Sam McCallum

Sam McCallum

McCallum in 2024 in Norwich
Personal information
Full name	Sam Benjamin McCallum [1]
Date of birth	(2000-09-02) 2 September 2000 (age 24) [2]
Place of birth	Canterbury, England
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [3]
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Sheffield United
Number	3
Youth career
	Gillingham
–2017	Herne Bay
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2018	Herne Bay	6	(1)
2018–2020	Coventry City	25	(2)
2020–2024	Norwich City	50	(1)
2020	→ Coventry City (loan)	8	(0)
2020–2021	→ Coventry City (loan)	41	(1)
2021–2022	→ Queens Park Rangers (loan)	17	(2)
2024–	Sheffield United	26	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:52, 1 March 2025 (UTC)

Sam Benjamin McCallum (born 2 September 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL Championship club Sheffield United.

Career

Early career

McCallum was born in Canterbury, Kent ^[4] and grew up in the nearby seaside town of Herne Bay. He attended Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys in Canterbury. McCallum started his career at non-League club Herne Bay before moving to League One club Coventry City in August 2018 after being at Jamie Vardy's V9 Academy. ^{[5] [6]}

In November 2018, he made his debut in an EFL Trophy defeat against Cheltenham Town coming on as an 81st minute substitute for Brandon Mason. ^[7]

McCallum broke through into the Coventry first team and made a total of 35 appearances and scoring three goals.^{[ citation needed ]}

Norwich City

On 31 January 2020, McCallum signed for Norwich City for a reported fee of £3,500,000 and was immediately loaned back to Coventry until the end of the season. Norwich signed McCallum amid interest from other Premier League teams such as Liverpool and Leicester City. ^{[8] [9]}

On 20 September 2020, McCallum was loaned to Coventry for the 2020–21 season for his third spell with the club.

On 12 July 2021, McCallum again returned to the Championship, joining Queens Park Rangers on loan for the duration of the 2021–22 season. ^[10] He scored his first goal for QPR against Bournemouth on 14 September 2021. ^[11]

Sheffield United

On the 11th of July 2024, it was announced that Sam had signed for Championship rivals and recently relegated Sheffield United. ^[12]

Career statistics

As of matched played 20 January 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		EFL Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Herne Bay	2017–18 [13] [14]	Isthmian League South Division	6	1	0	0	—		1 [a]	0	7	1
Coventry City	2018–19 [15]	League One	7	0	0	0	0	0	1 [b]	0	8	0
	2019–20 [16]	League One	18	2	5	1	2	0	2 [b]	0	27	3
	Total		25	2	5	1	2	0	3	0	35	3
Norwich City	2019–20 [16]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2020–21 [17]	Championship	0	0	0	0	1	0	—		1	0
	2022–23 [18]	Championship	23	0	1	0	1	0	—		25	0
	2023–24 [19]	Championship	27	1	2	0	3	0	2 [c]	0	34	1
	Total		50	1	3	0	5	0	2	0	60	1
Coventry City (loan)	2019–20 [16]	League One	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
	2020–21 [17]	Championship	41	1	0	0	0	0	—		41	1
	Total		49	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	49	1
Queens Park Rangers (loan)	2021–22 [20]	Championship	17	2	0	0	2	0	—		19	2
Sheffield United	2024-25 [21]	Championship	19	1	1	0	1	0	—		21	1
Career total			166	8	9	1	10	0	6	0	191	9

1. Appearances in Kent Senior Cup
2. Appearances in EFL Trophy
3. Appearances in EFL Championship play-offs

References

1. "Updated squad lists for 2019/20 Premier League". Premier League. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
2. "Sam McCallum: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
3. Sam McCallum at WorldFootball.net
4. "S. McCallum: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
5. Barton, Steve (2 February 2020). "Sam McCallum". Herne Bay FC. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
6. "Sam McCallum Joins Sky Blues". Coventry City F.C. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
7. "Cheltenham Town 2-0 Sky Blues". Coventry City F.C. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
8. "City agree deal to sign Sam McCallum". Norwich City FC. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
9. Turner, Andy (31 January 2020). "Confirmed: Sam McCallum completes Premier League move". coventrytelegraph. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
10. "Sam McCallum joins QPR on loan". www.qpr.co.uk. 12 July 2021.
11. "Bournemouth 2-1 QPR". BBC Sport. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
12. "Sam McCallum: Sheffield United sign ex-Norwich defender on four-year deal". BBC Sport. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
13. "Herne Bay | Appearances | Sam McCallum | 2017–2018". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
14. Surbey, Sam (13 September 2017). "Match Report vs Margate | Kent Senior Cup". Herne Bay FC. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
15. "Games played by Sam McCallum in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
16. "Games played by Sam McCallum in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
17. "Games played by Sam McCallum in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
18. "Games played by Sam McCallum in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
19. "Games played by Sam McCallum in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
20. "Sam McCallum | Football Stats | Norwich City | Season 2021/2022 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 14 October 2021.

External links

• Profile at the Norwich City F.C. website