Calum Chambers

Calum Chambers

Chambers after winning the 2014 FA Community Shield with Arsenal
Personal information
Full name	Calum Chambers[1]
Date of birth	20 January 1995[1]
Place of birth	Petersfield, England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Arsenal
Number	21
Youth career
2002–2012	Southampton
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2012–2014	Southampton	22	(0)
2014–	Arsenal	35	(1)
National team^‡
2012	England U17	6	(3)
2012–2014	England U19	18	(2)
2015–	England U21	8	(0)
2014–	England	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:23, 19 March 2016 (UTC). † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:23, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Calum Chambers (born 20 January 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Arsenal.

Originally a member of Southampton's academy system, Chambers was promoted to the first team at the beginning of the 2012–13 campaign. After two seasons with the club, he moved to fellow Premier League side Arsenal.^[3]

Chambers made his senior international debut for the England national team in 2014.

Club career

Southampton

Born in Petersfield, Hampshire,^[1] Chambers joined Southampton at the age of seven.^[4] He went through the ranks at the club and at the beginning of the 2012–13 season, Chambers was revealed as one of four youth players to be promoted to the first-team.^[5] During the pre-season period he made a number of appearances for the team, playing in the Memorial Cup against Anderlecht,^[6] coming on as a second-half substitute in the matches against Evian Thonon Gaillard and Étoile Carouge,^[7][8] and making late appearances against Ajax and Wolverhampton Wanderers.^[9][10]

Chambers made his full debut for Southampton on 28 August 2012 in a 4–1 win over Stevenage in the second round of the League Cup,^[11] coming on as an 84th-minute substitute for Dean Hammond and providing the assist for the final goal of the match by Ben Reeves.^[12]

On 31 July 2013, Chambers signed a new four-year contract with Southampton.^[13]

He made his first-team league debut on 17 August 2013, when he played the full 90 minutes at right-back of the opening game of the 2013–14 season in a 1–0 win against West Bromwich Albion.^[14] He made a total of 25 appearances for Southampton in all competitions, of which 22 were in the league, before leaving in the summer of 2014.^[15][16]

Arsenal

Chambers (right) playing for Arsenal in 2014

On 28 July 2014, it was announced that he had signed for Arsenal on a long-term contract for an undisclosed fee, rising to a potential £16 million with performance-related add-ons.^[17][18]

Chambers made his first appearance for Arsenal on 2 August 2014, starting in central defence in a 5–1 win against S.L. Benfica in the pre-season Emirates Cup tournament.^[19] On 10 August, Chambers made his competitive debut for Arsenal, playing the full 90 minutes of the 2014 FA Community Shield against Premier League champions Manchester City at Wembley Stadium. Playing at centre back instead of his usual right back position to cover for Per Mertesacker, the BBC wrote on his performance against the Premier League champions that "his mature performance defied his youthful years".^[20] On 16 August, Chambers played his first Premier League game for Arsenal in a 2–1 win against Crystal Palace.^[21] He played the first European fixture of his career three days later, a goalless draw in the first leg of Arsenal's Champions League play-off away to Beşiktaş.^[22]

Following a strong start to the season, Chambers was nominated for the Golden Boy Award 2014, alongside international team mates Raheem Sterling, Luke Shaw and John Stones.^[23] He scored the first senior goal of his career and registered an assist on 1 November as Arsenal beat Burnley 3–0 in a Premier League home victory.^[24] He was sent off for the first time in his career on 6 December, as Arsenal lost 2–3 at Stoke City.^[25]

Chambers' appearances in the second half of the season being limited by the emergence of Héctor Bellerín at right-back.^[26] He was not in Arsenal's matchday squad when they won the 2015 FA Cup Final 4–0 against Aston Villa at Wembley Stadium on 30 May.^[27]

International career

Chambers made his debut for the England under-17 team on 2 February against Portugal.^[28] In March he played in all three of the side's matches in the 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship elite round, scoring their only goal of the tournament in a 1–0 win over Ukraine.^[29]

On 26 September 2012, Chambers made the step up to the England under-19 team, playing the full 90 minutes in the side's 3–0 win over the Estonia under-19 team in the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualifying round.^[30] On 28 September Chambers came on as a second-half substitute in the England under-19 team's match against the Faroe Islands, which England won 6–0, scoring the final goal of the match in the 84th minute.^[31] He scored his second under-19 international goal in a 1–0 victory against Turkey on 21 March 2013.^[32]

