| Calum Kitscha | |
| Fullname: | Calum Peter O'Connor-Kitscha[1] |
| Birth Date: | 6 April 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Enfield, England |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Currentclub: | Ware |
| Youthyears1: | –2010 |
| Youthclubs1: | Bishop's Stortford |
| Years1: | 2010–2011 |
| Clubs1: | Bishop's Stortford |
| Years2: | 2011–2014 |
| Clubs2: | Histon |
| Caps2: | 65 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2012 |
| Clubs3: | → Walton & Hersham (loan) |
| Years4: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs4: | Hayes & Yeading United |
| Caps4: | 22 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2015–2017 |
| Clubs6: | Cheltenham Town |
| Caps6: | 1 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2016 |
| Clubs7: | → Worcester City (loan) |
| Caps7: | 4 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2017 |
| Clubs8: | Welling United |
| Caps8: | 2 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2018 |
| Clubs9: | Bishop's Stortford |
| Caps9: | 13 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 2018 |
| Clubs10: | Hoddesdon Town |
| Caps10: | 1 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Years11: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs11: | Welling United |
| Caps11: | 27 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Years12: | 2019– |
| Clubs12: | Ware |
| Caps12: | 16 |
| Goals12: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2014–2015 |
| Nationalteam1: | England C |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 16:35, 8 May 2019 (UTC) |
Calum Peter O'Connor-Kitscha (born 6 April 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ware.
After starting his career at Bishop's Stortford, Kitscha joined Conference South side Histon in 2011.[2] Kitscha went onto make over fifty appearances for Histon, before leaving to join Hayes & Yeading United for the 2014–15 campaign. On 9 August 2014, Kitscha made his Hayes & Yeading United debut in their 1–0 away victory against St Albans City.[3] Kitscha went onto make twenty more appearances for Hayes & Yeading that season, operating as a back-up to Grant Smith for the remainder of the campaign.
On 9 July 2015, preceding his release from Hayes & Yeading, Kitscha joined National League side Cheltenham Town on a one-year deal.[4] On 12 December 2015, Kitscha made his Cheltenham Town debut in their FA Trophy tie against Chelmsford City, which resulted in a 3–1 victory.[5] On 30 August 2016, after signing a new one-year deal in June 2016, Kitscha made his Football League debut during an EFL Trophy tie against Blackpool, with the fixture resulting in a 2–1 defeat for the Robins.[6] On 9 May 2017, it was announced that Kitscha would leave Cheltenham upon the expiry of his contract in June 2017.[7]
On 10 November 2017, Kitscha joined National League South side Welling United, following his release from Cheltenham in June.[8] In February 2018, he then joined Bishop's Stortford FC.[9] He played 13 games for the club, before he joined Hoddesdon Town. After a brief spell with Hoddesdon Town, Kitsche re-joined Bishop's Stortford FC.[10] On 24 January 2019, he then joined Ware FC.[10]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Histon | 2011–12 | Conference North | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13[11] | Conference North | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14[12] | Conference North | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[13] | 0 | 38 | 0 | |||
| Total | 65 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 69 | 0 | ||||
| Hayes & Yeading United | 2014–15[14] | Conference South | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Cheltenham Town | 2015–16 | National League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[15] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Worcester City (loan) | 2015–16 | National League North | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Welling United | 2017–18 | National League South | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 94 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 107 | 0 | |||
Vanarama National League Winners: 2015-16[16]