Ian Callaghan

**Ian Robert Callaghan**  (born 10 April 1942) is a retired English footballer. He played between 1959 and 1982 as a midfielder. He is best known as a Liverpool player. He holds the record for most times played for Liverpool, at 857 appearances. He won 17 honours with Liverpool, including two European Cups, in 1977 and 1978. He also played four times for the England national football team.

Callaghan was born in Toxteth, Liverpool.

## Career statistics

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="20"|Liverpool|1959–60|Second Division|4|0|0|0|0|0|–|4|0||
|1960–61|Second Division|3|0|0|0|2|0|–|5|0||||
|1961–62|Second Division|23|1|5|0|0|0|–|28|1||||
|1962–63|First Division|37|2|6|0|0|0|–|43|2||||
|1963–64|First Division|42|8|5|0|0|0|–|47|8||||
|1964–65|First Division|37|6|8|1|0|0|9|1|55*|8|||
|1965–66|First Division|42|5|1|0|0|0|9|0|53*|5|||
|1966–67|First Division|40|3|4|0|0|0|5|1|50*|4|||
|1967–68|First Division|41|3|9|0|2|1|6|3|58|7|||
|1968–69|First Division|42|8|4|1|3|1|2|0|51|10|||
|1969–70|First Division|41|3|6|0|2|0|4|2|53|5|||
|1970–71|First Division|23|0|5|0|1|0|5|0|34|0|||
|1971–72|First Division|41|2|3|0|3|0|4|0|52*|2|||
|1972–73|First Division|42|3|4|0|8|0|12|1|66|4|||
|1973–74|First Division|42|0|9|0|6|3|4|0|61|3|||
|1974–75|First Division|41|1|2|0|3|0|4|1|51*|2|||
|1975–76|First Division|40|3|2|0|3|0|12|1|57|4|||
|1976–77|First Division|33|1|5|0|2|1|7|0|48*|2|||
|1977–78|First Division|26|0|1|0|7|0|6|1|41*|1|||
|Fort Lauderdale Strikers|1978|NASL|20|0|—|–|—|20|0|||||
|rowspan="3"|Swansea City|1978–79|Third Division|40|0|—|—|—|40|0||||
|1979–80|Second Division|36|1|—|—|—|36|1||||||
|Canberra City (loan)|1979|NSL|9|0|—|—|—|9|0|||||
|Cork United|1980–81|LOI|2|0|—|—|—|2|0|||||
|Crewe Alexandra|1981–82|Fourth Division|15|0|—|—|—|15|0|||||

- Includes one appearance in the FA Charity Shield

^ Includes one goal in the FA Charity Shield

## Honours

**Liverpool**
- Football League First Division: 1963–64, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77
- Football League Second Division: 1961–62
- FA Cup: 1964–65, 1973–74
- FA Charity Shield: 1964 (shared), 1965 (shared), 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977
- European Cup: 1976–77, 1977–78
- UEFA Cup: 1972–73, 1975–76
- European Super Cup: 1977

**England**
- FIFA World Cup: 1966

## Other websites

- Ian Callaghan at LiverpoolFC.com

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Ian Callaghan
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- **image**: LFC Legends - FA Cup Final 1974 (25633138964).jpg
- **caption**: Callaghan in 2016
- **full name**: Ian Robert Callaghan
- **height**: 1.70 m
- **birth place**: Toxteth, Liverpool, England
- **position**: Midfielder
- **years1**: 1959–1978
- **clubs1**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps1**: 640
- **goals1**: 49
- **years2**: 1978
- **clubs2**: → Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1977–1983), Ft Lauderdale Strikers (loan)
- **caps2**: 20
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 1978–1981
- **clubs3**: Swansea City A.F.C., Swansea City
- **caps3**: 76
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 1979
- **clubs4**: → Canberra City SC, Canberra City (loan)
- **caps4**: 9
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 1981
- **clubs5**: Cork United F.C. (1979–1982), Cork United
- **caps5**: 2
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 1981
- **years7**: 1981–1982
- **clubs6**: Crewe Alexandra
- **caps6**: 15
- **goals6**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 762
- **totalgoals**: 50
- **nationalyears1**: 1966–1977
- **nationalteam1**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps1**: 4
- **nationalgoals1**: 0