Full name Callum Paterson Weight 76 kg Number 2 Height 1.83 m | Role Footballer Name Callum Paterson Career start 2012 | |
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Date of birth (1994-10-13) 13 October 1994 (age 21) Current teams Scotland national football team (Defender), Heart of Midlothian F.C. (#2 / Defender, Forward) Profiles | ||
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Callum paterson heart of midlothian f c season 2015 16
Callum Paterson (born 13 October 1994) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a right back for Championship side Cardiff City.
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- Callum paterson heart of midlothian f c season 2015 16
- Callum paterson scores brilliant solo goal
- Early life
- Heart of Midlothian
- Cardiff City
- International career
- Career statistics
- Club
- Individual
- References
Callum paterson scores brilliant solo goal
Early life
Paterson's father is Scottish and his mother is from Zimbabwe. His maternal grandmother is South African. Paterson was born in London and moved from there to Scotland when he was three years old. He grew up in South Queensferry where he attended Queensferry High School. He is the cousin of fellow footballer Michael Travis.
Heart of Midlothian
Paterson began his career as a youth player at Tynecastle before joining Heart of Midlothian in 2010. A member of the club's Under-20 side he was promoted to the first team during pre-season in the summer of 2012 and made his first team debut on 14 July, in a friendly against Raith Rovers where he scored the first goal of the game. Having impressed during these pre-season fixtures, on 4 August he made his Scottish Premier League (SPL) debut aged 17, in a 2–0 win over St Johnstone. He made his European debut on 23 August, in a 1–0 defeat to Liverpool at Tynecastle. On 31 August, Paterson signed a new contract extending his stay with the club until 2015. On 22 September 2012, he scored his first two Career goals in a 3–0 win over Dundee Utd in the SPL. On 22 January 2013, Paterson suffered ligament damage to his foot in training that ruled him out of the Scottish League Cup Semi-final against Inverness that weekend. The injury required surgery and ultimately ruled him out for the remainder of the season. During his debut season Paterson made twenty seven appearances, scoring four times In doing so he played as a right-back, midfielder and as a striker, with the latter being the position he played in before joining Hearts.
On 11 August 2013, Paterson scored his first goal of the 2013–14 campaign, when he headed home the only goal in the Edinburgh derby against Hibernian at Tynecastle. On 27 April 2014, Paterson scored a brace against city rivals Hibernian in a 2–1 win. A week later he scored again in a 5–0 win over Kilmarnock and also scored three days later against Partick Thistle.
Cardiff City
On 7 June 2017, Paterson agreed a three-year deal with EFL Championship side, Cardiff City.
International career
Paterson earned caps at both under-18 and under-19 level in 2012 before establishing himself as a regular in Scotland under-21 squads.
On 10 November 2014, manager Gordon Strachan called Paterson into the senior Scottish squad for the first time after Phil Bardsley pulled out of the squad injured, ahead of a European qualifier against the Republic of Ireland and a friendly against England.
He made his senior debut for Scotland on 29 May 2016 in a 1–0 friendly defeat against Italy.