Calum Waters (footballer)

Calum Waters (born 10 March 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock. Waters has previously played for Celtic, Dumbarton, Alloa Athletic, Sligo Rovers and St Mirren.

Calum Waters
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-03-10) 10 March 1996
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Kilmarnock
Number 18
Youth career
–2014 Celtic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Celtic 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Dumbarton (loan) 16 (0)
2016–2017 Alloa Athletic 36 (1)
2017– Kilmarnock 24 (0)
2018 → Sligo Rovers (loan) 16 (0)
2019–2020 → St Mirren (loan) 27 (0)
National team‡
2011–2012 Scotland U16 5 (0)
2012–2013 Scotland U17 7 (0)
2014–2015 Scotland U19 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:30, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:06, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Glasgow, Waters started his career with Celtic playing regularly for their development side. He played in Celtic's 5–2 win over Rangers in the Scottish Youth Cup final on 21 May 2015.[1]

He joined Scottish Championship side Dumbarton on loan in July 2015,[2] and made his senior debut for the club in a 3–2 victory over Morton on 25 July 2015.[3][4] He scored his first senior goal in a 5–0 Scottish Cup victory over Alloa,[4] and also provided an assist for the fifth goal.[5]

He joined Alloa Athletic in May 2016 after leaving Celtic.[6] He scored his first goal for the club – the winner – against Ross County in the Scottish League Cup.[7]

Waters signed for Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock in June 2017.[8] He was loaned to Irish club Sligo Rovers in February 2018, on a deal due to run until 10 June.[9] Waters was loaned to St Mirren in August 2019.[10]

Career statistics
As of match played 30 December 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Celtic 2015–16[11] Scottish Premiership 0000000000
Dumbarton (loan) 2015–16[11] Scottish Championship 16021102[lower-alpha 1]0211
Alloa Athletic 2016–17[12] Scottish League One 36120617[lower-alpha 2]1513
Kilmarnock 2017–18[13] Scottish Premiership 5000101[lower-alpha 3]070
2018–19[14] Scottish Premiership 2010201[lower-alpha 3]060
2019–20[15] Scottish Premiership 0000000000
2020–21[16] Scottish Premiership 1700000—170
Total 240103020300
Sligo Rovers (loan) 2018[17] League of Ireland Premier Division 1600010—170
St Mirren (loan) 2019–20[18] Scottish Premiership 2704000—310
Career total 1191911111111524
  1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. Three appearances and one goal in the Scottish Challenge Cup; four appearances in the Championship play-offs
  3. Appearances for Kilmarnock under-20s/21s in the Scottish Challenge Cup in which age-restricted sides from the Scottish Premiership clubs compete against senior clubs

References
  1. "Calum Waters". Dumbarton FC. Archived from the original on 26 December 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  2. "Celtic youngster arrives on loan". Dumbarton FC. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  3. "Morton 2 - 3 Dumbarton". BBC Sport. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  4. "C. Waters". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  5. "Dumbarton 5 - 0 Alloa". 8 December 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  6. "Calum Waters signs". Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  7. "Scottish League Cup: Alloa 3-2 Ross County". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  8. "Kilmarnock sign defender Calum Waters from Alloa". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  9. "Calum Waters joins Sligo Rovers on loan until summer". Kilmarnock FC. 21 February 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  10. "St Mirren: Kyle McAllister & Calum Waters sign for Paisley side". BBC Sport. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  11. "Games played by Calum Waters in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  12. "Games played by Calum Waters in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  13. "Games played by Calum Waters in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  14. "Games played by Calum Waters in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  15. "Games played by Calum Waters in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  16. "Games played by Calum Waters in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  17. Calum Waters at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  18. Calum Waters at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 August 2019.


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