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Besiktas appoint Calimbay as Manager

Date: 27-1-2004
Wrote: EP's reporter in Istanbul Ali AVCI

After the sacking of Del Bosque, Besiktas have completed negotiations with their ex captain, Riza Calimbay to lead the troubled side for 18 months. The young and successful manager was commanding Denizli before Caykur Rizespor. He was the current manager of the Egyptian duo of Rize; Ahmed Salah Hosny and Bashir el Tabei as well.



Riza Calimbay had a clause in his contract which states, "The manager can only leave Rizespor if he can take an offer from Besiktas". The young coach knows the team, league and problems of Besiktas closer and has enough potential to carry the team to success with his ambition.

The Besiktas board gave the management of the team to Calimbay. They wanted to sign a Turkish manager so as not to live an adaptation problem with a foreigner in these hard times..


Calimbay signing will be an open door for Bashir el Tabei's move to Besiktas too. The experienced defender was selected as one of the two centre backs in the best foreigner eleven for the first half of the season. Tabei may be a cure for the poor Besiktas defence.

EP will follow the next developments at Besiktas....