Suat Kaya (born 26 August 1967) is a Turkish

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manager and former player who is the manager of

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. His career was all but associated with

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other de ...

, with which he won major titles including and the 2000 UEFA Cup. Over the course of 16 seasons, he amassed

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totals of 353 games and 44 goals.

Club career

Born in

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, Suat started playing professionally with Turkish first division powerhouse

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, making his first-team debuts at age 19. In the following five years, he represented

Konyaspor Konyaspor Kulübü (, Konya Sports Club) is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya. They are better known as Konyaspor. In 1922 Konyaspor were founded with the name Konya Gençlerbirliği and have played at their current home stadium ...

. 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

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

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and the

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. 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

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Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor Gaziantep Futbol Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Gaziantep. Founded in 1988, the club currently plays in the Süper Lig, the highest tier of Turkish football. The club was founded as Sankospor in 1988 and competed at th ...

(two spells).

International career

Suat gained 15

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for

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during seven years, and participated at

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. In the final stages in

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and the

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, he played in three out of four matches for the national side, assisting

Hakan Şükür Hakan Şükür (; born 1 September 1971) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Nicknamed the "Bull of the Bosphorus" and ''Kral'' (king), he spent the majority of his professional career with Galatasaray, being a ...

in the second goal of the 2–0 group stage win against co-hosts

, on 19 June.

Statistics

Club

International

Honours

;Galatasaray *

: 1986–87, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02 *

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: 1992–93, 1995–96, 1998–99, 1999–2000 *

: 1999–2000 *

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Managerial statistics

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaya, Suat 1967 births Living people Footballers from Istanbul Turkish footballers Association football midfielders Süper Lig players TFF First League players Galatasaray S.K. footballers Konyaspor footballers Turkey international footballers UEFA Euro 2000 players Turkish football managers Gaziantep F.K. managers Orduspor managers Göztepe S.K. managers Çaykur Rizespor managers Galatasaray A2 football managers UEFA Cup winning players Eskişehirspor managers