{{Short description|Guyanese footballer (born 1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} <!--{{Use Guyanese English|date=July 2024}}--> {{Infobox football biography | name = Callum Harriott | image = Callum Harriott 2016-04-23 1.jpg | caption = Harriott playing for Charlton Athletic in 2016 | fullname = Callum Kyle Harriott<ref>{{cite web |title=EFL: Club retained and released lists published |url=https://www.efl.com/news/2016/june/efl-club-retained-and-released-lists-published/ |publisher=English Football League |date=23 June 2016 |accessdate=6 October 2017}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|3|4|df=y}}<ref name="11v11">{{cite web |title=Callum Harriott|url=http://www.11v11.com/players/callum-harriott-236869/|publisher=11v11 |accessdate=1 December 2015}}</ref> | birth_place = Norbury, England | height = {{height|m=1.65}}<ref name="11v11"/> | currentclub = Braintree Town | clubnumber = 32 | position = Winger | youthyears1 = 2003–2011 | youthclubs1 = Charlton Athletic | years1 = 2011–2016 | clubs1 = Charlton Athletic | caps1 = 86 | goals1 = 11 | years2 = 2015–2016 | clubs2 = → Colchester United (loan) | caps2 = 20 | goals2 = 5 | years3 = 2016–2019 | clubs3 = Reading | caps3 = 25 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 2019–2021 | clubs4 = Colchester United | caps4 = 58 | goals4 = 12 | years5 = 2022–2023 | clubs5 = Gillingham | caps5 = 3 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2023 | clubs6 = Yeovil Town | caps6 = 3 | goals6 = 1 | years7 = 2023–2024 | clubs7 = York City | caps7 = 13 | goals7 = 2 | years8 = 2024 | clubs8 = AFC Croydon Athletic | caps8 = 1 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2024–2025 | clubs9 = Ebbsfleet United | caps9 = 10 | goals9 = 0 | years10 = 2025 | clubs10 = Maidenhead United | caps10 = 4 | goals10 = 0 | years11 = 2026 | clubs11 = AFC Croydon Athletic | caps11 = 3 | goals11 = 0 | years12 = 2026– | clubs12 = Braintree Town | caps12 = 5 | goals12 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2013 | nationalteam1 = England U19 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2019–2021 | nationalteam2 = Guyana | nationalcaps2 = 9 | nationalgoals2 = 1 | club-update = 17:10, 11 April 2026 (UTC) | nationalteam-update = 11:11, 2 April 2021 (UTC) }} '''Callum Kyle Harriott''' (born 4 March 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Braintree Town. Born in England, he represents the Guyana national team.
==Club career== ===Charlton Athletic=== Born in Norbury, Harriott attended Stanley Technical High School and St.Andrews C of E high school in Croydon. He made his debut for the Addicks on 25 April 2011 in a League One game against Rochdale at The Valley, which ended in a 3–1 win for Charlton. He came on as a late substitute for loanee Dean Parrett.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.cafctv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10267~2347316,00.html |title=Callum's quest |date=27 April 2011 |accessdate=30 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429071209/http://www.cafctv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10267~2347316,00.html |archive-date=29 April 2011 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> He then started his first game for the club two days later in the last game of the 2010–11 season against Hartlepool United.<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/13247306 |title=Charlton 0–0 Hartlepool |date=7 May 2011 |access-date=24 May 2013}}</ref>
Although he did not feature for the Charlton first-team in their 2011–12 promotion season, he made his Championship debut after coming off the bench as a 74th-minute substitute for fellow academy graduate Scott Wagstaff in a 2–1 win against Blackpool.<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/20919213 |title=Charlton 2–1 Blackpool |date=12 January 2013 |access-date=24 May 2013}}</ref> He then scored his first senior goal on 9 March 2013, in a 1–0 win away to Huddersfield Town.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21639315 "Huddersfield 0–1 Charlton"] BBC Sport. 9 March 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2013.</ref> He scored his second goal for Charlton in a record-breaking 6–0 away win for the Addicks against nine-man Barnsley on 13 April 2013.<ref name="Barnsley 0-6 Charlton">{{cite news|title=Barnsley 0–6 Charlton|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22049624|publisher=BBC Sport|date=17 May 2013|access-date=24 May 2013}}</ref> Harriott was one of the six different scorers for Charlton that match.<ref name="Barnsley 0-6 Charlton"/> On 17 May 2013, Harriott signed a new three-year contract with the club.<ref>{{cite news|title=Charlton Athletic: Dorian Dervite & Callum Harriott extend deals|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22572654|publisher=BBC Sport|date=17 May 2013|access-date=18 May 2013}}</ref> On 3 May 2014, Harriott scored his first senior hat-trick against Blackpool in a 3–0 win at Bloomfield Road.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27167522|title=Blackpool 0-3 Charlton Athletic|date=2014-05-03|newspaper=BBC Sport|language=en-GB|accessdate=2016-09-24}}</ref>
