Callum Guy

Callum Anthony Guy (born 25 November 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League Two club Carlisle United.

Callum Guy

Personal information
Full name	Callum Anthony Guy[1]
Date of birth	(1996-11-25) 25 November 1996
Place of birth	Nottingham, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Playing position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Carlisle United
Number	8
Youth career
2006–2015	Derby County
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2019	Derby County	0	(0)
2017	→ Port Vale (loan)	11	(0)
2018	→ Bradford City (loan)	17	(0)
2018–2019	→ Blackpool (loan)	14	(0)
2019–2020	Blackpool	17	(0)
2020–	Carlisle United	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:00, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

He started his career at Derby County, before playing on loan at Port Vale during the 2016–17 season, and joined Bradford City on loan in January 2018. In August 2018, he joined Blackpool in a deal which was made permanent in January 2019. He left Blackpool for Carlisle United in January 2020.

Career

Derby County

Guy came through the Derby County youth team from the age of nine to turn professional at the club in February 2015.[3] He played all three Group Stage games for the under-23 team in the EFL Trophy during the 2016–17 season. He joined EFL League One club Port Vale on a half-season loan on 11 January 2017.[4] Nine days later he was named as man of the match on his first team debut for Port Vale in a 2–2 draw with Bury at Vale Park; his performance also saw him named in the Football League Paper's team of the week.[5] Manager Michael Brown said, "I thought he mixed his game up well - short and long passes, broke it up, forward runs, wanting to do well".[6] He was again named as Vale's man of the match after a shortage of defenders saw him play at right-back in a 2–1 home defeat to Bradford City on 25 February.[7] However, he picked up a hamstring injury in mid-March, and was ruled out for the rest of the season.[8]

Guy made his Derby debut on 12 September 2017, in a 3–2 defeat at Barnsley in the EFL Cup.[9] On 12 January 2018, he returned to League One on loan at Bradford City on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season.[10] "Bantams" boss Stuart McCall said that "[he will] give us a little bit extra depth. He is hungry enough, however, to want to push himself into the starting XI".[11] It took until his tenth appearance for Bradford for him to be on the winning side, when he was named as man of the match during a 1–0 victory over Gillingham.[12]

Blackpool

On 31 August 2018, Guy joined League One side Blackpool on a loan deal until the end of 2018, with the deal due to be made permanent in January 2019, at which point he would sign an 18-month contract with the option of a further 12 months on top of that.[13] He scored on his Seasiders debut with a 25-yard volley in a 3–3 draw with Macclesfield Town in an EFL Trophy group stage game on 4 September.[14] The permanent deal was confirmed on 2 January.[15] He ended the 2018–19 season with 24 appearances to his name. On 27 November 2019, he was sent off after receiving two bookings in a 3–1 defeat to Scunthorpe United at Bloomfield Road.[16]

Carlisle United

On 30 January 2020, Guy signed an 18-month deal with EFL League Two side Carlisle United after moving for an undisclosed fee.[17] Carlisle head coach Chris Beech told the club website that Guy was a "marquee signing".[18] However he picked up a knee injury in his third appearance for the "Blues" and was ruled out of action for the rest of the 2019–20 season after undergoing surgery.[19]

Style of play

Guy is an energetic 'box-to-box' midfielder.[20][21]

Career statistics

As of match played 11 February 2020

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Derby County	2014–15[22]	EFL Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2015–16[23]	EFL Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2016–17[24]	EFL Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	3[lower-alpha 1]	0	3	0
	2017–18[25]	EFL Championship	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	2018–19[26]	EFL Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	0
Port Vale (loan)	2016–17[24]	EFL League One	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
Bradford City (loan)	2017–18[25]	EFL League One	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
Blackpool	2018–19[26]	EFL League One	16	0	3	0	2	0	3[lower-alpha 1]	1	24	1
	2019–20[27]	EFL League One	15	0	3	0	0	0	4[lower-alpha 1]	0	22	0
	Total		31	0	6	0	2	0	7	1	46	1
Carlisle United	2019–20[27]	EFL League Two	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Career total			62	0	6	0	3	0	10	1	81	1

1. Appearance/s in the EFL Trophy.

References

1. "List of Temporary Transfers of Players under Written Contract Between 01/01/2018 and 31/01/2018" (PDF). The Football Association. p. 23. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
2. "View Callum Guy - Derby County". www.dcfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
3. "Derby County: Callum Guy signs professional contract with the Rams". Derby Telegraph. 19 February 2015. Archived from the original on 25 June 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
4. "Port Vale: Chris Eagles and on-loan Derby midfielder Callum Guy join League One club". BBC Sport. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
5. Baggaley, Mike (23 January 2017). "Callum Guy thanks Port Vale fans as he's named in team of week". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
6. Baggaley, Mike (21 January 2017). "Port Vale boss Michael Brown thrilled with Walker and Guy debuts". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
7. Baggaley, Mike (26 February 2017). "Port Vale 1, Bradford 2: Star Man and player ratings". Stoke Sentinel. Archived from the original on 26 February 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
8. Baggaley, Mike (8 April 2017). "Port Vale lose three players to long-term injury, manager reveals". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
9. "Barnsley 3-2 Derby County". BBC Sport. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
10. "Callum Guy: Bradford City sign Derby County midfielder on loan". BBC Sport. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
11. "Bradford City sign midfielder Callum Guy on loan from Derby County". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
12. Bonell, Jonny (25 March 2018). "Loan watch: Guy shines again; Elsnik, Gordon & Lowe all in action". Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
13. Watson, Chris (31 August 2018). "Midfielder leaves Derby County to sign for Blackpool". Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
14. Watson, Chris (5 September 2018). "Callum Guy scores spectacular goal on 'excellent' Blackpool debut after signing from Derby County". Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
15. "Guy Completes Permanent Blackpool Switch". Derby County. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
16. "Blackpool vs Scunthorpe United on 27 Nov 19 - Match Centre - Blackpool FC". www.blackpoolfc.co.uk. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
17. "Callum Guy Joins Carlisle United". www.blackpoolfc.co.uk. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
18. "Callum Guy: Carlisle United sign Blackpool midfielder for an undisclosed fee". BBC Sport. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
19. "Carlisle United: Callum Guy to miss rest of season with knee injury". BBC Sport. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
20. Baggaley, Mike (17 March 2017). "Sam Foley playing through pain for Port Vale survival battle". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
21. Baggaley, Mike (16 January 2017). "Port Vale legend says Michael Brown has priorities right". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
22. "Games played by Callum Guy in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
23. "Games played by Callum Guy in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
24. "Games played by Callum Guy in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
25. "Games played by Callum Guy in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
26. "Games played by Callum Guy in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
27. "Games played by Callum Guy in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.