| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Callum Louis Hart[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 21 December 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Cardiff, Wales | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Salisbury City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004–2005 | Bristol City | 0 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Bournemouth | 47 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Weymouth | 9 | (0) |
| 2009 | Farnborough | 1 | (0) |
| 2009 | Bath City | 0 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Weston-super-Mare | 19 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Bath City | 3 | (0) |
| 2011– | Salisbury City | 15 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:41, 19 November 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Callum Louis Hart (born 21 December 1985) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays for Salisbury City.
Born in Cardiff, Hart grew up in the Penylan area. He began his career at Bristol City as a youth team player, but after failing to impress enough to gain a professional contract, was released by the club in 2005. He spent the summer working as a labourer and wrote to numerous clubs in The Football League, eventually being offered a trial with Bournemouth.[2] After impressing during the pre-season friendlies, he was offered a short-term contract and found himself in the first-team soon after, making his debut in the first round of the Football League Cup during a 4–3 penalty shoot-out win over Torquay United on 24 August 2005,[3] and then was rewarded with his first start against Chesterfield.
His fine displays were rewarded in February 2006 when he earned a call-up to the Wales under-21 side against Paraguay. Unfortunately, he was unable to play as the south coast club were once again hit with an injury crisis.
Hart was released by Bournemouth on 7 May 2007 and joined Weymouth on non-contract terms in November.[4] He left Weymouth in February 2009. He left Weymouth in February 2009 to join Farnborough. He played just 37 minutes for Boro during a 1–0 win over Banbury United before deciding to seek a professional contract elsewhere.[5]
Hart joined Bath City in October 2009 on non-contract terms.[6] However, he soon left the club and instead signed for Conference South side Weston-super-Mare. He rejoined Bath City prior to the start of the 2010–11 season [7] but then moved on to Salisbury City on 14 March 2011.
After being dogged by injury for the closing months of the season, Callum signed non-contract terms with Salisbury ahead of the 2011-12 season in order to prove his fitness to the club. After some outstanding performances, and being voted player of the month for August by the Whites fans, he was offered a one year deal by the club.[8] However, shortly after doing so, he suffered a serious knee injury, ruling him out for the rest of the season.