Ian Callaghan

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
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1959–1978	Liverpool	640	(49)
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	(50)
National team
1966–1977	England	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ian Robert Callaghan MBE (born 10 April 1942) is a retired English footballer. He played between 1959 and 1982 as a midfielder. He is best known as a Liverpool player. He holds the record for most times played for Liverpool, at 857 appearances. He won 17 honours with Liverpool, including two European Cups, in 1977 and 1978. He also played four times for the England national football team.

Callaghan was born in Toxteth, Liverpool.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Liverpool	1959–60	Second Division	4	0	0	0	0	0	–		4	0
	1960–61	Second Division	3	0	0	0	2	0	–		5	0
	1961–62	Second Division	23	1	5	0	0	0	–		28	1
	1962–63	First Division	37	2	6	0	0	0	–		43	2
	1963–64	First Division	42	8	5	0	0	0	–		47	8
	1964–65	First Division	37	6	8	1	0	0	9	1	55*	8
	1965–66	First Division	42	5	1	0	0	0	9	0	53*	5
	1966–67	First Division	40	3	4	0	0	0	5	1	50*	4
	1967–68	First Division	41	3	9	0	2	1	6	3	58	7
	1968–69	First Division	42	8	4	1	3	1	2	0	51	10
	1969–70	First Division	41	3	6	0	2	0	4	2	53	5
	1970–71	First Division	23	0	5	0	1	0	5	0	34	0
	1971–72	First Division	41	2	3	0	3	0	4	0	52*	2
	1972–73	First Division	42	3	4	0	8	0	12	1	66	4
	1973–74	First Division	42	0	9	0	6	3	4	0	61	3
	1974–75	First Division	41	1	2	0	3	0	4	1	51*	2
	1975–76	First Division	40	3	2	0	3	0	12	1	57	4
	1976–77	First Division	33	1	5	0	2	1	7	0	48*	2
	1977–78	First Division	26	0	1	0	7	0	6	1	41*	1
	Total		640	49	79	2	42	6	89	11	857	68
Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1978	NASL	20	0	—		–		—		20	0
Swansea City	1978–79	Third Division	40	0	—		—		—		40	0
	1979–80	Second Division	36	1	—		—		—		36	1
	Total		76	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	76	1
Canberra City (loan)	1979	NSL	9	0	—		—		—		9	0
Cork United	1980–81	LOI	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
Crewe Alexandra	1981–82	Fourth Division	15	0	—		—		—		15	0
Career total			762	50	88	2	42	6	89	11	979	68

* Includes one appearance in the FA Charity Shield

^ Includes one goal in the FA Charity Shield

Honours

Liverpool

• Football League First Division: 1963–64, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77
• Football League Second Division: 1961–62
• FA Cup: 1964–65, 1973–74
• FA Charity Shield: 1964 (shared), 1965 (shared), 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977
• European Cup: 1976–77, 1977–78
• UEFA Cup: 1972–73, 1975–76
• European Super Cup: 1977

England

• FIFA World Cup: 1966

Other websites

• Ian Callaghan at LiverpoolFC.com