Top Facts About Callum Wilson, the Veteran Attacker of Newcastle

Callum Eddie Graham Wilson was born on 27th February 1992 in Coventry, in western England. So by the time we are publishing this article,

Callum Wilson age

is 29 years old. Callum is well known for his goal poaching abilities and although he didn’t play much in England

, he is considered as one of the popular players amongst Fantasy Premier League managers due to his productivity in front of the goal.

But Callum Wilson football abilities are not the only thing we are going to talk about in the following article. As you will see, we have some top facts about

Callum Wilson personal life

, Callum Wilson net worth and salary, Callum Wilson children and wife, and even some top facts about Callum Wilson transfermarket stats. So if you are curious about this veteran English attacker, you will enjoy reading this article!

Short Top Facts About Callum Wilson

Before we get into the details of Callum Wilson personal life, let’s start with some short quick facts about him:

• Full Name: Callum Eddie Graham Wilson

• Nicknames: Willyboy, The Goal Machine

• Date of Birth: 27th February 1992

• Place of Birth: Coventry, United Kingdom

• Current Age: 29

• Nationality: English

• Height: 1.80 m (5ft 11 in)

• Weight: 66 kg

• Position: Striker

• Current Team: Newcastle United

• Jersey Number: 13

• Honors: Football League Championship 2014-15, PFA Team of the Year: 2013-14 League One

 Now it is time to dive into the fascinating story of Callum Wilson.

Top Facts About Callum Wilson Parents and Family

Callum Wilson was born to a Jamaican father and English mother. Unfortunately

Callum Wilson parents

got separated just a few months after Callum was born. His father left them and Callum’s mother had to raise his little boy all by herself. Although Callum grew up without his dad around, it seems that the father and son have a solid bond with each other these days.

A few years later Callum Wilson gave birth to five other children. Therefore Callum Wilson is now the eldest brother to his three brothers and two sisters. Since Callum Wilson mother was quite busy being a single mum and raising her other children, Callum as the eldest son had to learn how to stand on his feet. Growing in that situation especially without a dad was not easy at all but Callum Wilson managed to get the grasp of things and deal with all those challenges and difficulties.

Top Facts About Callum Wilson Childhood

With his parent’s early separation,

Callum Wilson childhood

was rather complicated and he was facing some hard challenges growing up. But there was at least one thing that could bring joy and happiness to little Callum and that was football. Callum was attending to President Kennedy School in his hometown, Coventry. He also started his youth football career at

when he was about 11 years old. But the problem was that the Coventry City training field was far away from where Callum family was living back then.

With his mother parenting Callum’s five siblings and the lack of a father figure, getting to the training field was a pain in the neck for Callum Wilson. Of course there was some occasions where his other family members or friends and teammates gave him a ride but Callum wasn’t comfortable with relying on other people that much and at one point he decided that he can’t continue like this and it’s time to leave the football academy. After that Callum Wilson joined a Sunday League Team in his neighborhood.

Now Callum Wilson wasn’t that far from his local team’s pitch and didn’t need anyone’s help to attend to the games. But just after a while he figured out that this isn’t what he wanted from playing football. The Sunday League players barely make it to top level and professional football and most of them end their careers without experiencing a single official football match. Surely Callum wasn’t going to end up like them. He knew that he has the talent and skills to make it to the top level and it’s too soon for him to give up just because his training ground isn’t near his house!

So when he was 12, he tried to carry on playing for Coventry City football academy. But once again he found it hard and abandoned the academy and got back to the Sunday League. Callum Wilson childhood was full of challenges and difficulties which he didn’t want to happen for his siblings too. One way to prevent that was following the dream of becoming a professional footballer and earning enough money to help his family members to have an easier life. That was what kept him motivated to get back to the Coventry City club for the third time and try harder than before. This time he was more persistent as ever to fulfill his dreams.

Top Facts About Callum Wilson Early Career

Playing football at Coventry City turned to be an opportunity for Callum Wilson to leave the house and experience some freedom and more privacy in his own home. As mentioned above, Callum has five younger siblings which mean his family home was always crowded and nobody had that much of a private space in the house. For a guy in Callum Wilson age back then living apart from family is quite fun and Callum was enjoying every second of it. Callum Wilson was living in Coventry and paid a visit to his family once in a month.

But living on your own as a teenager has its downsides, of course. Callum Wilson didn’t know how to cook so he had to eat take away foods almost every day. As you probably know, having a healthy diet is absolutely essential for athletes especially for someone like Callum Wilson who was aiming to become a professional football player.  After a while, eating all of that unhealthy and junk food showed it impacts on young Callum Wilson football career.

His fitness level was worrying for a teenager football player. He was becoming an injury prone player who his mangers couldn’t count on him on long term. One of the top facts about Callum Wilson early career is that he broke his foot three times which is quite rare for a player in that age. He needed to change his lifestyle because it was his whole career at the stake. If he couldn’t get back on form and improve his fitness level he had no future in the game and had to hang up his boots. The change that saved Callum Wilson football career was a beautiful love story which brings us to the

top facts about Callum Wilson wife

.

