Ferhat Kiraz

Ferhat Kiraz — Biography

Ferhat Kiraz was born on 2 January 1989 in the town of Bozkır in Konya Province and plays as a left winger. He has a younger brother, Yusuf, who plays right back for Hacettepe. Kiraz began his career at Konya Demirspor, and after being called up to Turkey's U-16 squad he chose to sign with Gençlerbirliği in 2005.

He made his first-team debut for Gençlerbirliği at the end of the 2006-07 season, against Beşiktaş. He was then loaned to Karşıyaka (2007-08, 29 appearances, 7 goals) and to Hacettepe (mid-2008-09, 12 appearances, 2 goals). Before the 2010-11 season he moved to Boluspor, where in his first season he scored 12 goals in 31 league matches to become the club's top scorer. He joined Bursaspor in 2012-13, making 58 appearances and scoring 8 goals before being dropped from the squad in the middle of the 2014-15 season and moving on to Kasımpaşa.

Kiraz represented Turkey a total of 67 times across the U-16 through U-21 youth levels and the A2 national team, scoring 16 goals. In later years he returned to Karşıyaka, signed an eighteen-month contract with Evkur Yeni Malatyaspor in January 2017, and rejoined Bursaspor in 2022.