Nizamettin Çalışkan (born 20 March 1987) is a Turkish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club 1461 Trabzon FK.

Club career

A youth prospect of

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, Çalışkan arrived at the academy in 1999 from Sportfreunde Geweke. Çalışkan was named the best player of the tournament at the ''DaimlerChrysler Junior Cup'' in 2005. In the 2005–06 season he was promoted to the first team squad. On 22 April 2006, Çalışkan made his debut in the home game against 1. FC Nürnberg in the

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when he came on for his compatriot

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in the 83rd minute. On the last matchday of the season, Çalışkan was in the starting line-up for the first time in the game against Bayern Munich. For the 2006–07 season, the midfielder moved to Turkey, where he signed with

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with Manisaspor, but immediately returned to the

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the following season. Since then, he became an integral part of the team and only a persistent injury in the 2010–11 season kept him sidelined. In the next season, however, he established himself again as a regular starter. After his club suffered another relegation at the end of the 2011–12 season Çalışkan took advantage of the fact that his contract with Manisaspor was running out and moved to

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within the league. After Orduspor also suffered relegation in the summer of 2013, he left the club and moved to the Süper Lig club Gençlerbirliği. He played the following two seasons there. After remaining without a club for the 2015–16 season, he was signed by the second division side

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in the summer of 2016. He played there for three seasons and moved to the third-tier club

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for the 2019–20 season.

International career

Çalışkan has gained caps for the Turkish under-17 and the under-19 teams.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Caliskan, Nizamettin 1987 births Living people Borussia Dortmund players Borussia Dortmund II players Manisaspor footballers Orduspor footballers Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers Balıkesirspor footballers Manisa F.K. footballers Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Oberliga (football) players Süper Lig players TFF First League players TFF Second League players Turkish men's footballers German sportspeople of Turkish descent Turkey men's youth international footballers Footballers from Hagen Men's association football midfielders