Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Calderwood [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 28 February 1955||
Place of birth | Glasgow, [1] Scotland | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Glasgow Amateurs | |||
1971–1972 | Birmingham City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1972–1980 | Birmingham City | 145 | (4) |
1979 | → Cambridge United (loan) | 8 | (0) |
1979–1980 | Sparta Rotterdam | 10 | (0) |
1980–1982 | Willem II Tilburg | 44 | (1) |
1982–1987 | Roda JC | 124 | (1) |
1987–1989 | Heracles Almelo | 33 | (7) |
International career | |||
1974 | Scotland U23 | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1996–1997 | Willem II Tilburg | ||
1997–1999 | NEC Nijmegen | ||
1999–2004 | Dunfermline Athletic | ||
2004–2009 | Aberdeen | ||
2010 | Kilmarnock | ||
2011 | Ross County | ||
2012 | Go Ahead Eagles | ||
2014 | De Graafschap | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James Calderwood (born 28 February 1955) is a Scottish former football player and manager. Calderwood played for Birmingham City and Dutch clubs Sparta Rotterdam, Willem II Tilburg, Roda JC and Heracles Almelo. After retiring as a player, Calderwood stayed in the Netherlands and became a coach, becoming a manager of Willem II Tilburg and NEC Nijmegen.
He returned to his native Scotland in 1999 to become manager of Dunfermline Athletic, guiding them to the 2004 Scottish Cup Final. Calderwood left Dunfermline that summer to become manager of Aberdeen, a position he held for five seasons. Aberdeen performed relatively well in the SPL under Calderwood and reached the last 32 of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup, but suffered a number of domestic cup defeats by lower league opponents. He then had brief stints with Kilmarnock and Ross County, helping each club retain their league status. Calderwood returned to the Netherlands in March 2012, with Go Ahead Eagles.
In January 2014, Calderwood spent just under a month as manager of De Graafschap before resigning. Calderwood cited the sale of several of De Graafschap's key players without adequate replacement as the reason for his resignation from the post. In July 2016, Calderwood was appointed to the board of directors at Cowdenbeath. [3]
In August 2017, Calderwood revealed that he has had earlier-onset dementia for the past two years and is being treated for the condition. [4]
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Born in Govan, Glasgow, Calderwood was raised in the Castlemilk housing scheme in the city where he attended Grange Secondary School; he played in youth teams with Ricky Sbragia who also became a footballer and later a manager, [5] [6] and also played at schoolboy level with future Scotland captain Willie Miller. [7]
He started his professional career with Birmingham City as an apprentice in 1971, making his first team debut against Stoke City in 1972 [8] (Sbragia joined him a year later). [6] 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, [9] 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. [8]
Calderwood first became a coach in 1991, of amateur club Rietvogels of Almelo. [8] A year later he became an assistant coach of professional club FC Zwolle, [8] before moving in 1993 to Cambuur Leeuwarden. [8] He returned to Willem II Tilburg in 1995, initially as assistant coach before becoming the manager of the club a year later. [8] A year later, he moving to the managerial position at NEC Nijmegen. [8]
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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 in his first season in charge. [8] He also led them to their highest ever SPL position, finishing fourth in 2003–04. That season the side also reached the 2004 Scottish Cup Final, [8] guaranteeing their return to European competition [8] for the first time in 35 years as opponents Celtic had already earned Champions League qualification.
In the summer of 2004 Willie Miller, returning to Pittodrie as director of football, brought Calderwood to Aberdeen to replace Steve Paterson as manager. [10] 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. However, there was humiliation for his team when they were eliminated from the 2006–07 Scottish League Cup by the amateur club Queen's Park. [11] [12]
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 the Germans pulled off a convincing 5–1 win the following week. Calderwood signed a 3+1⁄2-year contract to end a month of speculation about his future, along with assistant manager Jimmy Nicholl and coach Sandy Clark.
Calderwood took Aberdeen to the 2007–08 Scottish Cup semi final, where they lost 4–3 to Dumfries First Division side, Queen of the South. This was despite two goals and an assist from Barry Nicholson playing against his hometown club.
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 were in the race for third place. [13] On 18 January 2009 Calderwood led Aberdeen to a memorable 4–2 victory over Celtic that propelled Aberdeen to third in the league. However, just three league wins followed in the next 16 and Calderwood left the club "by mutual consent" on 24 May 2009, after the team had qualified for a place in the UEFA Europa League with a 2–1 victory over Hibernian. [14]
Calderwood was appointed manager of Kilmarnock on 14 January 2010, succeeding Jim Jefferies. [8] He agreed to a contract with the club until the end of the 2009–10 season. [8] Calderwood managed to secure Kilmarnock's SPL status for another season, but left the club in the summer after disagreeing with chairman Michael Johnston about the player and coaching budgets. [15]
On 16 February 2011, Calderwood agreed to fill the managerial post at First Division club Ross County until the end of the season. [16]
Calderwood was appointed coach of Go Ahead Eagles in the Eerste Divisie on 30 March 2012. [17] [18] He left the Deventer club after they were knocked out of the promotion play-offs by FC Den Bosch after the second leg of their double-header on 13 May. [19]
Calderwood was appointed manager of De Graafschap in January 2014. [20] He left the club after less than a month in the job, furious at the sale of two key players before the start of the season. His decision to quit was not well received by the players, with club captain Edwin Linssen saying: "When we were told, we were very depressed. It's not good, it's a sad day for the club." [21]
In a 1978 pen picture in Shoot! magazine, the then 22-year-old Calderwood named Eddie Gray as his favourite player, Rangers as his favourite team, and Trevor Brooking as the toughest opponent he had faced. His most memorable match was his Birmingham City debut, against Stoke City in November 1972, his "biggest thrill" was being picked to represent his country at under-23 level, and he had been disappointed to be dropped for the 1975 FA Cup semi-finals against Fulham. Apart from his father, he cited former Birmingham coach Willie Bell as having had the greatest influence on his career. Away from football, he enjoyed snooker, golf and badminton and named Neil Diamond and Diana Ross as his favourite singers. [22]
Team | Country | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | 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 | 38.12 |
Aberdeen | Scotland | 28 May 2004 | 24 May 2009 | 227 | 94 | 60 | 73 | 41.41 |
Kilmarnock | Scotland | 11 January 2010 | 31 May 2010 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 30.43 |
Ross County | Scotland | 17 February 2011 | 7 May 2011 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 41.18 |
Go Ahead Eagles | Netherlands | 30 March 2012 | 13 May 2012 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 57.14 |
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