On 28 August 2015, Harriott was loaned to Colchester United where he was very well received by fans, before returning to Charlton on 2 January 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |title=LOAN NEWS Callum Harriott joins Colchester United on loan |url=http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/callum-harriott-joins-colchester-united-on-loan-2652482.aspx |publisher=Charlton Athletic F.C |date=28 August 2015 |accessdate=28 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923221529/http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/callum-harriott-joins-colchester-united-on-loan-2652482.aspx |archivedate=23 September 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/departed_callum_harriott_was_so_appreciated_by_colchester_united_fans_1_4361232|title=Departed Callum Harriott was so appreciated by Colchester United fans|last=Marston|first=Carl|accessdate=2016-09-24|archive-date=20 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220174255/http://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/departed_callum_harriott_was_so_appreciated_by_colchester_united_fans_1_4361232|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Reading===
On 5 August 2016, Harriott signed a three-year contract with Reading, moving for an undisclosed fee.<ref name="Reading sign Harriott">{{cite web|title=Royals sign young winger Callum Harriott|url=http://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/winger-callum-harriott-signs-for-reading-from-charlton-athletic-3226911.aspx|website=readingfc.co.uk|publisher=Reading F.C.|accessdate=5 August 2016|date=5 August 2016}}</ref> He scored his first goals for Reading when he scored a brace in an EFL Cup tie against Milton Keynes Dons which Reading won 4–3 on penalties on 23 August 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37091268 |title=Reading 2-2 MK Dons |publisher=BBC Sport |date=23 August 2016 |accessdate=24 August 2016}}</ref> He was released by Reading at the end of the 2018–19 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48226508|title=Paul McShane: Reading defender released by the Championship club|date=10 May 2019|accessdate=10 May 2019|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> On 8 May 2019, Harriott confirmed that he was leaving Reading following the end of the 2018–19 season.<ref name="Harriott to leave Reading">{{cite web|title=Callum Harriott confirms Reading FC exit|url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/callum-harriott-confirms-reading-fc-16244262|website=getreading.co.uk|publisher= Get Reading F.C.|accessdate=8 May 2019|date=8 May 2019}}</ref>
===Colchester United===
On 5 September 2019, Harriott rejoined Colchester United on a two-year contract.<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49598604 |title=Callum Harriott: Colchester United re-sign former Reading winger |publisher=BBC Sport |date=5 September 2019 |accessdate=17 September 2019}}</ref> He made first appearance in his second spell for the club on 19 October 2019, playing 60 minutes in Colchester's 1–0 home defeat by Morecambe.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50024278 |title=Colchester United 0–1 Morecambe |date=19 October 2019 |publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=22 October 2019 }}</ref> He scored his first goal since his return to the club on 21 December 2019 in<ref name="Game Details: Guyana 2–4 Panama">{{Cite web |date=22 June 2019 |title=Game Details: Guyana 2–4 Panama |url=https://www.concacaf.com/en/gold-cup/game-details/ |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=Gold Cup}}</ref> Colchester's 3–0 win against Carlisle United.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50791519 |title=Colchester United 3–0 Carlisle United |date=21 December 2019 |publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=22 December 2019 }}</ref>
After making 64 appearances and scoring twelve goals in his second spell with the U's,<ref name="SB">{{soccerbase|id=57865|name=Callum Harriott}}</ref> Harriott was allowed to leave the club after his contract expired in May 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hayden Mullins: Colchester United boss rings the changes as 11 players leave the U's |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57112606 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=14 May 2021 |access-date=14 May 2021}}</ref>
===Gillingham=== Harriott signed a short-term deal for Gillingham on 23 November 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gillinghamfootballclub.com/news/2022/november/gills-sign-callum-harriott/ |title=Gills sign Callum Harriott |date=23 November 2022 |publisher=Gillingham Football Club |accessdate=23 November 2022 }}</ref> He left the club at the end of February 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/23352122.former-colchester-united-winger-callum-harriott-left-gillingham/|title=Former Colchester United winger Callum Harriott has left Gillingham|work=Colchester Gazette|date=28 February 2023|accessdate=6 March 2023|first=Jonathan|last=Waldron}}</ref>
===Non-league=== On 22 March 2023, Harriott signed for National League club Yeovil Town on a short-term contract till end of the season with an option to extend.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ytfc.net/signing-winger-harriott-jets-in/ |title=SIGNING Winger Harriott jets in |date=22 March 2023 |publisher=Yeovil Town|accessdate=22 March 2023 }}</ref>
However, despite the option to extend, on 1 June 2023, it was confirmed that Harriott had left Yeovil Town following a mutual termination of his contract.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ytfc.net/club-news-callum-harriott-departs-huish-park/ |title=CLUB NEWS : Callum Harriott departs Huish Park |date=1 June 2023 |publisher=Yeovil Town|accessdate=1 June 2023 }}</ref>
