Fatih Sonkaya

Fatih Sonkaya
Personal information
Full name	Fatih Sonkaya
Date of birth	1 July 1981 (age 40)
Place of birth	Oltu, Turkey
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Youth career
	SV Heerlerhei
	Swift Roermond
	Heerlen
	Roda
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2004	Roda
1999–2000	→ VVV (loan)
2004–2005	Beşiktaş
2005–2008	Porto
2005–2006	Porto B
2006–2007	→ Académica (loan)
2007–2008	→ Roda (loan)
2009	Khazar
2010	Erciyesspor
Total
National team
2003–2004	Turkey
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Fatih Sonkaya (born 1 July 1981) is a Turkish retired footballer who played as a right back.

He also held Dutch nationality, due to the many years spent in that country.

Club career[]

Although born in Oltu, Eastern Anatolia Region, Sonkaya spent most of his youth in Heerlen, Netherlands where he, together with older brother Özcan, started playing soccer at RKSV Heerlen. He started his professional career at Roda JC in 1998 and, after six seasons (three as first-choice), with a loan to VVV-Venlo in between, transferred to Beşiktaş J.K. in his homeland.

For 2005–06, Sonkaya signed for Portuguese club FC Porto,^[1] and collected the Primeira Liga winner's medal, albeit playing sparingly. The following campaign he was loaned to Académica de Coimbra also in the country,^[2] appearing in just four top division games.^[3]

After another loan, now back in the Netherlands with Roda, Sonkaya was released in June 2008 and joined Bursaspor. However, midway through the season, he moved to Azerbaijan's FK Khazar Lankaran.

In February 2010, Sonkaya returned to his country, signing with Kayseri Erciyesspor in the second level.

International career[]

A Turkish international since 2003, Sonkaya gained six caps, and appeared twice in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup as the national team finished third (two 2–1 wins).

Honours[]

Club[]

Porto

Country[]

FIFA Confederations Cup: Third place 2003

References[]

^ "O primeiro turco" [The first Turkish]. Record (in Portuguese). 9 July 2005. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
^ "Sonkaya foi conhecer novos companheiros" [Sonkaya met new teammates]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 July 2006. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
^ "Sonkaya: "Não sei porque deixei de jogar"" [Sonkaya: «I do not know why I stopped playing»]. Record (in Portuguese). 20 December 2006. Retrieved 14 July 2015.

External links[]

Fatih Sonkaya at the Turkish Football Federation
Stats at Voetbal International (in Dutch)
Fatih Sonkaya at ForaDeJogo
Fatih Sonkaya at National-Football-Teams.com
Fatih Sonkaya – FIFA competition record (archived)
Fatih Sonkaya at Soccerway

[1] "O primeiro turco" [The first Turkish]. Record (in Portuguese). 9 July 2005. Retrieved 14 July 2015.

[2] "Sonkaya foi conhecer novos companheiros" [Sonkaya met new teammates]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 July 2006. Retrieved 14 July 2015.

[3] "Sonkaya: "Não sei porque deixei de jogar"" [Sonkaya: «I do not know why I stopped playing»]. Record (in Portuguese). 20 December 2006. Retrieved 14 July 2015.

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