Jimmy Calderwood

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Jimmy Calderwood
Personal information
Full name	James Calderwood
Date of birth	28 February 1955 (1955-02-28) (age 54)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
1971–1972	Birmingham City
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1972–1980 1979 1979-1980 1980–1982 1982–1987 1987–1989	Birmingham City → Cambridge United (loan) Sparta Rotterdam Willem II Tilburg Roda JC Heracles Almelo	145 (4) 008 (0) 010 (0) 044 (1) 124 (1)
Teams managed
1996–1997 1997–1999 1999–2004 2004–2009	Willem II Tilburg NEC Nijmegen Dunfermline Athletic Aberdeen
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Jimmy Calderwood (born 28 February 1955) is a Scottish former footballer and manager, who most recently managed Scottish Premier League club Aberdeen. His son is Scott Calderwood.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Managerial career 2.1 Holland 2.2 Dunfermline 2.3 Aberdeen 3 Managerial honours 3.1 Dunfermline Athletic 3.2 Manager awards 4 Managerial statistics 5 Trivia 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Playing career

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Born in Govan, Glasgow, Calderwood started his professional career with Birmingham City as an apprentice in 1971, making his first team debut against Stoke City in 1972. He made 159 appearances for the club before spending a short time on loan at Cambridge United in 1979. His contract with Birmingham was cancelled at the end of the 1979–80 season,^[1] and he accepted an 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.

[edit] Managerial career

[edit] Holland

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After a few assistant coaching positions, Calderwood moved into management in his own right by taking over Dutch club Willem II Tilburg in 1996, before moving to NEC Nijmegen in 1997.

[edit] Dunfermline

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After a two year spell with NEC, Scottish First Division side Dunfermline Athletic moved to make him their new manager. Calderwood spent five seasons at East End Park where he led the club to promotion to the SPL by finishing as runners-up in his 1st season in charge. He also led them to their highest ever SPL position, finishing fourth 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.

[edit] Aberdeen

In the summer of 2004 Willie Miller, returning to Pittodrie as Director of Football, brought Calderwood to Aberdeen to replace Steve Paterson as manager.^[2] Calderwood oversaw 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.

In December 2007, Calderwood led Aberdeen to the last 32 of European competition for the first time since 1986 with a surprising 4–0 demolition of FC Copenhagen at Pittodrie. With this great achievement, the Dons were rewarded by drawing FC Bayern Munich. Calderwood's team drew 2–2 with Bayern at Pittodrie on 14 February 2008, but Bayern pulled off a convincing 5–1 win against Calderwood's team in Germany the following week. Calderwood signed a 3½ year contract to end a month of speculation about his future. Along with Calderwood, Assistant Manager Jimmy Nicholl and Coach Sandy Clark both signed similar 3½ year contracts.

The 2008–09 season saw Calderwood come in for some stern criticism following the club's poor start to the campaign. The Dons failed to win any of their opening four home matches, and were beaten 4–2 by Kilmarnock in the League Cup. Fans became impatient with some claiming it was time for a fresh start just as the team recovered form and with the Dons comfortably into the race for 3rd place. ^[3] On Sunday 18th January 2009 Calderwood led Aberdeen to a memorable victory over Celtic by 4-2 in a match that propelled Aberdeen to third in the league. Calderwood stepped down as manager of Aberdeen on 24 May 2009, after the team had qualified for a place in the UEFA Europa League with a 2-1 victory over Hibernian.^[4]

[edit] Managerial honours

[edit] Dunfermline Athletic

• Scottish Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2003-04

• Scottish First Division
  • Runners-up (1): 1999-2000

[edit] Manager awards

• SPL Manager of the Month (5):
  • March 2002
  • April 2004
  • August 2004
  • February 2006
  • April 2006

[edit] Managerial statistics

As of 24 May 2009.

Team	Nation	From	To	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %
Willem II Tilburg	Netherlands	1996	1997	?	?	?	?	?
NEC Nijmegen	Netherlands	1997	1999	?	?	?	?	?
Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	30 November 1999	28 May 2004	202	77	47	78	38.1
Aberdeen	Scotland	28 May 2004	24 May 2009	227	94	60	73	41.4

[edit] Trivia

On the 13th of October 2005, Jimmy Calderwood was accepted as a member of The Magic Circle; a craft he has practised with great passion since early childhood.^[5]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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• Jimmy Calderwood management career stats at Soccerbase

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