Donald McCallum (footballer, born 1996)

Donald McCallum
Personal information
Full name Donald McCallum
Date of birth (1996-09-27) 27 September 1996
Place of birth Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Campbeltown Pupils AFC
Youth career
2012–2015 Dumbarton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Dumbarton 26 (3)
2017 → Arbroath (loan) 5 (0)
2017– Campbeltown Pupils AFC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:06 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Donald McCallum (born 27 September 1996, in Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, Scotland) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Campbeltown Pupils AFC, having played 'senior' for Dumbarton and Arbroath.

Career

McCallum came through the Dumbarton youth set up and was promoted to the first team in January 2015[1] wearing the number 15 shirt. He made his first team début as a late substitute in a 5–1 home defeat to Hearts on 10 January.[2] His second appearance came against Livingston where he scored his sides only goal in another 1–5 defeat[3] He scored his second first team goal on 25 April 2015, having only been on the park for three minutes against Queen of the South

McCallum signed a new one-year deal with the club in June 2015.[4] He scored on his first start for the club after only 12 seconds in a 5–0 victory over Alloa,[5] and got his third league goal for the club in a 1–1 draw with 'The Wasps' in April 2016[6] His performances earned him another year long contract in June 2016[7]

On 19 January 2017, McCallum moved on loan to Scottish League Two side Arbroath until the end of the 2016–17 season.[8] After making just 5 appearances for the Lichties he was released by Dumbarton in May 2017[9] McCallum returned to his hometown of Campbeltown that summer, retiring from football and joining local Scottish Amateur Football League side Campbeltown Pupils AFC.[10]

Honours

Arbroath

References

  1. ↑ "Dumbarton Football Club - Youngsters given squad mumbers". Dumbartonfootballclub.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "BBC Sport - Dumbarton 1–5 Heart of Midlothian". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Dumbarton Football Club - Livi go nap against Sons". Dumbartonfootballclub.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Findlay, Alan. "Signing news: Donald makes the step up". Dumbarton Football Club. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Crawford, Kenny. "Dumbarton 5-0 Alloa Athletic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  6. ↑ Sport, BBC. "Alloa 1-1 Dumbarton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  7. ↑ Findlay, Alan. "McCallum earns second contract". Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  8. ↑ Findlay, Alan (19 January 2017). "Transfer window : Donald heads to Arbroath on loan". Dumbarton FC. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  9. ↑ Findlay, Alan. "SQUAD UPDATE : PLAYER DEPARTURES". Dumbarton Football Club. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Announcement". Facebook. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  11. ↑ "Scottish League Two: Arbroath seal title as Cowden face play-off". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
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