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Erdoğan Arıca
Personal information
Full name	Erdoğan Arıca
Date of birth	24 July 1954
Place of birth	Fatsa, Ordu, Turkey
Date of death	10 April 2012 (aged 57)
Place of death	Istanbul, Turkey
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1971–1974	Malatyaspor
1974–1977	Orduspor
1977–1981	Galatasaray S.K.
1981–1986	Fenerbahçe S.K.
1986–1987	Diyarbakırspor
1987–1988	Sarıyer
International career
1977–1986	Turkey
Managerial career
1996–1998	Çanakkale Dardanelspor
1998–1999	Göztepe
1999–2000	Samsunspor
2000	Gaziantepspor
2001	Malatyaspor
2001–2002	Gençlerbirliği
2003	Bursaspor
2003–2004	Samsunspor
2004	Gençlerbirliği
2005	Çaykur Rizespor
2005–2006	Samsunspor
2007	Gaziantepspor
2008	Çaykur Rizespor
2008–2009	Hacettepe S.K.
2010	Karşıyaka
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Erdoğan Arıca (24 July 1954 – 10 April 2012) was a UEFA Pro Licensed Turkish football manager and coach.^[1]^[2] As a footballer, he played defender. He was also the brother of the singer Soner Arıca and the nephew of Kadir İnanır.

Career

Arıca played for Malatyaspor (1971–1974), Orduspor (1974–1977), Galatasaray S.K. (1977–1981), Fenerbahçe S.K. (1981–1986), Diyarbakırspor (on loan, 1986–1987) and Sarıyer G.K. (1987–1988) during his playing days. He made 30 appearances for the Turkey national football team from 1977 to 1986.^[3] He retired in 1988 and became a football manager and coach. He managed several teams including Çanakkale Dardanelspor, Gaziantepspor, Bursaspor Samsunspor, Çaykur Rizespor, Malatyaspor and Gençlerbirliği.^[4]

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