Fırat Kaya (born 2 January 1995) is a Germany-born Turkish footballer. He is a member of the Turkey national deaf football team.[1][2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 January 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Schwäbisch Hall, Germany | ||
| Position(s) | Forward (right wing) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2013 | VfR Mannheim | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013 | Eintracht Plankstadt | ||
| 2014–2015 | VfR Mannheim | ||
| 2015 | SF Schwäbisch Hall | ||
| 2015 | TSV Nellmersbach | ||
| 2015–2016 | TSG Giengen | ||
| 2016–2017 | SC 04 Schwabach | ||
| 2017–2018 | TSV Kornburg | ||
| 2018 | SF Schwäbisch Hall | ||
| 2019 | Tokatspor | 9 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | TSG Öhringen | ||
| 2020–2021 | SV Fellbach | ||
| International career | |||
| 2013 | Germany deaf | 5 | (1) |
| 2017– | Turkey deaf | 16 | (15) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Private life
editFırat Kaya was born to Turkish-descent parents, Yıldırım and Sevg, as the youngest of two children in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany on 2 January 1995.[1][3] The hearing loss boy started to play football at a young age.[1]
Club career
editAt age 15, Kaya became an amateur footballer playing as a forward in the youth teams of VfR Mannheim (2010–203). His professional career started with Eintracht Plankstadt (2013–14). He later played for the teams VfR Mannheim (2013–14), SF Schwäbisch Hall (2014–15), TSV Nellmersbach (2015–16), TSG Giengen (2015–16), SC 04 Schwabach (2016–17) and TSV Kornburg (2017–18. While playing again for SF Schwäbisch Hall (2018–19) in Germany, he moved to Turkey and signed a five-month contract with Tokatspor in January 2019.[1][4] He played in nine matches of the 2018–19 TFF Second League's second half and scored two goals.[3] He became so the first hearing-loss footballer to play in the Turkish professional football leagues.[1][4] After the end of the Turkish league season, the right-wing forward returned to Germany, and joined TSG Öhringen (2019–20). The next season, he signed a one-year contract with the Verbandsliga Württemberg club SV Fellbach (2020–21) in the beginning of September 2020. In his club career in Germany and Turkey between 2013 and 2021, he scored a total of 15 goals in 48 matches he played in the Bayernliga Süd, Landesliga Bayern-Süd/Oberbayern, Turkish TFF Second League, Verbandsliga Württemberg and Landespokal Württemberg.
International career
edit- Germany national deaf football team
Kaya became a member of the Germany national deaf football team, and participated at the 2013 Summer Deaflympics in Sofia, Bulgaria. He scored one goal in five matches. He enjoyed his team's third place.[5]
- Turkey national deaf football team
He later preferred to join the Turkey national deaf football team.[4] He took part in all six matches of the 2017 Summer Deaflympics held in Samsun, Turkey. He scored one goal in the match against Venezuela,[6] and another goal in the tournament's final match against Ukraine. He enjoyed his team's champion title.[7] He played in the qualification group match for European Championship against England. He netted two goals in the match, which Turkey won by 5–0.[8] He played in the qualification match for the EuroDeaf 2019 against Czech Republic in June 2018, and was instrumental for Turkey's qualification with 1-0 scoring the winning goal.[9] He played in five matches at the Euro 2019 held in Heraklion, Greece. He was named "Top goalscorer" of the championship with 9 goals netted in four matches.[2]
He played in two matches of the 2022 Summer Deaflympics qualification round against Czech Republic and France. He scored one goal in the match against Czech Republic, which ended 6-0 for Turkey.[10] Winning over the both teams, the national team qualified for the Games to be held in Caxias do Sul, Brazil.[11]
| Year | Competition | Opponent | Result | Goals | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Germany national deaf football team
| |||||
| 2013 | Summer Deaflympics |  Argentina |
W 3-2 | 1 | [5] |
 Iran |
W 6-5 | 1 | |||
 Turkey national deaf football team
| |||||
| 2017 | Summer Deaflympics |  Venezuela |
W 3-0 | 1 | [6] |
 Ukraine |
W 4-3 | 1 | [7] | ||
| EuroDeaf 2019 Qualification |  England |
W 5-0 | 2 | [8] | |
| 2018 |  Czech Republic |
W 1-0 | 1 | [9] | |
| 2019 | EuroDeaf |  Denmark |
W 6-1 | 7 | [2] |
 Ireland |
W 6-0 | ||||
 Hungary |
W 8-0 | ||||
 Greece |
L 2-4 | ||||
| England |
W 2-0 | ||||
 Russia |
W 2-1 | 2 | |||
| 2021 | 2022 Summer Deaflympics Qualification | Czech Republic |
W 6-0 | 1 | [10] |
Honours
editIndividual
edit- Turkey national deaf football team
- Top goalscorer (1): EuroDeaf 2019 (9 goals)
International
edit- Germany national deaf football team
- Third places (1): 2013 Summer Deaflympics
- Turkey national deaf football team
- Champions (1): 2017 Summer Deaflympics
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "İlk işitme engelli futbolcu olan Fırat Kaya kimdir?". acunn.com (in Turkish). 5 March 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ a b c "9th European Deaf Football Championships 2019 - Heraklion/GRE" (PDF). Deaflympics. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Fırat Kaya" (in Turkish). Mackolik. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ a b c "Türkiye'nin işitme engelli ilk profesyonel futbolcusu: Fırat Kaya". Sabah (in Turkish). 2 March 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ a b Stumpf, Klaus (12 February 2014). "22. Sommer Deaflympics" (PDF) (in German). Deutscher Gehörlosen-Sportverband. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Türkiye: 3 Venezuela: 0". Foto Maç (in Turkish). 23 July 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ a b "İşitme Engelli Milliler, olimpiyat şampiyonu oldu" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ a b "İşitme Engelliler Avrupa Futbol Şampiyonası Grup Eleme: Türkiye: 5 - İngiltere: 0". Antalya Ekspres (in Turkish). 30 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ a b "İşitme Engelliler Milli Takımı, Avrupa Şampiyonası'nda". Fanatik (in Turkish). 17 June 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ a b "İşitme Engelliler Futbol Milli Takımı, Çekya'yı farklı yendi". İhlas News Agency (in Turkish). 29 August 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ Oktay, Emrah (27 September 2021). "İşitme Engelliler Futbol Milli Takımı 2022 Deaflympics'te iddialı". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 7 October 2021.