Callum Stead

Callum Stead
	Stead in 2025
Personal information
Full name	Callum Lee Stead
Date of birth	25 December 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Enfield, England
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Barnet
Number	10
Youth career
2017–2018	Luton Town
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–2016	Hoddesdon Town
2016–2017	Langford
2019	Biggleswade Town
2019–2020	Welwyn Garden City
2020–2021	Hitchin Town
2021	South Shields
2021–2022	Hitchin Town
2022	Kettering Town
2022–2023	Brackley Town
2023–	Barnet
International career‡
2024	England C
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:58, 4 October 2025 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals as of 03:02, 17 August 2025 (UTC)

Callum Lee Stead (born 25 December 1999) is an English professional football player who plays as a forward for EFL League Two club Barnet.

Career

Stead began his senior career with the non-league clubs Hoddesdon Town and Langford before joining Luton Town's academy in 2017. He returned to non-league with Biggleswade Town in 2019, followed by stints at Welwyn Garden City, and Hitchin Town.^[2] On 20 September 2021, he transferred to South Shields in the Northern Premier League.^[3] After only four appearances, he returned to Hitchin before signing for Kettering Town in February 2022.^[4] On 9 July 2022, he joined Brackley Town also in the National League.^[5] He helped Barnet win the 2024–25 National League and earned promotion to the EFL League Two, was named to the 2024–25 National League Team of the Season.^[6]^[7] He was named Managers, Players and Supporters' Player of the Season at Barnet for the 2024–25 season.^[2]

On 6 March 2024, Stead was called up to the England national football C team for a set of friendlies against Wales C and Nepal.^[8] He appeared in both matches, scoring in a 2–0 win over Nepal.^[9]