Angus withDempo in 2015 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Calum James Angus[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1986-04-15)15 April 1986 (age 38) | ||
Place of birth | Greenwich,[1] England | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2004 | Portsmouth | ||
2005–2008 | Saint Louis Billikens | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2008 | St. Louis Lions | 8 | (2) |
2009 | Wilmington Hammerheads | 4 | (1) |
2009–2013 | GAIS | 72 | (5) |
2013–2014 | Pune | 21 | (2) |
2014–2015 | Dempo | 13 | (1) |
2016 | East Bengal | 9 | (1) |
Total | 127 | (12) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:53 7 November 2016 (UTC) |
Calum James Angus (born 15 April 1986) is an English former professionalfootballer who played as acentre-back.
Angus was invited to the 2009 MLS Player Combine inFlorida for the2009 MLS SuperDraft.[2] Due to a strong college career, numerous pundits and journalists predicted him to go reasonably high in the draft, so it was a surprise when he went undrafted.Major League Soccer sideNew York Red Bulls offered him a trial, but he declined. However, soon after he signed withUSL-2 sideWilmington Hammerheads FC, a team in the 3rd tier of American league soccer.
In June 2009 he went on a trial with Swedish sideGAIS and on 8 July the club confirmed signing of Angus.[3] Angus made his debut forGAIS againstHalmstad BK on 12 July 2009. He came off the bench in the 81st minute and scored the equalizer for GAIS in the 90th minute of the match.[4][5] Angus spent time training with West Ham United at the end of the 2011 Allsvenskan season.[6] GAIS finished in last place and were relegated from the2012 Allsvenskan. After their relegation the club announced that four of the players who were under contract would be allowed to leave for free, Angus being one of them.[7] As he was unable to find a new club during the winter transfer window he remained at GAIS for the first half of the2013 Superettan season before eventually leaving at the end of July.[8]
On 7 August 2013 it was announced that Angus had signed forPune F.C. of theI-League.[9] He made his debut for the club on 21 September 2013 in the league againstMohammedan S.C. at theSalt Lake Stadium.[10] Then, on 19 October 2013, he scored his first goal for the club againstChurchill Brothers in which he found the net in the 52nd minute to give Pune a 1–0 victory.[11] He then scored his second goal of the season in the very next match againstRangdajied United F.C. in which his 29th-minute goal led Pune to another 1–0 victory.[12]
Last season, Angus signed for another Indian clubDempo SC.[13]
On season 2016 Angus signed for another Indian clubEast Bengal FC. He played all the matches in Calcutta Football League where East Bengal won the trophy And also Played in the 2016 Bordoloi Trophy Where He won Best Player of the tournament award. He was released before the start of the I-League andEast Bengal FC signed Uganda defensive midfielder Bukenya as his replacement.[14][15]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | International | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Wilmington Hammerheads | 2009 | USL2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 1 |
GAIS | 2009 | Allsvenskan | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 3 |
2010 | Allsvenskan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |
2011 | Allsvenskan | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 2 | |
2012 | Allsvenskan | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | |
2013 | Superettan | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | |
Total | 72 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 5 | ||
Pune | 2013–14 | I-League | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 3 |
Dempo | 2014–15 | I-League | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 1 |
Career total | 110 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 126 | 10 |