Callum Styles

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Callum Styles
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Styles with Hungary in 2022
Personal information
Full name Callum John Styles [1]
Date of birth (2000-03-27) 27 March 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Bury, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team
Barnsley
Number 20
Youth career
0000–2016 Burnley
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2018 Bury 26 (0)
2018– Barnsley 135 (12)
2018–2019Bury (loan) 15 (0)
2022–2023Millwall (loan) 22 (1)
2024Sunderland (loan) 12 (0)
International career
2022– Hungary 23 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:33, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 June 2024

Callum John Styles (born 27 March 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or winger [3] for EFL League One club Barnsley. Born in England, he plays for the Hungary national team.

Contents

Club career

Styles developed through the Burnley academy but failed to earn a professional contract and was released aged 16. [4] [5]

Bury

Styles joined League One club Bury and made his debut professional team in their final game of the season against Southend United on 8 May 2016. He came on as a 75th-minute substitute for Anthony Dudley as the team won 3–2. [6] In making his debut, Styles became the first player born in the new millennium to make an appearance in the Football League. [7] Bury were later deducted three points after it was found Styles was not properly registered when he made his debut. [8]

Styles signed a professional contract with Bury on 21 February 2017, signing a two-and-a-half-year deal. [9]

Barnsley

On 6 August 2018, Styles signed for League One club Barnsley for £500,000, signing a four-year contract, though returned to Bury on loan until the January transfer window. [10] [11] He made 21 appearances in all competitions for Bury before returning to his parent club. [12]

Styles made his debut for Barnsley on 9 March 2019 as a substitute against Accrington Stanley, replacing Mamadou Thiam. He scored his first goal for the Tykes, netting away at Brentford on the final day of the following season, helping the Yorkshire outfit retain their Championship status. [13]

2023–24 season

On 5 August 2023, he played his first match in the 2023–24 EFL League One season in a 7–0 victory against Port Vale. [14] In an interview, Neill Collins said that he is sure that EFL Championship clubs will be interested in signing Styles. [15] [16] In the second round, he was also not substituted against Bristol Rovers. [17] On 23 December 2023, he gave an assist to John McAtee from the middle of his half against Stevenage [18] [19]

Millwall

On deadline day, 1 September 2022, Styles signed a new contract at Barnsley until 2025 before joining Millwall on a season-long loan. [20] On 22 October 2022, he scored his first and only goal for Millwall against West Bromwich Albion at The Den in the 2022–23 EFL Championship. [21] In February 2023, he suffered an injury in his quadriceps during training. However, he played in the subsequent match against Cardiff City In the following training, he felt something strange in his leg and the physio scanned and found out that his injury is more serious than it was previously thought. He had to miss three months. [22] [23] [24] On 18 April 2023, he returned and played against Birmingham City in the 2022–23 EFL Championship season. [25]

Sunderland

On 1 February 2024, Styles joined Sunderland on an initial loan deal until the end of the season. [26] [27] He became the second Hungarian to play for Sunderland, after Márton Fülöp. [28] On 24 February 2024, he debuted in Sunderland in a 21 defeat against Swansea City. [29] On 13 April 2024, he gave an assist to Pierre Ekwah in a 10 victory over West Bromwich Albion at the The Hawthorns. [30] [31]

International career

Although born in England, Styles was also eligible to play international football for Ukraine and Hungary through his grandparents. [32] On 14 March 2022, he was included in the Hungary squad for matches against Serbia and Northern Ireland. [33] On 24 March 2022, he made his debut for Hungary against Serbia at the Puskás Aréna. He came on as a substitute for Zsolt Nagy in the 70th minute. [34]

On 14 June 2022, he started Hungary's 4–0 victory over England in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League at Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton. [35]

On 14 May 2024, Styles was named in Hungary's squad for UEFA Euro 2024. [36] On 8 June 2024, he got injured in a friendly match against Israel at the Nagyerdei Stadion. [37] [38] He made his only appearance at the tournament on 24 June, starting in midfield as Hungary beat Scotland 1–0 in their final Group A match. [39]

Personal life

His first visit to Hungary was cancelled due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. He said: "I was meant to go with my girlfriend just after lockdown started. We had a trip to Budapest booked and a few weeks before, we went into lockdown and had to cancel it." [40] In an interview with the BBC, Styles stated that in 2020, he had found out that his grandmother was Hungarian. [41] Poya Asbaghi, former manager of Barnsley, said in an interview that it is a big honour for Styles to represent Hungary. [42] In an interview with Nemzeti Sport, he said that the reason why he did not speak Hungarian is that his grandmother used to talk about Hungary, but did not teach him any of the language. [43] [44]

In January 2024, he had his appendix removed for appendicitis in a private hospital. [45]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bury 2015–16 [46] League One 1000000010
2016–17 [47] 130000000130
2017–18 [48] 11000001 [lower-alpha 1] 0120
2018–19 [49] League Two1010
Bury (loan)2018–19 [49] League Two15010103 [lower-alpha 1] 0200
Total410101040470
Barnsley 2018–19 [49] League One70000070
2019–20 [50] Championship1710010181
2020–21 [51] 42431302 [lower-alpha 2] 0505
2021–22 [52] 4332010463
2022–23 [53] League One61002081
2023–24 [54] 20310001 [lower-alpha 1] 0223
Total1351261703015113
Millwall (loan) 2022–23 [53] Championship2210000221
Sunderland (loan) 2023–24 Championship120120
Career total2101371807023214
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. Appearance(s) in EFL Championship play-offs

International

As of match played 23 June 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Hungary 2022110
202370
202450
Total230

Honours

Bury

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