| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Caylan David Vickers | ||
| Date of birth | 22 December 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Windsor, England | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Burton Albion | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Reading | |||
| 2024–2025 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2024 | Reading | 14 | (1) |
| 2024–2026 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | (0) |
| 2025 | → Mansfield Town (loan) | 19 | (2) |
| 2025–2026 | → Barnsley (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| 2026 | → Wigan Athletic (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2026– | Burton Albion | 1 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 September 2026 (UTC) | |||
Caylan David Vickers (born 22 December 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL League One club Burton Albion.
On 17 May 2023, Vickers was offered his first professional contract by Reading. On 1 July 2023, Reading confirmed that Vickers had signed his first professional contract with the club.
Vickers made his professional debut with Reading in a 1–0 EFL League One loss to Peterborough United on 5 August 2023. His first league start came on 15 August 2023, in a 1-0 home win against Cheltenham Town.[citation needed]
Vickers scored the 8th goal in a 0-9 victory over Exeter City in the EFL Trophy on 19 September 2023, the biggest win in the club's history.[citation needed]
On 1 February 2024, Vickers transferred to the Brighton & Hove Albion Academy for an undisclosed fee, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract.
On 3 February 2025, Vickers joined EFL League One club Mansfield Town on loan until the end of the season.
On 21 July 2025, Vickers joined EFL League One club Barnsley on a season-long loan. He scored his first goal for the club in the 3-2 home win against Burton. He grabbed his second goal of the season in the 1-0 away win at Peterborough United. On 9 January 2026, Brighton announced that Vickers had returned from his loan deal with Barnsley.
On 1 September 2026, Vickers joined EFL League One club Burton Albion.
Born in England, Vickers has Indian and Ugandan heritage through his mother and great-grandparents, who lived in Uganda before relocating to the UK during Idi Amin's regime.
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Reading | 2023–24 | EFL League One | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 3 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion U21s | 2023–24 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2024–25 | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Total | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Mansfield Town (loan) | 2024–25 | EFL League One | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| Barnsley (loan) | 2025–26 | EFL League One | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
| Wigan Athletic (loan) | 2025–26 | EFL League One | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Burton Albion | 2026–27 | EFL League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 59 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 77 | 9 | ||