Callum Connolly | |
Fullname: | Callum Alexander Connolly[1] |
Birth Date: | 23 September 1997 |
Birth Place: | Liverpool, England |
Height: | 1.85m (06.07feet) |
Position: | Defender |
Currentclub: | Stockport County |
Clubnumber: | 16 |
Youthyears1: | 2006–2016 |
Youthclubs1: | Everton |
Years1: | 2016–2021 |
Clubs1: | Everton |
Caps1: | 1 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2016 |
Clubs2: | → Barnsley (loan) |
Caps2: | 3 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2017 |
Clubs3: | → Wigan Athletic (loan) |
Caps3: | 17 |
Goals3: | 2 |
Years4: | 2017–2018 |
Clubs4: | → Ipswich Town (loan) |
Caps4: | 34 |
Goals4: | 4 |
Years5: | 2018–2019 |
Clubs5: | → Wigan Athletic (loan) |
Caps5: | 17 |
Goals5: | 1 |
Years6: | 2019 |
Clubs6: | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) |
Caps6: | 16 |
Goals6: | 2 |
Years7: | 2019–2020 |
Clubs7: | → Lincoln City (loan) |
Caps7: | 11 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Years8: | 2020 |
Clubs8: | → Fleetwood Town (loan) |
Caps8: | 13 |
Goals8: | 2 |
Years9: | 2020–2021 |
Clubs9: | → Fleetwood Town (loan) |
Caps9: | 40 |
Goals9: | 2 |
Years10: | 2021–2024 |
Clubs10: | Blackpool |
Caps10: | 93 |
Goals10: | 3 |
Years11: | 2024– |
Clubs11: | Stockport County |
Caps11: | 0 |
Goals11: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2014 |
Nationalteam1: | England U17 |
Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2014–2015 |
Nationalteam2: | England U18 |
Nationalcaps2: | 9 |
Nationalgoals2: | 3 |
Nationalyears3: | 2015–2016 |
Nationalteam3: | England U19 |
Nationalcaps3: | 10 |
Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Nationalyears4: | 2016–2017 |
Nationalteam4: | England U20 |
Nationalcaps4: | 7 |
Nationalgoals4: | 1 |
Nationalyears5: | 2018 |
Nationalteam5: | England U21 |
Nationalcaps5: | 4 |
Nationalgoals5: | 1 |
Club-Update: | 10:20, 17 June 2024 (UTC) |
Nationalteam-Update: | 09:49, 14 July 2018 (UTC) |
Callum Alexander Connolly (born 23 September 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for side Stockport County.
He has previously played for Everton, Barnsley, Wigan Athletic, Ipswich Town, Bolton Wanderers, Lincoln City and Fleetwood Town.
A versatile player, Connolly can play across the back line of defence and in midfield.
After playing with Crosby Stuart, Connolly joined Everton at the age of nine.[2] He has earned representation at England under-17 and under-18 level.[3] On 3 March 2016, he joined League One side Barnsley on a one-month loan deal.[4] He made his debut two days later, in a 3–1 win over Walsall at the Bescot Stadium.[5]
Connolly made his first Everton teamsheet on 16 April 2016, when he was named as a substitute for the 1–1 draw with Southampton, coming on as a second-half substitute for injured right-back Seamus Coleman to make his Premier League debut.[6]
On 14 January 2017, Connolly signed on loan for Wigan Athletic until the end of the season,[7] and just hours later made his debut and scored both goals as Wigan beat Burton Albion 2–0.[8]
For the 2017–2018 season, Connolly played on loan for Ipswich Town in the EFL Championship. Used largely in central midfield for the first time in his career,[9] Connolly returned to Everton at the end of the season, having played an impressive 36 matches, scoring four goals.[10]
At the beginning of the 2018–19 season Connolly re-joined Wigan Athletic on loan, initially for the whole of the season[11] but on 31 January 2019 he was recalled by Everton and sent on loan for the second half of the season to Bolton Wanderers[12]
On 29 August 2019, Connolly headed out on loan once more, this time joining League One side Lincoln City on a season-long deal,[13] but he returned to Everton early, after his loan spell was cut short in January.[14]
Connolly signed with Fleetwood Town on 6 January 2020 on a loan deal for the rest of the 2019–20 season.[15]
At the end of the 2020–21 it was announced that Connolly would leave the club at the end of his contract.[16]
Connolly signed for Blackpool in July 2021 after becoming a free agent.[17]
On 7 May 2024, the club announced he would be leaving the club in the summer once his contract expired.[18]
On 15 June 2024, Connolly agreed to join newly-promoted League One side Stockport County on a two-year deal on 1 July 2024 after the expiry of his contract at Blackpool.[19]
Connolly received his first international call up when he was named in the England under-17 squad for the 2014 Algarve Tournament.[20] Connolly made his debut against eventual winners Germany in the final group stage game, with England finishing runners-up in the tournament.[21] 10 days later, he was named in the squad for the elite round of qualification for the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship,[22] and helped England qualify by starting the wins against Czech Republic and Italy.[23] Connolly was not named in the squad for the final tournament, which England went on to win after beating the Netherlands on penalties in the final.[24]
Connolly was part of the England squad for the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, and started the first game, a 2–1 win against France.[25] However, he sustained an injury in the second half of the match, and withdrew from the squad six days later.[26] After also beating the Netherlands[27] and Croatia[28] to top the group, England were eventually eliminated in the semi-finals against Italy.[29]
Connolly was selected for the England under-20 team in the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[30] He played in the opening match against Argentina and the second against Guinea,[31] [32] but was unused as a substitute in the final that England won, their first win in a global tournament since their World Cup victory of 1966.[33]
Connolly played in four of the five matches as the England under-21 team won the 2018 Toulon Tournament, including scoring against Scotland in the semi-final.[10]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Everton | 2015–16 | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Barnsley (loan) | 2015–16 | League One | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Wigan Athletic (loan) | 2016–17 | Championship | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 2 | ||
Ipswich Town (loan) | 2017–18 | Championship | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 35 | 4 | ||
Wigan Athletic(loan) | 2018-19[34] | Championship | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 19 | 1 | ||
Bolton Wanderers(loan) | 2018-19 | Championship | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 2 | ||
Lincoln City(loan) | 2019-20 | League One | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[35] | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
Fleetwood Town(loan) | 2019-20 | League One | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[36] | 0 | 15 | 2 | |
2020-21 | League One | 40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 2 | ||
Total | 53 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 4 | |||
Blackpool | 2021-22 | Championship | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 33 | 3 | ||
2022-23 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 43 | 1 | ||||
Total | 72 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 4 | |||
Career total | 215 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 227 | 17 |
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England U21