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.
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 team to play friendlies against Qatar and Greece respectively. He made his debut in a 0–0 draw with Greece. He was part of the Turkish squad for the Euro 2016, 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.
Career statistics
Club
+Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGençlerbirliği2011–12Süper Lig0000—30302012–135000——502013–1429210——3022014–1529060——3502015–1630210——3122016–1716020——180Total109410000301224Galatasaray2016–17Süper Lig1410000—1412017–18405121—1122018–19706000—1302019–201104000—150Total3611512100533Konyaspor2020–21Süper Lig29140——3312021–2218000——180Total471400000511Career total192632121302268
International Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Çalık goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Ahmet Yılmaz ÇalıkNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 27 March 2017 New Eskişehir Stadium, Eskişehir, Turkey 2–0 3–1 Friendly
Style of play Çalık was a central centre-back and man-marker, he was athletic and relied mostly on his pace and timing.
Death Çalık died in a traffic accident in Ankara on 11 January 2022 at the age of 27. The 2021–22 Süper Lig season was subsequently named in his honour.
Honours Galatasaray Süper Lig: 2017–18, 2018–19 Turkish Cup: 2018–19 Turkish Super Cup: 2019
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