| Callum Harriott | |
| Fullname: | Callum Kyle Harriott[1] |
| Birth Date: | 4 March 1994[2] |
| Birth Place: | Norbury, England |
| Position: | Winger |
| Youthyears1: | 2003–2011 |
| Youthclubs1: | Charlton Athletic |
| Years1: | 2011–2016 |
| Clubs1: | Charlton Athletic |
| Caps1: | 86 |
| Goals1: | 11 |
| Years2: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs2: | → Colchester United (loan) |
| Caps2: | 20 |
| Goals2: | 5 |
| Years3: | 2016–2019 |
| Clubs3: | Reading |
| Caps3: | 25 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 2019–2021 |
| Clubs4: | Colchester United |
| Caps4: | 58 |
| Goals4: | 12 |
| Years5: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs5: | Gillingham |
| Caps5: | 3 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2023 |
| Clubs6: | Yeovil Town |
| Caps6: | 3 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs7: | York City |
| Caps7: | 13 |
| Goals7: | 2 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2013 |
| Nationalteam1: | England U19 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2019– |
| Nationalteam2: | Guyana |
| Nationalcaps2: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 22:44, 25 November 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 11:11, 2 April 2021 (UTC) |
Callum Kyle Harriott (born 4 March 1994) is a professional footballer who last played as a winger for club York City. Born in England, he represents the Guyana national team.
Born in Norbury, Harriott attended Stanley Technical High School and St.Andrews C of E high school in Croydon. He made his debut for the Addicks on 25 April 2011 in a League One game against Rochdale at The Valley, which ended in a 3–1 win for Charlton. He came on as a late substitute for loanee Dean Parrett.[3] He then started his first game for the club two days later in the last game of the 2010–11 season against Hartlepool United.[4]
Although he did not feature for the Charlton first-team in their 2011–12 promotion season, he made his Championship debut after coming off the bench as a 74th-minute substitute for fellow academy graduate Scott Wagstaff in a 2–1 win against Blackpool.[5] He then scored his first senior goal on 9 March 2013, in a 1–0 win away to Huddersfield Town.[6] He scored his second goal for Charlton in a record-breaking 6–0 away win for the Addicks against nine-man Barnsley on 13 April 2013.[7] Harriott was one of the six different scorers for Charlton that match.[7] On 17 May 2013, Harriott signed a new three-year contract with the club.[8] On 3 May 2014, Harriott scored his first senior hat-trick against Blackpool in a 3–0 win at Bloomfield Road.[9]
On 28 August 2015, Harriott was loaned to Colchester United where he was very well received by fans, before returning to Charlton on 2 January 2016.[10] [11]
On 5 August 2016, Harriott signed a three-year contract with Reading, moving for an undisclosed fee.[12] He scored his first goals for Reading when he scored a brace in an EFL Cup tie against Milton Keynes Dons which Reading won 4–3 on penalties on 23 August 2016.[13] He was released by Reading at the end of the 2018–19 season.[14] On 8 May 2019, Harriott confirmed that he was leaving Reading following the end of the 2018–19 season.[15]
On 5 September 2019, Harriott rejoined Colchester United on a two-year contract.[16] He made first appearance in his second spell for the club on 19 October 2019, playing 60 minutes in Colchester's 1–0 home defeat by Morecambe.[17] He scored his first goal since his return to the club on 21 December 2019 in[18] Colchester's 3–0 win against Carlisle United.[19]
After making 64 appearances and scoring twelve goals in his second spell with the U's, Harriott was allowed to leave the club after his contract expired in May 2021.[20]
Harriott signed a short-term deal for Gillingham on 23 November 2022.[21] He left the club at the end of February 2023.[22]
On 22 March 2023, Harriott signed for National League club Yeovil Town on a short-term contract till end of the season with an option to extend.[23]
However, despite the option to extend, on 1 June 2023, it was confirmed that Harriott had left Yeovil Town following a mutual termination of his contract.[24]
On 11 July 2023, Harriott signed for National League club York City on a contract of undisclosed terms.[25]
On 2 May 2013, Harriott was named in manager Noel Blake's England under-19 team to face Belgium, Georgia and Scotland in the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 qualification round.[26] Harriott was eligible to play for Guyana or Jamaica.[27] He received his first call up to the Guyanese national team in March 2019, for their match against Belize and started the match.[28] He scored his first international goal on 16 November in Guyana's 4–2 CONCACAF Nations League victory over Aruba.[29] He featured in all three of Guyana's matches at the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup as they exited at the group stage.[30] [18] [31]
In July 2021, Harriott appeared in Colchester Magistrates' Court charged with the rape of a woman in November 2019.[32] In August 2022, Harriott was unanimously found not guilty by the jury.[33]
He was released from his contract at York City by mutual consent due to family reasons on 25 November 2024.
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Charlton Athletic | 2010–11 | League One | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2011–12 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Championship | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 14 | 2 | |||
| 2013–14 | Championship | 28 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 34 | 6 | |||
| 2014–15 | Championship | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 23 | 1 | |||
| 2015–16 | Championship | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 21 | 3 | |||
| Total | 86 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 12 | |||
| Colchester United (loan) | 2015–16 | League One | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 7 | |
| Reading | 2016–17 | Championship | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | – | 17 | 3 | ||
| 2017–18 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | Championship | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 13 | 1 | |||
| Total | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 | |||
| Colchester United | 2019–20 | League Two | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3 | |
| 2020–21 | League Two | 36 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 9 | ||
| Total | 58 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 12 | |||
| Gillingham | 2022–23 | League Two | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | National League | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 2023–24 | National League | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |||
| 2024–25 | National League | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Total | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | ||||
| Career total | 208 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 234 | 38 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guyana | 2019 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 9 | 1 | ||
Scores and results list Guyana's goal tally first