Sabih Arca
Arca in 1928
Personal information
Full name Sabih Fani Arca
Date of birth 1901 (1901)
Place of birth Istanbul, Turkey
Date of death 24 April 1979(1979-04-24) (aged 77–78)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1918–1929 Fenerbahce 215 (64)
International career
1923–1928 Turkey 9 (3)
Medal record
First place Istanbul Football League 1921
First place Istanbul Football League 1923
First place General Harington Cup 1923
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
The Fenerbahce–Galatasaray mix, which came to Istanbul on 16 December 1925, right before the match. Sabih Arca is located on the far right of the picture.

Sabih Arca (1901 – 24 April 1979)[1][2] was a Turkish footballer who played for Fenerbahçe, where he scored 64 goals in 215 matches. He was born in Istanbul.[3] He played as a central midfielder or as a left midfielder. He played for Fenerbahçe between 1918 and 1929 and won the 1920–21 and 1922–23 Istanbul Football League. He was a member of the General Harington Cup squad.[4]

He was included in the first squad of the Turkey national team that played against Romania on 26 October 1923.[5] He scored three goals in nine matches for the national team.[6] On the squads he was included he did not make any appearances at the 1924 Summer Olympics and the 1928 Summer Olympics.[7]

References

  1. ^ "cache-v2". donanimhaber.
  2. ^ "National football team player Sabih Arca". EU Football. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Sabih Arca". Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  4. ^ Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak (28 May 2012). "The Last Stronghold: The Fenerbahçe Sports Club and Turkish Politics". Dayan. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  5. ^ "A Milli Takım Tarihçesi" (in Turkish). Turkiye Futbol Federasyonu. n.d. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Sabih Arca Efsane Forvet" (in Turkish). mujdatyetkiner.com. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Sabih Arca". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 August 2021.


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