 WithBirmingham City in 2013 pre-season | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Callum Anthony Reilly[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-10-03)3 October 1993 (age 32)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Warrington, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2012 | Birmingham City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2015 | Birmingham City | 60 | (2) |
| 2015 | →Burton Albion (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Burton Albion | 14 | (0) |
| 2017 | →Coventry City (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Bury | 18 | (0) |
| 2018 | →Gillingham (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Gillingham | 25 | (5) |
| 2019–2021 | AFC Wimbledon | 58 | (5) |
| 2021–2022 | Leyton Orient | 4 | (0) |
| 2022 | →Solihull Moors (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Banbury United | 20 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Tamworth | 12 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2013–2014 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 8 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:29, 21 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Callum Anthony Reilly (born 3 October 1993) is a professionalfootballer who plays as amidfielder.
Amidfielder who has also played atfull back, Reilly began his career as a youngster withBirmingham City. He made his first-team debut in January 2012, turned professional later that year, and over the next three seasons made 66 appearances in all competitions. He had a short spell on loan atBurton Albion in 2015, and joined the club on a two-year contract in June of that year. Unable to establish himself in their first team, he spent the second half of the 2016–17 season on loan toCoventry City, and then joinedBury. After a loan spell at Gillingham, he signed for them ahead of the 2018–19 season. He was released in 2019, and spent the next two seasons withAFC Wimbledon inEFL League One before signing a one-year contract withLeyton Orient in 2021. He spent much of that season either injured or on loan atSolihull Moors, joinedBanbury United in September 2022, and signed for Tamworth in 2023.
He has represented theRepublic of Ireland at under-21 level.
Reilly was born inWarrington, Cheshire, and raised inSolihull, West Midlands,[4] where he attendedSt Peter's Catholic School.[5] He joinedBirmingham City's youth system at the age of seven,[4] and began a two-year scholarship in July 2010.[6]
He was given a first-teamsquad number in January 2012,[7] and his first competitive involvement came when he was named among the substitutes for the third-roundFA Cup-tie againstWolverhampton Wanderers, remaining unused.[8] Reilly made his first-team debut on 28 January, coming on as an 80th-minute substitute forJordon Mutch in the fourth-round FA Cup-tie againstSheffield United atBramall Lane, with Birmingham already 4–0 ahead.[9]
He signed his first professional contract, of one year, before the 2012–13 season,[4][10] and was given a squad number before the visit toMillwall in October.[11]
WithHayden Mullins suspended andJonathan Spector injured for the visit ofCrystal Palace on 15 December,[12] Reilly made his first start, and first appearance inthe Football League, alongsidePapa Bouba Diop in central midfield. He played the full 90 minutes as Birmingham came back from 2–0 down to draw.[13] In first-half stoppage time of the visit toHuddersfield Town in January 2013, "Chris Burke's cross was headed into the path of Reilly, who smashed the ball into the net" from 10 yards (9.1 m) to score his first senior goal.[14] He was substituted at half-time due to illness, and the match was drawn.[15] In April, the club took up their option to extend Reilly's contract for another year.[16] He ended the season with 18 league appearances, and signed a new two-year contract ahead of the 2013–14 campaign.[17]
Reilly had hoped to be a regular in the first team in the 2013–14 season, but an influx of new players, including midfieldersAndy Shinnie andTom Adeyemi, meant it took until late September and a good performance in the League Cup victory over Premier League clubSwansea City that he made his first league start, againstReading.[18] In the following game, a 4–0 win againstMillwall, managerLee Clark described the performance of Reilly and Adeyemi in partnership in defensive midfield as brilliant.[19] They played regularly together until January, when new arrivals, includingManchester City'sEmyr Huws and the experiencedBrian Howard, caused Reilly to fall out of favour.[20] By the end of March, with Birmingham struggling, Reilly returned to the team, playing either in midfield or at left back.[21] On the last day of the season, needing at least a draw atBolton Wanderers and for other results to go in their favour to avoid relegation toLeague One, he started at left back, later moving into central midfield to replace the injured Huws, as the team came back from 2–0 down to equalise in the third minute of stoppage time and maintain their second-tier status.[22]
Eight minutes into his first match of the 2014–15 season, away at league leadersNorwich City, Reilly scored the opening goal, a deflected effort from hit with his weaker right foot from 25 yards (23 m),[23] and in the next match, he made his 50th appearance.[24] But in the face of competition from new signingsStephen Gleeson andDavid Davis, and later from loaneeRobert Tesche, he was unable to establish himself in the starting eleven. On 11 March 2015, he joinedLeague Two clubBurton Albion on loan until the end of the season.[25] Birmingham managerGary Rowett intended the loan spell as an opportunity for the player to earn a new contract. Reilly made his Burton debut as a late substitute in a 3–0 win againstAccrington Stanley.[26] He started the next match, but suffered a hamstring injury after 11 minutes that put an end to his season.[27][28] He was released by Birmingham when his contract expired, and according to theBirmingham Mail's season summary, could consider himself unlucky.[29]
