Çalımbay takes over
Around four weeks ago, the previous assistant coach Burak Yilmaz was temporarily appointed head coach at the struggling traditional club Besiktas. Five games later, the 38-year-old, who only ended his active career at Fortuna Sittard in the summer, is over again on the Bosporus – the Süper Lig club did not provide any information about the reasons, but did say that the separation was over The trainer’s wish was fulfilled.
Yilmaz succeeded Şenol Güneş, who also quit of his own accord after the Conference League defeat against Lugano. vThe club announced in October that he was initially supposed to bear responsibility until the extraordinary general meeting, during which the board of directors would also be re-elected. From five games, Besiktas had only managed one win under Yilmaz and suffered four defeats.
Update 3 p.m.: Besiktas presented Süper Lig experienced Rıza Çalımbay as Yilmaz’s successor on Friday. The 60-year-old played exclusively for the Adler during his professional career from 1980 to 1996, briefly working there as an assistant coach under Christoph Daum in 2001 and as head coach for several months in 2005. He was most recently in office at Sivasspor from 2019 to 2023.
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