Sam McCallum
Personal information
Full name Sam Benjamin McCallum[1]
Date of birth (2000-09-02) 2 September 2000[2]
Place of birth Canterbury, England
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[3]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
Norwich City
Number 15
Youth career
–2018 Herne Bay
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Coventry City 25 (2)
2020– Norwich City 30 (1)
2020–2021Coventry City (loan) 49 (1)
2021–2022Queens Park Rangers (loan) 17 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:07, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Sam Benjamin McCallum (born 2 September 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL Championship club Norwich City.

Career

Early career

McCallum was born in Canterbury, Kent[4] and grew up in the nearby seaside town of Herne Bay. He attended Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys in Canterbury. McCallum started his career at non-League club Herne Bay before moving to League One club Coventry City in August 2018 after being at Jamie Vardy's V9 Academy.[5]

In November 2018, he made his debut in an EFL Trophy defeat against Cheltenham Town coming on as an 81st minute substitute for Brandon Mason.[6]

McCallum broke through into the Coventry first team and made a total of 35 appearances and scoring three goals.

Norwich City

On 31 January 2020, McCallum signed for Norwich City for a reported fee of £3,500,000 and was immediately loaned back to Coventry until the end of the season. Norwich signed McCallum amid interest from other Premier League teams such as Liverpool and Leicester City.[7][8]

On 20 September 2020, McCallum was loaned to Coventry for the 2020–21 season for his third spell with the club.

On 12 July 2021, McCallum again returned to the Championship, joining Queens Park Rangers on loan for the duration of the 2021–22 season.[9] He scored his first goal for QPR against Bournemouth on 14 September 2021.[10]

Career statistics

As of matched played 10 April 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Coventry City 2018–19[11] League One 7000001[lower-alpha 1]080
2019–20[12] 18251202[lower-alpha 1]0273
Total 252512030353
Norwich City 2019–20[12] Premier League 0000
2020–21[13] Championship 00001010
2022–23[14] Championship 1901010210
Total 1901020220
Coventry City (loan) 2019–20[12] League One 8080
Coventry City (loan) 2020–21[13] Championship 4110000411
Queens Park Rangers (loan) 2021–22[15] Championship 1720020192
Career total 10956160301246
  1. 1 2 Appearances in EFL Trophy

References

  1. "Updated squad lists for 2019/20 Premier League". Premier League. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  2. "Sam McCallum: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  3. Sam McCallum at WorldFootball.net
  4. "S. McCallum: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  5. "Sam McCallum Joins Sky Blues". Coventry City F.C. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  6. "Cheltenham Town 2-0 Sky Blues". Coventry City F.C. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  7. "City agree deal to sign Sam McCallum". www.canaries.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  8. Turner, Andy (31 January 2020). "Confirmed: Sam McCallum completes Premier League move". coventrytelegraph. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  9. "Sam McCallum joins QPR on loan". www.qpr.co.uk. 12 July 2021.
  10. "Bournemouth 2-1 QPR". BBC Sport. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  11. "Games played by Sam McCallum in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  12. 1 2 3 "Games played by Sam McCallum in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  13. 1 2 "Games played by Sam McCallum in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  14. "Games played by Sam McCallum in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  15. "Sam McCallum | Football Stats | Norwich City | Season 2021/2022 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  • Profile at the Norwich City F.C. website
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