Arif Karaoğlan

{{Short description|Turkish footballer (born 1986)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Arif Karaoğlan

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|1|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gaziantep,{{cite web | url = http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/arif-karaoglan/ | title = Arif Karaoglan | publisher = worldfootball.net | accessdate = 2 July 2012}} Turkey

| height = 1.70 m

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2001

| youthclubs1 = 1. FC Saarbrücken

| youthyears2 = 2001–2002

| youthclubs2 = Nottingham Forest

| youthyears3 = 2002–2005

| youthclubs3 = 1. FC Saarbrücken

| years1 = 2005–2008

| clubs1 = 1. FC Saarbrücken

| caps1 = 29

| goals1 = 3

| years2 = 2008–2009

| clubs2 = Eyüpspor{{cite web | url = http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=30&kisiId=1063420 | title = ARİF KARAOĞLAN | language = Turkish | publisher = tff.org | accessdate = 16 March 2013}}

| caps2 = 6

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2009–2011

| clubs3 = Borussia Neunkirchen

| caps3 = 49

| goals3 = 15

| years4 = 2011–2012

| clubs4 = SVN Zweibrücken

| caps4 = 31

| goals4 = 6

| years5 = 2012–2013

| clubs5 = Borussia Neunkirchen

| caps5 = 25

| goals5 = 5

| years6 = 2013–2015

| clubs6 = SF Köllerbach

| caps6 = 63

| goals6 = 14

| years7 = 2016–2017

| clubs7 = SV Röchling Völklingen

| caps7 = 7

| goals7 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2002

| nationalteam1 = Turkey U17

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2015–2016

| managerclubs1 = SF Obersalbach

}}

Arif Karaoğlan (born 21 January 1986) is a Turkish former professional footballer[https://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/sport/sz-sport/ueber-istanbul-nach-neunkirchen_aid-326956 Über Istanbul nach Neunkirchen] saarbruecker-zeitung.de{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/arif-karaoglan/spieler/2-bundesliga/2005-06/1-fc-saarbruecken | title = Karaoglan, Arif | language = German | publisher = Kicker | access-date = 2 July 2012}} who played as a striker. He spent a few years in the youth setup at Nottingham Forest, before returning to Germany in 2005.