Deniz Kadah

Deniz Kadah — Biography

Deniz Kadah is a striker known for a journey that took him from the lower divisions of Germany to the Bundesliga and then to the Süper Lig. A forward who made his name through goals, he played for Çaykur Rizespor, Antalyaspor and Göztepe, and in the later years of his career is known as Altay's experienced center-forward. He was born in Viranşehir and grew up in Verden, Germany.

He started out at FC Langwedel and, after FC Verden 04, moved to Rotenburger SV in 2005. At TuS Heeslingen he helped the team reach the Oberliga Nord with 13 goals, then went on to VfB Lübeck and, in 2008-09, to Fortuna Düsseldorf, where he was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga with the first team and to the Regionalliga West with the reserves. After injuries and half a season without a club he played for FC Oberneuland, then returned to Lübeck and was the team's top scorer with 14 goals in 23 games. That form earned him a move to Hannover 96 II, where he scored 17 goals in 18 matches in the first half of the season, and on January 18, 2013, aged 26, he made his Bundesliga debut against Schalke 04.

Long wanted by Rıza Çalımbay, he signed for Rizespor in 2014 and scored twice for them against Gaziantepspor in one of his first games. In 2016 he joined Antalyaspor on a free transfer, then played for Göztepe and left in summer 2020. He signed for Altay in January 2021; although he left in January 2024, he signed again that July and, at 40, was part of the squad that kept the club up.