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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").

İsmail Arca

Personal information
Full name	İsmail Arca
Date of birth	(1948-09-05) September 5, 1948 (age 73)
Place of birth	İnegöl, Turkey
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1962–1964	İnegöl İdman Yurdu
1964–1965	Eskisehir Fatihspor
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965–1982	Eskişehirspor	418	(10)
National team‡
1961–1966	Turkey U18	4	(0)
1967–1970	Turkey U21	6	(0)
1968–1977	Turkey	27	(0)
1979	Turkey B	5	(0)
Teams managed
1990–1991	İnegölspor
1991	Eskişehirspor
1991–1995	İnegölspor
1996–1997	İskenderunspor
1998–2002	Eskişehirspor (Technical Director)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 April 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 April 2018

Professional career

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

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

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

• ECO Cup (1): 1974

References

External links

• İsmail Arca at Mackolik.com (in Turkish)
• İsmail Arca at the Turkish Football Federation
• TFF Manager Profile
• NFT Profile

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