club located in Degerfors. The club, formed 13 January 1907, is currently playing in the highest tier in Swedish football, Allsvenskan. Background Degerfors IF first played in the Allsvenskan in 1939 maki ...

Superettan Superettan (; meaning the super first (division)) is an association football league and the second highest league in the league system of Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Al ...

, the Swedish second tier, where he made 56 appearances and scored 14 goals across two full seasons. In 2015, he moved to

Gaziantepspor Gaziantepspor was a Turkish football club located in the city of Gaziantep. Formed in 1969 and dissolved in 2020, Gaziantepspor were nicknamed the ''Şahinler'' (The Falcons). The club colours were black and red, and they played their home matche ...

in his country of birth. He made his Turkish

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

debut on 31 January, but failed to impress and returned to his native country and

Örebro SK Örebro Sportklubb, more commonly known as Örebro SK, Örebro or (especially locally) ÖSK, is a Swedish professional football club based in Örebro. The club are affiliated to Örebro Läns Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Behrn A ...

in 2016. In early 2018, he made another transfer, signing a four year-deal with fellow Allsvenskan club

Dalkurd FF Dalkurd Fotbollsförening, commonly known as Dalkurd FF or simply Dalkurd () is a Swedish football club based in Uppsala. The club plays in the Ettan Norra, which is the third tier of football in the country. On 26 September 2004, the club was o ...

. On 29 January 2022, Ayaz joined

in Bosnia and Herzegovina until the end of the season.

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* * * 1994 births Living people People from Nusaybin Swedish footballers Sweden under-21 international footballers Sweden youth international footballers Turkish footballers Turkish emigrants to Sweden Degerfors IF players Örebro SK players Dalkurd FF players Gaziantepspor footballers FK Borac Banja Luka players Superettan players Süper Lig players Allsvenskan players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Association football wingers Swedish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina {{Sweden-footy-bio-stub