{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Use British English|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Calum Woods | image = Calum Woods.jpg | caption = Woods with Preston North End in 2016 | fullname = Calum Jack Woods<ref>{{Cite web |title=Notification of shirt numbers: Tranmere Rovers |url=https://www.efl.com/siteassets/image/201920/general-news/efl-squad-numbering-06.09.2019.pdf |access-date=27 October 2019 |publisher=English Football League |page=73}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1987|2|5}}<ref name="11v11">{{Cite web |title=Calum Woods |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/calum-woods-237553/ |access-date=16 July 2018 |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises}}</ref> | birth_place = Liverpool, England | currentclub = Bala Town<ref name="Chakladar" /> | clubnumber = 2 | height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}<ref name="11v11" /> | position = Full back | youthyears1 = 1997–2006 | youthclubs1 = Liverpool | years1 = 2006–2011 | clubs1 = Dunfermline Athletic | caps1 = 128 | goals1 = 10 | years2 = 2011–2014 | clubs2 = Huddersfield Town | caps2 = 72 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2014–2019 | clubs3 = Preston North End | caps3 = 67 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2019 | clubs4 = Bradford City | caps4 = 6 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2019–2020 | clubs5 = Tranmere Rovers | caps5 = 13 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2020 | clubs6 = United of Manchester | caps6 = 1 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2020–2021 | clubs7 = East Bengal | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2021– | clubs8 = Bala Town | caps8 = 1 | goals8 = 0 | club-update = 15:36, 11 May 2021 (UTC) }} '''Calum Jack Woods''' (born 5 February 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays {{English football updater|Tranmere}} as a fullback<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 June 2014 |title=Calum Woods: Preston North End sign defender on a free transfer |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/27764393 |access-date=10 June 2014}}</ref> for Bala Town.
Woods previously spent five seasons with Scottish club Dunfermline Athletic before returning to English football with Huddersfield Town, Preston North End, Bradford City and Tranmere Rovers.
==Career== ===Early career=== Woods joined Liverpool youth academy at the age of 10 but failed to break into the first team and was given a free transfer in May 2006.
===Dunfermline Athletic=== He signed for Dunfermline Athletic after a trial spell alongside fellow former Liverpool player Robbie Foy<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 July 2006 |title=Woods signs deal with Dunfermline |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/dunfermline_athletic/5192530.stm |access-date=21 May 2010}}</ref> and played 13 games for the club in his first season. In March 2008, manager Jim McIntyre confirmed that Woods had signed a two-year contract extension.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 March 2008 |title=Jim McIntyre on Friday |url=http://www.dafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/dugout/0,,10288~1259886,00.html |url-status=dead |publisher=Dunfermline Athletic F.C |accessdate=21 May 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502163856/http://www.dafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/dugout/0%2C%2C10288~1259886%2C00.html |archivedate=2 May 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=8 March 2008 |title=Three more signings as McIntyre builds his side |work=The Courier |location=Dundee |url=http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2008/03/08/sportstory11039314t0.asp |url-status=dead |accessdate=21 May 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080527195647/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2008/03/08/sportstory11039314t0.asp |archivedate=27 May 2008 }}</ref> He scored his first goal for Dunfermline on 4 November 2008 when he scored the opener at Airdrie United.
