Cafer Çağatay

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
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[edit]

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]}

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]

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^ "Profile". Turkermanga.net. 2011-08-26. Retrieved 2013-04-09. ^{[permanent dead link]}
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^ "Profile". Sj.k12.tr. 1991-04-25. Archived from the original on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
^ "Successful graduaters of S.J". Sj.k12.tr. 1991-04-25. Archived from the original on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2013-04-09.