İsmail Arca

{{Short description|Turkish footballer and manager}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = İsmail Arca

| image =

| fullname = İsmail Arca

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|9|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = İnegöl, Turkey

| height = 1.80 m

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 1962–1964 | youthclubs1 = İnegöl İdman Yurdu

| youthyears2 = 1964–1965 | youthclubs2 = Eskisehir Fatihspor

| years1 = 1965–1982 | clubs1 = Eskişehirspor | caps1 = 418 | goals1 = 10

| totalcaps =

| totalgoals =

| nationalyears1 = 1961–1966

| nationalteam1 = Turkey U18

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1967–1970

| nationalteam2 = Turkey U21

| nationalcaps2 = 6

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 1968–1977

| nationalteam3 = Turkey

| nationalcaps3 = 27

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 1979

| nationalteam4 = Turkey B

| nationalcaps4 = 5

| nationalgoals4 = 0

| medaltemplates =

| manageryears1 = 1990–1991 |managerclubs1 = İnegölspor

| manageryears2 = 1991 |managerclubs2 = Eskişehirspor

| manageryears3 = 1991–1995 |managerclubs3 = İnegölspor

| manageryears4 = 1996–1997 |managerclubs4 = İskenderunspor

| manageryears5 = 1998–2002 |managerclubs5 = Eskişehirspor (Technical Director)

| ntupdate = 3 April 2018

| club-update = 3 April 2018

}}

İsmail Arca (born 5 September 1948) is a Turkish former football player, who played as a defender, and manager. He spent his entire professional career with Eskişehirspor, and is known by his nickname Büyük Kaptan (Turkish, "Great Captain").