Ian Callaghan

Ian Robert Callaghan MBE (born 10 April 1942 in Toxteth, Liverpool) is a retired English footballer who played as a midfielder. He holds the record for most appearances for Liverpool.[1]

Ian Callaghan
MBE
Callaghan in 2016
Personal information
Full name Ian Robert Callaghan
Date of birth (1942-04-10) 10 April 1942
Place of birth Toxteth, Liverpool, England
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1978 Liverpool 640 (50)
1978 → Ft Lauderdale Strikers (loan) 20 (0)
1978–1981 Swansea City 76 (1)
1979 → Canberra City (loan) 9 (0)
1981 Cork United 2 (0)
1981 Crewe Alexandra 15 (0)
Total 762 (51)
National team
1966–1977 England 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career
Callaghan with Liverpool in 1966.

Callaghan played 857 times for Liverpool between 1960 and 1978, breaking into the first team just after the appointment of Bill Shankly as Liverpool manager. He was a regular member of the first team by the time Liverpool won promotion to the First Division in 1962, and went on to help them win the league title in 1964, 1966, 1973, 1976 and 1977, as well as the 1965 and 1974 FA Cup Finals, the UEFA Cup in 1973 UEFA Cup Final and 1976 UEFA Cup Final, and the European Cup in 1977 and (as a substitute) in 1978. He was voted FWA Footballer of the Year in 1974.[1] He was booked only once in his career, in the 1978 League Cup Final replay at Old Trafford, which Liverpool lost to Nottingham Forest.[2]

Callaghan played in the 1977 European Cup Final, when Liverpool beat Borussia Moenchengladbach 3–1. But in 1978 European Cup, which proved his last year at the club, his playing time was reduced as younger additions like Graeme Souness and Kenny Dalglish established themselves at the club. Callaghan was on the substitutes' bench when Liverpool retained the cup against FC Brugge in 1978.

Callaghan also played four times at senior level for England.[3] Although he was in the squad for the 1966 FIFA World Cup, he did not play in the final and so did not receive a medal. Following a Football Association-led campaign to persuade FIFA to award medals to all the winners' squad members, Callaghan was presented with his medal by Prime Minister Gordon Brown at a ceremony at 10 Downing Street on 10 June 2009.[4]

He left Liverpool shortly after the 1978 European Cup final and signed for Swansea City, managed by former Liverpool striker John Toshack. He helped Swansea win a second successive promotion in 1979, which took them into the Second Division, and also had brief spells playing in the USA, Australia and Ireland towards the end of his career. He spent the final season of his career in the English Fourth Division with Crewe Alexandra, making 15 appearances in the 1981–82 season and retiring as a player in his 40th year.[4]

Honours
Liverpool
England

Career statistics
Club performance League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
1959–60Liverpool[27]Second Division400000 40
1960–61300020 50
1961–622315000 281
1962–63First Division3726000 432
1963–644285000 478
1964–65376810091 55*8
1965–66425100090 53*5
1966–67403400051 48*4
1967–68413902163 587
1968–69428413120 5110
1969–70413602042 535
1970–71230501050 340
1971–72412303040 52*2
1972–734234080121 664
1973–74420906340 613
1974–75411203041 51*2
1975–764032030121 574
1976–77331502170 48*2
1977–78260107061 41*1
USA League Open Cup – North America Total
1978Fort Lauderdale StrikersNASL200—-— 200
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
1978–79Swansea CityThird Division400---- 400
Australia League – – – Total
1979Canberra City (loan)NSL90 90
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
1979–80Swansea CitySecond Division361---- 361
Ireland League FAI Cup League Cup Europe Total
1980–81Cork UnitedLOI20 20
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
1981–82CreweFourth Division150---- 150
Total England 73150792427891094868
USA 200——-200
Australia 90——-90
Ireland 2020
Career total 76250792427891097968

* Includes one appearance in the FA Charity Shield

^ Includes one goal in the FA Charity Shield

References
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