Ian Robert Callaghan MBE was born on 10 April 1942 and is an English retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
10 Facts About Ian Callaghan
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Ian Callaghan holds the record for most appearances for Liverpool.
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Ian Callaghan was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1975 New Year Honours.
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Ian Callaghan was a regular member of the first team by the time Liverpool won promotion to the First Division in 1962, and went on to help them win the league title in 1964,1966,1973,1976 and 1977, as well as the 1965 and 1974 FA Cup Finals, the UEFA Cup in 1973 and 1976, and the European Cup in 1977 and in 1978.
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Ian Callaghan was voted FWA Footballer of the Year in 1974.
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Ian Callaghan was booked only once in his career, in the 1978 League Cup Final replay at Old Trafford, which Liverpool lost to Nottingham Forest.
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Ian Callaghan was on the substitutes' bench when Liverpool retained the European Cup against FC Brugge in 1978.
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Ian Callaghan left Liverpool shortly after the 1978 European Cup final and signed for Swansea City, managed by former Liverpool striker John Toshack.
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Ian Callaghan helped Swansea win a second successive promotion in 1979, which took them into the Second Division, and had brief spells playing in the US, Australia and Ireland towards the end of his career.
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Ian Callaghan did play in the group-stage match versus France on 20 July 1966, one of three wingers tried before manager Alf Ramsey decided to go with a team with no wingers.