Rayyan Baniya

Rayyan Baniya — Biography

Rayyan Baniya is a 1.92 m centre-back who was born in Italy, started his football there and chose to represent Turkey at international level. In the 2025-26 winter transfer window he moved from Trabzonspor to Süper Lig side Konyaspor together with Kazeem Olaigbe, and he plays for them on a multi-year contract signed on 5 February 2026.

His route ran first through the Italian lower leagues. He joined Verona's under-19 side before 2016-17, was loaned to Serie D club Mantova in 2018-19 and signed his first professional contract, three years long, with Verona on 29 June 2019. Loaned to Serie C side Renate in July 2019, he made his professional debut there on 25 August 2019 against Giana Erminio, playing the whole match. In September 2020 he returned to Mantova, this time in Serie C.

He came to Turkey in June 2021 with Fatih Karagümrük and signed a 4+1-year contract with Trabzonspor in August 2023. In August 2024 he was loaned to Serie B club Palermo with an option to buy. In October 2023 he received his first call-up to the Turkey senior team, for the Euro 2024 qualifiers against Croatia and Latvia. He holds Italian and Turkish passports.