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Rıza Çalımbay (born 2 February 1963) is a Turkish football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Sivasspor . He was one of the symbol names of Beşiktaş and was among the best players of his time. Because of his determination and hard work he was nicknamed Atom Ant (in Turkish , "Atom Karınca").
Career
Playing career
Born in Sivas , Turkey, Çalımbay started playing football in Beşiktaş academy . He debuted with the Beşiktaş first team in 1980–81 season . Until his retirement in 1995–96 season ., he played only for Beşiktaş , and for the Turkey national football team , although he played in the UNICEF-world team against Germany and caught the eye of many clubs like Marseille but Çalımbay would not leave Beşiktaş . He played 494 league games for Beşiktaş and scored 43 goals. He is the most capped player for Beşiktaş . He was also the captain of the team. He also played 38 times for Turkey .[ 1]
Managerial career
After retiring from football, Çalımbay took manager courses in England . In 2001, he became the assistant manager for Christoph Daum at Beşiktaş but after a short time he resigned, and became the manager of Göztepe , Denizlispor and Çaykur Rizespor . He was especially successful at Denizlispor , leading the team to latter stages in the 2002–03 UEFA Cup season eliminating teams like Sparta Prague and the mighty Olympique Lyonnais side of Paul Le Guen . The Porto side of José Mourinho ended the UEFA Cup dreams of Denizlispor and Çalımbay after an 8–3 win on aggregate. In 2004–05 season , he became the manager of Beşiktaş after Vicente Del Bosque was sacked. That season Beşiktaş was having really bad results and the squad was in a bad mood. But after Çalımbay took control the team started to perform really well. Çalımbay changed the system back to a 3–5–2 formation the usual formation and began playing good football he also picked a 4–3 win over rivals Fenerbahçe in the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium . However in the 2005–06 season , Beşiktaş was performing bad once again, Despite 2005–06 UEFA Cup wins against FC Vaduz and Malmö FF a 1–2 home defeat by Fenerbahçe took the coach into troubled waters. Çalımbay resigned in the 9th week after a 0–0 draw against Kayserispor . Jean Tigana became the manager of Beşiktaş after him. He then coached Ankaraspor but resigned after a few matches. Çalımbay signed a 1.5 year contract with again Çaykur Rizespor , although he had options to coach abroad in Iran and Germany but he chose Çaykur Rizespor . He then coached respectively Eskişehirspor , Sivasspor , Çaykur Rizespor , Mersin İdmanyurdu and Kasımpaşa . On 10 October 2016 he signed a 2 year deal with Antalyaspor .[ 2] [ 3]
Career statistics
Player
As of 7 May 2017 [ 4] [ 5]
Club
International
Turkey national team
Year
Apps
Goals
1981
1
0
1982
3
0
1983
3
0
1984
1
0
1985
1
0
1987
5
0
1989
2
0
1990
5
0
1991
10
1
1992
7
0
Total
38
1
International goals
Career totals
Professional career totals
Teams
Appearances
Goals
Goals per game
Clubs
645
53
0.08
National team
0 38
0 1
0.03
Total
683
54
0.08
Manager
As of 18 May 2018
Team
Nat
From
To
Record
Göztepe
15 June 2001
19 December 2001
19
7
6
6
0 36.84
Denizlispor
3 January 2002
28 April 2003
58
21
16
21
0 36.21
Ankaragücü
17 November 2003
31 May 2004
24
10
4
10
0 41.67
Rizespor
3 August 2004
28 January 2005
19
9
5
5
0 47.37
Beşiktaş
28 January 2005
17 October 2005
30
18
7
5
0 60.00
Ankaraspor
10 November 2005
23 January 2006
6
1
2
3
0 16.67
Rizespor
26 December 2006
19 June 2007
18
6
4
8
0 33.33
Eskişehirspor
4 July 2008
27 September 2010
84
29
23
32
0 34.52
Sivasspor
25 October 2010
31 May 2013
115
43
30
42
0 37.39
Rizespor
31 May 2013
9 February 2014
22
5
7
10
0 22.73
Mersin İdmanyurdu
3 June 2014
31 May 2015
45
18
10
17
0 40.00
Kasımpaşa
7 July 2015
16 September 2016
39
15
10
14
0 38.46
Antalyaspor
10 October 2016
18 September 2017
34
17
8
9
0 50.00
Trabzonspor
18 October 2017
19 May 2018
31
16
8
7
0 51.61
Total
544
215
140
189
0 39.52
Honours
Player honours
Beşiktaş
Süper Lig (6): 1981–82 , 1985–86 , 1989–90 , 1990–91 , 1991–92 , 1994–95
Turkish Cup (3): 1988–89 , 1989–90 , 1993–94
Turkish Super Cup (4): 1986 , 1989 , 1992 , 1994
Chancellor Cup (1): 1988
TSYD Cup (7): 1983 , 1984 , 1988 , 1989 , 1990 , 1993 , 1996
Individual
Records
Beşiktaş All-Time Appearance Maker: 645 games
Beşiktaş All-Time Appearance Maker in Süper Lig: 494 games
See also
Notes
References
External links
Managerial positions
(c) = caretaker; (i) = interim.