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Callum Paterson

Callum Paterson

Attack - Centre-Forward  at Milton Keynes Dons
Age31
CitizenshipScotland England
Height1.83 m
Footright
BornOctober 13, 1994
at Milton Keynes Dons 300 days · joined 2025-07-28
👕200+ Apps 50+ Goals 🏴25+ Caps
Market value €600k
Centre-Forward Attack

Career snapshot

4
clubs played for
12/13
debut season
0.2
goals / match
Sheffield Wednesday
top club · 186 apps

Career highs

€5.00m
peak value · 2018
€550k
top transfer fee · 20/21
11
best season · 13/14
31 / 2
int'l caps / goals
462Appearances
94Goals
47Assists
78Yellow cards
2Red cards
73Full matches (90′)
Full nameCallum Paterson
Name in home countryCallum Thomas Owen Paterson
Date of birth1994-10-13 (31 yrs)
Place of birthLondon, Scotland
CitizenshipScotland England
PositionAttack - Centre-Forward (main: Attack)
Footright
Height183.00 m
Current clubMilton Keynes Dons
Joined2025-07-28
Contract expires
AgentTwo Touch Agency
Jul 2025
Transfer: Sheff Wed → MK Dons
25/26 · Transfer
Jul 2025
25/26 — Milton Keynes Dons
8 matches · 3 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2024
24/25 — Sheffield Wednesday
31 matches · 8 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2023
23/24 — Sheffield Wednesday
27 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2022
22/23 — Sheffield Wednesday
38 matches · 8 G · 4 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2021
21/22 — Sheffield Wednesday
45 matches · 6 G · 3 A · across 5 competitions
Sep 2020
Transfer: Cardiff → Sheff Wed
20/21 · Transfer · €550k
Jul 2020
20/21 — Sheffield Wednesday, Cardiff City
45 matches · 9 G · 4 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2019
19/20 — Cardiff City
42 matches · 7 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Mar 2019
Injury: unknown
8 games missed
Jan 2019
Injury: unknown
Dec 2018
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2018
18/19 — Cardiff City
29 matches · 4 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2017
17/18 — Cardiff City
35 matches · 10 G · 6 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2017
Transfer: Heart of Midl. → Cardiff
17/18 · Transfer
Dec 2016
Injury: unknown
36 games missed
Jul 2016
16/17 — Heart of Midlothian FC
25 matches · 10 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Mar 2016
Injury: unknown
9 games missed
Feb 2016
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Dec 2015
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2015
15/16 — Heart of Midlothian FC
36 matches · 7 G · 6 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2014
Injury: unknown
14 games missed
Jul 2014
14/15 — Heart of Midlothian FC
32 matches · 7 G · 9 A · across 4 competitions
Oct 2013
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2013
13/14 — Heart of Midlothian FC
42 matches · 11 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions
Jan 2013
Injury: unknown
32 games missed
Oct 2012
Injury: unknown
8 games missed
Jul 2012
12/13 — Heart of Midlothian FC
27 matches · 4 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2012
Transfer: Hearts FC U20 → Heart of Midl.
12/13 · Transfer
Jul 2011
Transfer: Hearts FC U17 → Hearts FC U20
11/12 · Transfer
Jul 2010
Transfer: Tynecastle Colts → Hearts FC U17
10/11 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €5.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 49 other Attack - Centre-Forwards with ≥500 minutes in 25/26. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals3 total · 1.48/90
98
Assists3 total · 1.48/90
100
G+A6 total · 2.97/90
100
Yellow cards1 total · 0.49/90
6
6,589 min
Minutes played by club
Milton Keynes Dons 2.8%
Sheffield Wednesday 29.7%
Cardiff City 18.7%
Heart of Midlothian FC 48.9%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Milton Keynes Dons 1 25/26 25/26 8 3 3 182
Sheffield Wednesday 5 20/21 24/25 186 31 15 1,958
Cardiff City 4 17/18 20/21 106 21 8 1,230
Heart of Midlothian FC 5 12/13 16/17 162 39 21 3,219

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

4€1.3M8€2.5M12€3.8M16€5M12/13 — 4 goals (Heart of Midlothian FC)12/13 — 1 assists512/1313/14 — 11 goals (Heart of Midlothian FC)13/14 — 3 assists1413/1414/15 — 7 goals (Heart of Midlothian FC)14/15 — 9 assists1614/1515/16 — 7 goals (Heart of Midlothian FC)15/16 — 6 assists1315/1616/17 — 10 goals (Heart of Midlothian FC)16/17 — 2 assists1216/1717/18 — 10 goals (Cardiff City)17/18 — 6 assists1617/1818/19 — 4 goals (Cardiff City)18/19 — 1 assists518/1919/20 — 7 goals (Cardiff City)19/20 — 1 assists819/2020/21 — 9 goals (Sheffield Wednesday)20/21 — 4 assists1320/2121/22 — 6 goals (Sheffield Wednesday)21/22 — 3 assists921/2222/23 — 8 goals (Sheffield Wednesday)22/23 — 4 assists1222/2323/24 — 2 assists223/2424/25 — 8 goals (Sheffield Wednesday)24/25 — 2 assists1024/2525/26 — 3 goals (Milton Keynes Dons)25/26 — 3 assists625/2612/13 — €50K13/14 — €225K14/15 — €300K15/16 — €450K17/18 — €750K18/19 — €5M19/20 — €5M20/21 — €3.5M21/22 — €1.8M22/23 — €1M23/24 — €900K24/25 — €800K25/26 — €600KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

