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Ahmet Çalık
Çalık with Turkey in 2016
Personal information
Full name Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık
Date of birth (1994-02-26) 26 February 1994 (age 30)
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
1. 27 March 2017 New Eskişehir Stadium, Eskişehir  Moldova 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

  1. ^ "Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık". tff.org. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
  2. ^ Turkish Football Federation. "Turkish A National Team Squad Announced for Qatar and Greece Matches". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  3. ^ http://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=471&ftxtID=24133
  4. ^ "UEFA EURO 2016". UEFA. Retrieved 12 June 2016.