Ian Callaghan

Ian Callaghan
MBE
Callaghan in 2016
Personal information
Full name Ian Robert Callaghan
Date of birth (1942-04-10) 10 April 1942
Place of birth Toxteth, Liverpool, England
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
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 former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He holds the record for most appearances for Liverpool. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1975 New Year Honours.