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Calum Chambers (born 20 January 1995) is an English professional
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who plays as a
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or
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for club
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. Originally a member of
Southampton Southampton () is a port city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. It is located approximately south-west of London and west of Portsmouth. The city forms part of the South Hampshire built-up area, which also covers Po ...
's academy system, Chambers was promoted to the first team at the beginning of the 2012–13 campaign. After two seasons with the club, he moved to fellow Premier League club
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. Having spent seven seasons at Arsenal, he moved to Aston Villa in January 2022. Chambers made three senior international appearances for the England national team in 2014.


Club career


Southampton

Born in
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, Hampshire, Chambers joined
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at the age of seven. He went through the ranks at the club and at the beginning of the 2012–13 season, Chambers was revealed as one of four youth players to be promoted to the first-team. During the pre-season period he made a number of appearances for the team, playing in the Memorial Cup against
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, coming on as a second-half substitute in the matches against Évian Thonon Gaillard and Étoile Carouge, and making late appearances against
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and
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. Chambers made his full debut for Southampton on 28 August 2012 in a 4–1 win over Stevenage in the second round of the
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, coming on as an 84th-minute substitute for
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and providing the assist for the final goal of the match by
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. On 31 July 2013, Chambers signed a new four-year contract with Southampton. He made his first-team league debut on 17 August, when he played the full 90 minutes at
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of the opening match of the 2013–14 season in a 1–0 win against
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. He made a total of 25 appearances for Southampton in all competitions, of which 22 were in the league, before leaving in the summer of 2014.


Arsenal

On 28 July 2014, it was announced that he had signed for
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on a long-term contract for an undisclosed fee, rising to a potential £16 million with performance-related add-ons. Chambers made his first appearance for Arsenal on 2 August 2014, starting in central defence in a 5–1 win against Benfica in the pre-season
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tournament. On 10 August, Chambers made his competitive debut for Arsenal, playing the full 90 minutes of the 2014 FA Community Shield against Premier League champions Manchester City at
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. Playing at
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instead of his usual right-back position to cover for
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, the BBC wrote on his performance against the Premier League champions that "his mature performance defied his youthful years". On 16 August, Chambers played his first
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match for Arsenal in a 2–1 win against
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. He played the first European fixture of his career three days later, a goalless draw in the first leg of Arsenal's Champions League play-off away to Beşiktaş. Following a strong start to the season, Chambers was nominated for the 2014 Golden Boy award , alongside international teammates
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,
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and
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. He scored the first senior goal of his career and registered an assist on 1 November as Arsenal beat
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3–0 in a Premier League home victory. He was sent off for the first time in his career on 6 December, as Arsenal lost 3–2 at Stoke City. Chambers' appearances in the second half of the season were limited by the emergence of
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at right-back. He was not in Arsenal's matchday squad when they won the 2015 FA Cup Final 4–0 against
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at Wembley Stadium on 30 May. Chambers began the 2016–17 Premier League in the starting line-up for Arsenal and scored in a 3–4 loss against
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in the first match of the season.


Loan to Middlesbrough (2016–17 season)

On 30 August 2016, Chambers joined fellow Premier League team
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on a season-long
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. On 24 September 2016, he made his debut in a 2–1 defeat against
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in the league. On 30 April 2017, he scored his only goal for the club in a 2–2 draw against Manchester City. Prior to his return to Arsenal, Chambers was a key figure on the team and made a total of 26 appearances for Middlesbrough.


2017–18 season

Chambers made his first appearance of the 2017–18 season in the 1–0 win over
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in the
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, but was substituted at half time due to injury. On 3 July 2018, Chambers signed a new long-term contract with Arsenal.


