Özcan Arkoç

Özcan Arkoç
	Arkoç in 1962
Personal information
Date of birth	2 October 1939
Place of birth	Hayrabolu, Turkey
Date of death	17 February 2021 (aged 81)
Place of death	Hamburg, Germany
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Uzunköprü Spor
Senior career*
Years	Team
1955–1958	Vefaspor
1958–1962	Fenerbahçe
1962–1964	Beşiktaş
1964–1967	Austria Wien
1967–1975	Hamburger SV
Total
International career
1959–1962	Turkey
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

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.

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.