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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

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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

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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

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Maidstone United

References

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  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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