Callum Driver

Callum Driver
Driver warming up for West Ham United in August 2012
Personal information
Full name Callum Charles John Driver[1]
Date of birth (1992-10-23) 23 October 1992 (age 32)[1]
Place of birth Sidcup, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
200?–2011 West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 West Ham United 0 (0)
2012 → Burton Albion (loan) 8 (1)
2014 Whitehawk 12 (0)
2014–2015 Dartford 22 (0)
2015–2017 Maidstone United 43 (1)
2017 → Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) 14 (2)
2017 Hemel Hempstead Town 17 (1)
2017–2018 Welling United 22 (2)
2018–2019 Dartford 15 (0)
2019 → Leatherhead (loan) 6 (0)
2019–2020 Leatherhead 13 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:52, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

Callum Charles John Driver (born 23 October 1992) is an English semi-professional footballer who last played as a defender for Leatherhead.

Club career

Driver was born in Sidcup, London.[1] He joined as a youth team player for West Ham aged 12 and signed his first professional contract with the club in July 2011.[3] Having been involved in several first-team squads with West Ham, in January 2012 he moved on loan to League Two club Burton Albion until 31 January 2012.[4] Driver made his debut for Burton on 6 January 2012 in a home game against Accrington Stanley, the match ended 2–0 to Accrington.[5][6] Driver scored his first goal for Burton on 14 February 2012 in a 3–2 away defeat to Crewe Alexandra.[7] After two months with Burton and without ever playing in a winning team, Driver returned to West Ham.[8] He made his official debut on 5 January 2014 for West Ham against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground in the FA Cup.[9] Driver was released by West Ham at the end of the 2013–14 season.[10]

After being released by West Ham, he signed for Conference South club Whitehawk and went on to make 14 first-team appearances for the club[11] before being released in October 2014.[12] On 11 November 2014 Driver signed a contract with Conference Premier club Dartford going straight into their squad on the same day for their league encounter with Welling United.[13]

In May 2015, following the club's relegation from the Conference Premier, he joined newly promoted National League South club Maidstone United on a free transfer, rejecting a new deal with Dartford.[14] Driver was a regular fixture at right back for the Stones during the 2015–16 season, and helped the club achieve promotion to the National League via the playoffs.[15]

He agreed a new deal with the club for the 2016–17 season.[16]

On 20 January 2017, Driver joined Hemel Hempstead Town on a three-month loan deal.[17] He signed permanently for the club in June 2017, after leaving Maidstone.[18]

On 8 December 2017, Driver joined Welling United and made his debut for the club a day later on 9 December 2017 in a 2–2 draw at Park View Road with Truro City.[19] He scored his first goal for the club, in his third game, on 26 December 2017 in a 3–2 defeat at home to his former club Dartford.[20]

On 22 May 2018, Driver resigned for Dartford.[21]

On 25 January 2019, Driver joined Leatherhead on a month's loan.[22]

Career statistics

As of match played 25 February 2020.
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
West Ham United 2011–12[23] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012–13[23] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2013–14[23] Premier League 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Total 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Burton Albion (loan) 2011–12[23] League Two 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
Whitehawk 2014–15[24] Conference South 9 0 2 0 — 0 0 11 0
Dartford 2014–15[23] Conference Premier 22 0 — — 4[a] 0 26 0
Maidstone United 2015–16[24] National League South 37 1 4 0 — 5[b] 0 46 1
2016–17[23] National League 6 0 0 0 — 2[a] 0 8 0
Total 43 1 4 0 — 7 0 54 1
Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) 2016–17[24] National League South 14 2 0 0 — 0 0 14 2
Hemel Hempstead Town 2017–18[24] National League South 17 1 3 0 — 2[a] 0 22 1
Welling United 2017–18[24] National League South 22 2 0 0 — 0 0 22 2
Dartford 2018–19[24] National League South 15 0 0 0 — 0 0 15 0
Leatherhead (loan) 2018–19[25] Isthmian League Premier Division 6 0 0 0 — 0 0 6 0
Leatherhead 2019–20[26] Isthmian League Premier Division 13 1 2 0 — 3[c] 0 18 1
Career total 169 8 12 0 0 0 16 0 197 8
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  2. ^ Two appearances in FA Trophy, three in National League South play-offs
  3. ^ Two appearances in FA Trophy, one in Alan Turvey Trophy

Honours

Maidstone United

References

  1. ^ a b c "Callum Driver". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  2. ^ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline Publishing Group. p. 551. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
  3. ^ "Driver on track to succeed". West Ham United F.C. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Driver heads for Burton". West Ham United F.C. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Burton Albion 0–2 Accrington Stanley". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  6. ^ "Driver makes Brewers bow". West Ham United F.C. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  7. ^ "Crewe 3–2 Burton Albion". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  8. ^ "Pesch still the boss after crises talks". Burton Mail. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  9. ^ "Nottm Forrest v West Ham". BBC Sport. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  10. ^ "Reatained list published". West Ham United F.C. 23 May 2014. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  11. ^ Whitehawk matchday programme, Whitehawk v Basingstoke Town,29 April 2015
  12. ^ "King cuts three from Whitehawk squad". The Argus. Brighton. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  13. ^ "Callum Driver: Dartford sign ex-West Ham defender". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  14. ^ "Maidstone United sign former West Ham United, Whitehawk and Dartford defender Callum Driver". Kent Online. 23 May 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  15. ^ "Stones win thriller on spot-kicks". 14 May 2016.
  16. ^ "Driver revs up for the new season". 2 June 2016.
  17. ^ "Driver to Hemel". Maidstone United F.C. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  18. ^ Three New Tudors[permanent dead link‍]‚ thenationalleague.org.uk, 4 June 2017
  19. ^ "Welling United 2-2 Truro City". Welling United F.C. 9 December 2017. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  20. ^ "Welling United 2-3 Dartford". Welling United F.C. 26 December 2017. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  21. ^ "Player News: Callum Driver". Dartford F.C. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  22. ^ "Player News: Callum Driver & Dan Darbyshire". Dartford F.C. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  23. ^ a b c d e f g "C. Driver". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  24. ^ a b c d e f "Callum Driver Profile". Aylesbury United FC. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  25. ^ "Leatherhead – Appearances – Callum Driver – 2018-2019". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  26. ^ "Leatherhead – Appearances – Callum Driver". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
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