Callum Smith (footballer)

Callum Smith (born 13 November 1999) is a Scottish[2] footballer who plays as a forward for Raith Rovers. Smith has previously played for Alloa Athletic, Arbroath, Hamilton Academical, Dunfermline Athletic and Airdrieonians.

For other people with the same name, see Callum Smith (disambiguation).

Callum Smith
Personal information
Full name Callum Smith
Date of birth (1999-11-13) 13 November 1999
Place of birth Cowdenbeath,[1] Scotland
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Raith Rovers
Youth career
2013–2014 Dunfermline Athletic
2014–2016 Fife Elite Football Academy
2016–2017 Dunfermline Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Dunfermline Athletic 18 (2)
2018 → Alloa Athletic (loan) 14 (1)
2018 → Arbroath (loan) 9 (0)
2019–2020 → Airdrieonians (loan) 27 (4)
2020–2021 Hamilton Academical 24 (2)
2021–2023 Airdrieonians 66 (22)
2023– Raith Rovers 0 (0)
International career‡
2017 Scotland U19 5 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:54, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:52, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Career

Smith was educated at Beath High School and began his career with Cowdenbeath's youth squad, before moving to Dunfermline Athletic, nicknamed the Pars, to join the Under 15s side.[2] Smith then continued his development with the Fife Elite Football Academy, after the amalgamation of Fife's football clubs' youth sides into one academy. In 2016, Smith returned to the Pars, signing a one-year contract with the club to play for the side's development squad.[3] His first appearance for the first-team came in the Scottish League Cup, where he came on as a 78th-minute substitute for Michael Moffat in the 5–1 loss to Inverness Caledonian Thistle at East End Park.[4] Smith impressed with his performances for the youth side, becoming the club's top scorer in the SPFL Development League, which resulted in him making his first league appearance against Greenock Morton.[5] Smith replaced Nicky Clark in the 82nd minute, and made an immediate impact, setting up Rhys McCabe, assisting in Dunfermline's third goal.[5]

With the club deciding not to participate in the 2017–18 SPFL Development League, Smith was promoted to the first team for the 2017–18 season. He played in all four Scottish League Cup group stage matches, scoring his first goal for the Pars in a 6–0 win against Elgin City.[6] His full debut came in the final match of the group stage against Hearts at Tynecastle. With main striker Nicky Clark injured, Smith started alongside Declan McManus, who he provided an assist for to put the Pars 2–1 ahead.[7] Smith joined Scottish League One club Alloa Athletic on loan at the end of January 2018,[8] helping the side to a third-place finish and victory in the Championship play-offs over Dumbarton.[9]

In August 2018, Smith joined League One club Arbroath on a season long loan;[10] despite being sidelined for two months with an injury, he made nine appearances before his loan was cut short in January 2019.[11] At the beginning of the 2019–20 season, Smith moved on a season-long loan to Airdrieonians as part of a deal that saw Josh Edwards sign for Dunfermline.[12]

Smith left Dunfermline after the curtailed 2019–20 season, and signed a two-year contract with Hamilton Academical in June 2020.[13] He scored his first goal for Hamilton in a 3–0 win over Motherwell on 2 January 2021.[14]

He joined Airdrieonians on 5 August 2021, and helped them win promotion to the Championship in 2022–23.[15]

Raith Rovers signed Smith on a two-year contract in June 2023.[15]

Personal life

Smith's younger brother Connor is also a footballer[16] – they came up against one another in the Scottish Championship Promotion play-off final in both the 2021–22 (Queen's Park, with Connor on loan and among the scorers, defeated Callum's Airdrie)[17] and 2022–23 seasons (Airdrie overcame Hamilton aided by a goal from Callum in the first leg against his former club;[18] Connor levelled the tie for the opposition in the return, and the outcome was settled on penalties).[19]

Career statistics
As of 24 July 2021[20]
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dunfermline Athletic 2016–17[21] Scottish Championship 2000100030
2017–18[22][23] 13200412[lower-alpha 1]0193
2018–19[24] 3000001[lower-alpha 1]141
2019–20[25] 0000000000
Total 182005131264
Alloa Athletic (loan) 2017–18[22] Scottish League One 14100004[lower-alpha 2]0181
Arbroath (loan) 2018–19[24] 9000000090
Airdrieonians (loan) 2019–20[25] 27420313[lower-alpha 1]1356
Hamilton Academical 2020–21[26] Scottish Premiership 232003000262
2021–22[27] Scottish Championship 1000420052
Total 242007200314
Airdrieonians 2021–22[27] Scottish League One 31122100543817
2022–23[28] Scottish Championship 35101140524513
Total 662232401068330
Career total 158315219420820245
  1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. Appearances in the Scottish Championship play-offs

References
  1. "Callum grabbing chance to impress". Dunfermline Athletic FC. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  2. "U20s squad – Callum Smith". Dunfermline Athletic FC. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  3. "Two more for U20s". Dunfermline Athletic FC. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  4. "Dunfermline 1 – 5 Inverness CT". Scottish Professional Football League. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  5. "Dunfermline 3 Morton 1". Dunfermline Athletic FC. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  6. "Dunfermline 6–0 Elgin City". BBC Sport. BBC. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  7. English, Tom (29 July 2017). "Hearts 2–2 Dunfermline (1–3 pens)". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  8. Hart, Ross (1 February 2018). "Dunfermline Athletic's Callum Smith joins Alloa Athletic on loan until the end of the season". Dunfermline Press. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  9. Dowden, Martin (13 May 2018). "Dumbarton 0–2 Alloa Athletic (agg 1–2)". BBC Sport. BBC. Archived from the original on 5 August 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  10. "Loan Signing – Callum Smith". Arbroath FC. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  11. "Callum Smith". Arbroath FC. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  12. "Josh Edwards: Dunfermline pay undisclosed fee for Airdrieonians left-back". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  13. McGilvray, Andy (16 June 2020). "Hamilton bring striker in as first summer signing". Daily Record. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  14. "Hamilton 3–0 Motherwell". BBC. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  15. "Callum Smith signs for The Rovers". Raith Rovers FC. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  16. Iain Collin (17 August 2017). "Dunfermline youngster Callum Smith pinching himself after Scotland call-up". Deadline News. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  17. "Airdrieonians 1–2 Queen's Park". Airdrieonians FC. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  18. Andy McGilvray (19 May 2023). "Airdrie goal hero Callum Smith silenced jeering Hamilton Accies fans with 'important' goal". Daily Record. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  19. Clive Lindsay (20 May 2023). "Hamilton Academical 2-1 Airdrieonians (agg 2-2): Visitors promoted after penalty shoot-out". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  20. Callum Smith at Soccerbase
  21. "Games played by Callum Smith in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  22. "Games played by Callum Smith in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  23. "Games played by Callum Smith in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  24. "Games played by Callum Smith in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  25. "Games played by Callum Smith in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  26. "Games played by Callum Smith in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  27. "Games played by Callum Smith in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  28. "Games played by Callum Smith in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
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