On 11 July 2023, Harriott signed for National League club York City on a contract of undisclosed terms.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yorkcityfootballclub.co.uk/news/first-team/york-city-complete-signing-winger-callum-harriott|title=York City complete signing of winger Callum Harriott|website=www.yorkcityfootballclub.co.uk|date=11 July 2023|accessdate=11 July 2023}}</ref> On 25 November 2024, Harriott left the club by mutual consent due to family reasons.<ref> {{cite web|url=https://yorkcityfootballclub.co.uk/callum-harriott-departs-due-to-family-reasons/|title=Callum Harriott departs due to family reasons|website=yorkcityfootballclub.co.uk|date=25 November 2024|accessdate=7 December 2024}}</ref>
Harriott played one game for AFC Croydon Athletic on 30 November 2024.<ref>https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/afc-croydon-athletic/appearances/2024-2025/callum-harriott/979834</ref>
On 7 December 2024, Harriott joined National League side Ebbsfleet United.<ref> {{cite web|url=https://ebbsfleetunited.co.uk/fleet-call-for-callum/|title=Fleet call for Callum|website=ebbsfleetunited.co.uk|date=7 December 2024|accessdate=7 December 2024}}</ref> He departed the club following relegation at the end of the 2024–25 season.<ref> {{cite web|url=https://ebbsfleetunited.co.uk/fleet-publish-retained-and-released-list/|title=Fleet publish retained and released list|website=ebbsfleetunited.co.uk|date=7 May 2025|accessdate=8 May 2025}}</ref>
On 8 July 2025, Harriott joined Maidenhead United.<ref>https://x.com/MUFCYorkRoad/status/1942638553646649754</ref> On 17 December, he left the club after six appearances.<ref>https://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/gallery/maidenhead-utd-fc/702395/harriott-leaves-maidenhead-united-by-mutual-consent-after-injury-hit-spell.html</ref>
Harriott returned to AFC Croydon Athletic in January 2026, where he played three games,<ref>https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/afc-croydon-athletic/appearances/callum-harriott/979834</ref> before Braintree Town announced the signing of Harriott on 21 March 2026.<ref>https://x.com/i/status/2035340913115881782</ref>
==International career== On 2 May 2013, Harriott was named in manager Noel Blake's England under-19 team to face Belgium, Georgia and Scotland in the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 qualification round.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thefa.com/england/mens-u19s/News/2013/elite-round-squad-announced-020513|title=U19s Elite Squad Named|publisher=The Football Association|work=TheFA.com.|date=2 May 2013|accessdate=7 May 2013}}</ref> Harriott was eligible to play for Guyana or Jamaica.<ref>{{Instagram|ckharriott}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/apr/14/millwall-matthew-briggs-guyana|title=Millwall's Matthew Briggs rediscovers his roots with Guyana success|first=Nick|last=Ames|date=14 April 2015|publisher=|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> He received his first call up to the Guyanese national team in March 2019, for their match against Belize and started the match.<ref>{{cite web |title=Seven Royals called up on the international stage |url=https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2019/march/seven-royals-called-up-on-the-international-stage/ |website=readingfc.co.uk |publisher=Reading F.C. |accessdate=20 March 2019 |date=20 March 2019}}</ref> He scored his first international goal on 16 November in Guyana's 4–2 CONCACAF Nations League victory over Aruba.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2019/11/16/nc-america/concacaf-nations-league/guyana/aruba/3023624/ |title=Guyana 4–2 Aruba |date=16 November 2019 |publisher=Soccerway |accessdate=17 November 2019 }}</ref> He featured in all three of Guyana's matches at the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup as they exited at the group stage.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 June 2019 |title=Game Details: United States 4–0 Guyana |url=https://www.concacaf.com/en/gold-cup/game-details/ |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=Gold Cup}}</ref><ref name="Game Details: Guyana 2–4 Panama"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 June 2019 |title=Game Details: Trinidad & Tobago 1–1 Guyana |url=https://www.concacaf.com/en/gold-cup/game-details/ |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=Gold Cup}}</ref>
==Personal life== In July 2021, Harriott appeared in Colchester Magistrates' Court charged with the rape of a woman in November 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.echo-news.co.uk/sport/football/westham/19419371.ex-colchester-united-star-callum-harriot-court-charged-rape/|title=Former Essex football star appears in court charged with raping woman|website=Echo|date=5 July 2021 }}</ref> In August 2022, Harriott was unanimously found not guilty by the jury.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Colchester Utd star cleared of rape after five-day trial |url=https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/crime/colchester-utd-player-callum-harriott-rape-acquitted-9237390 |website=eadt.co.uk/ |publisher=East Anglian Daily Times |access-date=27 August 2022 |date=26 August 2022}}</ref>
He was released from his contract at York City by mutual consent due to family reasons on 25 November 2024.
