Callum McCowatt

Callum McCowatt (born 30 April 1999) is a New Zealand professional footballer who currently plays as a forward for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League.

Callum McCowatt
Personal information
Full name Callum William McCowatt
Date of birth (1999-04-30) 30 April 1999
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Wellington Phoenix
Number 21
Youth career
–2014 Westlake
2016 Team Wellington
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Western Suburbs
2017–2018 Auckland City 20 (9)
2018–2019 Eastern Suburbs 16 (21)
2019– Wellington Phoenix 7 (1)
National team‡
2015 New Zealand U-17 4 (0)
2017–2019 New Zealand U-20 5 (0)
2019– New Zealand 1 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 November 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:18, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Following his graduation from Westlake Boys High School, McCowatt joined the Olé Football Academy in early 2015, playing league football for Olé-affiliated club Western Suburbs. During his time with the academy, McCowatt was named in the youth squad of Team Wellington for the 2016 National Youth League season.[1]

Auckland City

Following his time at Western Suburbs, McCowatt moved to ISPS Handa Premiership club Auckland City along with fellow Olé graduates Dalton Wilkins and Owen Parker-Price on 26 September 2017.[2] Though he was originally intended for the youth team, McCowatt eventually started every game Auckland City played that season, including the FIFA Club World Cup and OFC Champions League campaigns. McCowatt scored the only goal in the grand final as Auckland City defeated Team Wellington 1–0 to lift the league title.[3][4]

Following McCowatt's success in his debut season, in which he formed an attacking trio with Ryan de Vries and Emiliano Tade, he earned a trial with Eredivisie club Sparta Rotterdam, but was not offered a contract.[5]

Eastern Suburbs

On 21 November 2018, McCowatt continued his relationship with the Olé academy, signing with affiliated club Eastern Suburbs. He scored 21 goals in 16 appearances in the 2018–19 season[6], including a hat-trick in the grand final against Team Wellington which his team won 3–0. He was awarded the Steve Sumner Trophy for player of the match.[7]

Wellington Phoenix

On 26 June 2019, it was announced that McCowatt signed with the Wellington Phoenix who play in the A-League on a one-year deal.[8] McCowatt scored his first goal for the Phoenix in their FFA Cup lost to the Brisbane Strikers[9] before he made his professional debut in a 0–1 loss to Western United in the Phoenix season opener.[6]

International career

McCowatt got his first international call up for the New Zealand U17 team for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[10] He played in four games with one start.[11] McCowatt was named in the New Zealand U20 squad for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[12] He made 3 starting appearances but was unable to score.[11]

McCowatt made his international debut on 15 November 2019, starting for New Zealand in a friendly against Ireland. McCowatt scored his first goal for New Zealand opening the scoring of the game before going onto lose 1–3.[13]

International goals
Scores and results list New Zealand's goal tally first.[14]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.14 November 2019Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland1–01–3Friendly
gollark: I have node.js, rustc, picolisp, Lua and various other things on my phone for reasons.
gollark: Not a GOOD desktop, but a usable one.
gollark: Yep!
gollark: The ESPsomethings can even run stripped-down Node.js.
gollark: You could just get a less underpowered microcontroller and run Lua.

References
  1. "Team Wellington Youth Squad named for 2016 Campaign". Team Wellington. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. "Navy Blues sign Ole Academy trio". Auckland City FC. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  3. Voerman, Andrew (1 April 2018). "When Auckland City needed a winner, Callum McCowatt found a way". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  4. Voerman, Andrew (1 April 2018). "Late Callum McCowatt goal gives Auckland City a record seventh national title". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  5. "Young Kiwi footballers Callum McCowatt and Eli Just set for spells at European clubs". Stuff. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  6. "Wellington Phoenix youngster Callum McCowatt sure the goals will come". Stuff.co.nz. 15 October 2019.
  7. "Callum McCowatt stars as Eastern Suburbs win national men's football league final". Stuff. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  8. "Gun Kiwi goal-scorer Callum McCowatt steps up with Wellington Phoenix". Stuff. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  9. Rollo, Phillip (8 August 2019). "Wellington Phoenix pay the penalty in shock FFA Cup defeat against Strikers". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  10. "Football: NZ U-17s named for World Cup". NZ Herald. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  11. "C.McCowatt". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  12. "Talented New Zealand team heading into Fifa Under-20 World Cup full of confidence". Stuff. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  13. Voerman, Andrew. "Callum McCowatt scores on debut as new-look All Whites lose to Republic of Ireland". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  14. "Callum McCowatt". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.