İlhan Cavcav

İlhan Cavcav (October 4, 1935 – January 22, 2017) was a Turkish businessman. He served as the chairman of Gençlerbirliği, a Football club in Turkey for almost 40 years until his death. He was born in Ankara.

He was known for his hard negotiation tactics with the big clubs in Turkey and searching for abilities especially for discovering talent from Africa.

Controversies
In November 2014 Cavcav announced that he would be fining bearded players, claiming that they were a bad influence for the youth. Cavcav said that he would fine players that kept their beards  25,000 Turkish Liras and also attacked UEFA for not banning beards in all of its completions.

Death
Cavcav was taken to hospital after falling and hitting his head, which caused a brain hemorrhage. He was kept in intensive care unit. One day later, on January 22, 2017, he was pronounced dead.Legendary Ankara football club chair İlhan Cavcav dies at 81

Accomplishments
 In 1978 Gençlerbirliği S.K. had no training facilities and now the team has one of the largest youth programs in Turkey and  of training facilities in Bestepe, Ankara (Beştepe İlhan Cavcav Tesisleri)
 He is the longest serving professional football club chairman in Turkey (1978-2017).

References

Other websites

 Genclerbirliği Fans and Statistics site
 Genclerbirligi Fans and Comment site 

Category:1935 births
Category:2017 deaths
Category:Deaths from cerebral hemorrhage
Category:Turkish businesspeople
Category:People from Ankara
Category:Deaths from head injury