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Christian Caulker Personal information Full name Christian Caulker Date of birth December 25, 1988 Place of birth Freetown, Sierra Leone Height 182 cm Playing position Goalkeeper Club information Current club Västerås SK Number 1 Youth career Kallon F.C. Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2007- Kallon F.C. 2011 → Västerås SK (loan) 12 (0) National team 2007- Sierra Leone[1] 11 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Christian Caulker (born December 22, 1988 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leonean footballer, who currently plays for Vasteras SK.
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Career
The first choice goalkeeper of Sierra Leone National Premier League club F. C. Kallon moved in January 2011 on loan to Vasteras SK.[2]
International career
Caulker has been the number one goalkeeper for the Leone Stars since making his international debut gainst Guinea Bissau on October 15, 2007.
He started in all six games for Sierra Leone at the first round group stage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Equitorial Guinea, Nigeria and South Africa. Caulker is highly regarded as the best Sierra Leonean goalkeeper at this time. Caulker was the first-choice goalkeepoer for Sierra Leone U-17 team and at the 2005 UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup in Turkey.
Family heritage
Christian Caulker is of Sherbro and Creole parentage. Historically intermarriage among Creoles and Sherbros was frequent during the 19th and 20th centuries. Caulker is a descendant of the prominent Caulker Family of Sherbro and English descent. The Caulkers originate from Bonthe District in Southern Sierra Leone.[3]
Notes
- ^ Christian Caulker at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Christian Caulker Set to Debut Against AIK
- ^ Christian Caulker – FIFA competition record
Categories:- 1988 births
- Living people
- Sierra Leonean footballers
- People from Freetown
- Association football goalkeepers
- Sierra Leonean football biography stubs
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