{{short description|Turkish footballer (born 1999)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Rayyan Baniya | image = | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|2|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bologna, Italy | height = 1.94 m | position = Defender | currentclub = Konyaspor | clubnumber = 22 | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2016 | youthclubs1 = Modena | youthyears2 = 2016–2018 | youthclubs2 = Verona | years1 = 2018–2021 | clubs1 = Verona | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2018–2019 | clubs2 = → Mantova (loan) | caps2 = 29 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2019–2020 | clubs3 = → Renate (loan) | caps3 = 22 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2020–2021 | clubs4 = → Mantova (loan) | caps4 = 8 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2021–2023 | clubs5 = Fatih Karagümrük | caps5 = 24 | goals5 = 2 | years6 = 2023–2026 | clubs6 = Trabzonspor | caps6 = 22 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2024–2025 | clubs7 = → Palermo (loan) | caps7 = 29 | goals7 = 2 | years8 = 2026– | clubs8 = Konyaspor | caps8 = 0 | goals8 = 0 | club-update = 15 May 2025 }} '''Rayyan Baniya''' (born 18 February 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Süper Lig club Konyaspor. Born in Italy, he chose to represent Turkey at international level.
==Club career== ===Verona=== He joined the Under-19 squad of Verona before the 2016–17 season. He did not receive any call-ups to the senior squad in 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons. He spent the 2018–19 season on loan at Serie D side Mantova.<ref>{{TuttoCalciatori|Baniya_Rayyan}}</ref> On 29 June 2019 he signed his first professional contract with Verona for a three-year term.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=Verona|url=https://www.hellasverona.it/2019/06/29/settore_giovanile_primo_contratto_da_professionista_per_3_calciatori|title=SETTORE GIOVANILE: PRIMO CONTRATTO DA PROFESSIONISTA PER 3 CALCIATORI|date=29 June 2019|language=Italian}}</ref>
====Loan to Renate==== On 17 July 2019 he joined Serie C club Renate on loan.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=Renate|url=https://www.facebook.com/acrenate/posts/2464824796914571|title=UFFICIALE: BANIYA IN PRESTITO DAL VERONA!|date=17 July 2019|language=Italian}}</ref>
He made his professional Serie C debut for Renate on 25 August 2019 in a game against Giana Erminio. He started the game and played the whole match.<ref>{{cite web|website=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/08/25/italy/serie-c1/giana-erminio/ac-renate/3108758/|title=Giana Erminio v Renate game report|date=25 August 2019}}</ref>
====Second loan to Mantova==== On 1 September 2020, he returned to Mantova, this time in Serie C.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Mantova|url=http://mantova1911.club/notizia.php?id=201|title=UN GRADITO RITORNO IN DIFESA: INIZIA LA SECONDA AVVENTURA DI RAYYAN BANIYA IN BIANCOROSSO|date=1 September 2020|language=Italian}}</ref>
===Fatih Karagümrük=== On 22 June 2021, he signed with Fatih Karagümrük in Turkey.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Fatih Karagümrük|url=https://twitter.com/karagumruk_sk/status/1407385789462364164|title=Rayyan Baniya, Karagümrük'te!|date=22 June 2021|language=tr}}</ref>
===Trabzonspor=== On 18 August 2023, he signed a 4+1 year contract with Süper Lig club Trabzonspor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnnturk.com/spor/futbol/son-dakika-rayyan-baniya-resmen-trabzonsporda|title=Rayyan Baniya resmen Trabzonspor'da!|last=|first=|date=August 18, 2023|website=cnnturk.com|publisher=|language=tr|access-date=August 30, 2023}}</ref>
On 26 August 2024, Baniya moved to Palermo in Serie B on loan, with an option to buy.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Palermo FC|url=https://www.palermofc.com/en/news/baniya-is-rosanero/|title=Baniya is rosanero|date=26 August 2024|access-date=26 August 2024}}</ref>
== International career == In October 2023, Baniya received his first call-up to the Turkey senior national team for two UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against Croatia and Latvia.<ref>{{cite web |date=6 October 2023 |title=A Millî Takım'ın Hırvatistan ve Letonya Maçları Aday Kadrosu Açıklandı |url=https://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=202&ftxtID=42331 |access-date=10 October 2023 |website=www.tff.org |language=tr}}</ref>
==Personal life== Born in Bologna, Italy to a Beninese father and a Turkish mother, Baniya holds Italian and Turkish passports.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gazzettadimantova.gelocal.it/sport/2018/07/13/news/curioso-di-misurarmi-con-il-calcio-dei-grandi-l-obiettivo-e-andare-in-c-1.17058003|title="Curioso di misurarmi con il calcio dei grandi L'obiettivo è andare in C"|date=July 14, 2018|website=Gazzetta di Mantova}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Soccerway|rayyan-baniya/616825}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baniya, Rayyan}} Category:Living people Category:1999 births Category:Italian people of Beninese descent Category:Italian people of Turkish descent Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen Category:Italian men's footballers Category:Footballers from Bologna Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Serie B players Category:Serie C players Category:Serie D players Category:Süper Lig players Category:Hellas Verona FC players Category:Mantova 1911 players Category:AC Renate players Category:Fatih Karagümrük S.K. footballers Category:Trabzonspor footballers Category:Palermo FC players Category:Italian expatriate men's footballers Category:Italian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
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