Caleb Cassius Watts (born 16 January 2002) is an Australian professional
soccer
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player who plays as a
midfielder most recently for club
Southampton.
Club career
Southampton
Watts signed his first professional contract in July 2019. On 19 January 2021, Watts made his first professional appearance in Southampton's victory over
Shrewsbury Town in the
FA Cup. A week later, Watts made his
Premier League debut, replacing
Danny Ings
Daniel William John Ings (born 23 July 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Aston Villa.
Ings started his career in the youth team of Southampton but was released as a schoolboy. He subsequently joined ...
in Southampton's 3–1 defeat to
Arsenal
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. Watts became the 52nd Australian to play in the league.
On 12 January 2022, Watts joined
Crawley Town for the remainder of the 2021–22 season. He made his debut for the club as a 63rd-minute substitute against
Carlisle United
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on 15 January 2022, but came back off 18 minutes later after suffering a hamstring injury.
On 23 June 2022, Watts joined Morecambe on loan for the 2022–23 season.
Watts left Southampton at the end of the 2022–23 season after his contract expired.
International career
Watts was born in England to an Australian father, and is eligible to represent both England and Australia internationally. He was named in the
Australia U17 squad for the
2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup
The 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the 18th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth association football, football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was ...
.
Watts qualified for the
Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He was part of the
Olyroos
The Australia national under-23 soccer team represents Australia in international under-23 soccer and at the Olympic Games. The team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia (FA), which is currently a membe ...
Olympic squad. The team beat Argentina in their first group match but were unable to win another match and were therefore not in medal contention.
Career statistics
References
External links
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Southampton FC profile
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2002 births
Living people
Australian men's soccer players
Australia men's youth international soccer players
Men's association football midfielders
Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
Southampton F.C. players
Crawley Town F.C. players
Morecambe F.C. players
Premier League players
Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic soccer players for Australia
Australian expatriate sportspeople in England
Footballers from Essex