Calum Kitscha

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Calum Kitscha
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Kitscha playing for Fulham U21s in July 2014
Personal information
Full name Calum Peter O'Connor-Kitscha [1]
Date of birth (1993-04-06) 6 April 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Enfield, England
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Ware
Youth career
0000–2010 Bishop's Stortford
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2011 Bishop's Stortford
2011–2014 Histon 65 (0)
2012Walton & Hersham (loan)
2014–2015 Hayes & Yeading United 22 (0)
2015–2017 Cheltenham Town 1 (0)
2016Worcester City (loan) 4 (0)
2017 Welling United 2 (0)
2018 Bishop's Stortford 13 (0)
2018 Hoddesdon Town 1 (0)
2018–2019 Welling United 27 (0)
2019– Ware 16 (0)
International career
2014–2015 England C 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:35, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

Calum Peter O'Connor-Kitscha (born 6 April 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ware.

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Club career

After starting his career at Bishop's Stortford, Kitscha joined Conference South side Histon in 2011. [2] Kitscha went onto make over fifty appearances for Histon, before leaving to join Hayes & Yeading United for the 2014–15 campaign. On 9 August 2014, Kitscha made his Hayes & Yeading United debut in their 1–0 away victory against St Albans City. [3] Kitscha went onto make twenty more appearances for Hayes & Yeading that season, operating as a back-up to Grant Smith for the remainder of the campaign.

On 9 July 2015, preceding his release from Hayes & Yeading, Kitscha joined National League side Cheltenham Town on a one-year deal. [4] On 12 December 2015, Kitscha made his Cheltenham Town debut in their FA Trophy tie against Chelmsford City, which resulted in a 3–1 victory. [5] On 30 August 2016, after signing a new one-year deal in June 2016, Kitscha made his Football League debut during an EFL Trophy tie against Blackpool, with the fixture resulting in a 2–1 defeat for the Robins. [6] On 9 May 2017, it was announced that Kitscha would leave Cheltenham upon the expiry of his contract in June 2017. [7]

On 10 November 2017, Kitscha joined National League South side Welling United, following his release from Cheltenham in June. [8] In February 2018, he then joined Bishop's Stortford FC. [9] He played 13 games for the club, before he joined Hoddesdon Town. After a brief spell with Hoddesdon Town, Kitsche re-joined Bishop's Stortford FC. [10] On 24 January 2019, he then joined Ware FC. [10]

Career statistics

As of match played 18 November 2017.
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Histon 2011–12 [2] Conference North 20000020
2012–13 [11] Conference North2801000290
2013–14 [12] Conference North350201 [lower-alpha 1] 0380
Total6503010690
Hayes & Yeading United 2014–15 [13] Conference South 2201000230
Cheltenham Town 2015–16 [2] National League 10003 [lower-alpha 1] 040
2016–17 [2] League Two 0000005 [lower-alpha 2] 050
Total1000008090
Worcester City (loan)2015–16 [2] National League North 40000040
Welling United 2017–18 [2] National League South 20000020
Career total9404000901070
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  2. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

Cheltenham Town

Vanarama National League Winners: 2015-16 [14]

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