Calum Antell

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Calum Antell
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-06-13) 13 June 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Abergavenny, Wales
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Berwick Rangers
Number 1
Youth career
2009–2010 Swindon Town
2010–2011 Hibernian
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2013 Hibernian 0 (0)
2011–2012 → East Stirlingshire (loan) 35 (0)
2012–2013 → East Fife (loan) 26 (0)
2013–2014 Queen of the South 10 (0)
2013–2014 → Brechin City (loan) 4 (0)
2014–2016 Nairn County
2016–2021 Edinburgh City 110 (0)
2021-2022 Arbroath 3 (0)
2022– Berwick Rangers 0 (0)
International career
Wales U19
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:21, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

Calum Antell (born 13 June 1992) is a Welsh footballer who plays for Berwick Rangers as a goalkeeper. [2]

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Early and personal life

Antell was born in Abergavenny and raised in Ebbw Vale. [3] He began playing local football, initially as a striker. [4]

Club career

Antell joined Hibernian in June 2010 after previously playing for Swindon Town. [1] He signed a new one-year contract with the club in July 2012. [3] During his time with Hibernian he spent loan spells at East Stirlingshire and East Fife. [1] [5] [6] He was East Stirling's 'Player of the Year' for the 2011–12 season. [5]

After leaving Hibernian in 2013, Antell played for Queen of the South, spending a loan spell at Brechin City during his time there. [2] Antell was released by Queens in May 2014 [7] and signed for Nairn County later that year. [8] He left Nairn in July 2016, with his contract being cancelled by mutual consent. [9]

Following his departure from Nairn, Antell signed for newly promoted Scottish League Two club Edinburgh City. [10] After five years with Edinburgh, Antell moved to Arbroath in June 2021. [11] [4]

International career

Antell has represented Wales at under-19 youth level. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Profile". Hibernian F.C. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 Calum Antell at Soccerbase
  3. 1 2 David Hardie (21 July 2012). "Young Hibs keeper Calum Antell signs new deal at Easter Road". Scotsman. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  4. 1 2 Smith, Ewan. "New Arbroath keeper Calum Antell: I scored 100 goals in a year and earned trial at Cardiff City".
  5. 1 2 "Hibs 'keeper Calum Antell joins East Fife on loan". Scotsman. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Player Availability: Calum Antell". SPFL. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Signing News". Queen of the South F.C. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  8. ↑ Jamie Durent (16 January 2015). "Hughes and McIntyre experience helped me - Nairn goalkeeper Antell". Inverness Courier. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Four players on the move from Station Park". Highland News. 7 July 2016. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "City sign ex-Scotland striker Beattie". Scottish Professional Football League. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "Calum Antell". 11 June 2021.
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