Gavin Kirk McCallum (born August 24, 1987) is a

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professional

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player who plays as a

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Club career

Born in

Mississauga Mississauga is a Canadian city in the province of Ontario. Situated on the north-western shore of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, it borders Toronto (Etobicoke) to the east, Brampton to the north, Milton to the northwest, ...

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, McCallum began his career in 2005 with

Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to: * Yeovil, a town in Somerset, England, with a council named Yeovil Town * Yeovil Town F.C., an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset * Yeovil Town W.F.C., an English women's football team affiliated with Yeovil T ...

. He agreed an 18-month contract with the club on 31 January 2006. On August 22, 2006, he joined Tamworth on a month's loan, joining the club for a second month on October 5, 2006. On November 23, 2006, he joined

Crawley Town Crawley Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crawley, West Sussex, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1896 as Crawley Foo ...

on loan. On March 2, 2007, he joined Dorchester Town on a month's loan. The following day he made his debut for the club in the 5–1

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home defeat to

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before netting his first goals for the club when scoring twice in the 3–2 victory at

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a week later. He remained with the club until the end of the season, scoring a total of five goals in 15 Conference South appearances. He later played for Weymouth and Havant & Waterlooville. He joined

Sutton United Sutton United Football Club is a professional association football club from Sutton, South London, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system. Sutton started out playing in junior, ...

ahead of the 2008–09 season, scoring just twelve minutes into his debut in the 1–1

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draw at Harlow Town on August 16, 2008. He went on to play a total of 54 times for the club, scoring 19 goals (41 league appearances seeing him yield 14 goals). McCallum signed for League Two side

Hereford United Hereford United Football Club was an association football club based in Hereford, England. They played at Edgar Street for their entire history. They were nicknamed 'The Whites' or 'The Lilywhites', after their predominantly white kit, or 'Th ...

on a short-term deal on August 21, 2009, having impressed while on trial with the club. In the summer of 2010, McCallum joined Lincoln City on a two-year deal. As he was under 24 a fee had to be agreed between The Imps and Hereford, and this fee was agreed on July 26, 2010. He made his debut for Lincoln City in a 2–0 loss to

Torquay United Torquay United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the National League South, the sixth level of the English football league system. They have played their ho ...

August 14, 2010. McCallum scored his first goal for Lincoln on January 15, 2011, in a 2–1 home loss to

Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club () is a professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third level of the English football league system. Founded in 188 ...

. About three weeks later Gavin scored his second league goal of the season as well as the winning goal in a tight match versus

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The club competes in , the third tier of English football, and is managed by Graham Alexander. The club was founded in 1903 and ...

on February 1, 2011. The game ended in a 2–1 away win at the

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, with McCallum paying tribute to his father after scoring the winning goal in the 79th minute. He then went on to score in a 2–1 away loss to

Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in , the third tier of the English football league system. Vale are named after the valley of ports on the Trent and Mersey Canal ...

. In May 2011, he was made available for transfer by the club after a mass clear out of players following relegation from

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. On November 22, 2011, McCallum signed on loan for League Two club

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until 8 January 2012. On January 30, 2012 he left Lincoln City by mutual consent. He joined

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ahead of the 2012–13 season. He was released at the end of the 2012–13 season after failing to hold down a regular starting spot in the first team. McCallum returned to

for pre-season training, with manager Garry Hill commenting "We told him ‘you’re not fit enough, you have talent but for that to come out you will have to go away, come back pre-season and show what you can do.’" Having impressed Hill, he agreed a further one year contract with The Cards However, in October, he was transfer listed along with Lee Sawyer with manager Garry Hill stating that the duo did not feature in his future plans after being disappointed with their attitude. On Monday 9 December 2013,

announced that he'd been released from his contract in order to join former club

, McCallum having made his second debut for The Us the previous Saturday in the 3-2

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home victory over

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. In need of regular matches to improve his fitness, McCallum joined

Tonbridge Angels Tonbridge Angels Football Club is a professional association football club based in Tonbridge, Kent, England. The team competes in the National League South, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. The club was founded as Tonb ...

on an initial one-month loan debuting in the club's 3-1

defeat at Dover Athletic on 26 December 2013. Although the club were keen to extend the loan, he was recalled to

. In June 2014 he joined Eastbourne Borough. It was announced on June 23, 2018, that he had signed for

Welling United Welling United Football Club is a semi-professional association football club, based in Welling in the London Borough of Bexley, England. The most prominent aspect of the club is its men's first team, who play in the , the seventh level of the E ...

. On October 2, 2020, McCullum joined

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. On June 3, 2021, McCullem joined

Bognor Regis Town Bognor Regis Town Football Club is an English football club based in Bognor Regis, West Sussex. Nicknamed 'The Rocks’, the club is an FA Chartered Standard Community club affiliated to the Sussex County Football Association. They currently co ...

International career

After representing the

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, Gavin McCallum earned his first

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with the Canada senior team in a friendly against

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on May 29, 2010, with the distinction of scoring on his debut in the 92nd minute to earn Canada a 1-1 draw. On February 27, 2019, it was announced that McCallum had been selected to the

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for their match against the

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.''

Career statistics

Personal life

Gavin is the nephew of Canadian former international

Trevor McCallum Trevor McCallum (born February 26, 1964) is a former English-Canadian soccer defender who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and earned eighteen caps with the Canada men's national soccer team. Career McCallum played wi ...

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