Calum Scanlon

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Calum Scanlon
Personal information
Full name Calum Alexander Scanlon [1]
Date of birth (2005-02-14) 14 February 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
Liverpool
Number 48
Youth career
0000–2020 Birmingham City
2020– Liverpool
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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]

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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] Scanlon signed a new long-term professional contract with Liverpool in April 2024. [11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 December 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liverpool U21 2023–24 [12] 1 [lower-alpha 1] 111
Liverpool 2023–24 [12] Premier League 0000002 [lower-alpha 2] 020
Career total000000102031
  1. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

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