====2010–11 season==== Woods enjoyed a successful 2010–11 season with Dunfermline, scoring four goals in 37 appearances, in the process helping the Pars achieve promotion to the Scottish Premier League as champions of Scottish Division One. Woods became the centre of controversy after he was fielded as a substitute when suspended during Dunfermline's 7–1 Scottish Cup fourth round victory over Stenhousemuir.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 January 2009 |title=Pars win in doubt over Woods row |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/8450310.stm |access-date=21 May 2010}}</ref>
===Huddersfield Town=== On 8 June 2011, he joined Football League One side Huddersfield Town on a free transfer, signing a two-year contract.<ref>{{Cite web |title=First team: Calum Woods |url=http://www.htafc.com/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10312~46577,00.html |publisher=Huddersfield Town A.F.C. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816145659/http://www.htafc.com/page/ProfilesDetail/0%2C%2C10312~46577%2C00.html |archivedate=16 August 2011}}</ref> He made his debut in the 1–1 draw with Bury at the Galpharm Stadium on 6 August 2011.<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 August 2011 |title=Huddersfield 1–1 Bury |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/14352037 |accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref> Woods switched from his usual position of right back to playing on the left due to the form of right-back Jack Hunt and an injury to regular left-back Gary Naysmith in the second half of the season. Woods went on to make 26 league appearances in his first season with Huddersfield with 31 in all competitions as Huddersfield finished the season as play-off champions winning promotion to the Championship after beating Sheffield United on penalties in the Wembley final.<ref name="sb1112" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 May 2012 |title=Grayson: It was a unbelievable game |url=http://www.htafc.com/page/PostMatchComments/0,,10312,00.html |publisher=Huddersfield Town A.F.C. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601140637/http://www.htafc.com/page/PostMatchComments/0%2C%2C10312%2C00.html |archivedate=1 June 2012}}</ref> His first goal for the club came two-and-a-half years after he joined, in a 2–1 defeat at AFC Bournemouth at Goldsands on 28 January 2014.
At the end of the 2013–14 season, Woods was not offered a new deal at the club and was subsequently released.
===Preston North End=== On 9 June 2014, he joined League One club Preston North End.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 June 2014 |title=Preston North End land Huddersfield Town defender Calum Woods |url=https://www.pnefc.net/news/2014/june/preston-north-end-land-huddersfield-town-defender-calum-woods/ |publisher=Preston North End F.C. |accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref>
===Bradford City=== In January 2019 he signed for Bradford City.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 January 2019 |title=Bantams snap up Woods |url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2019/january/bantams-snap-up-woods/ |publisher=Bradford City A.F.C. |accessdate=23 January 2019 |archive-date=23 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123223655/https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2019/january/bantams-snap-up-woods/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In May 2019, following Bradford City's relegation to League Two, it was confirmed that Woods was one of eleven players to be released when their contracts expired.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Parker |first=Simon |date=7 May 2019 |title=Bradford City announce retained list |work=Telegraph & Argus |url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/17623655.bradford-city-announce-retained-list/ |accessdate=7 May 2019}}</ref>
===Tranmere Rovers===
On 26 June 2019 he joined another League One club, Tranmere Rovers, on a one-year contract <ref>{{Cite news |date=26 June 2019 |title=Calum Woods: Tranmere Rovers sign defender on one-year deal |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48770018 |access-date=26 June 2019}}</ref>
===East Bengal=== In December 2020, Woods signed with Indian Super League side SC East Bengal as their eighth foreigner.<ref name="Chakladar">{{Cite web |last=Chakladar |first=Rishab |date=16 December 2020 |title=SC East Bengal have signed Calum Woods as their 8th foreigner |url=https://technosports.co.in/2020/12/16/sc-east-bengal-have-signed-calum-woods-as-their-8th-foreigner/ |access-date=11 January 2021 |website=Techno Sports}}</ref> He joined the club in mid season and had not appeared in any match.
