Ian Callaghan

Ian Callaghan

Personal information
Full name	Ian Robert Callaghan
Date of birth	10 April 1942
Place of birth	Toxteth, Liverpool, England
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1959–1978	Liverpool	640	(50)
1978	→ Ft Lauderdale Strikers (loan)	20	(0)
1978–1981	Swansea City	76	(1)
1979	→ Canberra City (loan)	9	(0)
1981	Cork United	2	(0)
1981	Sandefjord	?	(?)
1981–1982	Crewe Alexandra	15	(0)
Total		762	(51)
National team
1966–1977	England	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Ian Robert Callaghan MBE (born 10 April 1942, Toxteth, Liverpool) is a retired English footballer who holds the record for most appearances for Liverpool.^[1]

Playing career

Callaghan with Liverpool in 1966.

Callaghan played 857 times for Liverpool.^[1] He was booked only once, in the 1978 League Cup Final replay at Old Trafford, which Liverpool lost to Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest.^[2]

Callaghan also played 4 times for England.^[3] Although he was in the squad for the 1966 FIFA World Cup, he did not play in the final and so did not receive a medal. Following a Football Association-led campaign to persuade FIFA to award medals to all the winners’ squad members, Callaghan was presented with his medal by Prime Minister Gordon Brown at a ceremony at 10 Downing Street on 10 June 2009.^[4]

Honours

Liverpool

• Football League First Division (5): 1963-64,^[5] 1965-66,^[6] 1972-73,^[7] 1975-76,^[8] 1976-77^[9]
• Football League Second Division (1): 1961-62^[10]
• FA Cup (2): 1964-65,^[11] 1973-74^[12]
• FA Charity Shield (6): 1966,^[13] 1974,^[14] 1976,^[15] 1976-77^[16]
• European Cup (2): 1976-77,^[17] 1977-78^[18]
• UEFA Cup (2): 1972-73,^[19][20] 1975-76^[21][22]
• UEFA Super Cup (1): 1977^[23][24]

England

• FIFA World Cup: 1966

Career statistics

Club performance			League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1959–60	Liverpool[25]	Second Division	4	0	0	0	0	0			4	0
1960–61			3	0	0	0	2	0			5	0
1961–62			23	1	5	0	0	0			28	1
1962–63		First Division	37	2	6	0	0	0			43	2
1963–64			42	8	5	0	0	0			47	8
1964–65			37	6	8	1	0	0	9	1	55*	8
1965–66			42	5	1	0	0	0	9	0	53*	5
1966–67			40	3	4	0	0	0	5	1	48*	4
1967–68			41	3	9	0	2	1	6	3	58	7
1968–69			42	8	4	1	3	1	2	0	51	10
1969–70			41	3	6	0	2	0	4	2	53	5
1970–71			23	0	5	0	1	0	5	0	34	0
1971–72			41	2	3	0	3	0	4	0	52*	2
1972–73			42	3	4	0	8	0	12	1	66	4
1973–74			42	0	9	0	6	3	4	0	61	3
1974–75			41	1	2	0	3	0	4	1	51*	2
1975–76			40	3	2	0	3	0	12	1	57	4
1976–77			33	1	5	0	2	1	7	0	48*	2
1977–78			26	0	1	0	7	0	6	1	41*	1
USA			League		Open Cup		-		North America		Total
1978	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	NASL	20	0	—		-		—		20	0
England			League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1978–79	Swansea City	Third Division	40	0	-	-	-	-			40	0
Australia			League		-		-		-		Total
1979	Canberra City (loan)	NSL	9	0							9	0
England			League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1979–80	Swansea City	Second Division	36	1	-	-	-	-			36	1
Ireland			League		FAI Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1980-81	Cork United	LOI	2	0							2	0
England			League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1981–82	Crewe	Fourth Division	15	0	-	-	-	-			15	0
Total	England		731	50	79	2	42	7	89	10	948	69
	USA		20	0	—		—		-		20	0
	Australia		9	0	—		—		-		9	0
	Ireland		2	0							2	0
Career total			762	50	79	2	42	7	89	10	979	69

* Includes one appearance in the FA Charity Shield

^ Includes one goal in the FA Charity Shield

References

1. "Appearances". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
2. "A timeline for Liverpool Football Club - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". Retrieved 30 June 2015.
3. "Ian Callaghan". England Football Online. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
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7. "League table for the 1972-1973 season - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". Retrieved 30 June 2015.
8. "League table for the 1975-1976 season - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". Retrieved 30 June 2015.
9. "League table for the 1976-1977 season - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". Retrieved 30 June 2015.
10. "League table for the 1961-1962 season - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". Retrieved 30 June 2015.
11. "Matchdetails from Liverpool - Leeds United played on 1 May 1965 - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". Retrieved 30 June 2015.
12. "Matchdetails from Liverpool - Newcastle United played on 4 May 1974 - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". Retrieved 30 June 2015.
13. "Matchdetails from Everton - Liverpool played on 13 August 1966 - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". Retrieved 30 June 2015.
14. "Matchdetails from Liverpool - Leeds United played on 10 August 1974 - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". Retrieved 30 June 2015.
15. "Matchdetails from Liverpool - Southampton played on 14 August 1976 - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". Retrieved 30 June 2015.
16. "Matchdetails from Liverpool - Manchester United played on 13 August 1977 - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". Retrieved 30 June 2015.
17. "Matchdetails from Liverpool - Borussia Moenchengladbach played on 25 May 1977 - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". Retrieved 30 June 2015.
18. "Matchdetails from Liverpool - Bruges played on 10 May 1978 - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". Retrieved 30 June 2015.
19. "Matchdetails from Liverpool - Borussia Moenchengladbach played on 10 May 1973 - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". Retrieved 30 June 2015.
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21. "Matchdetails from Liverpool - Bruges played on 28 April 1976 - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". Retrieved 30 June 2015.
22. "Matchdetails from Bruges - Liverpool played on 19 May 1976 - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". Retrieved 30 June 2015.
23. "Matchdetails from Hamburg SV - Liverpool played on 22 November 1977 - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". Retrieved 30 June 2015.
24. "Matchdetails from Liverpool - Hamburg SV played on 6 December 1977 - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". Retrieved 30 June 2015.
25. "Liverpool career stats for Ian Callaghan - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". Retrieved 30 June 2015.

External links

• Official profile at Liverpoolfc.tv
• Player profile at LFChistory.net
• Football heroes at sporting-heroes.net
• Thisisanfield.com Forgotten Heroes
• The Ian Callaghan interview at LFChistory.net
• Ian Callaghan interview at Liverpoolway.co.uk