| Onur Kaya | |
| Birth Date: | 20 April 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Brussels, Belgium |
| Height: | 1.67 m[1] |
| Position: | Attacking midfielder |
| Currentclub: | FC Kosova Schaerbeek |
| Youthyears1: | 1993–2002 |
| Youthclubs1: | Anderlecht |
| Youthyears2: | 2002–2005 |
| Youthclubs2: | Vitesse |
| Years1: | 2005–2010 |
| Clubs1: | Vitesse |
| Caps1: | 76 |
| Goals1: | 7 |
| Years2: | 2010–2014 |
| Clubs2: | Charleroi |
| Caps2: | 100 |
| Goals2: | 10 |
| Years3: | 2014–2015 |
| Caps3: | 20 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2015–2018 |
| Clubs4: | Zulte Waregem |
| Caps4: | 131 |
| Goals4: | 12 |
| Years5: | 2018–2022 |
| Clubs5: | Mechelen |
| Caps5: | 85 |
| Goals5: | 5 |
| Years6: | 2022– |
| Clubs6: | FC Kosova Schaerbeek |
| Caps6: | 0 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2002 |
| Nationalteam1: | Belgium U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Onur Kaya (born 20 April 1986) is a Belgian professional footballer of Turkish descent who plays as an attacking midfielder for FC Kosova Schaerbeek.
Kaya, who has dual Belgian-Turkish nationality, was born and raised in Brussels, but moved to the youth academy of Dutch Eredivisie club Vitesse in 2002.[2] There, he made his professional debut on 11 February 2006 in the away game against Heerenveen.[3] In May 2006, a few months after his debut, Kaya signed a contract four-year contract extension with Vitesse until the summer of 2010.[4] He played a key role for the team in the following years alongside Mads Junker, Theo Janssen and Ruud Knol.[5] [6] However, in the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons, Kaya was mainly used as a substitute.[7] In the 2009–10 season, he scored twice in the away match against Heracles Almelo and thus won a starting spot in the next games.[8] [9]
Before the start of the 2010–11 season, Kaya moved to Charleroi.[10] He immediately suffered relegation to the Belgian Second Division with the club in his first season.[11] After one season in the second tier, Charleroi immediately promoted back to the Belgian First Division A.[12] In the 2012–13 season, he grew out to become the main force in midfield for the club.[13]
In January 2014, Kaya signed with Lokeren. There, however, manager Peter Maes preferred other players in midfield and, partly due to the emerging talent Hans Vanaken, Kaya never won a place in the starting eleven.[14] [15]
On 8 January 2015, he signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Zulte Waregem.[16] On 18 March 2017, the club won the Belgian Cup, beating Oostende in the final. A penalty shootout after a match with extra time (2–2 after regular time, 3–3 after 120 min) resulted in the second cup win in club history.[17] With this result, Zulte Waregem qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. There, Kaya played his former team Vitesse.
On 24 July 2018, Kaya joined Mechelen on a three-year deal after four seasons with Zulte Waregem.[18] He grew into a team captain at the club.[19]
On 24 August 2022, Kaya came out of retirement and joined FC Kosova Schaerbeek in the Belgian sixth tier league.[20]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Vitesse | 2005–06 | Eredivisie | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 2006–07 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 29 | 3 | ||||||
| 2007–08 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | ||||||
| 2008–09 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| 2009–10 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 20 | 5 | ||||||
| Total | 76 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 8 | |||
| Sporting Charleroi | 2010–11 | Belgian Pro League | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 30 | 2 | ||||
| 2011–12 | Belgian Second Division | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 20 | 3 | |||||
| 2012–13 | Belgian Pro League | 34 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 36 | 4 | |||||
| 2013–14 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 100 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 10 | |||
| Lokeren | 2013–14 | Belgian Pro League | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
| Zulte Waregem | 2014–15 | Belgian Pro League | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 14 | 2 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 40 | 2 | ||||||
| 2016–17 | Belgian First Division A | 40 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | 44 | 4 | |||||
| 2017–18 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | 39 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 119 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 137 | 12 | |||
| Career totals | 315 | 27 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 344 | 30 | |||
Kaya was a youth international for Belgium, at the U19 level.[21]
Lokeren
Zulte Waregem