Ian Callaghan

Ian Callaghan
MBE
Callaghan in 2016
Personal information
Full name Ian Robert Callaghan
Date of birth (1942-04-10) 10 April 1942 (age 82)
Place of birth Toxteth, Liverpool, England
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1978 Liverpool 640 (49)
1978Ft Lauderdale Strikers (loan) 20 (0)
1978–1981 Swansea City 76 (1)
1979Canberra City (loan) 9 (0)
1981 Cork United 2 (0)
1981 Crewe Alexandra 15 (0)
Total 762 (50)
International career
1966–1977 England 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ian Robert Callaghan MBE (born 10 April 1942) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He holds the record for most appearances for Liverpool.[2] He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1975 New Year Honours.[3]

  1. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Ian Callaghan (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Appearances". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  3. ^ United Kingdom list: "No. 46444". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1974. p. 14.