[1][2] Fırat Kaya was born to Turkish-descent parents, Yıldırım and Sevg, as the youngest of two children in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany on 2 January 1995.
While playing again for SF Schwäbisch Hall (2018–19) in Germany, he moved to Turkey and signed a five-month contract with Tokatspor in January 2019.
[1][4] After the end of the Turkish league season, the right-wing forward returned to Germany, and joined TSG Öhringen (2019–20).
The next season, he signed a one-year contract with the Verbandsliga Württemberg club SV Fellbach (2020–21) in the beginning of September 2020.
Kaya became a member of the Germany national deaf football team, and participated at the 2013 Summer Deaflympics in Sofia, Bulgaria.