 Wilson withNewcastle United in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Callum Eddie Graham Wilson | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1992-02-27)27 February 1992 (age 33) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Coventry, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Newcastle United | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2009 | Coventry City | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2014 | Coventry City | 49 | (22) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | →Kettering Town (loan) | 17 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | →Tamworth (loan) | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2020 | AFC Bournemouth | 171 | (61) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Newcastle United | 104 | (47) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | England U21 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018– | England | 9 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:46, 2 April 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:37, 12 September 2023 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Callum Eddie Graham Wilson (born 27 February 1992) is an English professionalfootballer who plays as astriker forPremier League clubNewcastle United and theEngland national team.
Wilson began his career with his hometown clubCoventry City and he broke into thefirst team afterloans toConference Premier clubsKettering andTamworth. He signed forAFC Bournemouth in 2014, winning theChampionship in his first season and playing for five seasons in the Premier League. In 2020, he signed for Newcastle United.
Wilson made his senior debut for England in 2018, and was chosen for the2022 FIFA World Cup.
Callum Eddie Graham Wilson[2] was born on 27 February 1992[3] inCoventry, West Midlands.[4] He is of Irish[5] and Jamaican descent.[6] He attendedPresident Kennedy School in theKeresley district of Coventry.[7]
Wilson made hisfirst-team debut forCoventry City on 12 August 2009 as asubstitute for Stephen Wright at half time in extra time of a 1–0League Cup first round defeat at home toHartlepool United.[8] He signed a professional deal, which saw him stay at the club for a further season, on 16 March 2010. Wilson became the first Coventry City youth teamer to win the national award for apprentice of the month in March 2010.[9] He made his league debut when he came on as a substitute againstQueens Park Rangers in theChampionship in December 2010.[10]
Wilson joinedConference Premier clubKettering Town on an initial one-monthloan at the turn of the year in 2011.[11] His loan was extended to another three months upon completion of his first month. Wilson played 17 games, scoring once.[12]
On 29 December 2011, Wilson was loaned to Conference Premier clubTamworth for a month.[13] He made his debut for the club in a 2–2 draw at home toAlfreton Town on 1 January, where he played the full game.[14] He scored in his second game for the club with a curling shot in a 2–1 defeat againstWrexham on 14 January. Wilson suffered a fractured foot in his third appearance for the Lambs which saw his short loan spell end.[15]
Wilson scored his first goal for Coventry on 12 March 2013 as they came from behind to draw 2–2 at home toColchester United.[16] Nonetheless, he started only three league games before the start of the 2013–14 season.[17] Before that campaign, a transfer embargo meant that managerSteven Pressley began pairing Wilson withLeon Clarke up front.[16]
On 31 October 2013, Wilson signed a contract to the summer of 2015 with the option of one more season.[17] He wasLeague One Player of the Month for March 2014 with seven goals from as many games, after having missed nine games through injury.[18] He finished the season as League One's third-top scorer with 22 goals and also earned himself a place in the League OnePFA Team of the Year Wilson won his club's Top Goalscorer award, Player's Player award voted for by his teammates and the Player of the season award voted for by Coventry City fans.[citation needed]
On 4 July 2014, Wilson signed forAFC Bournemouth for an undisclosed fee, believed to be in the region of £3 million, after spending five years at Coventry.[19] He scored twice on his debut for the club, in a 4–0 win againstHuddersfield Town on 9 August.[20]
In his first season at the club, Wilson helped them achieve promotion to thePremier League for the first time in the club's history, becoming the team's top scorer for that season in the process, scoring 20 league goals.[21] He was Bournemouth's only player to score in all three domestic competitions,[citation needed] scoring the winning goal in a 2–1 victory againstWest Bromwich Albion in the fourth round of the League Cup.[22]
On 22 August 2015, Wilson scored his first Premier League goals with ahat-trick againstWest Ham United.[23] On 26 September 2015, heruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee in the match againstStoke City and was expected to be out for about six months.[24] Wilson made his return on 9 April 2016 as an injury-time substitute in Bournemouth's 2–1 win away toAston Villa.[25][26]
In July 2016, despite having missed most of the preceding season, Wilson signed a new four-year contract amidst interest fromTottenham Hotspur andWest Ham United.[27] He ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee on 1 February 2017 and was expected to be out for about six months.[28] On 18 November 2017, not long after recovering, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 home win over Huddersfield.[29] He signed a contract in July 2019 for four more years, after being tracked by West Ham andChelsea.[30]
Wilson signed for Premier League clubNewcastle United on 7 September 2020 on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee,[31] reported byBBC Sport to be around £20 million,[32] making him the third-highest fee paid by Newcastle for a player.[33] He made his debut on 12 September, scoring the first goal in a 2–0 away win against West Ham.[34] On 30 January 2021, Wilson scored his 50th Premier League goal in a 2–0 victory overEverton.[35]
Wilson was sidelined with a calf injury from December 2021 to the following May; by the time of his return, he was still the team's top scorer with six goals for the season.[36] He finished the 2022–23 season as Newcastle's top scorer with 18 goals, and fifth overall in the Premier League.[37] He then extended his contract to 2025.[38]
Wilson was called up to theEngland national under-21 team for the first time in November 2014 forfriendly matches againstPortugal andFrance.[39] He made his only appearance on 17 November in the match against France,[40] as a 65th-minute substitute in a 3–2 away defeat.[41]
Wilson was called up to theEngland senior team for the first time in November 2018 for a friendly match against theUnited States and aUEFA Nations League match againstCroatia.[42] He made his debut on 15 November when starting against the United States atWembley Stadium, and scored in the 77th minute of a 3–0 win with a near-post finish.[43] In doing so, he became the first Bournemouth player to score for England.[43]
After a three-year absence, he was named in England's squad for the2022 FIFA World Cup.[44] Wilson came on as a 76th minute substitute in England's opening match againstIran, assistingJack Grealish for England's sixth goal in a 6–2 victory.[45]
Wilson has a wife, Stacey,[46] and two children.[47]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Coventry City | 2009–10[48] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2010–11[49] | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12[50] | Championship | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13[51] | League One | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
| 2013–14[52] | League One | 37 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 41 | 22 | |
| Total | 49 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 23 | ||
| Kettering Town (loan) | 2010–11[53] | Conference Premier | 17 | 1 | — | — | — | 17 | 1 | |||
| Tamworth (loan) | 2011–12[54] | Conference Premier | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 1 | ||
| AFC Bournemouth | 2014–15[55] | Championship | 45 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 50 | 23 | |
| 2015–16[56] | Premier League | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 5 | ||
| 2016–17[57] | Premier League | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 21 | 6 | ||
| 2017–18[58] | Premier League | 28 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 31 | 9 | ||
| 2018–19[59] | Premier League | 30 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 33 | 15 | ||
| 2019–20[60] | Premier League | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 39 | 9 | ||
| Total | 171 | 61 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 4 | — | 187 | 67 | |||
| Newcastle United | 2020–21[61] | Premier League | 26 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 28 | 12 | |
| 2021–22[62] | Premier League | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 8 | ||
| 2022–23[63] | Premier League | 31 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 36 | 18 | ||
| 2023–24[64] | Premier League | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4[b] | 0 | 26 | 10 | |
| 2024–25[65] | Premier League | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| Total | 104 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 121 | 49 | ||
| Career total | 344 | 132 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 383 | 141 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2018 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | |
| Total | 9 | 2 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 November 2018 | Wembley Stadium, London, England | 1 |  United States | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | [67] |
| 2 | 16 June 2023 | National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta | 7 |  Malta | 4–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying | [68] |
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