Callum John Styles (born 28 March 2000) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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. Born in England, he plays for the Hungary national team.

Club career

Styles developed through the

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academy but failed to earn a professional contract and was released aged 16.

Bury

Styles joined

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club

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and made his debut professional team in their final game of the season against

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on 8 May 2016. He came on as a 75th-minute substitute for

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as the team won 3–2. In making his debut, Styles became the first player born in the new millennium to make an appearance in the

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. Bury were later deducted three points after it was found Styles was not properly registered when he made his debut. Styles signed a professional contract with Bury on 21 February 2017, signing a two-and-a-half-year deal.

Barnsley

On 6 August 2018, Styles signed for

club

for £500,000, signing a four-year contract, though returned to Bury on loan until the January transfer window. He made 21 appearances in all competitions for Bury before returning to his parent club. Styles made his debut for Barnsley on 9 March 2019 as a substitute against

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, replacing Mamadou Thiam. He scored his first goal for the Tykes, netting away at Brentford on the final day of the following season, helping the Yorkshire outfit retain their Championship status.

2023–24 season

On 5 August 2023, he played his first match in the 2023–24 EFL League One season in a 7–0 victory against

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. In an interview, Neill Collins said that he is sure that

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clubs will be interested in signing Styles. In the second round, he was also not substituted against

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Millwall

On deadline day, 1 September 2022, Styles signed a new contract at Barnsley until 2025 before joining

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on a season-long loan. On 22 October 2022, he scored his first and only goal for Millwall against

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at the

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in the

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. In February 2023, he suffered an injury in his

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during training. However, he played in the subsequent match against

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. In the following training, he felt something strange in his leg and the physio scanned and found out that his injury is more serious than it was previously thought. He had to miss three months. On 18 April 2023, he returned and played against

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in the

season.

International career

Although born in England, Styles was also eligible to play international football for

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and

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through his grandparents. On 14 March 2022, Styles was included in the

squad for matches against

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and

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. On 24 March 2022, Styles debuted in the Hungarian national team against Serbia at the

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. He entered the pitch as a substitute for Zsolt Nagy in the 70th minute. On 27 September, he received the highest score (7.62 out of 10) for his performance by the voters of

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in the

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match against

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. On 14 June 2022, he also played at the

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in the

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match when Hungary beat

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4–0.

Playing style

He is a versatile player in the midfield. According to Károly Pór, sport journalist of

, Styles is one of the most important and useful players in the midfield along with Ádám Nagy in the Hungarian national team. Therefore, he can find himself in the starting line-up against

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and

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in the

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matches.

Personal life

His first visit to Hungary was cancelled due to the outbreak of the

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. He said: “I was meant to go with my girlfriend just after lockdown started. We had a trip to Budapest booked and a few weeks before, we went into lockdown and had to cancel it. In an interview with the BBC, Styles stated that in 2020, he had found out that his grandmother was Hungarian.

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, former manager of

, said in an interview that it is a big honour for Styles to represent Hungary.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Bury *

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runner-up: 2018–19

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Styles, Callum 2000 births Living people Hungarian men's footballers Hungary men's international footballers English men's footballers Bury F.C. players Barnsley F.C. players Millwall F.C. players Men's association football forwards English Football League players Citizens of Hungary through descent English people of Hungarian descent English people of Ukrainian descent Hungarian people of British descent Hungarian people of Ukrainian descent Footballers from Bury, Greater Manchester