Callum Lang

Callum Joseph Lang (born 8 September 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship side Wigan Athletic.

Callum Lang
Personal information
Full name Callum Joseph Lang[1]
Date of birth (1998-09-08) 8 September 1998[2]
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Wigan Athletic
Youth career
0000–2013 Liverpool
2013–2017 Wigan Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Wigan Athletic 1 (0)
2017–2018 → Morecambe (loan) 30 (10)
2018–2019 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 42 (13)
2019–2020 → Shrewsbury Town (loan) 13 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:26, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Lang joined Wigan Athletic in 2013, after progressing through the Liverpool youth ranks.[3] On 7 May 2017 he was an unused substitute in a 1–1 home draw with Leeds United in the last game of the EFL Championship season, with Wigan already relegated.[4] He made his debut on 8 August 2017 in an EFL Cup first round tie against Blackpool, which resulted in a 2–1 home victory for the Latics; he came on in the 65th minute for Christopher Merrie.[5]

On 31 August 2017, Lang signed for EFL League Two side Morecambe on a season-long loan.[6] He scored his first goal on 9 December in a 2–0 home win over Coventry City within a minute of replacing Adam Campbell, but was himself substituted injured before the end of the match.[7] He was named the league's Young Player of the Month with five goals in as many games, including two in a 4–3 win over Yeovil Town at the Globe Arena.[8]

On 14 August 2018, Lang joined League Two side Oldham Athletic on loan until January 2019,[9] subsequently extended until the end of the season.[10] He scored the winning goal in the FA Cup Third Round tie against Premier League club Fulham at Craven Cottage on 6 January 2019.[11] He totalled 50 appearances for the team from Boundary Park over the season and scored 16 goals, including both of a 2–0 home win over Tranmere Rovers on 2 April that ended the opponents' seven-game winning streak.[12]

Lang made his league debut for Wigan on 24 August 2019, as a 59th-minute substitute for Jamal Lowe in a 3–1 loss at Queens Park Rangers in the Championship.[13] On 2 September, he joined EFL League One side Shrewsbury Town on a season-long loan.[14] Fifteen days later, on his second appearance, he scored the winner in a 4–3 home victory over Southend United.[15] In October 2019 he underwent a foot operation and was ruled out for three months.[16]

Career statistics
As of match played 1 January 2019[17]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wigan Athletic 2016–17[17] Championship 0000000000
2017–18[18] League One 0000201[lower-alpha 1]030
Morecambe (loan) 2017–18[18] League Two 30101000003110
Oldham Athletic (loan) 2018–19[19] League Two 42 13 4 2 0 0 4[lower-alpha 1] 1 50 16
Career total 72235220517825
  1. Appearances in the Football League Trophy

References
  1. "Retained List 2016-17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  2. "Callum Lang". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  3. "Callum Lang". Wigan Athletic Official Site. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  4. "Wigan Athletic 1–1 Leeds United". BBC Sport. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  5. "Wigan Athletic vs. Blackpool". Soccerway. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  6. "Morecambe sign Cambridge's Adam McGurk and Wigan's Callum Lang". BBC Sport. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  7. "Morecambe 2–0 Coventry City". BBC Sport. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  8. Freeman, Jay (27 January 2018). "Callum Lang: Morecambe forward wins EFL Young Player of the Month award". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  9. "Callum Lang: Oldham Athletic sign striker on loan from Wigan". BBC Sport. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  10. "Callum Lang Extends Loan Spell At Oldham AthelticUntil The End Of The 2018-19 Season". Wigan Athletic F.C. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  11. Doyle, Paul (6 January 2019). "Callum Lang heads late winner as League Two Oldham humble Fulham". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  12. "Oldham Athletic 2–0 Tranmere Rovers". BBC Sport. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  13. "Queens Park Rangers 3 Wigan Athletic 1". Wigan Athletic F.C. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  14. "Shrewsbury Town seal loan signing of Callum Lang from Wigan Athletic". Shropshire Star. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  15. "Shrewsbury Town 4–3 Southend United". BBC Sport. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  16. "Callum Lang: Shrewsbury Town striker sidelined after foot operation". BBC Sport. 16 October 2019.
  17. Callum Lang at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  18. "Games played by Callum Lang in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  19. "Games played by Callum Lang in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
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