What is Ian Callaghan?
{{Infobox football biography | name = Ian Callaghan <br /> <small>{{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|commas=on|MBE}}</small> | image = LFC Legends - FA Cup Final 1974 (25633138964).jpg | caption = Callaghan in 2016 | full_name = Ian Robert Callaghan | height = 1.70 m<ref>{{cite web |last=Strack-Zimmermann |first=Benjamin |title=Ian Callaghan (Player) |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/19628/Ian_Callaghan.html |access-date=15 August 2022 |website=www.national-football-teams.com}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1942|4|10}} | birth_place = [[Toxteth]], Liverpool, England | position = [[Midfielder]] | years1 = 1959–1978 | clubs1 = [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] | caps1 = 640<!--LEAGUE GOALS ONLY ---> | goals1 = 49 | years2 = 1978 | clubs2 = → [[Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1977–1983)|Ft Lauderdale Strikers]] (loan) | caps2 = 20 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1978–1981 | clubs3 = [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]] | caps3 = 76 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 1979 | clubs4 = → [[Canberra City SC|Canberra City]] (loan) | caps4 = 9 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 1981 | clubs5 = [[Cork United F.C. (1979–1982)|Cork United]] | caps5 = 2 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 1981 | years7 = 1981–1982 | clubs6 = [[Crewe Alexandra]] | caps6 = 15 | goals6 = 0 | totalcaps = 762 | totalgoals = 50 | nationalyears1 = 1966–1977 | nationalteam1 = [[England national football team|England]] | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }} '''Ian Robert Callaghan''' {{Small|[[Member of the Order of the British Empire|MBE]]}} (born 10 April 1942) is a retired [[English people|English]] [[footballer]]. He played between 1959 and 1982 as a [[midfielder]]. He is best known as a [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] player. He holds the record for most times played for Liverpool, at 857 appearances. He won 17 honours with Liverpool, including two [[European Cup]]s, in 1977 and 1978. He also played four times for the [[England national football team]]. Callaghan was born in [[Toxteth]], [[Liverpool]]. == Career statistics == {| class=wikitable style=text-al