Callum Styles
Styles with Hungary in 2022
Personal information
Full name Callum John Styles[1]
Date of birth (2000-03-28) 28 March 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Bury, England
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.67 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team
 Sunderland (on loan from Barnsley)
Number 28
Youth career
0000–2016 Burnley
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Bury 26 (0)
2018– Barnsley 135 (12)
2018–2019 → Bury (loan) 15 (0)
2022–2023 → Millwall (loan) 22 (1)
2024– → Sunderland (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2022– Hungary 18 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:21, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2023

Callum John Styles (born 28 March 2000) is a professional footballer who plays for EFL Championship club Sunderland, on loan from EFL League One club Barnsley. Born in England, he plays for the Hungary national team.[3] A versatile player, Styles can be deployed as a defensive midfielder, left wing-back, central midfielder, attacking midfielder or left winger.

Club career

Styles developed through the Burnley academy but failed to earn a professional contract and was released aged 16.[4][5]

Bury

Styles joined League One club Bury and made his debut professional team in their final game of the season against Southend United on 8 May 2016. He came on as a 75th-minute substitute for Anthony Dudley as the team won 3–2.[6] In making his debut, Styles became the first player born in the new millennium to make an appearance in the Football League.[7] Bury were later deducted three points after it was found Styles was not properly registered when he made his debut.[8]

Styles signed a professional contract with Bury on 21 February 2017, signing a two-and-a-half-year deal.[9]

Barnsley

On 6 August 2018, Styles signed for League One club Barnsley for £500,000, signing a four-year contract, though returned to Bury on loan until the January transfer window.[10][11] He made 21 appearances in all competitions for Bury before returning to his parent club.[12]

Styles made his debut for Barnsley on 9 March 2019 as a substitute against Accrington Stanley, replacing Mamadou Thiam. He scored his first goal for the Tykes, netting away at Brentford on the final day of the following season, helping the Yorkshire outfit retain their Championship status.[13]

2023–24 season

On 5 August 2023, he played his first match in the 2023–24 EFL League One season in a 7–0 victory against Port Vale.[14] In an interview, Neill Collins said that he is sure that EFL Championship clubs will be interested in signing Styles.[15][16] In the second round, he was also not substituted against Bristol Rovers.[17] On 23 December 2023, he gave an assist to John McAtee from the middle of his half against Stevenage F.C.[18][19]

Millwall

On deadline day, 1 September 2022, Styles signed a new contract at Barnsley until 2025 before joining Millwall on a season-long loan.[20] On 22 October 2022, he scored his first and only goal for Millwall against West Bromwich Albion F.C. at The Den in the 2022–23 EFL Championship.[21] In February 2023, he suffered an injury in his quadriceps during training. However, he played in the subsequent match against Cardiff City F.C. In the following training, he felt something strange in his leg and the physio scanned and found out that his injury is more serious than it was previously thought. He had to miss three months.[22][23][24] On 18 April 2023, he returned and played against Birmingham City F.C. in the 2022–23 EFL Championship season.[25]

Sunderland

On 1st February 2024, Styles joined Sunderland on an initial loan deal until the end of the season.[26][27] He became the second Hungarian to play for Sunderland, after Márton Fülöp.[28]

International career

Although born in England, Styles was also eligible to play international football for Ukraine and Hungary through his grandparents.[29] On 14 March 2022, Styles was included in the Hungary squad for matches against Serbia and Northern Ireland.[30] On 24 March 2022, Styles debuted in the Hungarian national team against Serbia at the Puskás Aréna. He entered the pitch as a substitute for Zsolt Nagy in the 70th minute.[31]

On 27 September 2022, he received the highest score (7.62 out of 10) for his performance by the voters of Nemzeti Sport in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A match against Italy national football team.[32]

On 14 June 2022, he also played at the Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League match when Hungary beat England 4–0.[33]

Playing style

He is a versatile player in the midfield.[34] According to Károly Pór, sport journalist of Nemzeti Sport, Styles is one of the most important and useful players in the midfield along with Ádám Nagy in the Hungarian national team. Therefore, he can find himself in the starting line-up against Montenegro national football team and Lithuania national football team in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches.[35]

Personal life

His first visit to Hungary was cancelled due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. He said: “I was meant to go with my girlfriend just after lockdown started. We had a trip to Budapest booked and a few weeks before, we went into lockdown and had to cancel it."[36] In an interview with the BBC, Styles stated that in 2020, he had found out that his grandmother was Hungarian.[37] Poya Asbaghi, former manager of Barnsley, said in an interview that it is a big honour for Styles to represent Hungary.[38] In an interview with Nemzeti Sport, he said that the reason why he doesn't speak Hungarian is that his grandmother used to talk about Hungary, but didn't teach him any of the language.[39][40]

In January 2024, he had his Appendicitis removed in a private hospital[41]

Career statistics

As of match played 16 January 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bury 2015–16[42] League One 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2016–17[43] 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2017–18[44] 11 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 12 0
2018–19[45] League Two 1 0 — — — 1 0
Bury (loan) 2018–19[45] League Two 15 0 1 0 1 0 3[a] 0 20 0
Total 41 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 47 0
Barnsley 2018–19[45] League One 7 0 0 0 0 0 — 7 0
2019–20[46] Championship 17 1 0 0 1 0 — 18 1
2020–21[47] 42 4 3 1 3 0 2[b] 0 50 5
2021–22[48] 43 3 2 0 1 0 — 46 3
2022–23[49] League One 6 1 0 0 2 0 — 8 1
2023–24[50] 20 3 1 0 0 0 1[a] 0 22 3
Total 135 12 6 1 7 0 3 0 151 13
Millwall (loan) 2022–23[49] Championship 22 1 0 0 0 0 — 22 1
Sunderland (loan) 2023–24 Championship 0 0 — — — 0 0
Career total 198 13 7 1 8 0 7 0 220 14
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in EFL Championship play-offs

International

As of match played 19 November 2023
Appearances and goals by national team, year and competition
National team Year Apps Goals
Hungary 2022 11 0
2023 7 0
Total 18 0

Honours

Bury

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