Cihat Arman

Cihat Arman

Personal information
Full name	Cihat Arman
Date of birth	(1915-07-16)16 July 1915
Place of birth	Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Date of death	14 May 1994(1994-05-14) (aged 78)
Place of death	Istanbul, Turkey
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1934-1937	Gençlerbirliği	?	(?)
1937-1939	Güneş	18	(0)
1939-1951	Fenerbahçe	308	(0)
International career
1936-1951	Turkey	13	(0)
Managerial career
1948-49	Fenerbahçe
1949	Turkey
1954-55	Beyoğluspor
1955-56	Beşiktaş
1956	Turkey
1956-57	İstanbulspor
1957-60	Kasımpaşa
1960-61	İstanbulspor
1962-63	Yeşildirek
1964	Turkey
1966-67	Eskişehirspor
1967-68	Mersin İdmanyurdu
1968-69	Vefa
1970-71	Turkey
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cihat Arman (1915, Istanbul – May 14, 1994 Istanbul), was a Turkish football goalkeeper and manager.

He started playing football in his age of 15 and debuted in Ankaragücü. In 1936, Arman transferred to the Istanbul team Güneş. After the closure of this club, he moved to Fenerbahçe, where he uninterrupted played 308 games. He was nicknamed the "Flying goalkeeper". Him flying with his yellow shirt was the inspiration behind "The Yellow Canaries" ("Sarı Kanaryalar" in Turkish), the nickname for Fenerbahçe.

During the World War II years, international competitions were rarely held. So, Arman played only 13 games with the Turkey national football team during this time. After 1949, he served as the goalkeeper and captain. He also coached the Turkey national football team and qualified for the 1950 World Cup trashing Syria 7-0 but Turkey withdrew due to financial problems.

After Arman retired from active sport in 1950, he coached the Istanbul teams Kasımpaşa, Istanbulspor, Yeşildirek, Beşiktaş and the national team (1950, 1957, 1958 and 1959).

The sports journalist died on May 14, 1994 in Istanbul.

External links

• Cihat Arman – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Profile at Sports-reference.com
• Cihat Arman career stats in Turkey at mackolik.com