Callum Saunders

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Callum Saunders
Personal information
Full name Callum Luke Saunders[1]
Date of birth (1995-09-26) 26 September 1995 (age 26)[2]
Place of birth Istanbul, Turkey
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Witton Albion
Youth career
0000–2014 Crewe Alexandra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Crewe Alexandra 27 (2)
2017–2018 Notts County 3 (0)
2018–2019 Nantwich Town 36 (10)
2019–2020 Curzon Ashton 16 (2)
2020–2021 Nantwich Town
2021– Witton Albion 16 (13)
National team‡
2014 Wales U19 3 (1)
2015 Wales U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:07, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:35, 10 July 2018 (UTC)

Callum Luke Saunders (born 26 September 1995) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a forward for Witton Albion in the Northern Premier League.

Club career[]

Saunders began his career in the Crewe Alexandra Academy and signed a professional contract with the club in June 2014.[3] He made his Football League debut on 9 August 2014 in a 2–1 defeat away at Fleetwood Town,[4] and scored his first Crewe goal at Doncaster on 12 December 2015.[5] On 9 May 2017, Crewe announced that Saunders had been released by the club.[6]

He then signed for Notts County at the beginning of the 2017–18 season but was released at the end of the season.[7]

Saunders signed for Northern Premier League side Nantwich Town on the eve of the 2018–19 season,[8] scoring 10 goals in 36 games, before joining Curzon Ashton in the summer of 2019.[9] He then returned to Nantwich Town in December 2019.[citation needed]

He signed for Northern Premier League Premier League side Witton Albion on a free transfer in September 2021.[10]

International career[]

Saunders has represented Wales at under-17 and under-19 level,[11][12] and made his under-21 debut on 17 November 2015, coming on as an 87th-minute substitute against Romania.[13]

Career statistics[]

As of 29 November 2019.[14]
Club Season Division League FA Cup League Cup Other[15] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Crewe Alexandra 2014–15 League One 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
2015–16 18 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 2
2016–17 5 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 10 0
Crewe Alexandra total 27 2 3 0 2 0 3 0 35 2
Notts County 2017–18 League Two 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 0
Nantwich Town 2018–19 Northern Premier League 36 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 10
Curzon Ashton 2019–20 National League North 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 2
Career total 82 14 3 0 2 0 6 0 93 14

Personal life[]

Saunders was born in Istanbul when his father, former professional footballer Dean Saunders, was playing for the Turkish club Galatasaray.[16]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Football League Limited: Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015" (PDF). The Football League. 16 May 2015. p. 46. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Callum Saunders". 11v11. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Callum Saunders signs first pro contract at Crewe Alexandra". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Fleetwood 2-1 Crewe". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Doncaster 3-2 Crewe". BBC Sport. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  6. ^ Crewe Alexandra Retained List 2017, CreweAlex.net. Retrieved: 9 May 2017
  7. ^ "Notts County: Shola Ameobi and Alan Smith leave League Two club". BBC Sport. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Callum Saunders player profile". nantwichtownfc.co.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Curzon Ashton first team profiles". Curzon Ashton FC. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  10. ^ Gordon, James (21 July 2021). "Saturday's Transfer List - September 11th 2021". Northern Premier League.
  11. ^ "Men U19 v Montenegro". FAW. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  12. ^ "Wales 3 Greece 0". UEFA. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  13. ^ "Wales 1-1 Romania". UEFA.com. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  14. ^ "Callum Saunders". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  15. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the Football League Trophy.
  16. ^ "Player Profile". crewealex.net. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.

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