İsmail Arca
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | İsmail Arca | ||
| Date of birth | 5 September 1948 | ||
| Place of birth | İnegöl, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1962–1964 | İnegöl İdman Yurdu | ||
| 1964–1965 | Eskisehir Fatihspor | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965–1982 | Eskişehirspor | 418 | (10) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1961–1966 | Turkey U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 1967–1970 | Turkey U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 1968–1977 | Turkey | 27 | (0) |
| 1979 | Turkey B | 5 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1990–1991 | İnegölspor | ||
| 1991 | Eskişehirspor | ||
| 1991–1995 | İnegölspor | ||
| 1996–1997 | İskenderunspor | ||
| 1998–2002 | Eskişehirspor (Technical Director) | ||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 April 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 April 2018 | |||
İsmail Arca (born 5 September 1948) is a Turkish former football player, who played as a defender, and manager. He spent his entire professional career with Eskişehirspor, and is known by his nickname Büyük Kaptan (Turkish, "Great Captain").
Professional career
[edit | edit source]Arca begun playing football with İnegöl İdman Yurdu in 1962, and in 1964 moved to Eskisehir Fatihspor where he attended his local highschool. He moved to Eskişehirspor in 1965, and remained in the team for 17 years, becoming their captain. Arca holds the record for most official caps with Eskişehirspor, with 542 official appearances across all competitions.[1]
International career
[edit | edit source]An international footballer for Turkey, Arca scored his only international goal in a 2–1 UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying win over Switzerland on 1 December 1974.[2]
Honours
[edit | edit source]- Eskişehirspor
- Prime Minister's Cup (1): 1965–1966
- TFF First League (1): 1965–1966
- Turkish Cup (1): 1970–71
- Turkish Super Cup (1): 1970–71
- Turkey national football team
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- İsmail Arca at www.mackolik.com (also at arsiv.mackolik.com)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). (in Turkish)
- İsmail Arca player profile at the Turkish Football FederationLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- İsmail Arca coach profile at the Turkish Football Federation
- İsmail Arca at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1948 births
- Living people
- People from İnegöl
- Footballers from Bursa Province
- Turkish men's footballers
- Turkish football managers
- Turkey men's international footballers
- Turkey men's B international footballers
- Turkey men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Eskişehirspor footballers
- Eskişehirspor managers
- Süper Lig players
- TFF 1. Lig players
- Süper Lig managers
- 20th-century Turkish sportsmen