Top Facts About Callum Wilson Wife and Children

At the age of 17 when it seems that Callum Wilson chances of becoming a professional footballer are narrowing down due to his unhealthy life style, Callum met a girl named Stacey who made everything better for him. At that time Stacey was 19 years old and she actually played a sort of a mentor role in Callum Wilson personal life. It started with changing Callum’s diet. Stacey helped Callum to stop eating fast foods and since Callum was still eager to follow his footballing dreams, he appreciated every bit of help he was receiving.

Callum Wilson replaced foods like hamburgers and pizzas with salads and other kinds of healthy and nutrient foods. Just as easy as that may seems, his injury problems were gone and once again Callum Wilson was considered as a teenager football player with a bright future in front of him. A year after Callum and Stacey met, Callum moved into Stacey’s house to find some kind of stability in his personal life. So it’s fair to say that Callum Wilson football career could be over before it started if he didn’t meet Stacey.

After spending five sweet years together, the happy couple decided to marry each other. Since then Stacey is Callum Wilson wife and they were blessed by two children.

Callum Wilson children

are a girl named Orlagh and a boy named Ortise. One of the fun top facts about Callum Wilson is that when he was playing for

, he suffered an injury and had to stay home for a few weeks to recover from that. At that time his son Ortise thought that his dad just gave up playing football. But then in the first game after coming back from injury Callum scored an incredible hat-trick and his children also were at the stands to make sure that their father is still able to score goals!

 Callum Wilson Social Media Accounts

Callum Wilson social media accounts

are mostly full of his pictures playing football. You could say that Callum is not interested to share his personal life on social media. But he also uses his social media accounts to deliver some world changing messages. On several occasions Callum used his social media accounts to encourage people to stand against racism. Recently Callum also took part in a campaign to stop online abuse which started by English media and football community and took over the world. He also enjoys paying a visit to children hospitals and places like that to cheer up some people!

If you want to look into Callum Wilson social media accounts, you can click on the following links that take you directly to his pages on social media. Here is

with 316k followers. And here is

with 90k followers. Up to this day, there is no verified Facebook account related to Callum Wilson. As mentioned above, you will barely find anything not-football related on Callum Wilson social media accounts.

One of the other

top facts about Callum Wilson

life off the pitch is that he used to practice martial arts when he was about 19 years old. At that time he was still playing for Coventry youth team and he used his free time to improve his body strength through practicing kickboxing. He even experienced some fights and showed off his capabilities in the sport. Although Callum Wilson won all of his three fights at kickboxing by knocking out his opponents, he decided to stick with football and avoid any distraction.

Top Facts About Callum Wilson Net Worth and Salary

Callum Wilson has been playing professional football since 2010 and since 2015, he was constantly playing in England Premier League which is the highest tier of English football. So he was fortunate enough to make a lot of money by playing football. It is estimated that

Callum Wilson net worth

is at least €17m. Callum isn’t interested in having a luxurious life and therefore he doesn’t spend his money on mansions and super sport cars or things like that. A couple of years back he was seen with a white Range Rover and probably he is still driving the same car.

Callum Wilson is the seventh highest paid player in the current Newcastle United squad. He joined Newcastle in the summer of 2020 and signed a four-year contract. In that contract

Callum Wilson salary

was set at €2,4m per year which means he is earning €200k per month and €48,780 per week. His contract will expire on June 30, 2024 when he will be about 33 years old. So we could say that his current contract is his highest paid contract through his football career.

Callum Wilson Transfermarket Stats

One of the

top facts about Callum Wilson

is that he is considered as the second most valuable player of the current

squad. At the time of writing this article Callum Wilson transfermarket value is estimated €25m which makes him one of the top 100 of most valuable players in the Premier League. According to the transfermarkt website, his highest market value was in 2019 when he was worth €30m. At that time Callum Wilson was playing for AFC Bournemouth.

Callum Wilson started his senior career at 2011 when he was loaned out to Kettering town. But until 2013, Callum didn’t find the chance to have a breakthrough season since he was experiencing a lot of loan transfers and didn’t have a place on Coventry City’s first squad. It was in 2013-14 season when the stars were aligned for Callum Wilson to introduce himself as a top-level striker.

Callum Wilson stats

that season were great as he played 41 games for Coventry City and scored 22 goals and produced 7 assists in all competitions.

That was enough to convince Bournemouth in spending money on the young and talented striker. Bournemouth paid €3.70m to buy him from Coventry. In the 2014-15 season once again Callum Wilson stats were amazing. He produced 23 goals and 13 assists in 50 games and was one of the key parts in promoting Bournemouth back to the Premier League. After spending five years with Bournemouth in the Premier League, in the summer of 2020 New Castle bought Wilson for €22.25m fee.

Since 2015 Callum Wilson played 152 matches in the Premier League and has managed to score 53 goals and give 51 assists in those games. Because of his relatively low price and high productivity in Football Fantasy game, he is one of the most popular players between the “managers” who play the game. One of the other facts about

Callum Wilson transfermarket stats

is that he has the Unique Sports Management as his agent. Other top players who work with this company include

and Reece James. Callum also played 4 games for England national team and scored one goal for three lions.

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