==Career statistics==
{{updated|match played 10 March 2020}}
{|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"|National Cup{{efn|Includes Scottish Cup, FA Cup}} !colspan="2"|League Cup{{efn|Includes Scottish League Cup, EFL Cup}} !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="6"|Dunfermline Athletic |2006–07<ref name="sb0607">{{soccerbase season|44052|2006|accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref> |Scottish Premier League |12||0||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||14||0 |- |2007–08<ref name="sb0708">{{soccerbase season|44052|2007|accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref> |Scottish First Division |25||0||1||0||1||0||3{{efn|name="SCC"|Appearance(s) in Scottish Challenge Cup}}||0||30||0 |- |2008–09<ref name="sb0809">{{soccerbase season|44052|2008|accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="Litster">For appearances omitted by ''Soccerbase'': {{Cite book |title=A Record of Post-war Scottish League Players 1946/47 to 2017/18 |date=2018 |publisher=John Litster and Scottish Football Historian magazine |series=7}}</ref> |Scottish First Division |30||5||4||0||4||0||1{{efn|name="SCC"}}||0||39||5 |- |2009–10<ref name="sb0910">{{soccerbase season|44052|2009|accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref><ref name=Litster/> |Scottish First Division |29||2||2||0||2||0||1{{efn|name="SCC"}}||0||34||2 |- |2010–11<ref name="sb1011">{{soccerbase season|44052|2010|accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref><ref name=Litster/> |Scottish First Division |32||3||3||0||3||1||2{{efn|name="SCC"}}||0||40||4 |- !colspan="2"|Total !128||10||11||0||11||1||7||0||157||11 |- |rowspan="4"|Huddersfield Town |2011–12<ref name="sb1112">{{soccerbase season|44052|2011|accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref> |League One |26||0||1||0||0||0||4{{efn|One appearance in Football League Trophy, three in League One play-offs}}||0||31||0 |- |2012–13<ref name="sb1213">{{soccerbase season|44052|2012|accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref> |Championship |27||0||3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||30||0 |- |2013–14<ref name="sb1314">{{soccerbase season|44052|2013|accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref> |Championship |19||1||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||20||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !72||1||4||0||1||0||4||0||81||1 |- |rowspan="6"|Preston North End |2014–15<ref name="sb1415">{{soccerbase season|44052|2014|accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref> |League One |18||0||3||0||1||0||5{{efn|Two appearances in Football League Trophy, three in League One play-offs}}||0||27||0 |- |2015–16<ref name="sb1516">{{soccerbase season|44052|2015|accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref> |Championship |32||0||0||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||35||0 |- |2016–17<ref name="sb1617">{{soccerbase season|44052|2016|accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref> |Championship |0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0 |- |2017–18<ref name="sb1718">{{soccerbase season|44052|2017|accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref> |Championship |16||0||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||18||0 |- |2018–19<ref name="sb1819" /> |Championship |1||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||2||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !67||0||5||0||5||0||5||0||82||0 |- |Bradford City |2018–19<ref name="sb1819">{{soccerbase season|44052|2018|accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref> |League One |6||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||6||0 |- |Tranmere Rovers |2019–20<ref name="sb1920">{{soccerbase season|44052|2019|accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref> |League One |13||0||2||0||0||0||1<ref group="lower-alpha">Appearance in EFL Trophy</ref>||0||16||0 |- |F.C. United of Manchester |2020–21<ref>{{Cite web |title=FC United of Manchester {{!}} Appearances {{!}} Calum Woods |url=https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/fc-united-of-manchester/appearances/calum-woods/924268 |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2021 |website=Football Web Pages|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512084723/https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/fc-united-of-manchester/appearances/calum-woods/924268 |archive-date=12 May 2021 }}</ref> |Northern Premier League Premier Division |1 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |1<ref group="lower-alpha">Appearance in FA Trophy</ref> |0 |2 |0 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !287||11||22||0||17||1||18||0||343||12 |} {{notelist}}
==Honours== '''Dunfermline Athletic''' *Scottish Football League First Division: 2010–11
'''Huddersfield Town''' *Football League One play-offs: 2012<ref>{{Cite news |last=Begley |first=Emlyn |date=26 May 2012 |title=Huddersfield 0–0 Sheff Utd |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/18127853 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122123429/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18127853 |archive-date=22 January 2016}}</ref>
'''Preston North End''' *Football League One play-offs: 2015<ref>{{Cite news |last=Middleton |first=Nathan |date=24 May 2015 |title=Preston North End 4–0 Swindon Town |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32770740 |accessdate=26 December 2018}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerbase}}
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