Nihat Kahveci

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Nihat
Personal information
Date of birth	November 23, 1979 (1979-11-23) (age 28)
Place of birth	Istanbul, Turkey
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Villarreal
Number	15
Youth clubs
?-1998	Beşiktaş
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2002 2002-2006 2006-	Beşiktaş Real Sociedad Villarreal	114 (27) 133 (58) 43 (18)
National team2
2000-	Turkey	55 (15)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 May 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 7 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Nihat Kahveci (born November 23, 1979 in Istanbul) is a Turkish football player for Spanish side Villarreal CF. He made his debut for the Turkish national team in 2000 against Sweden. Nihat plays predominantly as a forward but can also play as an attacking midfielder.

Nihat is a product of Beşiktaş J.K.'s youth system and was discovered by Hurser Tekinoktay when Nihat played in Dikilitaş in 1996-1997 season. He joined the first team at Beşiktaş in the 1997-1998 season. In January 2002 he was transferred to Real Sociedad in Spain by former Beşiktaş coach John Toschack. While at Real Sociedad, Nihat scored 57 goals in 115 appearances. In the 2002/2003 season Nihat scored 23 goals making him the league's joint-second highest scorer for the season behind Roy Makaay (29 goals) and tied with Ronaldo. He had a very fruitful strike partnership with Serbian forward Darko Kovacevic, such that sports journalist Phil Ball nicknamed the pair "Little and large," in reference to the height difference between them (Nihat's height is 175 cm and Kovacevic's is 187 cm).^[1]

He has also played in the Champions League with Real Sociedad and represented Turkey in the 2002 World Cup.

On May 16th 2006 Nihat agreed to join Villarreal CF for five years on a Bosman transfer.

Contents 1 Career statistics 1.1 Club career 2 Honours 3 Trivia 3.1 Turkey Goals 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] Club career

(As of 42 January, 2008)

Club	Season	Domestic League		Domestic Cups1		Europe2		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Beşiktaş J.K.	1997/98	11	2	0	0	0	0	11	2
	1998/99	28	7	0	0	0	0	28	7
	1999/00	32	7	0	0	0	0	32	7
	2000/01	32	5	2	0	0	0	34	5
	2001/02	13	6	4	1	0	0	17	7
	Total	114	27	6	1	0	0	120	28
Real Sociedad	2001/02	11	1	4	1	0	0	15	2
	2002/03	35	23	0	0	0	0	35	23
	2003/04	32	21	0	0	8	0	40	14
	2004/05	23	19	0	0	0	0	23	13
	2005/06	32	7	0	0	0	0	32	7
	Total	133	58	4	1	8	0	145	59
Villarreal CF	2006/07	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	2007/08	25	18	3	2	6	4	34	23
	Total	34	18	3	2	6	4	43	23
Career Totals		272	96	13	4	12	4	299	105

[edit] Honours

• Turkey
  • FIFA World Cup 2002: 3rd place
  • FIFA Confederations Cup 2003: 3rd place

• Real Sociedad
  • La Liga: Runner-up 2003

• Villarreal CF
  • La Liga: Runner-up 2008

[edit] Trivia

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• Nihat's family name (Kahveci) means 'one who sells coffee.' Several people in Turkey adopted the name of their profession as their family name in the early 20th century, suggesting that Nihat's ancestors were involved in the coffee business.

• Like most Turkish players, his shirt carries his first name (Nihat) rather than his family name (Kahveci).

[edit] Turkey Goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	6 October 2001	Chisinau, Moldova	Moldova	0-2	0-3	2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying
2.	21 August 2002	Trabzon, Turkey	Georgia	3-0	3-0	Friendly
3.	12 October 2002	Skopje, FYROM	FYR Macedonia	1-2	1-2	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
4.	7 June 2003	Bratislava, Slovakia	Slovakia	0-1	0-1	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
5.	11 June 2003	İstanbul, Turkey	FYR Macedonia	1-1	3-2	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
6.	20 August 2003	Ankara, Turkey	Moldova	1-0	2-0	Friendly
7.	24 May 2004	Melbourne, Australia	Australia	0-1	0-1	Friendly
8.	9 October 2004	İstanbul, Turkey	Kazakhstan	2-0	4-0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying
9.	13 October 2004	Copenhagen, Denmark	Denmark	1-1	1-1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying
10.	26 May 2006	Bochum, Germany	Ghana	1-0	1-1	Friendly
11.	2 June 2006	Sittard, Netherlands	Angola	2-1	3-2	Friendly
12.	6 September 2006	Frankfurt, Germany	Malta	1-0	2-0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
13.	17 November 2007	Oslo, Norway	Norway	1-2	1-2	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
14.	21 November 2007	İstanbul, Turkey	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1-0	1-0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
15.	25 May 2008	Bochum, Germany	Uruguay	2-1	2-3	Friendly

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• FootballDatabase provides Nihat Kahveci's profile and stats
• An editorial piece on the Nihat - Kovacevic partnership by sports writer Phil Ball

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