Beyhan Çalışkan

Beyhan Çalışkan — Biography

Beyhan Çalışkan is a midfielder and manager whose name is bound up with Bursaspor. Born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (Filibe in Turkish), he wore the club's shirt from 1980 to 1991, making 306 Süper Lig appearances, the third-highest total in Bursaspor's history, and his 38 league goals put him sixth among the club's top scorers in the competition. He is known as a former Bursaspor captain and is still a guest on local sports broadcasts in Bursa.

His playing career took shape when he moved from Tofaş to Bursaspor at the start of 1980-81. With Bursaspor he won the Turkish Cup in 1985-86. He was loaned to Adana Demirspor for the second half of 1990-91, then joined Kayseri Erciyesspor, where he took a 1. Lig title in 1991-92. After two seasons at Sarıyer he ended his career at Mustafakemalpaşaspor in 1994-95. He won one cap for Turkey and was in the squad that took bronze in the football tournament at the 1987 Mediterranean Games.

He began coaching in 2000 as youth director at Bursaspor. In the years that followed he managed Bursa Merinosspor, Tavşancılspor, Mustafakemalpaşaspor, Kestel Belediyespor, Bilecikspor and Orhangazispor; he had three separate spells at Fethiyespor, led Altay in 2012 and Sarıyer in 2013-14, and finally took charge of Denizli Büyükşehir Belediyespor in 2016.