Giray Kaçar

Giray Kaçar — Biography

Remzi Giray Kaçar is a former Turkish international who played as a 1.89-metre center-back, and he is best remembered for his years at Trabzonspor, from 2008 until early 2014. With the club he won the Turkish Cup (2009-10) and the Super Cup (2010). Today he reviews Trabzonspor on a YouTube channel under his own name, which passed 100,000 subscribers in September 2025.

He started in football at eight with Gençlerbirliği and turned professional at Gençlerbirliği Oftaş, where he spent four years and won three lower-league titles. He scored his first Süper Lig goal against Bursaspor on March 9, 2008. He signed for Trabzonspor in 2008 and, though he could not displace Rigobert Song or Egemen Korkmaz, made 16 official appearances in his first season. In February 2012 he headed two goals against Bursaspor in a 2-1 win. He took a break from football for a time and returned after checks in the United States, coming on in the 88th minute of a match against Gaziantepspor. In 2013-14 he played five league and four Europa League matches before losing his place to Sol Bamba and Mustafa Yumlu and being left out of the squad. In January 2014 he moved to Antalyaspor, playing 16 matches, and after the club's relegation he joined Çaykur Rizespor.

He played four times for the Turkey under-21 side and was called up to the senior team for a friendly against Sweden in February 2008, winning one cap. He studied physical education at Gazi University and, besides football, is a black-belt taekwondo practitioner, a licensed swimmer and a trophy-winning handball player.