Fikret Kırcan
Fikret Kırcan was a Turkish footballer.Biography
Born in Istanbul, he took up football at the age of ten and joined Fenerbahçe S.K. in 1934 as a member of their junior team, remaining there through 1956. During this time the squad was champion and runner-up of the Amatör Futbol Şampiyonası twice, six time-champion and twice runner-up of the Milli Küme Şampiyonası, three-time winner and once runner-up of the Chancellor Cup, seven-time victor and ten-time runner up in the Istanbul Football League, and four-time winner of and twice-runner up for the Istanbul Shield and its successor the Istanbul Futbol Kupası. He served as Fenerbahçe team captain from 1951 through 1956 and was capped 12 times with the Turkish national team, thrice as captain, and attended the football tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics, where his nation made it to the quarter-finals before being eliminated by eventual silver medalists Yugoslavia.
Kırcan married at the age of 19 and attended law school for a short period, but was unable to keep up with his academic commitments and chose to continue his football career instead. Following his retirement he served in various administrative and executive capacities with Fenerbahçe S.K., including a stint as Technical Director during the 1968-1969 season. He died at age of 94 in Istanbul on November 26, 2014.
