Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık
Appearance
![]() Çalık with Turkey in 2016 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık | ||
Date of birth | 26 February 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Yenimahalle, Ankara, Turkey | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Galatasaray | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2011 | Gençlerbirliği | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2017 | Gençlerbirliği | 109 | (4) |
2017– | Galatasaray | 18 | (1) |
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– | Turkey | 8 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 April 2018 |
Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık (born 26 February 1994) is a Turkish professional footballer. He currently plays as a defender for Galatasaray in the Süper Lig.[1]
Career
Club career
Çalık began his career at Gençlerbirliği.
International career
Çalık represented Turkey at the 2013 UEFA U-19 Championship and 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
On 6 November 2015, Çalık was selected for the Turkey national football team to play friendlies against Qatar and Greece respectively.[2] He made his debut in a 0–0 tie with Greece.[3] He is part of the Turkish national team for Euro 2016.[4]
He scored his first senior goal in a friendly March 2017 victory over Moldova.
Career statistics
International goals
- Scores and results table. Turkey's goal tally first:
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 27 March 2017 | New Eskişehir Stadium, Eskişehir | ![]() |
2–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
Style of play
Çalık is a central defender and man-marker, he is athletic and relied mostly on his pace and timing.
Honours
Club
- Galatasaray
References
- ^ "Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık". tff.org. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
- ^ Turkish Football Federation. "Turkish A National Team Squad Announced for Qatar and Greece Matches". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ http://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=471&ftxtID=24133
- ^ "UEFA EURO 2016". UEFA. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
External links
- Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık – FIFA competition record (archived)
Categories:
- 1994 births
- Living people
- People from Yenimahalle
- Turkish footballers
- Turkey under-21 international footballers
- Turkey youth international footballers
- Turkey international footballers
- Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers
- Galatasaray S.K. footballers
- Süper Lig players
- Association football central defenders
- UEFA Euro 2016 players
- Association football defenders
- Turkish football defender stubs