Ferhat Ayaz

Ferhat Ayaz — Biography

Ferhat Ayaz was born on October 10, 1994, in Nusaybin, in Turkey's Mardin province, and holds both Turkish and Swedish citizenship. He came to Sweden at the age of five and started playing football at Karlslunds IF HFK, also turning out as a junior for IFK Kristinehamn. Standing 1.80 m tall, he mostly plays on the right or left wing. He played for Sweden at under-19 and under-21 level.

He began his professional career in 2012 with Degerfors IF in the Swedish second tier, scoring 14 goals in 56 matches by 2014, and during that time was named breakthrough young player and most valuable player. In 2015 he moved to Gaziantepspor in the country of his birth and made his Süper Lig debut on January 31, but did not make the expected impression, and the club parted ways with him in April 2016. He then joined Örebro SK in Sweden, and in early 2018 signed a four-year deal with Allsvenskan club Dalkurd FF. On January 29, 2022, he joined Borac Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina until the end of the season. He has also played for IFK Haninge and Brage.