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Cafer Çağatay
Personal information
Date of birth 1899
Date of death 24 April 1991
Place of death Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey
Position(s) Left Back
Fenerbahçe
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1915-1916 Fenerbahçe
1916-1918 Altınordu İdman Yurdu SK
International career
1923-1923 Turkey national football team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ali Cafer Çağatay (1899 – 24 April 1991) was a Turkish football player.[1] He played as a left back for Fenerbahçe, Altınordu İdman Yurdu SK and the Turkey national football team. He was born in Kadıköy, Istanbul.

Career

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Fenerbahçe football team in the 1922–23 season. From left to right:
Back row - Bedri Gürsoy, Zeki Rıza Sporel, Ömer Tanyeri, İsmet Uluğ, Sabih Arca, Cafer Çağatay, Fâhir Yeniçay, Kadri Göktulga, Fâhir Yeniçay
Front row - Ragıp Mağden, Şekip Kulaksızoğlu, Alaattin Baydar.

Çağatay played for Fenerbahçe in 1915-16[2] before joining Altınordu İdman Yurdu SK, with whom he won the 1916–17 and 1917-18 Istanbul Football League Championships.[3] In 1922 he rejoined Fenerbahçe, playing for the club until 1927.[2] With Fenerbahçe he won the 1922-23 Istanbul Football League Championship and the General Harington Cup.[citation needed]

National team

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He was included in the first squad of the Turkey national football team, who played against Romania on 26 October 1923.[4] He played 7 times for the national team,[5] and represented his country at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[6]

Personal life

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Çağatay graduated from Saint Joseph High School and Istanbul University, Faculty of Pharmacy.[7] He was the son of Turkish composer, oud virtuoso, and academic Ali Rıfat Çağatay who arranged the Turkish National Anthem.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Cafer Çağatay". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "mujdatyetkiner.com". mujdatyetkiner.com. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Profile". Turksports.net. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  4. ^ "First national match". TFF.org. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Profile". Turkermanga.net. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2013. [permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cafer Çağatay (full name: Ali Cafer Çağatay)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Profile". Sj.k12.tr. 25 April 1991. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  8. ^ "Successful graduaters of S.J". Sj.k12.tr. 25 April 1991. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
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