Jimmy Calderwood

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Jimmy Calderwood

Personal information
Full name	James Calderwood
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Aberdeen (Manager)

Jimmy Calderwood (born 28 February 1955 in Glasgow) is a former football player and is currently a football manager.

Playing career

He started his professional career with Birmingham City in 1971, making his debut against Stoke City in 1972. He made 159 appearances for the Blues until switching to Cambridge United in 1979. He spent a short time in Cambridge before accepting the offer to move to the Netherlands, where he spent almost 10 years playing for Sparta Rotterdam, Willem II Tilburg, Roda JC and Heracles Almelo before retiring in 1989.

Managerial career

After a few assistant coaching positions, Calderwood moved into management in his own right by taking over Dutch club Willem II Tilburg in 1996, before moving to NEC Nijmegen in 1997. After a two year spell there, Scottish Premier League side Dunfermline Athletic moved to make him their new manager. Calderwood spent five seasons at East End Park where he led the club to their highest ever SPL position, finishing 4th in 2003-04. That season the side also reached the Scottish Cup final, guaranteeing their return to European competition for the first time in 35 years as opponents Celtic had already earned Champions League qualification.

In the summer of 2004 Willie Miller, returning to Pittodrie as Director of Football, brought Calderwood to Aberdeen to replace Steve Paterson as manager.

Since his arrival in the Granite City, Calderwood has overseen an improvement in Aberdeen's fortunes on the playing field. They narrowly missed out on qualifying for European competition in 2004-05 and 2005-06 but finished the 2006-07 league campaign in third place, ensuring UEFA Cup qualification in 2007-08.

On 31 August 2007 he was linked with the vacant manager's position at Leicester City. Calderwood later dismissed this, insisting he and his assistant Jimmy Nichol 'love' being with Aberdeen.

On December 2007, Calderwood lead Aberdeen to the last 32 of European competition for the first time since 1986 with a surprising 4-0 demolition of FC Copenhagen at Pittodrie. This achievement has earned them a 2-legged tie with German giants Bayern Munich.

Personal appearance

Calderwood is well known for having well-tanned skin. He is particularly dark at the start of the football season, as he spends a large portion of the close season in the sun beds.

Trivia

Calderwood is a boyhood Rangers fan and had once been "linked" with a number 2 position under Dick Advocaat at Ibrox.

Managerial stats

As of 17 June 2007.

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %
Willem II Tilburg		1996	1997	?	?	?	?	?
NEC Nijmegen		1997	1999	?	?	?	?	?
Dunfermline Athletic		30 November 1999	28 May 2004	202	77	78	47	38.12
Aberdeen		28 May 2004	Present	127	56	39	32	44.09

External links

• Jimmy Calderwood management career statistics at Soccerbase