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Callum Ainley
Personal information
Full name Callum Thomas Ainley[1]
Date of birth (1997-11-02) 2 November 1997 (age 27)[2]
Place of birth Swindon England
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Crewe Alexandra
Number 11
Youth career
2011–2015 Crewe Alexandra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Crewe Alexandra 169 (14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:09, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

Callum Thomas Ainley (born 2 November 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Crewe Alexandra.

Career

Ainley began his career in Crewe Alexandra's youth system and made his professional debut, aged 17, on 5 September 2015 in a 3–1 defeat against Swindon Town.[3][4] He scored his first goal for Crewe in a 3–1 win against Doncaster Rovers on 30 April 2016.[5] Exactly four months later, he scored his second senior goal in a 3–0 win at Accrington Stanley in a Football League Trophy tie on 30 August 2016.[6] Two days after his 20th birthday, on 4 November 2017, he scored the 89th-minute winner in a 2–1 victory over Rotherham United in the FA Cup first round at Gresty Road.[7]

On 3 May 2018, Ainley signed a new three-year contract at Crewe.[8]

In December 2020, Ainley had surgery to repair a hamstring injury sustained in an FA Cup tie at Cheltenham Town.[9]

Career statistics

As of 11 December 2020
Club Season Division League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Crewe Alexandra 2015–16[10] League One 16 1 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 17 1
2016–17[11] League Two 27 1 1 0 0 0 3[a] 1 31 2
2017–18[12] League Two 45 4 3 1 1 0 3[a] 0 52 5
2018–19[13] League Two 43 6 1 0 1 0 3[a] 0 48 6
2019–20[14] League Two 25 2 1 0 2 0 3[a] 1 31 3
2020–21[15] League One 13 0 2 0 1 0 3[a] 0 19 0
Crewe Alexandra total 169 14 8 1 5 0 16 2 198 17
Career total 169 14 8 1 5 0 16 2 198 17
  1. ^ a b c d e f Appearances in EFL Trophy

References

  1. ^ "The Football League Limited: Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015" (PDF). The Football League. 16 May 2015. p. 46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Callum Ainley". 11v11. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Crewe 1–3 Swindon". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Callum Ainley will learn from midweek mistake – Steve Davis". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Crewe 3–1 Doncaster". BBC Sport. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Accrington Stanley 0–3 Crewe Alexandra". CreweAlex.net. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Rotherham United". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Contract: Callum Ainley Agrees New Deal". CreweAlex.net. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Ainley Has Successful Surgery On Hamstring Injury". CreweAlex.net. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Games played by Callum Ainley in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  11. ^ "Games played by Callum Ainley in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  12. ^ "Games played by Callum Ainley in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Games played by Callum Ainley in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  14. ^ "Games played by Callum Ainley in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  15. ^ "Games played by Callum Ainley in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
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