12/13: 4412/1313/14: 111113/1414/15: 7714/1515/16: 7715/1616/17: 101016/1717/18: 101017/1818/19: 4418/1919/20: 7719/2020/21: 9920/2121/22: 6621/2222/23: 8822/2323/24: 0023/2424/25: 8824/2525/26: 3325/26

Assists by season

12/13: 1112/1313/14: 3313/1414/15: 9914/1515/16: 6615/1616/17: 2216/1717/18: 6617/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 1119/2020/21: 4420/2121/22: 3321/2222/23: 4422/2323/24: 2223/2424/25: 2224/2525/26: 3325/26
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
25/26 EFL Cup Milton Keynes Dons 1 0 0 0 0 0
25/26 League Two Milton Keynes Dons 7 3 3 1 0 182
24/25 Championship Sheffield Wednesday 27 6 2 2 0 198
24/25 EFL Cup Sheffield Wednesday 4 2 0 0 0 175
24/25 FA Cup Sheffield Wednesday 0 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 Championship Sheffield Wednesday 25 0 1 6 0 0
23/24 EFL Cup Sheffield Wednesday 2 0 1 1 0 0
22/23 EFL Cup Sheffield Wednesday 3 0 0 1 0 0
22/23 EFL Trophy Sheffield Wednesday 3 2 0 0 0 135
22/23 FA Cup Sheffield Wednesday 4 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 League One Sheffield Wednesday 25 5 3 6 0 273
22/23 League One Play-Offs Sheffield Wednesday 3 1 1 0 0 258
21/22 EFL Cup Sheffield Wednesday 1 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 EFL Trophy Sheffield Wednesday 1 0 0 1 0 0
21/22 FA Cup Sheffield Wednesday 2 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 League One Sheffield Wednesday 40 6 3 10 0 403
21/22 League One Play-Offs Sheffield Wednesday 1 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Championship Sheffield Wednesday 43 8 4 5 0 366
20/21 Championship Cardiff City 0 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 FA Cup Sheffield Wednesday 2 1 0 0 0 150
19/20 Championship Cardiff City 36 5 0 2 0 357
19/20 Championship Play-Offs Cardiff City 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 EFL Cup Cardiff City 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 FA Cup Cardiff City 4 2 1 0 0 157
18/19 EFL Cup Cardiff City 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 FA Cup Cardiff City 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Premier League Cardiff City 27 4 1 4 0 499
17/18 Championship Cardiff City 32 10 5 4 0 217
17/18 FA Cup Cardiff City 3 0 1 1 0 0
16/17 Betfred Cup Heart of Midlothian FC 1 1 1 0 0 90
16/17 Europa League Qualifying Heart of Midlothian FC 4 1 1 2 0 360
16/17 Premiership Heart of Midlothian FC 20 8 0 5 0 208
15/16 Premiership Heart of Midlothian FC 29 5 4 6 1 500
15/16 SCL by Utilita Heart of Midlothian FC 4 1 0 0 0 317
15/16 SFA Cup Heart of Midlothian FC 3 1 2 1 0 270
14/15 Championship Heart of Midlothian FC 29 6 9 5 1 411
14/15 League Cup Heart of Midlothian FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Petrofac Tr. Cup Heart of Midlothian FC 1 1 0 0 0 45
14/15 SFA Cup Heart of Midlothian FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 League Cup Heart of Midlothian FC 4 0 0 1 0 0
13/14 Premiership Heart of Midlothian FC 37 11 3 10 0 289
13/14 SFA Cup Heart of Midlothian FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 Europa League Qualifying Heart of Midlothian FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 Premiership Heart of Midlothian FC 22 3 1 4 0 528
12/13 Scot. League Cup Heart of Midlothian FC 2 1 0 0 0 201
12/13 SFA Cup Heart of Midlothian FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
10/11 2010-07-01 Tynecastle Colts Hearts FC U17 Transfer 0
11/12 2011-07-01 Hearts FC U17 Hearts FC U20 Transfer 0
12/13 2012-07-01 Hearts FC U20 Heart of Midl. Transfer 0
17/18 2017-07-01 Heart of Midl. Cardiff Transfer 700000
20/21 2020-09-30 Cardiff Sheff Wed Transfer 2800000 €550k
25/26 2025-07-28 Sheff Wed MK Dons Transfer 600000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
12/13 Ankle injury 2012-10-06 2012-10-20 15 8
12/13 Foot surgery 2013-01-22 2013-07-22 182 32
13/14 Ankle injury 2013-10-19 2013-10-24 6 1
14/15 Knee injury 2014-07-26 2014-09-19 56 14
15/16 Knock 2015-12-28 2016-01-01 5 1
15/16 Thigh problems 2016-02-17 2016-02-25 9 1
15/16 Shoulder injury 2016-03-01 2016-04-18 49 9
16/17 Knee injury 2016-12-27 2017-09-30 278 36
18/19 Knee injury 2018-12-23 2018-12-28 6 1
18/19 Knock 2019-01-13 2019-01-18 6 0
18/19 Ankle injury 2019-03-29 2019-05-31 64 8
Current€600k
Peak€5.00m
Low€50k
Δ since start+€550k
€50k€1.29m€2.53m€3.76m€5.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €450k
Jan 1, 1970 €225k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €175k
Jan 1, 1970 €225k
Jan 1, 1970 €50k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #31230 1 0 former national player
Team #17622 1 0 former national player
Team #16868 12 2 former national player
Team #3380 #13 17 0 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Barry Bannan 1 3 0
Liam Palmer 2 3 0
Jamie Walker 2 6 0
Josh Windass 1 2 0
Sam Nicholson 2 5 0
Junior Hoilett 2 3 0
Dominic Iorfa 2 0 0
Billy King 2 6 0
Will Vaulks 2 2 0
Neil Etheridge 2 0 0
Jamie MacDonald 1 0 0
Danny Wilson 2 3 0
Kevin McHattie 1 3 0
Bruno Ecuele Manga 2 0 0
Jordan McGhee 2 0 0
Alim Öztürk 2 2 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
13/14 Premiership Heart of Midlothian FC 11 37
17/18 Championship Cardiff City 10 32
16/17 Premiership Heart of Midlothian FC 8 20

