Calum Scanlon
Personal information
Full name Calum Alexander Scanlon[1]
Date of birth (2005-02-14) 14 February 2005
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Liverpool
Number 48
Youth career
0000–2020 Birmingham City
2020– Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– Liverpool 0 (0)
International career‡
2020–2021 England U17 4 (0)
2022– England U18 1 (0)
2023– England U19 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2023 00:15 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:34, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

Calum Alexander Scanlon (born 14 February 2005) is a professional footballer who plays for Liverpool as a left-back. He is an England youth international.[2]

Career

Scanlon joined Liverpool from Birmingham City as a 15-year-old, in a reported £500,000 deal in December 2020. [3] He signed his first professional contract with the club in March 2022 shortly after his 18th birthday.[4] In July 2023, he was included in the Liverpool first-team pre-season training camp to Germany.[5] He was then included in Liverpool's 27-man squad to tour Singapore on 27 July 2023.[6]

In September 2023, Scanlon scored for Liverpool U21 against EFL League Two side Morecambe in the EFL Trophy.[7] Scanlon continued to train with the Liverpool first-team squad during the 2023–24 season following an injury to first-choice left-back Andrew Robertson,[8] and was named among the match day substitutes for the Premier League match against local rivals Everton on 21 October 2023.[9] He made his senior debut for Liverpool in a 5–1 UEFA Europa League victory over Toulouse at Anfield on 26 October 2023.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 December 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liverpool U21 2023–24[11] ————1[lower-alpha 1]111
Liverpool 2023–24[11] Premier League 0000002[lower-alpha 2]0—20
Career total 000000102031
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

References

  1. ↑ "2023/24 Premier League squad lists". Premier League. 13 Sep 2023.
  2. ↑ "Calum Scanlon". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  3. ↑ Kay, Dan (December 23, 2020). "Liverpool complete signing of 15-year-old Calum Scanlon from Birmingham City". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  4. ↑ Doyle, Ian (9 March 2022). "Liverpool defender signs first professional contract after £500k transfer". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  5. ↑ McDonald, Keifer. "Liverpool £500,000 signing gets Jurgen Klopp chance after following in Jude Bellingham's footsteps". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  6. ↑ Carroll, James (27 July 2023). "Liverpool name 27-man squad for pre-season trip to Singapore". Liverpoolfc.com. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  7. ↑ Bocsak, Ben (22 October 2023). "Liverpool talent could get chance after Andy Robertson injury and Jürgen Klopp just gave hint". Liverpool.com. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  8. ↑ Pearce, James (20 October 2023). "Liverpool's Andy Robertson ruled out for three months following shoulder surgery". The Athletic. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  9. ↑ "LIVERPOOL VS EVERTON". Soccerway. 21 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "Liverpool 5-1 Toulouse: Clinical Reds cruise to Europa League win". BBC Sport. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  11. 1 2 "Callum Scanlon (sic)". Soccerbase.
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