Loan to Fulham (2018–19 season)

On 7 August 2018, Chambers signed with fellow Premier League side
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on a season long loan. On 11 August, he made his debut in a 2–0 loss against
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in the league. He would score his first goal for the club in a 4–2 victory over
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on 29 January 2019. Although he had previously always been playing as a centre-back or full-back, Chambers was mostly deployed as a
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during his time at Fulham, and his excellent performances in this new role led to him winning the 2018–19 Fulham Player of the Season award, with 48.4 per cent of the votes—more than three times any other player nominated.


2019–20 season

After Fulham's relegation from the Premier League, Chambers returned to Arsenal ahead of the 2019–20 season. He scored his first goal of the season on 22 September 2019, scoring Arsenal's 2nd in a 3–2 victory against Aston Villa. Chambers' goal helped sparked the comeback for 10-man Arsenal, as they rallied from behind twice to pick up all three points. Two days later, on 24 September 2019, Chambers played the full 90-minutes at right-back, providing three assists in Arsenal's 5–0 EFL Cup victory over
Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...
. On 29 December 2019, Chambers ruptured the
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of his left knee in a 2–1 defeat by
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. As a result, he was expected to be out of action for six to nine months.


2020–21 season

Chambers made his return to the first team since his injury in a 4–1 win over
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on 3 December 2020. He made his first Premier League start since December 2019 in a 1–1 away draw against
Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Bru ...
on 6 March 2021. He was in the starting lineup again in a 3–3 draw against
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on 21 March and put in a Man of the Match performance.


Aston Villa

On 27 January 2022, Chambers joined fellow Premier League club
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on a free transfer, signing a three-and-a-half year contract. He made his debut on 9 February, as a late substitute in a 3–3 draw against
Leeds United Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire in England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of England's football league system, and plays its home matches at Elland Road ...
after Ezri Konsa had received a red card. He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–0 win away at Leeds on 10 March.


International career

Chambers made his debut for the England under-17 team on 2 February against
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. In March, he played in all three of the team's matches in the 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round, scoring their only goal of the tournament in a 1–0 win over
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. On 26 September 2012, Chambers made the step up to the England under-19 team, playing the full 90 minutes in the team's 3–0 win over the Estonia under-19 team in the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying round. On 28 September Chambers came on as a second-half substitute in the England under-19 team's match against the
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, which England won 6–0, scoring the final goal of the match in the 84th minute. He scored his second under-19 international goal in a 1–0 victory against
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on 21 March 2013. On 28 August 2014, he was named in the senior England squad for the first time, ahead of a friendly against
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and a Euro 2016 qualification match against
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in September. He made his debut against Norway on 3 September, coming on for the last 9 minutes in place of John Stones as England won 1–0 at Wembley Stadium. Initially chosen for the under-21 team, Chambers moved into the senior squad ahead of European qualifiers against
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and
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in October 2014 due to an injury to Stones. He was given his first start on his second cap, against San Marino on 9 October at Wembley Stadium, playing at right-back ahead of his former Southampton teammate
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. Chambers then dropped back down to the under-21 team in March 2015, and made his debut in a 1–0 win against
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in Prague. He was part of the team that won the 2016 Toulon Tournament, their first such win for 22 years. On 5 June 2017, Chambers was called up to England's squad for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship to be held in Poland. Chambers went on to play in the semi-final of the tournament where England went out on penalties to Germany.


Media

Chambers was involved in the Amazon Original sports
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'' All or Nothing: Arsenal'', which documented the club by spending time with the coaching staff and players behind the scenes both on and off the field throughout their 2021–22 season.


Career statistics


Club


International

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Honours

Arsenal * FA Community Shield: 2014 *
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runner-up: 2017–18 England U21 *
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:
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Individual *
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Player of the Season: 2018–19


References


External links


Profile
at the Aston Villa F.C. website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chambers, Calum 1995 births Living people People from Petersfield Footballers from Hampshire English footballers Association football defenders Southampton F.C. players Arsenal F.C. players Middlesbrough F.C. players Fulham F.C. players Aston Villa F.C. players Premier League players England youth international footballers England under-21 international footballers England international footballers