Fatih Sonkaya

{{Infobox person

| name = Fatih Sonkaya

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|7|1}}

| birth_place = Oltu, Turkey

| height_m = 1.80

| children = Nisa Sonkaya

}}

{{Infobox football biography

| image =

| position = Right back

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = SV Heerlerhei

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Swift Roermond

| youthyears3 =

| youthclubs3 = Heerlen

| youthyears4 =

| youthclubs4 = Roda

| years1 = 1998–2004

| clubs1 = Roda

| caps1 = 93

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 1999–2000

| clubs2 = → VVV (loan)

| caps2 = 8

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2004–2005

| clubs3 = Beşiktaş

| caps3 = 10

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2005–2008

| clubs4 = Porto

| caps4 = 5

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2005–2006

| clubs5 = Porto B

| caps5 = 4

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2006–2007

| clubs6 = → Académica (loan)

| caps6 = 4

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2007–2008

| clubs7 = → Roda (loan)

| caps7 = 16

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2009

| clubs8 = Khazar

| caps8 = 11

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2010

| clubs9 = Erciyesspor

| caps9 = 14

| goals9 = 0

| totalcaps = 165

| totalgoals = 2

| nationalyears1 = 2003–2004

| nationalteam1 = Turkey

| nationalcaps1 = 6

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update =

| nationalteam-update =

}}

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,{{cite web|url=http://www.record.xl.pt/Futebol/Nacional/1a_liga/Porto/interior.aspx?content_id=243241|title=O primeiro turco|trans-title=The first Turkish|newspaper=Record|language=Portuguese|date=9 July 2005|accessdate=14 July 2015}} 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,{{cite web|url=http://www.record.xl.pt/futebol/nacional/interior.aspx?content_id=277885|title=Sonkaya foi conhecer novos companheiros|trans-title=Sonkaya met new teammates|newspaper=Record|language=Portuguese|date=21 July 2006|accessdate=14 July 2015}} appearing in just four top division games.{{cite web|url=http://www.record.xl.pt/futebol/nacional/interior.aspx?content_id=291880|title=Sonkaya: "Não sei porque deixei de jogar"|trans-title=Sonkaya: «I do not know why I stopped playing»|newspaper=Record|language=Portuguese|date=20 December 2006|accessdate=14 July 2015}}

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{{cite news|title=FIFA Confederations Cup France 2003™|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/confederationscup/france2003|publisher=FIFA|date=|accessdate=8 February 2022|language=En|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20220208130911/https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/confederationscup/france2003|archivedate=8 February 2022}}{{cite news|title=Turkey edge past Colombia|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/3027082.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=28 June 2003|accessdate=8 February 2022|language=En|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20220208131803/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/3027082.stm|archivedate=8 February 2022}}

References

External links

{{TFF player|30104}}
[http://www.vi.nl/Spelers/Speler/Fatih-Sonkaya.htm Stats at Voetbal International] {{in lang|nl}}
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{{NFT player|6807}}
{{FIFA player|197803}}
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Category:1981 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Oltu

Category:Turkish men's footballers

Category:Men's association football defenders

Category:Eredivisie players

Category:Eerste Divisie players

Category:Roda JC Kerkrade players

Category:VVV-Venlo players

Category:Süper Lig players

Category:TFF 1. Lig players

Category:Beşiktaş J.K. footballers