Rebii Erkal (10 February 1911 – 25 November 1985) was a 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 le ...

and manager. He was born in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

. Erkal played for Galatasaray SK his whole career, making him memorable for many Gala supporters. He was also part of Turkey's squad at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. In 1951, after his active playing career ended, he became the manager of 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 ...

. Under Erkal's charge, the national squad managed to defeat the

Germany national football team The Germany national football team (german: link=no, Deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft) represents Germany in men's international football and played its first match in 1908. The team is governed by the German Football Association (''Deutsch ...

2-1 in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

Career statistics

International goals

References

External links

FIFA.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Erkal, Rebii 1911 births 1984 deaths Footballers from Istanbul Turkish football managers Turkish men's footballers Galatasaray S.K. footballers Olympic footballers for Turkey Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Turkey national football team managers Turkey men's international footballers Beyoğluspor managers Men's association football forwards