Callum Saunders
Personal information
Full name Callum Luke Saunders[1]
Date of birth (1995-09-26) 26 September 1995[2]
Place of birth Istanbul, Turkey
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Stafford Rangers
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– Stafford Rangers 0 (0)
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, 10 July 2018 (UTC)

Callum Luke Saunders (born 26 September 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Northern Premier League Premier Division club Stafford Rangers. 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]

International career

Saunders has represented Wales at under-17 and under-19 level,[14][15] and made his under-21 debut on 17 November 2015, coming on as an 87th-minute substitute against Romania.[16]

Personal life

Saunders was born in Istanbul when his father, former professional footballer Dean Saunders, was playing for the Turkish club Galatasaray.[17]

Career statistics

As of match played 3 December 2022[18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[lower-alpha 1] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Crewe Alexandra2014–15League One4010001060
2015–16182100000192
2016–1750102020100
Total 272302030352
Notts County2017–18League Two3000003060
Nantwich Town2018–19Northern Premier League36100000003610
Curzon Ashton2019–20National League North162000000162
Nantwich Town2019–20[19]Northern Premier League112000035147
2020–21[20]50220043115
2021–22[21]5000000050
Total 2122200783012
Curzon Ashton2021–22[22] Northern Premier League36171000213918
Ashton United 2022–23[23] Northern Premier League 21620—10246
Career total 16039822016918650

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. 1 2 "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. ↑ "Men U19 v Montenegro". FAW. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  15. ↑ "Wales 3 Greece 0". UEFA. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  16. ↑ "Wales 1-1 Romania". UEFA.com. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  17. ↑ "Player Profile". crewealex.net. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  18. ↑ "Callum Saunders". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  19. ↑ "Nantwich Town | Appearances | Callum Saunders | 2019-2020 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  20. ↑ "Nantwich Town | Appearances | Callum Saunders | 2020-2021 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  21. ↑ "Nantwich Town | Appearances | Callum Saunders | 2021-2022 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  22. ↑ "Witton Albion | Appearances | Callum Saunders Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  23. ↑ "Ashton United – Appearances – Callum Saunders". www.footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
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