| Ahmet Çalık | |
| Fullname: | Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık[1] |
| Birth Date: | 26 February 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Yenimahalle, Ankara, Turkey |
| Death Place: | Gölbaşı, Ankara, Turkey |
| Height: | 1.84 m |
| Position: | Centre-back |
| Youthyears1: | 2005–2011 |
| Youthclubs1: | Gençlerbirliği |
| Years1: | 2011–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Gençlerbirliği |
| Caps1: | 109 |
| Goals1: | 4 |
| Years2: | 2017–2020 |
| Clubs2: | Galatasaray |
| Caps2: | 36 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs3: | Konyaspor |
| Caps3: | 47 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Totalcaps: | 192 |
| Totalgoals: | 6 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2010 |
| Nationalteam1: | Turkey U16 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2010–2011 |
| Nationalteam2: | Turkey U17 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 14 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 2 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2011–2012 |
| Nationalteam3: | Turkey U18 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2012–2013 |
| Nationalteam4: | Turkey U19 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 22 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 2 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2012–2013 |
| Nationalteam5: | Turkey U20 |
| Nationalcaps5: | 11 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
| Nationalyears6: | 2013–2015 |
| Nationalteam6: | Turkey U21 |
| Nationalcaps6: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals6: | 0 |
| Nationalyears7: | 2015–2017 |
| Nationalteam7: | Turkey |
| Nationalcaps7: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals7: | 1 |
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]
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.
He scored his first senior international goal in a friendly March 2017 victory over Moldova. This was also his last international game.
| 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 | 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 | 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 | |||
Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Çalık goal.
Çalık was a central centre-back and man-marker, he was athletic and relied mostly on his pace and timing.
Çalık died in a traffic accident in Ankara on 11 January 2022 at the age of 27.[8] [9] [10] The 2021–22 Süper Lig season was subsequently named in his honour.[11]
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