Cameron Salkeld

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Cameron Salkeld
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Salkeld in October 2023
Personal information
Full name Cameron John Salkeld [1]
Date of birth (1998-12-06) 6 December 1998 (age 25) [1]
Place of birth Gateshead, [1] England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Darlington
Number 24
Youth career
2009-2015 Newcastle United
2015-2018 Carlisle United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2018 Carlisle United 0 (0)
2017–2018Whitby Town (loan)
2018Annan Athletic (loan) 6 (0)
2018–2019 Gateshead 29 (1)
2019–2021 Greenock Morton 32 (2)
2021–2022 Ayr United 15 (1)
2023 Clyde 13 (3)
2023– Darlington 39 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:49, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Cameron John Salkeld (born 6 December 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for National League North club Darlington.

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He began his football career as a youngster with Carlisle United, and made his senior debut in 2016 in the EFL Trophy. After loan spells with Whitby Town and Annan Athletic, he spent the 2018–19 season with Gateshead before joining Scottish Championship club Greenock Morton. Two years later he signed for divisional rivals Ayr United, but an ACL injury was to keep him out of football for more than a year. He made a comeback with Clyde, and returned to English football with Darlington in 2023.

Playing career

Salkeld was on the books of Newcastle United as a youngster, but was released before reaching scholarship age. He trained with Carlisle United's youth team and was one of five offered a scholarship with that club in February 2015. [3] Interviewed ahead of the 2016–17 season, he said his strengths were pace, dribbling and creating chances, and most wanted to improve his heading and positional sense. [4]

Salkeld made his first-team debut for Carlisle United under Keith Curle on 4 October 2016, coming on as a 78th-minute substitute for Charlie Wyke in a 2–0 victory over Blackburn Rovers U23 in an EFL Trophy match at Brunton Park, and won a penalty after being fouled by Wes Brown. [5] On 9 November, he scored his first senior goal in a 4–2 win over Fleetwood Town, also in the EFL Trophy. [6] He signed a development contract in May 2017 after completing his scholarship. [7]

On 23 November 2017, he joined Northern Premier League Premier Division club Whitby Town on a one-month loan as a replacement for the injured John Campbell. [8] [9] The loan was extended for a second month, [10] after which he went on loan to Scottish League Two club Annan Athletic until the end of the season. [11]

Salkeld was released by Carlisle at the end of the 2017–18 season, [12] and joined Gateshead on a one-year contract in the summer of 2018. [13] Like the majority of Gateshead's players and staff, Salkeld did not have his contract renewed at the end of the season due to financial issues. [14]

On 6 June 2019, Salkeld signed for Scottish Championship club Greenock Morton on a one-year contract. [15] He spent two seasons with the club, helping them avoid relegation in 2021, [16] before joining another Championship club, Ayr United, under the management of David Hopkin who had signed him for Morton. [17] He suffered an ACL injury in the middle of the 2021–22 season that was to keep him out for more than a year. [18]

Salkeld signed for Scottish League One club Clyde on 21 January 2023 until the end of the season. [19]

Salkeld returned to English football with National League North club Darlington for the 2023–24 season. [20]

Style of play

Salkeld's 2017 Carlisle United profile describes him as a "powerful, forward thinking" midfielder. [21]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Carlisle United 2016–17 [22] League Two 0000002 [lower-alpha 1] 121
2017–18 [23] 0000000000
Total0000002121
Annan Athletic (loan) 2017–18 [1] Scottish League Two 6000000060
Gateshead 2018–19 [1] [24] National League 291000000291
Greenock Morton 2019–20 [25] Scottish Championship 13120501 [lower-alpha 2] 0211
2020–21 [26] Scottish Championship19100403 [lower-alpha 3] 1262
Total322209041473
Ayr United 2021–22 [27] Scottish Championship15110411 [lower-alpha 2] 0212
Clyde 2022–23 [1] Scottish League One 13300002 [lower-alpha 4] 0153
Darlington 2023–24 [1] [28] National League North 39920001 [lower-alpha 5] 0429
Career total [lower-alpha 6] 134165013110216218
  1. Appearances in the EFL Trophy
  2. 1 2 Appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  3. Appearances in Scottish Championship play-offs
  4. Appearances in Scottish League One play-offs
  5. Appearance in FA Trophy
  6. Appearances for Whitby Town not known.

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