Özcan Arkoç

Özcan Arkoç (2 October 1939 – 17 February 2021) was a Turkish footballer who played as a goalkeeper,[1][2] most notably for German club Hamburger SV.

Özcan Arkoç
Arkoç in 1962
Personal information
Date of birth 2 October 1939
Place of birth Hayrabolu, Turkey
Date of death 17 February 2021(2021-02-17) (aged 81)
Place of death Hamburg, Germany
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Uzunköprü Spor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1958 Vefaspor 42 (0)
1958–1962 Fenerbahçe 81 (0)
1962–1964 Beşiktaş 54 (0)
1964–1967 Austria Wien 64 (0)
1967–1975 Hamburger SV 159 (0)
Total 400 (0)
International career
1959–1962 Turkey 9 (0)
Managerial career
1977–1978 Hamburger SV
1979 Wormatia Worms
1979 Holstein Kiel
1979–1980 Hannover 96
1983–1984 Kocaelispor
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Arkoç was born in Hayrabolu, Turkey in 1939. He began his football career at Vefa. He transferred to Fenerbahçe in 1958 and to Beşiktaş in 1962. With Fenerbahçe, he won two Süper Lig championships.[3] He also played for Austria Wien between 1964 and 1967. The first Turkish professional to feature in the Bundesliga,[3] he played for Hamburger SV for nine seasons and retired in 1975. He played in the European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1968[3] losing 2–0 to AC Milan.

In 1976, he became the assistant coach next to Kuno Klötzer at Hamburger SV, the duo would lead Hamburger SV to a European Cup Winners' Cup in 1977.[3] He became the head coach of Hamburger SV in 1977 for one season and the first Turkish manager of a Bundesliga club, his side's stars including Kevin Keegan and Manfred Kaltz.[3] Under Özcan, Hamburger SV played in the 1977 UEFA Super Cup, losing 7–1 on aggregate to Liverpool F.C.

Özcan died at the age of 81 in Hamburg on 17 February 2021.[4]

Honours

Hamburger SV

References
  1. "Arkoc Özcan". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  2. "Arkoç, Özcan Arkoç - Manager".
  3. Bock, Andreas (3 January 2014). "Der sanfte Riese aus Hayrabolu - Özcan Arkoc, erster…". 11 Freunde (in German). Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  4. "Traurige Nachricht: HSV-Idol und Ex-Trainer Özcan Arkoc ist tot". MOPO (in German). 17 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.


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