Cihat Arslan (Džihad Redžović, born 9 February 1970) is a Turkish

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and former player who was most recently the head coach of 1. Lig club Ankaragücü. He is of

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descent and his family roots came from

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Managerial career

In December 2015, Arslan was named manager of

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twen ...

side Akhisarspor in the 2015–16 season. He was sacked on 1 September 2016, but was once again Akhisarspor manager from 2018 to 2019. In February 2019, he became the new manager of

Bosnian Premier League The Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (; ; sr-Cyrl, Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), officially known as the Wwin League of Bosnia and Herzegovina for sponsorship purposes, is the top tier football leagu ...

club Čelik Zenica. After the end of the 2018–19 Bosnian Premier League, Arslan decided to leave Čelik. In February 2020, he became the new manager of

TFF Second League The TFF 2. Lig (), currently referred to as Nesine 2. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the third level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in the 2001–02 season with the name of ''Turkish Second League Category B'' as a continu ...

club

Manisa Manisa () is a city in Turkey's Aegean Region and the administrative seat of Manisa Province, lying approximately 40 km northeast of the major city of İzmir. The city forms the urban part of the districts Şehzadeler and Yunusemre, with ...

Honours

Player

Galatasaray *

: 1993–94 * Süper Kupa:

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

Yozgatspor *

TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig (), currently referred to as Trendyol 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization ...

: 1999–00 Kasımpaşa * 2. Liga: 2005–06

Manager

İstanbul B.B. *

: 2013–14

References

External links

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at TFF {{DEFAULTSORT:Arslan, Cihat 1970 births Living people Turkish people of Bosniak descent Footballers from Balıkesir Turkish men's footballers Süper Lig players Karşıyaka S.K. footballers Galatasaray S.K. footballers Eskişehirspor footballers Zeytinburnuspor footballers Kocaelispor footballers İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. players Men's association football defenders Turkish football managers Süper Lig managers Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina managers Akhisarspor managers NK Čelik Zenica managers Yeni Malatyaspor managers Balıkesirspor managers