Trevor McCallum

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Trevor McCallum
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-02-26) February 26, 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
–1979 Aston Villa
1981 Mississauga United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1982 Toronto Italia
1983–1984 Toronto Blizzard 6 (0)
1986 Toronto Italia
1987–1989 Toronto Blizzard 65 (3)
1990 Kitchener Spirit 19 (0)
1991 Toronto Blizzard 0 (0)
1991 Hamilton Steelers 7 (0)
International career
1983–1988 Canada 18 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Trevor McCallum (born February 26, 1964) is a former English-Canadian soccer defender who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and earned eighteen caps with the Canada men's national soccer team.

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Career

McCallum played with Aston Villa's youth team, and in 1979 he moved to Canada where he played with Mississauga United in 1981. [1] In 1982, he played in the National Soccer League with Toronto Italia. [1] [2] In 1983, he played in the North American Soccer League with Toronto Blizzard in the last two seasons of the league. [3] In 1986, he returned to the National Soccer League and played with former team Toronto Italia. [4] The following season he played in the Canadian Soccer League with the Edmonton Brick Men, but was traded to the Blizzard midway through the season. [5] During his time in the Canadian Soccer League he was selected to the 1989 All-Star team. [6]

In 1990, he was originally transferred to Edmonton, but shortly after was traded to Kitchener Spirit. [7] In 1991, he returned to play with the Toronto Blizzard. [8] [9]

International career

McCallum made his debut for the Canadian national soccer team on December 6, 1983 against Mexico in a friendly match. [10] In total he played 18 international matches for the national team between 1983 and 1988. [11] [12]

Personal life

His nephew Gavin McCallum is also a footballer who played for the Canadian national soccer team. [13]

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  2. ↑ "Liverpool advances". Toronto Star . December 1, 1982. p. F7.
  3. ↑ "NASL-Trevor McCallum". www.nasljerseys.com. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  4. ↑ "Italia will put Wheels to test". Newspapers.com. The Windsor Star. June 14, 1986. p. 16. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  5. ↑ Ireland, Joanne (June 6, 1987). "Brick Men optimistic about opener". Newspapers.com. Edmonton Journal. p. 58. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
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  7. ↑ "B-Men make a deal". Newspapers.com. Edmonton Journal. April 21, 1990. p. 9. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  8. ↑ "Vancouver Sun - Soccer". Newspapers.com. Vancouver Sun. October 8, 1991. p. 63. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  9. ↑ "CSL 1991 Media Guide w 92 season info and all time records_HiQ.PDF".
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