Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık

Ahmet Çalık
Çalık with Turkey in 2016
Personal information
Full name Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık[1]
Date of birth (1994-02-26)26 February 1994[1]
Place of birth Yenimahalle, Ankara, Turkey
Date of death 11 January 2022(2022-01-11) (aged 27)
Place of death Gölbaşı, Ankara, Turkey
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
2005–2011 Gençlerbirliği
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2017 Gençlerbirliği 109 (4)
2017–2020 Galatasaray 36 (1)
2020–2022 Konyaspor 47 (1)
Total 192 (6)
International career
2010 Turkey U16 3 (1)
2010–2011 Turkey U17 14 (2)
2011–2012 Turkey U18 6 (0)
2012–2013 Turkey U19 22 (2)
2012–2013 Turkey U20 11 (0)
2013–2015 Turkey U21 12 (0)
2015–2017 Turkey 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık (26 February 1994 – 11 January 2022) was a Turkish professional footballer who played as a centre-back for Gençlerbirliği, Galatasaray, Konyaspor, and the Turkey national team.[2]

International career

Çalık represented Turkey at the 2013 UEFA U-19 Championship[3] and 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[4]

On 6 November 2015, Çalık was selected for the Turkey national team to play friendlies against Qatar and Greece respectively.[5] He made his debut in a 0–0 draw with Greece.[6] He was part of the Turkish squad for the Euro 2016,[7] but ended up not playing in the tournament.[8]

He scored his first senior international goal in a friendly March 2017 victory over Moldova. This was also his last international game.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 November 2023[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Gençlerbirliği 2011–12 Süper Lig 0 0 0 0 — 3[a] 0 3 0
2012–13 5 0 0 0 — — 5 0
2013–14 29 2 1 0 — — 30 2
2014–15 29 0 6 0 — — 35 0
2015–16 30 2 1 0 — — 31 2
2016–17 16 0 2 0 — — 18 0
Total 109 4 10 0 0 0 3 0 122 4
Galatasaray 2016–17 Süper Lig 14 1 0 0 0 0 — 14 1
2017–18 4 0 5 1 2[b] 1 — 11 2
2018–19 7 0 6 0 0 0 — 13 0
2019–20 11 0 4 0 0 0 — 15 0
Total 36 1 15 1 2 1 0 0 53 3
Konyaspor 2020–21 Süper Lig 29 1 4 0 — — 33 1
2021–22 18 0 0 0 — — 18 0
Total 47 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 51 1
Career total 192 6 32 1 2 1 3 0 226 8
  1. ^ Appearances in Spor Toto Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Çalık goal.
List of international goals scored by Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 27 March 2017 New Eskişehir Stadium, Eskişehir, Turkey  Moldova 2–0 3–1 Friendly

Style of play

Çalık was a central centre-back and man-marker, he was athletic and relied mostly on his pace and timing.[citation needed]

Death

Çalık died in a traffic accident in Ankara on 11 January 2022 at the age of 27.[10][11][12] The 2021–22 Süper Lig season was subsequently named in his honour.[13]

Honours

Galatasaray

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 List of Players: Turkey" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2013. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık". tff.org. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
  3. ^ "U19s beat Russia: 2-1 - TFF". www.tff.org. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  4. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013™: Türkiye". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  5. ^ Turkish Football Federation. "Turkish A National Team Squad Announced for Qatar and Greece Matches". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Turkey 0-0 Greece - TFF".
  7. ^ "UEFA EURO 2016". UEFA. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  8. ^ a b Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık at National-Football-Teams.com
  9. ^ Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık at Soccerway
  10. ^ "Ahmet Çalık hayatını kaybetti". NTV Spor. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  11. ^ Ben Morse. "Former Turkey international defender Ahmet Calik dies at age 27". CNN. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Ahmet Calik, former Turkey football international, dies in car crash". the Guardian. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Spor Toto Süper Lig'e Ahmet Çalık Sezonu ismi verildi" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 18 January 2022.