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Nihat
Personal information
Date of birth November 23, 1979 (1979-11-23) (age 29)
Place of birth Istanbul, Turkey[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Villarreal
Number 15
Youth career
?–1997 Beşiktaş
Senior career1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1997–2002
2002–2006
2006–		 Beşiktaş
Real Sociedad
Villarreal		 114 (27)
133 (58)
060 (18)
National team2
2000– Turkey 060 (17)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 16 May 2009.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 2 May 2009.
* Appearances (Goals)

Nihat Kahveci (born 23 November 1979 in Istanbul[1]) is a Turkish footballer currently playing for Villarreal CF of the Spanish La Liga and for the Turkish national team. He made his debut for Turkey in 2000 against Sweden. Nihat plays predominantly as a forward but can also play as an attacking midfielder.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] Beşiktaş

Nihat is a product of Beşiktaş J.K.'s youth system and was discovered by Hurser Tugay Çelebi when Nihat played in Beşiktaş in the 1996-97 season. He joined the first team at Beşiktaş in the 1997–98 season. 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. 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).[2]

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

[edit] Villarreal

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

[edit] International career

[edit] Euro 2008

In the final match of Euro 2008 Group A, Nihat led the Turkish team 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. Then, the captain Nihat took matters into his own hands. His first goal came in the 87th minute; Hamit Altıntop's cross was dropped by Petr Čech letting Nihat easily tap the ball into the net. He scored his second goal two minutes later, a wonderful curling finish from outside the box, helping Turkey win the match 3–2.

Nihat was ruled out of Turkey's semi-final with Germany due to a thigh injury,[3] which ultimately required surgery and will prevent him from playing for Villarreal in the early part of the 2008-09 season.

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] Club career

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 42 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
Total 34 18 3 2 6 4 43 24
Career Totals 272 96 13 4 14 6 299 105

As of June 2008

[edit] International 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, Republic of Macedonia 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 Istanbul, 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 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

[edit] Honours

[edit] Trivia

 Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (January 2008)
  • 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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "KADRO - SQUAD". http://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=702. Retrieved on 2008-07-03.
  2. ^ "Little and Large". ESPNsoccernet. 2003-05-09. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=263430&root=europe&&cc=5739. Retrieved on 2008-06-23.
  3. ^ "Injury rules Nihat out of Euros". BBC Sport. 2008-06-23. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/euro_2008/7363524.stm. Retrieved on 2008-06-23.

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