{{Short description|Scottish footballer (born 2006)}}
{{Short description|Scottish footballer (born 2006)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Callan McKenna
| name = Callan McKenna
| fullname = Callan Thomas McKenna<ref name=”spbirth”>[https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results/63309435264f91e403e90d Statutory registers – Births – Search results], [[ScotlandsPeople]]</ref>
| = Callan Thomas McKenna<ref name=”spbirth”>[https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results/63309435264f91e403e90d Statutory registers – Births – Search results], [[ScotlandsPeople]]</ref>
| birth_place = [[Rutherglen]], Scotland<ref name=”spbirth”/>
| birth_place = [[Rutherglen]], Scotland<ref name=”spbirth”/>
| height = 1.88m<ref>https://www.premierleague.com/players/144899/Callan-McKenna/overview</ref>
| height = 1.<ref>https://www.premierleague.com/players/144899/Callan-McKenna/overview</ref>
| image = Callan McKenna.png
| image = Callan McKenna.png
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2006|12|22|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2006|12|22|df=y}}
==International career==
==International career==
McKenna was selected for the Scotland squad for the [[2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ben Doak misses out on Scotland squad for Uefa Under-17 Championship|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61274162|date=29 April 2023|accessdate=15 August 2023|website=BBC Sport}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/scotland-men-s-under-17s-euro-2023-squad/?rid=13925|title=Scotland Men’s under-17s EURO 2023 squad|website=Scottish Football Association|date=4 May 2023|accessdate=15 August 2023}}</ref> He has also represented the [[Scotland national under-18 football team]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=348891&lid=13| website=Scottish Football Association|accessdate=15 August 2023|title=Callan McKenna}}</ref> On 3 June 2025, McKenna was added to the [[Scotland national football team|senior]] squad as a ‘training player’.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DKaPT3eiITl/?igsh=MW5rcDJiam9zNWoy |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref>
McKenna was selected for the Scotland squad for the [[2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ben Doak misses out on Scotland squad for Uefa Under-17 Championship|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61274162|date=29 April 2023|accessdate=15 August 2023|website=BBC Sport}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/scotland-men-s-under-17s-euro-2023-squad/?rid=13925|title=Scotland Men’s under-17s EURO 2023 squad|website=Scottish Football Association|date=4 May 2023|accessdate=15 August 2023}}</ref> He has also represented the [[Scotland national under-18 football team]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=348891&lid=13| website=Scottish Football Association|accessdate=15 August 2023|title=Callan McKenna}}</ref> On 3 June 2025, McKenna was added to the [[Scotland national football team|senior]] squad as a ‘training player’.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DKaPT3eiITl/?igsh=MW5rcDJiam9zNWoy |access-date=2025 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref>
On 6 June 2025, following injuries to [[Angus Gunn]] and [[Robby McCrorie]] before and during a 3-1 friendly defeat to [[Iceland national football team|Iceland]] at [[Hampden Park]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scotland vs Iceland LIVE – BBC Sport – watch, listen, updates, stats & head-to-head |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c780jvd2jrgt |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref> and amidst an injury crisis among Scottish goalkeepers (with [[Craig Gordon]], [[Liam Kelly (footballer, born 1996)|Liam Kelly]] and [[Zander Clark]] all unavailable), senior head coach [[Steve Clarke]] confirmed McKenna would travel as part of the 23-man squad for a friendly against [[Liechtenstein national football team|Liechtenstein]] on 9 June 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-06-06 |title=Cieran Slicker endures horror debut – but who is Scotland’s seventh-choice keeper? |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c87j23w1438o |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref>
On 6 June 2025, following injuries to [[Angus Gunn]] and [[Robby McCrorie]] before and during a friendly defeat to [[Iceland national football team|Iceland]] at [[Hampden Park]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scotland vs Iceland LIVE – BBC Sport – watch, listen, updates, stats & head-to-head |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c780jvd2jrgt |access-date=2025 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref> and amidst an injury crisis among Scottish goalkeepers (with [[Craig Gordon]], [[Liam Kelly (footballer, born 1996)|Liam Kelly]] and [[Zander Clark]] all unavailable), senior head coach [[Steve Clarke]] confirmed McKenna would travel as part of the 23-man squad for a friendly against [[Liechtenstein national football team|Liechtenstein]] on 9 June 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025 |title=Cieran Slicker endures horror debut – but who is Scotland’s seventh-choice keeper? |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c87j23w1438o |access-date=2025 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== References ==
== References ==
[[Category:2006 births]]
[[Category:2006 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Scotland men’s youth international footballers]]
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[[Category:Scottish men’s footballers]]
[[Category:Scottish men’s footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Rutherglen]]
[[Category:Footballers from Rutherglen]]
[[Category:Scotland men’s youth international footballers]]
[[Category:AFC Bournemouth players]]
[[Category:AFC Bournemouth players]]
[[Category:21st-century Scottish sportsmen]]
Scottish footballer (born 2006)
Callan Thomas McKenna (born 22 December 2006) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Bournemouth. He is a Scotland youth international.[3]
From Fernhill, South Lanarkshire, McKenna played age group football for Hibernian prior to joining Queen’s Park at twelve years old. A few weeks after turning sixteen, he signed his first professional contract in January 2023.[4] He made his professional debut for Queen’s Park as a 16-year-old on 15 July 2023 in the Scottish League Cup against East Fife.[5][6] He made his Scottish Championship debut on 5 August 2023 against Inverness Caledonian Thistle[7] (being preferred over Calum Ferrie who was voted the division’s best goalkeeper in the previous campaign). His performance drew comparisons with David Marshall,[8] and led to reports of scouts from English Premier League and EFL Championship clubs monitoring his progress.[9][10] On 1 February 2024, Premier League club Bournemouth signed McKenna in a deal worth £300,000.[11]
International career
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McKenna was selected for the Scotland squad for the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[12][13] He has also represented the Scotland national under-18 football team.[14] On 3 June 2025, McKenna was added to the senior squad as a ‘training player’.[15]
On 6 June 2025, following injuries to Angus Gunn and Robby McCrorie before and during a 3–1 friendly defeat to Iceland at Hampden Park,[16] and amidst an injury crisis among Scottish goalkeepers (with Craig Gordon, Liam Kelly and Zander Clark all unavailable), senior head coach Steve Clarke confirmed McKenna would travel as part of the 23-man squad for a friendly against Liechtenstein on 9 June 2025.[17]
