Callum Hart (born 21 December 1985) is a

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semi-professional footballer who is player-assistant manager for

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Career

Born in

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, Hart grew up in the

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area. He began his career at

Bristol City Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the , the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ...

as a youth team player, but after failing to impress enough to gain a professional contract, was released by the club in 2005. He spent the summer working as a labourer and wrote to numerous clubs in

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, eventually being offered a trial with AFC Bournemouth. After impressing during the pre-season friendlies, he was offered a short-term contract and found himself in the first-team soon after, making his debut in the first round of the Football League Cup during a 4–3 penalty shoot-out win over

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on 24 August 2005, and then was rewarded with his first start against

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. His fine displays were rewarded in February 2006 when he earned a call-up to the

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under-21 side against

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. Unfortunately, he was unable to play as the south coast club were once again hit with an injury crisis. Hart was released by Bournemouth on 7 May 2007 and joined Weymouth on non-contract terms in November. He left Weymouth in February 2009. He left Weymouth in February 2009 to join Farnborough. He played just 37 minutes for Boro during a 1–0 win over

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before deciding to seek a professional contract elsewhere. Hart joined

Bath City Bath City Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Bath, Somerset, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset FA and currently competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club have ...

in October 2009 on non-contract terms. However, he soon left the club and instead signed for Conference South side

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. He rejoined Bath City prior to the start of the 2010–11 season but then moved on to Salisbury City on 14 March 2011. After being dogged by injury for the closing months of the season, Hart signed non-contract terms with Salisbury ahead of the 2011–12 season to prove his fitness to the club. After some outstanding performances, and being voted player of the month for August by the Whites fans, he was offered a one-year deal by the club.Callum Hart agrees Whites Contract
/ref> However, shortly after doing so, he suffered a serious knee injury, ruling him out for the rest of the season. He returned the following season, and was once again invited to prove his fitness ahead of the season, and was signed on non-contract terms to start with, before being offered a full contract after a successful pre-season period. The 2012–13 season saw Hart feature regularly in the first team, and he started the majority of matches for Salisbury. He signed a new contract ahead of the 2013–14 season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hart, Callum 1985 births Living people Footballers from Cardiff Welsh footballers Bristol City F.C. players AFC Bournemouth players Weymouth F.C. players Bath City F.C. players Weston-super-Mare A.F.C. players Salisbury City F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Southern Football League players Association football defenders