Callum wilson · Biography

On 22 August 2015, in only Bournemouth’s third match as a Premier League club, Callum Wilson scored a hat-trick against West Ham United at Upton Park. Born in Coventry on 27 February 1992, the striker had reached the top flight a year after leaving his hometown club, and those three goals were his first in the Premier League. Over the following decade he played for Bournemouth, Newcastle United, West Ham United and Brentford, and won nine caps for England.

Coventry City and the loan spells

Wilson came through the youth system at Coventry City. He made his first-team debut on 12 August 2009, as a substitute in a 1-0 League Cup defeat to Hartlepool United, and signed his first professional contract on 16 March 2010. His league debut followed in December 2010, off the bench against Queens Park Rangers. To gain experience he went on loan to Kettering Town in 2011, playing 17 games and scoring once, and then to Tamworth from 29 December 2011; that spell ended after three games and one goal when he fractured a foot.

His first goal for Coventry came on 12 March 2013, in a 2-2 draw with Colchester United. The breakthrough arrived in 2013-14: he scored 22 League One goals, was named in the PFA League One Team of the Year and was voted the club’s Player of the Year. He left Coventry with 23 goals in 55 appearances in all competitions.

Bournemouth: from the Championship to the Premier League

Bournemouth signed him on 4 July 2014 for a reported fee of around £3 million. He scored twice on his debut, a 4-0 win over Huddersfield Town on 9 August 2014, was named Championship Player of the Month for October and finished the season with 20 league goals. Eddie Howe’s side won the 2014-15 Championship title and the club’s first promotion to the Premier League.

Two knee injuries

The hat-trick at Upton Park was followed by a setback. On 26 September 2015 Wilson ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and did not play again until 9 April 2016. On 1 February 2017 he suffered the same injury to his left knee. He returned the following season and on 18 November 2017 scored another hat-trick, this time against Huddersfield. In July 2019 he signed a four-year extension. He left Bournemouth with 61 goals in 171 league games, 41 of them in 126 Premier League appearances.

Newcastle United

Newcastle signed him on 7 September 2020 for an undisclosed fee, reported by the BBC to be around £20 million. Five days later he scored the opening goal on his debut, a 2-0 win at West Ham, and on 30 January 2021 he reached 50 Premier League goals in a 2-0 win over Everton. He was named the club’s Player of the Year for 2020-21. A calf injury kept him out from December 2021 to May 2022, but in 2022-23 he scored 18 league goals, finishing as Newcastle’s top scorer and fifth in the division, in a season in which the club reached the League Cup final. In 2024-25 he scored once in 22 appearances and was part of the squad that won the 2024-25 League Cup. On 7 July 2025 the club announced his departure after five seasons, with 49 goals in 130 games in all competitions.

England

His only under-21 appearance came on 17 November 2014, as a substitute against France. Four years later, on 15 November 2018, he made his senior debut against the United States at Wembley and scored in a 3-0 win, becoming the first Bournemouth player to score for England. He was part of the squad that finished third in the 2018-19 Nations League. After three years without a call-up he was named in the squad for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where he came on against Iran and set up Jack Grealish for the final goal of a 6-2 win. His second international goal came against Malta on 16 June 2023.

West Ham and Brentford

After leaving Newcastle he joined West Ham United as a free agent in August 2025. He opened his account on 31 August 2025 in a 3-0 win at Nottingham Forest, and in his one campaign at the club he scored seven Premier League goals in 32 appearances, taking his tally in the competition to 95. On 9 July 2026 he joined Brentford on a free transfer. His first goal for his new club came in a 6-1 away win over Birmingham City in the second round of the League Cup, on 25 August 2026.