Personal information | |||
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Full name | Callum Roddie Elder[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 27 January 1995||
Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Derby County | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2011 | Manly United | ||
2011–2013 | Leicester City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2019 | Leicester City | 0 | (0) |
2015 | → Mansfield Town (loan) | 21 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → Peterborough United (loan) | 18 | (1) |
2016–2017 | → Brentford (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2017 | → Barnsley (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Wigan Athletic (loan) | 27 | (0) |
2019 | → Ipswich Town (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2019–2023 | Hull City | 131 | (1) |
2023– | Derby County | 15 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2013 | Australia U20 | 1 | (0) |
2021– | Australia | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:19, 5 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:22, 2 September 2021 (UTC) |
Callum Roddie Elder (born 27 January 1995) is an Australian professional football player who plays as a left back for Derby County and the Australia national team.
Elder was born to an Irish mother and Scottish father. His maternal grandfather is former Ireland international footballer Paddy Turner.[3]
A left back, Elder was born in Sydney, Australia and began his youth career with Manly United, before moving to England at the age of 16 to begin a scholarship in the academy at Leicester City.[4] After completing his scholarship at the end of the 2012–13 season, he was awarded his first professional contract.[5] Graduating to the Foxes' U21 team, he progressed to sign a new two-year deal at the end of the 2014–15 season and a further extension a year later,[6] which kept him at the King Power Stadium until June 2019.[7]
On 8 January 2015, Elder was loaned out to League Two club Mansfield Town for one month.[8] He made his professional debut two days later, starting in a 2–1 away loss against Burton Albion.[9] He became a regular starter, which saw his loan extended to the end of the 2014–15 season.[10][11] Elder made 21 appearances for the Stags and returned to Leicester at the end of the season.[12]
On 29 August 2015, Elder joined League One side Peterborough United on a one-month loan,[13] which was later extended until January 2016.[14] He made 21 appearances and scored the first senior goal of his career, which came in a 4–0 thrashing of Doncaster Rovers on 24 October 2015.[15] A foot injury suffered in a match versus Blackpool on 19 December led to the early termination of Elder's loan.[16]
On 30 July 2016, Elder joined Championship side Brentford on loan for the duration of the 2016–17 season.[17] He was an ever-present in league matches during the opening month of the season,[18] before suffering a knee injury during a 2–0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion on 10 September 2016.[19] Elder's recovery was delayed by a thigh injury and he returned to the King Power Stadium for treatment in mid-December 2016.[20][21] He returned to training with Brentford on 16 January 2017,[22] but failed to make an appearance before being recalled by Leicester City two weeks later.[23]
On 31 January 2017, Elder joined Championship club Barnsley on loan until the end of the 2016–17 season.[24]
On 31 July 2017, Elder joined Wigan Athletic on a season long loan.[25] He made his debut on 5 August at Milton Keynes Dons but was sent off in the 44th minute. Wigan won the match 1–0.[26] He scored his first goal for Wigan on 17 January 2018 as they defeated Premier League side Bournemouth in the FA Cup.[27]
On 2 January 2019, Elder joined Ipswich Town on loan for the remainder of the 2018–19 Championship season.[28]
On 8 August 2019, Elder joined Championship side Hull City for an undisclosed fee, signing a three-year contract. The move reunited him with Grant McCann, his manager at Peterborough United.[29] Elder made his debut on 14 September 2019, in a 2–2 draw at home to Wigan Athletic.[30] He scored his first goal for Hull on 5 April 2021 in a 3–0 win against Northampton Town.[31] On 18 May 2022, Hull City exercised an option for an additional year on his contract.[32] On 6 May 2023, it was announced that Elder would leave Hull at the end of his contract that summer,[33] it was later announced he would join League One Derby County.
On 21 June 2023, free agent Elder signed for Derby County on a 3 year deal becoming manager Paul Warne's 3rd summer signing.[34] The first half of his first season at Derby was fustrating for Elder he was affected by injuries and when fit was mainly restricted to being a substitute as Craig Forsyth was the main starting left-back.[35]
Elder was eligible to play for Australia, Scotland, Ireland and England at international level.[4] In October 2013, Elder was called up by Australia U20 for the 2014 AFC U19 Championship qualifying matches and made a single appearance in a 3–0 win over Chinese Taipei on 5 October.[36][37] He was not named in the squad for the tournament finals.[38]
In August 2021, Elder was called up to the Australia squad for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against China and Vietnam.[39] He made his debut on 2 September 2021 in a game against China, a 3–0 home victory. He substituted Aziz Behich in the 79th minute.[40]
Elder describes himself as "an athletic full back. I like getting up and down the left-hand-side of the pitch".[41]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Mansfield Town (loan) | 2014–15[12] | League Two | 21 | 0 | — | — | — | 21 | 0 | |||
Peterborough United (loan) | 2015–16[15] | League One | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 21 | 1 | |
Brentford (loan) | 2016–17[18] | Championship | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
Barnsley (loan) | 2016–17[18] | Championship | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
Wigan Athletic (loan) | 2017–18[42] | League One | 27 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
Ipswich Town (loan) | 2018–19[43] | Championship | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Hull City | 2019–20[44] | Championship | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
2020–21[45] | League One | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 48 | 1 | |
2021–22[46] | Championship | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
2022–23[47] | Championship | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
Total | 131 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 137 | 1 | ||
Derby County | 2023-24[48] | League One | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 19 | 0 |
Career total | 228 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 248 | 3 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Australia | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
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