Callum Booth

Callum Booth

Booth playing for Hibernian
Personal information
Full name Callum Booth
Date of birth 30 May 1991 (1991-05-30) (age 20)
Place of birth Stranraer, Scotland
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club Hibernian
Number 3
Youth career
2001–2010 Hibernian
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2010– Hibernian 25 (1)
2010 → Arbroath (loan) 15 (1)
2010 → Brechin City (loan) 11 (2)
National team‡
2008–2010 Scotland U19[1] 13 (0)
2010– Scotland U21[2] 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:24, 10 October 2011 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:24, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Callum Booth (born 30 May 1991) is a Scottish footballer who currently plays as a left back for Scottish Premier League club Hibernian. Booth, who joined Hibs aged 10, played for a Hibs youth team that won a league and cup double in 2009. After loan spells with Arbroath and Brechin City in 2010, Booth broke into the Hibs first team in 2011.

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Early life

Booth was born in Stranraer, but he moved to Haddington, East Lothian aged three, with his parents and elder brother.[3] He was educated at Haddington Infant School, King's Meadow Primary and Knox Academy.[3]

Career

Booth joined the Hibernian youth setup aged 10[3] and he played for the Hibs under-19s side that won the League and Cup double in the 2008–09 season.[4] Booth signed professional terms with Hibs after that success, but had to wait to make his first appearance in the first team. He had loan spells at Scottish Football League clubs Arbroath and Brechin City during 2010. Colin Calderwood gave Booth a long term contract when he returned from the latter club in December 2010.[4]

Booth made his debut for Hibernian on 18 January 2011 in the 1-0 Scottish Cup defeat at Ayr United.[5] and scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 win against Inverness CT on 26 February at Easter Road.[6] Booth was dropped from the team early in the 2011–12 season, after he made a few defensive errors.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Callum Booth - U19 Squad". Scottish Football Association. http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/football_player_profile.cfm?page=106&playerID=39723&squadID=9. Retrieved 18 January 2011. 
  2. ^ "Callum Booth - U21 Squad". Scottish Football Association. http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/football_player_profile.cfm?page=106&playerID=39723&squadID=5. Retrieved 18 January 2011. 
  3. ^ a b c Berkeley, Sam (10 March 2011). "Starlet Callum keeps his feet on the ground". East Lothian Courier. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/sport/roundup/articles/2011/03/10/411069-starlet-callum-keeps-his-feet-on-the-ground/. Retrieved 10 March 2011. 
  4. ^ a b Hardie, David (29 December 2010). "Hibs boss Calderwood hands Callum Booth new long-term contract". Edinburgh Evening News (Johnston Press). http://sport.scotsman.com/hibernianfc/Hibs-boss-Calderwood-hands-Callum.6673214.jp. Retrieved 18 January 2011. 
  5. ^ "Ayr 1 - 0 Hibernian". BBC Sport (BBC). 18 January 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9364332.stm. Retrieved 18 January 2011. 
  6. ^ Hannan, Martin (27 February 2011). "Hibernian 2 - 0 Inverness CT: Hibs tap in to secret of booth". Scotland on Sunday (Johnston Press). http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/top-stories/Hibernian-2--0-Inverness.6725204.jp. Retrieved 27 February 2011. 
  7. ^ "Booth aims to bounce back at Hibs after confidence crisis as well as injury". Edinburgh Evening News (Johnston Press). 3 November 2011. http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/football/hibs/booth_aims_to_bounce_back_at_hibs_after_confidence_crisis_as_well_as_injury_1_1945998. Retrieved 3 November 2011. 

External links

Hibernian F.C. – current squad