RIZA ÇALIMBAY

Head Coach

🇹🇷 Türkiye

Date of Birth  2 Feb 1963

Place of Birth  Sivas, Türkiye

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Rıza Çalımbay is a Turkish football manager and former professional footballer. He won the Türkiye Kupası with Sivasspor in the 2021–22 season and has managed 14 different clubs in Türkiye. He also holds the record for the most Süper Lig matches managed, with 622 appearances.

Last Club

Sivasspor

🇹🇷 Türkiye

Role Head Coach

Period 2025

Awards

TFF Süper Lig 0

TFF Türkiye Kupası 1

TFF Süper Kupa 1

UEFA Competitions 3

TFF 1. Lig 0

Süper Lig Maç Rekoru   622

Coaching Career

2025

Sivasspor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2024

Hatayspor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2023

Beşiktaş

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2019–2023

Sivasspor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2018

Konyaspor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2017–2018

Trabzonspor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2016–2017

Antalyaspor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2015–2016

Kasımpaşa

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2014–2015

Mersin İdmanyurdu

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2013–2014

Çaykur Rizespor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2010–2013

Sivasspor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2008–2010

Eskişehirspor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2007

Çaykur Rizespor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2005–2006

Ankaraspor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2005

Beşiktaş

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2004–2005

Çaykur Rizespor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2003–2004

MKE Ankaragücü

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2002–2003

Denizlispor

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

2001

Göztepe

🇹🇷 Türkiye · Head Coach

About the Coach

Rıza Çalımbay is a Turkish football manager and former professional footballer, born in Sivas, Türkiye, on 2 February 1963. He began his senior managerial career with Göztepe in 2001 and went on to manage Beşiktaş, Denizlispor, MKE Ankaragücü, Çaykur Rizespor, Ankaraspor, Eskişehirspor, Sivasspor, Mersin İdmanyurdu, Kasımpaşa, Antalyaspor, Trabzonspor, Konyaspor and Hatayspor. With Sivasspor, he won the 2021–22 Türkiye Kupası, the first major trophy in the club’s history. He holds a UEFA Pro Licence and is the record holder for the most Süper Lig matches managed, with 622 appearances.