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
14/15 Championship Heart of Midlothian FC 9 29
17/18 Championship Cardiff City 5 32
15/16 Premiership Heart of Midlothian FC 4 29

Last 50 matches for Milton Keynes Dons The Availability column cross-references our injury database — matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

DateCompHomeScoreAwayAvailability
2025-12-29 GB4 Milton Keynes Dons 1–1 Notts County Available
2025-12-26 GB4 Milton Keynes Dons 3–1 Swindon Town Available
2025-12-20 GB4 Harrogate Town 1–4 Milton Keynes Dons Available
2025-12-13 GB4 Milton Keynes Dons 2–1 Cambridge United Available
2025-12-09 GB4 Notts County 2–2 Milton Keynes Dons Available
2025-11-29 GB4 Milton Keynes Dons 3–1 Fleetwood Town Available
2025-11-22 GB4 Tranmere Rovers 0–2 Milton Keynes Dons Available
2025-11-15 GB4 Milton Keynes Dons 2–2 Salford City Available
2025-11-08 GB4 Barnet FC 1–3 Milton Keynes Dons Available
2025-10-25 GB4 Bromley FC 2–1 Milton Keynes Dons Available
2025-10-18 GB4 Milton Keynes Dons 3–1 Crewe Alexandra Available
2025-10-11 GB4 Bristol Rovers 0–4 Milton Keynes Dons Available
2025-10-04 GB4 Milton Keynes Dons 3–2 Gillingham FC Available
2025-09-27 GB4 Shrewsbury Town 1–2 Milton Keynes Dons Available
2025-09-20 GB4 Milton Keynes Dons 1–2 Accrington Stanley Available
2025-09-13 GB4 Chesterfield FC 1–1 Milton Keynes Dons Available
2025-09-06 GB4 Milton Keynes Dons 2–3 Grimsby Town Available
2025-08-30 GB4 Milton Keynes Dons 0–1 Walsall FC Available
2025-08-23 GB4 Newport County 1–2 Milton Keynes Dons Available
2025-08-19 GB4 Crawley Town 1–1 Milton Keynes Dons Available
2025-08-16 GB4 Milton Keynes Dons 5–0 Cheltenham Town Available
2025-08-09 GB4 Barrow AFC 0–2 Milton Keynes Dons Available
2025-08-02 GB4 Milton Keynes Dons 0–0 Oldham Athletic Available
2025-05-03 GB4 Swindon Town 0–0 Milton Keynes Dons Available
2025-04-26 GB4 Milton Keynes Dons 0–0 Grimsby Town Available
2025-04-21 GB4 Crewe Alexandra 0–1 Milton Keynes Dons Available
2025-04-18 GB4 Milton Keynes Dons 0–0 Newport County Available
2025-04-12 GB4 Gillingham FC 1–0 Milton Keynes Dons Available
2025-04-05 GB4 Milton Keynes Dons 0–3 Barrow AFC Available
2025-04-02 GB4 Notts County 3–0 Milton Keynes Dons Available
2025-03-29 GB4 Milton Keynes Dons 2–4 Fleetwood Town Available
2025-03-25 GB4 Carlisle United 2–2 Milton Keynes Dons Available
2025-03-22 GB4 Cheltenham Town 0–1 Milton Keynes Dons Available
2025-03-15 GB4 Port Vale FC 3–0 Milton Keynes Dons Available
2025-03-08 GB4 Milton Keynes Dons 2–1 Morecambe FC Available
2025-03-04 GB4 Accrington Stanley 2–0 Milton Keynes Dons Available
2025-03-01 GB4 Milton Keynes Dons 0–1 Colchester United Available
2025-02-22 GB4 Bradford City 2–0 Milton Keynes Dons Available
2025-02-15 GB4 Tranmere Rovers 1–1 Milton Keynes Dons Available
2025-02-11 GB4 Barrow AFC 2–1 Milton Keynes Dons Available
2025-02-08 GB4 Milton Keynes Dons 0–1 Bromley FC Available
2025-02-01 GB4 Doncaster Rovers 2–1 Milton Keynes Dons Available
2025-01-28 GB4 Milton Keynes Dons 2–1 Harrogate Town Available
2025-01-25 GB4 Milton Keynes Dons 0–0 AFC Wimbledon Available
2025-01-21 GB4 Fleetwood Town 2–1 Milton Keynes Dons Available
2025-01-18 GB4 Walsall FC 4–2 Milton Keynes Dons Available
2025-01-04 GB4 Milton Keynes Dons 0–1 Salford City Available
2025-01-01 GB4 Chesterfield FC 1–2 Milton Keynes Dons Available
2024-12-29 GB4 Milton Keynes Dons 1–1 Crewe Alexandra Available
2024-12-26 GB4 Milton Keynes Dons 0–2 Notts County Available

