| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Calum Daniel Willock | ||
| Date of birth | 29 October 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Lambeth, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Ebbsfleet United | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Fulham | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000–2003 | Fulham | 5 | (0) |
| 2002 | → Queens Park Rangers (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Bristol Rovers (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Peterborough United (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2003–2006 | Peterborough United | 72 | (23) |
| 2006–2007 | Brentford | 41 | (4) |
| 2007–2008 | Port Vale | 15 | (3) |
| 2008–2009 | Stevenage Borough | 38 | (5) |
| 2009–2010 | Crawley Town | 16 | (2) |
| 2010 | → Cambridge United (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2010– | Ebbsfleet United | 69 | (34) |
| National team | |||
| 2004 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:48, 25 October 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Calum Daniel Willock (born 29 October 1981 in Lambeth, London) is an English-born Saint Kittitian and Nevisian international footballer who plays as a forward for Ebbsfleet United in the Conference National.
Beginning his career with Fulham in 2000, he enjoyed loan spells with Queens Park Rangers, Bristol Rovers, and Peterborough United, before switching permanently to Peterborough in 2003. In 2006 he signed with Brentford, moving to Port Vale in summer 2007. He switched to Stevenage Borough in January 2008, before joining Crawley Town the following year. He played on loan at Cambridge United 2010, before transferring to Ebbsfleet United later in the year. In his career he has played in each of the top six levels of English football.
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A striker, Willock started his career at Fulham, making his professional debut as a substitute in the First Division on 4 November 2000, in a 3–0 over Huddersfield Town at Craven Cottage. The youngster played no further part in the season.
He played two games of the 2001–02 Premier League season, both against Blackburn Rovers, both times the home side winning. In November 2002, he was loaned out to Queens Park Rangers of the Second Division, playing three games.
At the start of the 2003–04 season he joined Fourth Division club Bristol Rovers. In two months he made just five appearances, all as a substitute, though at age 21 he had now played at every level of the Football League. In October 2003, he joined Peterborough United of the Third Division on loan.[1] He scored his first professional goal on 1 November in a 2–2 draw with Brighton & Hove Albion at London Road. On 17 December the loan deal was made permanent for an undisclosed fee.[2] He finished the season with nine goals for the Posh.
He started the 2004–05 season struggling with hamstring trouble,[3] also fighting a calf injury at the end of the season,[4] as well as rumours of a big money move to Gillingham.[5] Despite all this he finished the season with 14 goals, though this was not enough to save Peterborough from relegation to League Two.
Willock was signed by Brentford on the last day of the 2006 January transfer window as a replacement for D. J. Campbell, for an undisclosed fee.[6] The Bees finished the 2005–06 in third place in League One, though failed to gain promotion. Despite being on the transfer list and receiving interest from Mark Wright of Chester City,[7] Willock was a regular in the Brentford team in the 2006–07 season, due to the serious groin injury sustained by striker Lloyd Owusu. After the signing of Neil Shipperley, Willock dropped to the bench. He was released by Brentford in May 2007.
In August 2007, Willock had a trial with Martin Foyle's Port Vale.[8] He was soon signed on a short term deal, due to finish at the end of the year.[9] The first ten games of his 2007–08 season went without a goal, before he scored in an FA Cup encounter with Morecambe.[10] He was to score a further three goals in nine games before being released in January 2008 by new manager Lee Sinnott, after Willock rejected a longer contract at the club.[11] He quickly signed for Stevenage Borough of the Conference National.[12]
Willock struck six times in 31 games during the 2008–09 season. He was an unused substitute in the FA Trophy 2009 final,[13] and was released by Stevenage in May 2009.[14]
On 28 July 2009, Willock scored twice for AFC Wimbledon in a friendly against a Fulham XI.[15] However, a day later it was announced that Willock would not be joining the club as both parties were unable to reach an agreement regarding Willock's contract demands.[16] He joined Crawley Town on a short-team contract in September.[17] He later signed an extended deal, and went on to play sixteen games for the club. Willock joined Cambridge United in February 2010, and went on to play fourteen games for the club. At the end of the season he was a free agent.
In August 2010, he joined Conference South side Ebbsfleet United.[18] He told the press that he believed United would achieve promotion at the first attempt,[19] before going on to fulfil this prophecy by scoring in the club's 4–2 play-off final victory over Farnborough.[20] Finishing as Fleet's top scorer, he was rewarded with a new one year deal.[21]
Willock represented Saint Kitts & Nevis at international level, earning a total of three caps in 2004. He scored twice against Barbados in a 3–2 win on 19 June 2004 in a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification qualifying game.[22]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Fulham | 2000–01[24] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001–02[25] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2002–03[26] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| QPR (loan) | 2002–03[26] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bristol Rovers (loan) | 2003–04[27] | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Peterborough United | 2003–04[27] | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 9 |
| 2004–05[28] | 35 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 14 | |
| 2005–06[29] | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | |
| Brentford | 2005–06[29] | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 2006–07[30] | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 3 | |
| Port Vale | 2007–08[31] | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 |
| Stevenage Borough | 2007–08[31] | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 2008–09[32] | 29 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 6 | |
| Crawley Town | 2009–10[33] | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| Cambridge United (loan) | 2009–10[33] | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ebbsfleet United | 2010–11[34] | 43 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 22 |
| 2011–12[35] | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| Career total | 271 | 63 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 287 | 71 | |
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