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|match played 11 April 2026}}<ref name="SB"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="7" valign="center"|Charlton Athletic |2010–11 |League One |3||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||3||0 |- |2011–12 |League One |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |2012–13 |Championship |14||2||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||14||2 |- |2013–14 |Championship |28||5||5||1||1||0||colspan=2|–||34||6 |- |2014–15 |Championship |21||1||0||0||2||0||colspan=2|–||23||1 |- |2015–16 |Championship |20||3||0||0||1||0||colspan=2|–||21||3 |- !colspan="2"|Total !86!!11!!5!!1!!4!!0!!0!!0!!95!!12 |- |rowspan="1" valign="center"|Colchester United (loan) |2015–16 |League One |20||5||2||2||0||0||1{{efn|Appearance in the Football League Trophy}}||0||23||7 |- |rowspan="4" valign="center"|Reading |2016–17 |Championship |13||1||0||0||4||2||colspan=2|–||17||3 |- |2017–18 |Championship |0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||0||0 |- |2018–19 |Championship |12||1||1||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||13||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !25!!2!!1!!0!!4!!2!!0!!0!!30!!4 |- |rowspan="3" valign="center"|Colchester United |2019–20 |League Two |22||3||1||0||2||0||1{{efn|Appearance in the EFL Trophy}}||0||26||3 |- |2020–21 |League Two |36||9||1||0||1||0||0||0||38||9 |- !colspan="2"|Total !58!!12!!2!!0!!3!!0!!1!!0!!64!!12 |- |Gillingham |2022–23 |League Two |3||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||4||0 |- |Yeovil Town |2022–23 |National League |3||1||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||3||1 |- |rowspan="3"|York City |2023–24 |National League |7||1||0||0||colspan=2|—||1{{efn|Appearance in FA Trophy}}||0||8||1 |- |2024–25 |National League |6||1||1||0||colspan=2|—||0||0||7||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !13!!2!!1!!0!!colspan=2|—!!1!!0!!15!!2 |- |AFC Croydon Athletic |2024–25 |Isthmian League South East Division |1||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||0||0||1||0 |- |Ebbsfleet United |2024–25 |National League |10||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||1{{efn|Appearance in FA Trophy}}||1||11||1 |- |Maidenhead United |2025–26<ref>https://www.maidenheadunitedfc.org/news/quaye-the-key-in-berks-and-bucks-cup/</ref><ref>https://www.maidenheadunitedfc.org/news/magpies-suffer-heavy-defeat-upon-exit-of-berks-bucks-senior-cup/</ref> |National League South |4||0||0||0||colspan=2|—||2{{Efn|Appearances in Berks & Bucks Senior Cup}}||0||6||0 |- |AFC Croydon Athletic |2025–26 |Isthmian League South East Division |3||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||0||0||3||0 |- |Braintree Town |2025–26 |National League |5||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||5||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !231!!33!!12!!3!!11!!2!!6!!1!!260!!39 |}
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===International=== {{updated|match played 30 March 2021.}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/players/callum-harriotts/165311/ |title=C. Harriott |publisher=Soccerway |accessdate=22 October 2019 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align: center" |+ International statistics |- ! National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- | rowspan="3"|Guyana |2019||7||1 |- |2020||0||0 |- |2021||2||0 |- ! colspan=2|Total!!9!!1 |}
:''Scores and results list Guyana's goal tally first''<ref name="NFT">{{NFT player|id=74004|accessdate=20 November 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" ! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 15 November 2019 || Synthetic Track and Field Facility, Leonora, Guyana || {{fb|ARU}} || align=center | '''2'''–2 || align=center | 4–2 || 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category}} *{{Soccerbase}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160309224913/http://www.cafc.co.uk/team/player-profile/callum-harriott/11 Callum Harriott profile] at Charlton Athletic's official website *{{NFT player|74004}}
{{Guyana squad 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}
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