Teams faced most often by Callum Paterson's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Ipswich Town 37 11 15 11 44 42 +2 30%
Charlton Athletic 35 16 11 8 47 30 +17 46%
Bolton Wanderers 35 12 10 13 37 46 -9 34%
Derby County 34 7 14 13 34 50 -16 21%
Nottingham Forest 30 18 3 9 49 27 +22 60%
Birmingham City 30 11 10 9 41 35 +6 37%
Leeds United 30 13 8 9 46 30 +16 43%
Rotherham United 29 15 7 7 52 37 +15 52%
Brentford FC 29 12 5 12 47 50 -3 41%
Blackburn Rovers 28 11 8 9 46 44 +2 39%
Bristol City 28 12 8 8 39 39 0 43%
Huddersfield Town 28 15 9 4 39 21 +18 54%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
12/13 Senior debut season
12/13 First senior goal
18/19 Goal #50 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
25/26 8 182 1 0 0 0.49
24/25 31 373 2 0 0 0.48
23/24 27 0 7 0 0 0
22/23 38 666 7 0 0 0.95
21/22 45 403 11 0 0 2.46
20/21 45 516 5 0 0 0.87
19/20 42 514 2 0 0 0.35
18/19 29 499 4 0 0 0.72
17/18 35 217 5 0 0 2.07
16/17 25 658 7 0 0 0.96
15/16 36 1,087 7 0 1 0.66
14/15 32 456 5 0 1 1.18
13/14 42 289 11 0 0 3.43
12/13 27 729 4 0 0 0.49

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Championship
163 apps
29 G
12 A
Premiership
108 apps
27 G
8 A
League One
65 apps
11 G
6 A
Championship
29 apps
6 G
9 A
Premier League
27 apps
4 G
1 A
League Two
7 apps
3 G
3 A
FA Cup
16 apps
3 G
2 A
Scot. League Cup
12 apps
3 G
1 A
EFL Cup
13 apps
2 G
1 A
EFL Trophy
4 apps
2 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Callum Paterson

Who is Callum Paterson?

Callum Paterson is a Scotland professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Milton Keynes Dons.

How old is Callum Paterson?

Callum Paterson is 31 years old. He was born on October 13, 1994 in London.

What position does Callum Paterson play?

Callum Paterson plays as a centre-forward (Attack - Centre-Forward).

What club does Callum Paterson play for?

Callum Paterson currently plays for Milton Keynes Dons.

How many career goals has Callum Paterson scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Callum Paterson has scored 94 goals in 462 appearances.

What is Callum Paterson's market value?

Callum Paterson's most recent reported market value is €600k.