Nihat Kahveci, who is among the important strikers of Turkish football in recent years, made a name for himself with the critical goals he scored both in his club career and in the National Team. The former national football player, who was trained in Beşiktaş infrastructure and transferred to European football, worked as a coach and football commentator after ending his football career. So, who is Nihat Kahveci, in which teams did he play? How old is Nihat Kahveci and where is he from? Here are the prominent information about Nihat Kahveci's life and football career.
Nihat Kahveci was born on November 23, 1979 in Istanbul. He started playing football in Esenlerspor during his high school years. Kahveci, who played in the club's stars category throughout his high school education, was recruited to the infrastructure of the black-and-white club by Rauf Başer, who served in Beşiktaş's screening team, after completing his school life.
Nihat Kahveci, who took the first important step in his professional football career in Beşiktaş, was included in the A Team squad by the then coach John Toshack in the 1997-1998 season. Thus, he started his professional football career at a young age.
In January 2002, he was transferred to Real Sociedad, one of the Spanish La Liga teams, where coach John Toshack, with whom he had previously worked at Beşiktaş, worked. After the successful years he spent in Spain, he continued his career in the same country.
On January 17, 2012, he announced that he was ending his professional football career.
After retiring from football, Nihat Kahveci served as an assistant coach in the Villarreal infrastructure in Spain, and then continued his coaching career for a short time. In recent years, he has been working as a football commentator on television screens.
Nihat Kahveci's professional football career started in Beşiktaş infrastructure. The former national football player, who was promoted to the A Team with his performance in the black-white team, played for important clubs in Türkiye and Spain in his career.
The clubs he played for in his career are:
Nihat Kahveci, who played for 4.5 seasons in Real Sociedad, where he was transferred in 2002, scored 58 goals in 133 matches during this period. When his contract expired in 2006, he was transferred to Villarreal without paying the transfer fee.
The experienced football player, who later played for Beşiktaş again, ended his active football life on January 17, 2012.
Nihat Kahveci was born on November 23, 1979.
Nihat Kahveci was born in Istanbul. He started football in Esenlerspor in Istanbul and then took the first steps of his professional football career by transferring to Beşiktaş infrastructure.
Nihat Kahveci, who played for the Turkish National Football Team for many years in addition to his club career, played 65 matches with the national jersey and scored 19 goals.
The former national football player achieved one of the unforgettable matches in Turkish football history, especially with the two goals he scored against the Czech Republic in UEFA EURO 2008. The winning goal he scored in the same match was listed among the best goals of the tournament by UEFA.