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Nihat
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Personal information |
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Date of birth |
23 November
1979 (1979-11-23) (age 30) |
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Place of birth |
Istanbul, Turkey[1] |
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Height |
1.75 m
(5 ft 9 in) |
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Playing position |
Striker |
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Club information |
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Current club |
Beşiktaş |
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Number |
8 |
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Youth career |
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1994–1997 |
Beşiktaş |
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Senior career* |
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Years |
Team |
Apps
(Gls)† |
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1997–2002 |
Beşiktaş |
114
(27) |
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2002–2006 |
Real
Sociedad |
133
(58) |
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2006–2009 |
Villarreal |
034 (18) |
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2009– |
Beşiktaş |
0013 0(1) |
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National team‡ |
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2000– |
Turkey |
062 (17)[2] |
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*
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league
only and correct as of 12 December 2009.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 August 2009 |
Nihat Kahveci (born 23 November 1979 in Istanbul, Turkey[1])
is a Turkish
footballer currently playing for Beşiktaş
and for the Turkish national team,
making his debut for Turkey in 2000 against Sweden. Nihat plays
predominantly as a forward but can also play as attacking
midfielder.
Club
career
Beşiktaş
Nihat is a product of Beşiktaş's youth system and was
discovered by Hürser Mustafa Cindir when Nihat played in Beşiktaş
in the 1996-97 season. He joined the first team at Beşiktaş in the
1997–98 season.
Real
Sociedad
In January 2002, he was transferred to Real Sociedad in Spain by former Beşiktaş coach John Toshack. While
at Real
Sociedad, Nihat scored 57 goals in 115 appearances. In the
2002-03 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.[3]
Real Sociedad finished 2nd in the league that season, just 2 points
behind Real Madrid.[3]
He had a very fruitful strike partnership with Serbian forward Darko
Kovačević, such that sports journalist Phil Ball nicknamed the
pair "Little and large," in reference to the height difference
between them (Nihat's height is 1.75 m and Kovačević's is 1.87
m).[4]
Nihat has also played in the Champions League with Real Sociedad.
Villarreal
On 16 May 2006, Nihat agreed to join Villarreal CF, on a five-year contract,
on a Bosman transfer. Due to his injury
problems, he could not make many appearances in his first season,
scored once and only featured in 9 matches.
He seemed to catch up form in his second season with 18 goals in
the league. However, in the 2008-09 season, due
to injuries again, Nihat made 19 appearances equalling 764 minutes
of playing time but failed to score a single goal.[6]
Beşiktaş
On 27 June 2009, Nihat returned to the club he started his
career at by signing for Beşiktaş J.K..[7]
International career
Nihat made his international debut against Sweden in October
2000.
World Cup
2002
In Group
C, Nihat made his only appearance as a 79th minute substitute
for Yıldıray Baştürk against Costa Rica.[8] His
only other appearance was as a substitute in the 1–0 victory over
Japan where he replaced,
the goalscorer, Ümit Davala.[9] Turkey
went on to finish in third place with a 3–2 victory over Guus Hiddink's South Korea.[10]
Euro 2008
In the final match of Euro 2008 Group A, Nihat scored
twice in a pivotal match against the Czech Republic.
Both teams were level on points, both having beaten Switzerland and lost
to Portugal, with exactly
the same amount of goals scored and conceded, a win would guarantee
a quarter-finals spot whilst a draw would mean penalty-shootouts
would be required. The Czechs took a 2–0 lead through a Jan Koller header and a
Jaroslav
Plašil goal and the score remained 2–0 until the 75th minute,
when Arda Turan scored
making it 2–1. Nihat's first goal came in the 87th minute; Hamit
Altıntop's cross was dropped by Petr Čech allowing Nihat tap the ball into
the net. He scored his second goal one minute later; a brilliant,
curling strike from outside the box, helping Turkey win the match
3–2.[11]
Nihat was ruled out of Turkey's semi-final with
Germany due to a thigh
injury,[12
] which ultimately required surgery and prevented
him from playing for Villarreal in the early part of the 2008-09
season.
Career
statistics
Club
career
As of June 2008
| Club |
Season |
Domestic League |
Domestic Cups |
Europe |
Total |
| Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
| Beşiktaş |
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 |
2 |
2 |
17 |
7 |
| Total |
114 |
27 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
122 |
30 |
| 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 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
40 |
14 |
| 2004–05 |
23 |
13 |
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 |
2006–07 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
| 2007–08 |
25 |
18 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
34 |
24 |
| 2008–09 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total |
34 |
18 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
43 |
24 |
| Beşiktaş |
2009–10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Career Totals |
272 |
96 |
13 |
4 |
14 |
6 |
299 |
105 |
International goals
As of 12 August 2009[2]
| # |
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, Republic of Macedonia |
 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 |
Istanbul, Turkey |
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 |
Istanbul, 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 |
Istanbul, Turkey |
 Bosnia and
Herzegovina |
1-0 |
1-0 |
UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 15. |
25 May 2008 |
Bochum, Germany |
 Uruguay |
2-1 |
2-3 |
Friendly |
| 16. |
15 June 2008 |
Geneva, Switzerland |
 Czech
Republic |
2-2 |
3-2 |
Euro
2008 |
| 17. |
15 June 2008 |
Geneva, Switzerland |
Czech
Republic |
3-2 |
3-2 |
Euro
2008 |
Honours
Trivia
- Nihat's family name, Kahveci, means "coffee maker." 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 in the coffee business.
- Like most Turkish players, his shirt carries his first name,
Nihat, rather than his family name, Kahveci.
- He got married to
Pinar Kasgoren in 2003. Their daughter Selin was born in May
2008.
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