Callum Saunders

Footballer (born 1995)

Callum Saunders
Personal information
Full name Callum Luke Saunders[1]
Date of birth (1995-09-26) 26 September 1995 (age 28)[2]
Place of birth Istanbul, Turkey
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team 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)
2019–2021 Nantwich Town 27 (3)
2021–2022 Witton Albion 36 (17)
2022 Ashton United 21 (6)
2022–2023 Stafford Rangers 14 (4)
2023- Nantwich Town 21 (4)
International career‡
2014 Wales U19 3 (1)
2015 Wales U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:48, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:35, 13 February 2024(UTC)

Callum Luke Saunders (born 26 September 1995) is a footballer who plays as a forward for semi-professional Northern Premier League Division One West side Nantwich Town. Born in Turkey, he represented Wales internationally at youth levels U19 and 21.

Club career

Saunders began his career in the Crewe Alexandra Academy and signed a professional contract with the club in June 2014.[3] He made his Football League debut on 9 August 2014 in a 2–1 defeat away at Fleetwood Town,[4] and scored his first Crewe goal at Doncaster on 12 December 2015.[5] On 9 May 2017, Crewe announced that Saunders had been released by the club.[6]

He then signed for Notts County at the beginning of the 2017–18 season but was released at the end of the season.[7]

Saunders signed for Northern Premier League side Nantwich Town on the eve of the 2018–19 season,[8] scoring 10 goals in 36 games, before joining Curzon Ashton in the summer of 2019.[9] He then returned to Nantwich Town in November 2019.[10]

He signed for Northern Premier League Premier League side Witton Albion on a free transfer in September 2021.[11]

Saunders signed for Ashton United in June 2022.[12] On 19 December 2022, Saunders left Ashton United by mutual consent and joined Stafford Rangers.[13] He returned to Nantwich Town ahead of the 2023–2024 season.[14]

International career

Saunders has represented Wales at under-17 and under-19 level,[15][16] and made his under-21 debut on 17 November 2015, coming on as an 87th-minute substitute against Romania.[17]

Personal life

Saunders was born in Istanbul when his father, former professional footballer Dean Saunders, was playing for the Turkish club Galatasaray.[18]

Career statistics

As of match played 3 December 2022[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[a] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Crewe Alexandra 2014–15 League One 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
2015–16 18 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 2
2016–17 5 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 10 0
Total 27 2 3 0 2 0 3 0 35 2
Notts County 2017–18 League Two 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 0
Nantwich Town 2018–19 Northern Premier League 36 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 10
Curzon Ashton 2019–20 National League North 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 2
Nantwich Town 2019–20[20] Northern Premier League 11 2 0 0 0 0 3 5 14 7
2020–21[21] 5 0 2 2 0 0 4 3 11 5
2021–22[22] 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Total 21 2 2 2 0 0 7 8 30 12
Curzon Ashton 2021–22[23] Northern Premier League 36 17 1 0 0 0 2 1 39 18
Ashton United 2022–23[24] Northern Premier League 21 6 2 0 — 1 0 24 6
Career total 160 39 8 2 2 0 16 9 186 50

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Callum Saunders". 11v11. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Callum Saunders signs first pro contract at Crewe Alexandra". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Fleetwood 2-1 Crewe". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Doncaster 3-2 Crewe". BBC Sport. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  6. ^ Crewe Alexandra Retained List 2017, CreweAlex.net. Retrieved: 9 May 2017
  7. ^ "Notts County: Shola Ameobi and Alan Smith leave League Two club". BBC Sport. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Callum Saunders player profile". nantwichtownfc.co.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Curzon Ashton first team profiles". Curzon Ashton FC. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  10. ^ "Signing: Dabbers Welcome Back Saunders On Dual-Registration". Nantwich Town FC. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  11. ^ Gordon, James (21 July 2021). "Saturday's Transfer List - September 11th 2021". Northern Premier League.
  12. ^ @AshtonUnitedFC (7 June 2022). "𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬, 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐦!👋 #AUFC are delighted to announce the signing of prolific striker Callum Saunders! He notched 18 @NorthernPremLge goals for @WittonAlbion last campaign; proving to be a first class capture for @clegg_mc's squad! #ONECLUB" (Tweet). Retrieved 15 June 2022 – via Twitter.
  13. ^ "Callum Saunders signs for the Boro". www.staffordrangersfc.co.uk. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  14. ^ "Callum Saunders returns to the Dabbers". Nantwich Town F.C. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  15. ^ "Men U19 v Montenegro". FAW. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  16. ^ "Wales 3 Greece 0". UEFA. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  17. ^ "Wales 1-1 Romania". UEFA.com. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  18. ^ "Player Profile". crewealex.net. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  19. ^ "Callum Saunders". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  20. ^ "Nantwich Town | Appearances | Callum Saunders | 2019-2020 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  21. ^ "Nantwich Town | Appearances | Callum Saunders | 2020-2021 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  22. ^ "Nantwich Town | Appearances | Callum Saunders | 2021-2022 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  23. ^ "Witton Albion | Appearances | Callum Saunders Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  24. ^ "Ashton United – Appearances – Callum Saunders". www.footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2022.

External links

  • Callum Saunders at Soccerbase Edit this at Wikidata