Cafer Çağatay

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.

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	Apps	(Gls)
1915-1916	Fenerbahçe
1916-1918	Altınordu İdman Yurdu SK
International career
1923-1923	Turkey national football team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Fenerbahçe football team in the 1922–23 season. From left to right:
Back row - Bedri Gürsoy, Zeki Rıza Sporel, Ömer Tanyeri, İsmet Uluğ, Sabih Arca, Cafer Çağatay, Fâhir Yeniçay, Kadri Göktulga, Fâhir Yeniçay
Front row - Ragıp Mağden, Şekip Kulaksızoğlu, Alaattin Baydar.

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]}

National team

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]

Personal life

Çağatay graduated from Saint Joseph High School and Istanbul University, Faculty of Pharmacy.^[7] He was the son of Turkish composer, oud virtuoso, and academic Ali Rıfat Çağatay who arranged the Turkish National Anthem.^[8]