Career
He played as a midfielder and forward pocket and began his football career at
After winning the 1994 Best & Fairest award, Gerard Neesham saw him as a natural selection for Fremantle"s inaugural squad for the 1995 American Federation of Labor-Congress season. In 2000 the Dockers traded Callaghan to in exchange for Matthew Carr. Callaghan"s time at the Saints was marred by injury, spending two of his four years sidelined by knee injuries.
So in 2004 after only 29 games for he decided to retire from American Federation of Labor-Congress football.
Callaghan returned to Western Australia to again play in the WAFL for the He announced his retirement on 22 July 2006, due to another knee injury.