Can Arat (born 21 January 1984) is an Armenian-Turkish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

. He plays as a

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Club career

Arat played 74 times for the Fenerbahçe PAF team, scoring two goals. He became a regular in the squad following Fábio Luciano's injury at the start of the 2006–07 season, but lost to new transfers

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and

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four weeks later. Arat joined

İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K., shortly Istanbul BB SK or IBBSK, is a multi-sports club of the metropolitan municipality of Istanbul in Turkey. Branches The club has following sport branches: *Volleyball (Arome Men's League), *Basket ...

in 2009. Can Arat İBB'de

International career

Arat has been called up to the

Turkey national football team The Turkey national football team ( tr, Türkiye Millî Futbol Takımı) represents Turkey in men's international Association football, football matches. The team is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation ( tr, Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu ...

for the

Euro 2008 The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2008 or simply Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by the member nations of UEFA (the Union of European ...

qualifying group matches. He made his international debut for senior team on 12 April 2006 against

Azerbaijan national football team The Azerbaijan national football team ( az, Azərbaycan milli futbol komandası) is the national football team of Azerbaijan and is controlled by Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. It represents Azerbaijan in international foot ...

. He also played 5 matches for national Olympic team in 2005 Mediterrean Games and won the silver medal.

Honours

Fenerbahçe

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

: 2006–07 *

Turkish Super Cup The Turkish Super Cup ( Turkish: ''TFF Süper Kupa''), as it is currently known, is the annual super cup football match contested between the previous season's Süper Lig champions and the Turkish Cup winners in Turkey. It was originally known ...

: 2007

References

External links

Player Profile at TFF.org

Guardian Stats Centre
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arat, Can 1984 births Living people Turkish people of Armenian descent Turkish footballers Turkey men's international footballers Turkey men's B international footballers Turkey men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football central defenders Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers Sivasspor footballers Karşıyaka S.K. footballers İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. players Süper Lig players Turkey men's youth international footballers People from Kadıköy Footballers from Istanbul TFF First League players Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games