On 5 June 2015, Reilly agreed a two-year contract with Burton Albion, newly promoted to League One, subject to passing a medical.[28] He scored his first goal for the club againstBury in anEFL Cup tie on 10 August 2016.[30]
Reilly joined League One clubCoventry City on 1 January 2017 on loan until the end of the season, as part of a deal in whichStuart Beavon signed permanently for Coventry andMarvin Sordell moved in the opposite direction.[31] He played regularly, making 20 appearances in all competitions and helping Coventry reach the2017 EFL Trophy Final, but was unable to take part because of a hamstring injury suffered the previous day.[32] Reilly was released by Burton when his contract expired.[33]
Ahead of the 2017–18 season, Reilly signed a two-year deal with another League One club,Bury, where he was reunited with manager Lee Clark, who had given him his league debut for Birmingham.[34] He was in the starting eleven for the opening fixture of the2017–18 season, a 1–0 win at home toWalsall, and made 15 league starts in the first half of the campaign as well as scoring his first goal for the club in anEFL Trophy tie againstStoke City U21s,[3][35] after which he was loaned to League One clubGillingham.[36]
Reilly was a regular in the starting eleven throughout his loan spell,[3] and on 3 July 2018 made the move permanent, signing a two-year contract.[37] He was released by mutual consent on 26 July 2019.[38]
The same day, Reilly signed for another League One club,AFC Wimbledon.[38] He scored his first goal for Wimbledon in anEFL Trophy tie againstLeyton Orient on 8 October 2019.[39] He played in 35 of AFC Wimbledon's 41 matches before the season was ended early because of theCOVID-19 pandemic, mostly as a starter, and made a further 35 appearances in 2020–21 before his personal season was ended by an ankle fractured during a match againstWigan Athletic in March.[40][41] Reilly was released at the end of the season.[42]
Reilly signed forLeyton Orient on a one-year contract on 31 August 2021.[43] He made his league debut four days later as a substitute, and started in the EFL Trophy againstSouthampton U21,[44] but a recurring groin injury interrupted his progress.[45][46] He returned to the first-team squad in February 2022,[47] but was then loaned to National League clubSolihull Moors, initially for a month.[48] The deal was extended until the end of the season,[49] and Reilly was a regular in the matchday squad but rarely started.[40] He helped Moors reach theplay-off final, in which he was a late substitute asGrimsby Town won the matchafter extra time.[50] He was released by Leyton Orient at the end of the season.[51]
Reilly signed forNational League North clubBanbury United on 16 September 2022,[52] making twenty league appearances over the course of the season.[40]
In June 2023, Reilly joined another National League North club in newly promotedTamworth.[53] During his first season, the club achieved a second consecutive promotion, being declared champions with two matches remaining.[54] In May 2024, he departed the club.[55]
Reilly received his first call-up to theRepublic of Ireland under-21 team for afriendly match against theNetherlands on 6 February 2013.[56] He was selected in the starting eleven, and played 64 minutes before being substituted, as Ireland won 3–0.[57] On his second appearance, he played the first half of a 2–1 home defeat toPortugal in March.[58] He had a chance of scoring on his first competitive appearance for the under-21s, in aEuropean championship qualifier away to theFaroe Islands, but his shot was well saved; Ireland won 4–1.[59]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Birmingham City | 2011–12[60] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012–13[61] | Championship | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 1 | ||
| 2013–14[62] | Championship | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15[63] | Championship | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 1 | ||
| Total | 60 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 2 | ||
| Burton Albion (loan) | 2014–15[63] | League Two | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Burton Albion | 2015–16[64] | League One | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 2016–17[30] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||
| Coventry City (loan) | 2016–17[30] | League One | 18 | 0 | — | — | 2[b] | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Bury | 2017–18[3] | League One | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[b] | 1 | 25 | 1 |
| Gillingham (loan) | 2017–18[3] | League One | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| Gillingham | 2018–19[65] | League One | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 28 | 5 |
| Total | 40 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 5 | ||
| AFC Wimbledon | 2019–20[66] | League One | 30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[b] | 1 | 35 | 5 |
| 2020–21[67] | League One | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
| Total | 58 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 70 | 6 | ||
| Leyton Orient | 2021–22[44] | League Two | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Solihull Moors (loan) | 2021–22[44] | National League | 9 | 0 | — | — | 2[c] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Banbury United | 2022–23[40][68] | National League North | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4[d] | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Tamworth | 2023–24[40][69] | National League North | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Career total | 255 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 302 | 15 | ||
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He graduated in 2022 fromStaffordshire University with a First class degree in Professional Sports Writing and Broadcasting.[70]
