Cihat Arslan

Cihat Arslan
Arslan as İstanbul B.B. manager in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-02-09) 9 February 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Balıkesir, Turkey
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Ankaragücü (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Gömeçspor
Ayvalıkgücü Belediyespor
1990–1993 Karşıyaka 61 (3)
1993–1997 Galatasaray 8 (0)
1995–1996Eskişehirspor (loan) 27 (1)
1996–1997Zeytinburnuspor (loan) 20 (1)
1997–1998 Gaziantepspor 20 (0)
1998–2002 Yozgatspor 110 (11)
2002–2003 Kayserispor 29 (4)
2003–2004 Kocaelispor 29 (4)
2004–2005 İstanbul B.B. 29 (1)
2005–2008 Kasımpaşa 77 (4)
International career
1991 Turkey U21 3 (0)
Managerial career
2008–2009 Kasımpaşa (assistant)
2010 Kocaelispor
2010 Eyüpspor
2011 Boluspor
2011–2012 Göztepe
2012–2013 Karşıyaka
2013–2014 İstanbul B.B.
2014–2015 Şanlıurfaspor
2015 Balıkesirspor
2015–2016 Akhisarspor
2018 Karşıyaka
2018 Adanaspor
2018–2019 Akhisarspor
2019 Čelik Zenica
2020 Manisa FK
2020–2021 Balıkesirspor
2021 Kasımpaşa
2022 Yeni Malatyaspor
2023 Shkupi
2024 Ankaragücü
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cihat Arslan (Cihad Redžović,[1] born 9 February 1970) is a Turkish football manager and former player who was most recently the head coach of 1. Lig club Ankaragücü. He is of Bosniak descent and his family roots came from Sandžak.[2]

Managerial career

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In December 2015, Arslan was named manager of Süper Lig side Akhisarspor in the 2015–16 season.[3] He was sacked on 1 September 2016, but was once again Akhisarspor manager from 2018 to 2019.

In February 2019, he became the new manager of Bosnian Premier League club Čelik Zenica.[4] After the end of the 2018–19 Bosnian Premier League, Arslan decided to leave Čelik.[5]

In February 2020, he became the new manager of TFF Second League club Manisa.

Honours

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Player

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Galatasaray

Yozgatspor

Kasımpaşa

Manager

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İstanbul B.B.

References

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  1. ^ "Gömeçli Boşnakları Tanıyalım" (in Turkish). BosnakHaber.com. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Cihat Arslan: Malatya tarihinin en kötü günlerini yaşıyor" (in Turkish). Fotospor.com. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Cihat Arslan – Teknik Adamlar Bilgi Detayı TFF" (in Turkish). TFF. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  4. ^ D. Kurbegović (25 February 2019). "Cihat Arslan novi trener NK Čelik!" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  5. ^ D. Kurdbegović (25 May 2019). "Arslan: Ponosan sam što sam bio trener Čelika, ali vraćam se u Tursku" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
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