Suat Kaya

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Suat Kaya
Full name	Suat Kaya
Date of birth	August 26, 1967 (1967-08-26) (age 40)
Place of birth	İstanbul, Turkey
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986–1987 1987–1992 1992–2003	Galatasaray Konyaspor Galatasaray
National team²
1993–2000	Turkey	015 0(1)
Teams managed
2004-2006 2006-2007 2007- 2007-	Galatasaray youth team Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor Orduspor Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:18, 15 May 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 21:10, 28 March 2007 (CST). * Appearances (Goals)

Suat "Hugo" Kaya (born 26 August 1967 in Istanbul) was a former Turkish football player, who played as a (diminutive) defensive midfielder.

He is best known for his stint with Turkish league powerhouse Galatasaray (1992-2003), and also played for Konyaspor between 1987-1992. With Galatasaray, other than many domestic achievements, Suat also won the 2000 UEFA cup and the subsequent European Super Cup.

Suat represented Turkey from 1993-2000 (15 caps, 1 goal) and participated at Euro 2000.

As a manager, Suat began with the Galatasaray youth team. Since 2006-07, he served as coach of Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor.

[edit] Honours

Galatasaray
- Turkish league: Champion (1987, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002)
- Turkish cup: Champion (1993, 1996, 1999, 2000)
- UEFA Super Cup: 2000
- UEFA Cup: 2000

Turkey
- UEFA Euro 2000 Quarterfinalist

v • d • e Turkey squad - UEFA Euro 2000

1 Rüştü • 2 Tayfur • 3 Ogün • 4 Fatih • 5 Alpay • 6 Arif • 7 Okan • 8 Tugay • 9 Hakan Şükür • 10 Sergen • 11 Tayfun • 12 Ömer • 13 Osman • 14 Suat • 15 İzzet • 16 Ergün • 17 Oktay • 18 Ayhan • 19 Abdullah • 20 Hakan Ünsal • 21 Fevzi • 22 Ümit Davala • Coach: Denizli