Ian Robert Callaghan MBE (born 10 April 1942) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

[2] He was booked only once in his career, in the 1978 League Cup final replay at Old Trafford, which Liverpool lost to Nottingham Forest.

[4] Callaghan played in the 1977 European Cup final, when Liverpool beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–1, but in the 1978 season, which proved to be his last year at the club, his playing time was reduced as younger additions like Graeme Souness and Kenny Dalglish established themselves at the club.

Callaghan was on the substitutes' bench when Liverpool retained the European Cup against Club Brugge in 1978.

He helped Swansea win a second successive promotion in 1979, which took them into the Second Division, and also had brief spells playing in the United States, Australia and Ireland towards the end of his career.