Jimmy Calderwood

Jimmy Calderwood
Personal information
Full name James Calderwood[1]
Date of birth (1955-02-28) 28 February 1955 (age 69)[1]
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]

  1. ^ a b c "Jimmy Calderwood". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  2. ^ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1980). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 62. ISBN 0362-02017-5.
  3. ^ "Calderwood joins Cowdenbeath board". Scottish Professional Football League. 15 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Jimmy Calderwood: Former Aberdeen & Dunfermline boss has Alzheimer's". BBC Sport Scotland. 16 August 2017. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.