On 28 August 2014, he was named in the senior England squad for the first time, ahead of a friendly against Norway and a Euro 2016 qualification match against Switzerland in September.^[33] He made his debut against Norway on 3 September, coming on for the last 9 minutes in place of John Stones as England won 1–0 at Wembley.^[34] Initially chosen for the under-21 team, Chambers moved into the senior squad ahead of European qualifiers against San Marino and Estonia in October 2014 due to an injury to Stones.^[35] He was given his first start on his second cap, against San Marino on 9 October at Wembley, playing at right-back ahead of his former Southampton teammate Nathaniel Clyne.^[36]

Chambers then dropped back down to the under-21 squad in March 2015, and made his debut in a 1–0 win against Czech Republic in Prague.^[37]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 March 2016.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Southampton	2012–13[15]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		1	0
	2013–14[16]	Premier League	22	0	0	0	2	0	—		—		24	0
	Total		22	0	0	0	3	0	—		—		25	0
Arsenal	2014–15[38]	Premier League	23	1	4	0	1	0	7[lower-alpha 1]	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	36	1
	2015–16[39]	Premier League	12	0	5	1	2	0	3[lower-alpha 1]	0	0	0	22	1
	Total		35	1	9	1	3	0	10	0	1	0	58	2
Career total			57	1	9	1	6	0	10	0	1	0	83	2

1. Appearance in UEFA Champions League
2. Appearance in FA Community Shield

International

As of match played 12 October 2014.^[40]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
England	2014	3	0
Total		3	0

Honours

Club

Arsenal

• FA Cup: 2014–15
• FA Community Shield: 2014^[38]

References

1. "Calum Chambers". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
2. "Player Profile". Premier League. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
3. "Calum Chambers joins Arsenal". Sky Sports. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
4. James Phillips (14 July 2014). "Who is Arsenal target Calum Chambers?". Metro (London). Retrieved 3 August 2014.
5. "Numbers Up For Saints". Southampton F.C. 17 August 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
6. "Memorial Cup − Report". Southampton F.C. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
7. "Évian TG 0–1 Saints − Report". Southampton F.C. 21 July 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
8. "Etoile Carouge 1–4 Saints − Report". Southampton F.C. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
9. "Saints 0–1 Ajax − Report". Southampton F.C. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
10. "Saints 2–0 Wolves − Report". Southampton F.C. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
11. "Calum Chambers". Soccerbase. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
12. "Stevenage 1–4 Southampton". BBC Sport. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
13. "Chambers commits to Saints". Southampton FC. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
14. "West Brom 0 – 1 Southampton". BBCSport. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
15. "Games played by Calum Chambers in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
16. "Games played by Calum Chambers in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
17. "Calum Chambers signs for Arsenal". arsenal.com. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
18. "Arsenal sign Calum Chambers from Southampton in deal rising to £16m". The Guardian. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
19. "Arsenal's Yaya Sanogo hits four in friendly rout of Benfica". The Guardian. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
20. "Arsenal 3–0 Manchester City". BBC Sport. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
21. "Arsenal 2–1 Crystal Palace". BBC Sport. 16 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
22. Bevan, Chris (19 August 2014). "Besiktas 0–0 Arsenal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
23. Richards, Alex (28 October 2014). "England pair Raheem Sterling and Calum Chambers join Adnan Januzaj in Golden Boy award nominations". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
24. Gheerbrant, James (1 November 2014). "Arsenal 3–0 Burnley". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
25. Chowdhury, Saj (6 December 2014). "Stoke 3–2 Arsenal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
26. Fernandez-Abascal, Eduardo (1 June 2015). "Héctor Bellerín will 'fight' Mathieu Debuchy for Arsenal right-back slot after breakthrough season". International Business Times. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
27. McNulty, Phil (30 May 2015). "Arsenal 4–0 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
28. "Calum Chambers". Players. The Football Association. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
29. "Calum Chambers". Under-17. UEFA. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
30. "England-Estonia". Under-19 2013. UEFA. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
31. "Faroe Islands-England". Under-19 2013. UEFA. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
32. Veevers, Nichols (21 March 2013). "Chambers Clinches Win as England U19s Head Off to Elite Round on Back of 1–0 Win Over Turkey". The Football Association. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
33. "Roy calls up four new faces for Norway and Switzerland". The FA. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
34. McNulty, Phil (3 September 2014). "England 1–0 Norway". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
35. "England: John Stones replaced by Calum Chambers in squad". BBC Sport. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
36. "England 5–0 San Marino". BBC Sport. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
37. "Tom Carroll scores winner for England Under-21s against Czech Republic". The Guardian. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
38. "Games played by Calum Chambers in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
39. "Games played by Calum Chambers in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
40. "Chambers, Calum". National Football Teams. Retrieved 1 April 2016.

External links

• Calum Chambers profile at the official Arsenal F.C. website
• Calum Chambers profile at the official Football Association website
• Calum Chambers career statistics at Soccerbase