Callum Driver
Driver warming up for West Ham United in August 2012
Personal information
Full name Callum Charles John Driver[1]
Date of birth (1992-10-23) 23 October 1992[1]
Place of birth Sidcup, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
200?–2011 West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 West Ham United 0 (0)
2012 → Burton Albion (loan) 8 (1)
2014 Whitehawk 12 (0)
2014–2015 Dartford 22 (0)
2015–2017 Maidstone United 43 (1)
2017 → Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) 14 (2)
2017 Hemel Hempstead Town 17 (1)
2017–2018 Welling United 22 (2)
2018–2019 Dartford 15 (0)
2019 → Leatherhead (loan) 6 (0)
2019–2020 Leatherhead 13 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:52, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

Callum Charles John Driver (born 23 October 1992) is an English semi-professional footballer who last played as a defender for Leatherhead.

Club career

Driver was born in Sidcup, London.[1] He joined as a youth team player for West Ham aged 12 and signed his first professional contract with the club in July 2011.[3] Having been involved in several first-team squads with West Ham, in January 2012 he moved on loan to League Two club Burton Albion until 31 January 2012.[4] Driver made his debut for Burton on 6 January 2012 in a home game against Accrington Stanley, the match ended 2–0 to Accrington.[5][6] Driver scored his first goal for Burton on 14 February 2012 in a 3–2 away defeat to Crewe Alexandra.[7] After two months with Burton and without ever playing in a winning team, Driver returned to West Ham.[8] He made his official debut on 5 January 2014 for West Ham against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground in the FA Cup.[9] Driver was released by West Ham at the end of the 2013–14 season.[10]

After being released by West Ham, he signed for Conference South club Whitehawk and went on to make 14 first-team appearances for the club[11] before being released in October 2014.[12] On 11 November 2014 Driver signed a contract with Conference Premier club Dartford going straight into their squad on the same day for their league encounter with Welling United.[13]

In May 2015, following the club's relegation from the Conference Premier, he joined newly promoted National League South club Maidstone United on a free transfer, rejecting a new deal with Dartford.[14] Driver was a regular fixture at right back for the Stones during the 2015–16 season, and helped the club achieve promotion to the National League via the playoffs.[15]

He agreed a new deal with the club for the 2016–17 season.[16]

On 20 January 2017, Driver joined Hemel Hempstead Town on a three-month loan deal.[17] He signed permanently for the club in June 2017, after leaving Maidstone.[18]

On 8 December 2017, Driver joined Welling United and made his debut for the club a day later on 9 December 2017 in a 2–2 draw at Park View Road with Truro City.[19] He scored his first goal for the club, in his third game, on 26 December 2017 in a 3–2 defeat at home to his former club Dartford.[20]

On 22 May 2018, Driver resigned for Dartford.[21]

On 25 January 2019, Driver joined Leatherhead on a month's loan.[22]

Career statistics

As of match played 25 February 2020.
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
West Ham United 2011–12[23] Championship 0000000000
2012–13[23] Premier League 000000—00
2013–14[23] Premier League 001000—10
Total 0010000010
Burton Albion (loan) 2011–12[23] League Two 8100000081
Whitehawk 2014–15[24] Conference South 9020—00110
Dartford 2014–15[23] Conference Premier 220——4[lower-alpha 1]0260
Maidstone United 2015–16[24] National League South 37140—5[lower-alpha 2]0461
2016–17[23] National League 6000—2[lower-alpha 1]080
Total 43140—70541
Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) 2016–17[24] National League South 14200—00142
Hemel Hempstead Town 2017–18[24] National League South 17130—2[lower-alpha 1]0221
Welling United 2017–18[24] National League South 22200—00222
Dartford 2018–19[24] National League South 15000—00150
Leatherhead (loan) 2018–19[25] Isthmian League Premier Division 6000—0060
Leatherhead 2019–20[26] Isthmian League Premier Division 13120—3[lower-alpha 3]0181
Career total 1698120001601978
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  2. ↑ Two appearances in FA Trophy, three in National League South play-offs
  3. ↑ Two appearances in FA Trophy, one in Alan Turvey Trophy

Honours

Maidstone United

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Callum Driver". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline Publishing Group. p. 551. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
  3. ↑ "Driver on track to succeed". West Ham United F.C. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Driver heads for Burton". West Ham United F.C. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "Burton Albion 0–2 Accrington Stanley". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "Driver makes Brewers bow". West Ham United F.C. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  7. ↑ "Crewe 3–2 Burton Albion". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  8. ↑ "Pesch still the boss after crises talks". Burton Mail. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  9. ↑ "Nottm Forrest v West Ham". BBC Sport. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  10. ↑ "Reatained list published". West Ham United F.C. 23 May 2014. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  11. ↑ Whitehawk matchday programme, Whitehawk v Basingstoke Town,29 April 2015
  12. ↑ "King cuts three from Whitehawk squad". The Argus. Brighton. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  13. ↑ "Callum Driver: Dartford sign ex-West Ham defender". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  14. ↑ "Maidstone United sign former West Ham United, Whitehawk and Dartford defender Callum Driver". Kent Online. 23 May 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  15. ↑ "Stones win thriller on spot-kicks". 14 May 2016.
  16. ↑ "Driver revs up for the new season". 2 June 2016.
  17. ↑ "Driver to Hemel". Maidstone United F.C. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  18. ↑ Three New Tudors‚ thenationalleague.org.uk, 4 June 2017
  19. ↑ "Welling United 2-2 Truro City". Welling United F.C. 9 December 2017. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  20. ↑ "Welling United 2-3 Dartford". Welling United F.C. 26 December 2017. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  21. ↑ "Player News: Callum Driver". Dartford F.C. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  22. ↑ "Player News: Callum Driver & Dan Darbyshire". Dartford F.C. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  23. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "C. Driver". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  24. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Callum Driver Profile". Aylesbury United FC. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  25. ↑ "Leatherhead – Appearances – Callum Driver – 2018-2019". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  26. ↑ "Leatherhead – Appearances – Callum Driver". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
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