Callum Wright

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Callum Wright
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-05-02) 2 May 2000 (age 24)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Plymouth Argyle
Number 11
Youth career
Tranmere Rovers
Everton
2016–2018 Blackburn Rovers
2018–2020 Leicester City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2022 Leicester City 0 (0)
2021 → Cheltenham Town (loan) 17 (4)
2021–2022 → Cheltenham Town (loan) 34 (9)
2022–2023 Blackpool 10 (0)
2023– Plymouth Argyle 57 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:52, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Callum Wright (born 2 May 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Plymouth Argyle. [1]

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Early and personal life

Wright grew up in Huyton and attended Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School in West Derby. [2] He grew up "idolising" Liverpool's Steven Gerrard, and served as a Liverpool team mascot at the Champions League semi-final against Chelsea in 2008. [2]

Career

Wright spent his early career with Tranmere Rovers, Everton and Blackburn Rovers, [3] before moving to Leicester City in February 2018. [4] He moved on loan to Cheltenham Town in February 2021. [3] [5] In August 2021 he returned to Cheltenham Town for a second loan spell. [6]

Wright joined Blackpool on 1 September 2022 for an undisclosed fee. [7] [8] He moved to Plymouth Argyle in January 2023. [9]

Career statistics

As of match played 22 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leicester City U21 2018–19 [10] ———1 [a] 010
2019–20 [11] ———5 [a] 050
2020–21 [12] ———5 [a] 252
Total———112112
Leicester City 2020–21 [12] Premier League 000000—00
2021–22 [13] Premier League000000—00
Total0000000000
Cheltenham Town (loan) 2020–21 [12] League Two 1740000—174
Cheltenham Town (loan) 2021–22 [13] League One 3491020—379
Blackpool 2022–23 [14] Championship 1000000—100
Plymouth Argyle 2022–23 [14] League One20400003 [a] 0234
2023–24 [15] Championship2103020—260
2024–25 [16] Championship1601020—190
Total574404030684
Career total11817506014214319
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearance in EFL Trophy

Honours

Cheltenham Town

Plymouth Argyle

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References

  1. ↑ Callum Wright at Soccerbase
  2. 1 2 Palmer, Jon (20 August 2021). "Callum Wright on growing up on same estate as Steven Gerrard". GloucestershireLive.
  3. 1 2 Palmer, Jon (1 February 2021). "Leicester City midfielder joins Cheltenham Town on loan". GloucestershireLive.
  4. ↑ Sharpe, James (1 February 2018). "Callum Wright: What you need to know about City's new signing". LeicestershireLive.
  5. ↑ "Leicester loan Wright to Cheltenham" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ↑ "Cheltenham sign Perry and Wright on loan" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  7. ↑ FC, Blackpool. "Seasiders Secure Signing of Callum Wright". Blackpool FC. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "Blackpool bring in Wright and Emmerson" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  9. ↑ "Callum Wright: Plymouth Argyle sign midfielder from Blackpool". 4 January 2023 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  10. ↑ "Games played by Callum Wright in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Callum Wright in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  12. 1 2 3 "Games played by Callum Wright in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  13. 1 2 "Games played by Callum Wright in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  14. 1 2 "Games played by Callum Wright in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Callum Wright in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Callum Wright in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  17. ↑ "Report & highlights: The Town are Champions". www.ctfc.com.
  18. ↑ "Plymouth beat Port Vale to win League One title". BBC Sport. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  19. ↑ Pilnick, Brent (2 April 2023). "Bolton crush Plymouth to win Papa Johns Trophy". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 August 2023.


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