Jimmy Calderwood
| Jimmy Calderwood | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Calderwood | |
| Date of birth | February 28 1955 | |
| Place of birth |  Glasgow, Scotland |
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| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Aberdeen (Manager) | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1971-1979 1979-1980 1980-198? 198?-198? 198?-198? 198?-1989 |
Birmingham City Cambridge United Sparta Rotterdam Willem II Tilburg Roda JC Heracles Almelo |
159 (?) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1997-1999 1999-2004 2004-present |
NEC Nijmegen Dunfermline Athletic Aberdeen |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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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 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[1].
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.[2]
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 abroad.
Managerial stats
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| 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 |
References
- ^ "Calderwood agrees Dons move", BBC Sport website, 28 May 2004.
- ^ Dons boss plays down link, Sky Sports 2007-09-04. Retrieved on 2007-09-05.
External links
| Preceded by ? |
NEC Nijmegen
manager 1997-1999 |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Dick Campbell |
Dunfermline Athletic
FC manager 1999-2004 |
Succeeded by David Hay |
| Preceded by Steve Paterson |
Aberdeen FC manager 2004-Present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Aberdeen F.C. – current squad |
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1 Langfield • 2 Hart • 3 Byrne • 4 McNamara • 5 Diamond • 6 Severin • 7 J. Smith • 8 Nicholson • 9 Lovell • 10 Mackie • 11 Clark • 14 Foster • 15 Touzani • 16 Miller • 17 D. Smith • 18 Mair • 19 Young • 20 Soutar • 21 Considine • 22 Maguire • 24 de Visscher • 25 J. Smith • 26 Aluko • 29 McVitie • 30 Kelly • 33 S. Smith • Kurrant • Manager: Calderwood |
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