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Daily Mirror
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Danni Scott

Callum Wilson nearly pursued a totally different sporting career before landing on the England squad

Drive and determination has brought Callum Wilson from non-league football through to a place on the England squad for the World Cup. The 30-year-old started his career with Coventry City's academy, debuting on the team in 2009 but has had a run peppered with injuries.

He spent time out with a dislocated shoulder in 2014 but worked his way up to the Premier League only to be set back by a ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee the next year. Wilson took seven months to heal and returned in 2016, before rupturing the ACL in his left knee the following year.

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