Callum Saunders

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

Callum Saunders
Personal information
Full name Callum Luke Saunders[1]
Date of birth (1995-09-26) 26 September 1995[2]
Place of birth Istanbul, Turkey
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Nantwich Town
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– Curzon Ashton 16 (2)
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)

Saunders was born in Istanbul[3] when his father, former professional footballer Dean Saunders, was playing for the Turkish club Galatasaray.

Club career

Saunders began his career in the Crewe Alexandra Academy and signed a professional contract with the club in June 2014.[4] He made his Football League debut on 9 August 2014 in a 2–1 defeat away at Fleetwood Town,[5] and scored his first Crewe goal at Doncaster on 12 December 2015.[6] On 9 May 2017, Crewe announced that Saunders had been released by the club.[7]

He then signed for Notts County at the beginning of the 2017–18 season but was released at the end of the season.[8]

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

Career statistics
As of 29 November 2019.[11]
Club Season Division League FA Cup League Cup Other[12] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Crewe Alexandra2014–15League One4010001060
2015–16182100000192
2016–1750102020100
Crewe Alexandra total 272302030352
Notts County2017–18League Two3000003060
Nantwich Town2018–19Northern Premier League36100000003610
Curzon Ashton2019–20National League North162000000162
Career total 82143020609314

International career

Saunders has represented Wales at under-17 and under-19 level,[13][14] and made his under-21 debut on 17 November 2015, coming on as an 87th-minute substitute against Romania.[15]

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. "Callum Saunders". 11v11. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  3. "Player Profile". crewealex.net. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  4. "Callum Saunders signs first pro contract at Crewe Alexandra". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  5. "Fleetwood 2-1 Crewe". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  6. "Doncaster 3-2 Crewe". BBC Sport. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  7. Crewe Alexandra Retained List 2017, CreweAlex.net. Retrieved: 9 May 2017
  8. "Notts County: Shola Ameobi and Alan Smith leave League Two club". BBC Sport. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  9. "Callum Saunders player profile". nantwichtownfc.co.uk. Retrieved 29 Aug 2018.
  10. "Curzon Ashton first team profiles". Curzon Ashton FC. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  11. "Callum Saunders". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  12. Includes other competitive competitions, including the Football League Trophy.
  13. "Men U19 v Montenegro". FAW. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  14. "Wales 3 Greece 0". UEFA. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  15. "Wales 1-1 Romania". UEFA.com. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
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