Calum Chambers (born 20 January 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays for Arsenal as a right back and central defender. Originally a member of Southamptons academy system, Chambers was promoted to the first team at the beginning of the 2012–13 campaign. After two seasons with the club, he moved to fellow Premier League side Arsenal. Club career Southampton Born in Petersfield, Hampshire, Chambers joined Southampton at the age of seven.] He went through the ranks at the club and at the beginning of the 2012–13 season, Chambers was revealed as one of four youth players to be promoted to the first-team.During the pre-season period he made a number of appearances for the team, playing in the Memorial Cup against Anderlecht] coming on as a second-half substitute in the matches against Evian Thonon Gaillard and Étoile Carouge, and making late appearances against Ajax and Wolverhampton Wanderers. Chambers made his full debut for Southampton on 28 August 2012 in a 4–1 win over Stevenage in the second round of the League Cup,[10] coming on as an 84th-minute substitute for Dean Hammond and providing the assist for the final goal of the match by Ben Reeves On 31 July 2013, Chambers signed a new four-year contract with Southampton. He made his first-team league debut on 17 August 2013, when he played the full 90 minutes at right-back of the opening game of the 2013–14 season in a 1–0 win against West Bromwich Albion.[13] He made a total of 25 appearances for Southampton in all competitions, of which 22 were in the league, before leaving in the summer of 2014. Arsenal On 28 July 2014, it was announced that he had signed for Arsenal on a long-term contract for an undisclosed fee, rising to a potential £16 million with performance-related add-ons. Chambers made his first appearance for Arsenal on 2 August 2014, starting in central defence in a 5–1 win against S.L. Benfica in the pre-season Emirates Cup tournament.[16] On 10 August, Chambers made his competitive debut for Arsenal, playing the full 90 minutes of the 2014 FA Community Shield against Premier League champions Manchester City at Wembley Stadium. Playing at centre back instead of his usual right back position to cover for Per Mertesacker, he gained widespread praise for his commanding and mature performances at centre back against the Premier League champions, with the BBC stating that his mature performance defied his youthful years. On 16 August 2014, Chambers played his first Premier League game for Arsenal in a 2–1 win against Crystal Palace.] Chambers played the first European fixture of his career three days later, a goalless draw in the first leg of Arsenals Champions League play-off away to Beşiktaş. International career Chambers made his debut for the England under-17 team on 2 February against Portugal.[20] In March he played in all three of the sides matches in the 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship elite round, scoring their only goal of the tournament in a 1–0 win over Ukraine.[21] On 26 September 2012, Chambers made the step up to the England under-19 team, playing the full 90 minutes in the sides 3–0 win over the Estonia under-19 team in the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualifying round.[22] On 28 September Chambers came on as a second half substitute in the England under-19 teams match against the Faroe Islands under-19s, which England won 6–0, scoring the final goal of the match in the 84th minute.[23] He scored his second under-19 international goal in a 1–0 victory against Turkey on 21 March 2013.[24] On 28 August 2014, he was named in the senior England squad for the first time, ahead of a friendly against Norway and a Euro 2016 qualification match against Switzerland in September.[25] He made his debut against Norway on 3 September, coming on for the last 9 minutes in place of John Stones as England won 1–0.[26] Career statistics As of match played 13 September 2014. Club statistics Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Southampton 2012–13[27] Premier League 0 0 0 0 1 0 — — 1 0 2013–14[28] Premier League 22 0 0 0 2 0 — — 24 0 Total 22 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 Arsenal 2014–15[29] Premier League 4 0 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 1[b] 0 7 0 Career total 26 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 32 0 Jump up ^ Appearance in UEFA Champions League Jump up ^ Appearance in FA Community Shield
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