Carlton Palmer

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Carlton Palmer
Personal information
Full name	Carlton Palmer
Date of birth	December 5, 1965
Place of birth	Rowley Regis, England
Height	6ft 3in
Position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Retired
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1984-1989 1989-1994 1994-1997 1997-1999 1999 1999-2001 2000-2001 2001 2001-2003 2005	West Bromwich Albion Sheffield Wednesday Leeds United Southampton Nottingham Forest Coventry City Watford (loan) Sheffield Wednesday (loan) Stockport County Mansfield Town	121 (4) 205 (14) 103 (5) 45 (3) 16 (1) 30 (1) 5 (0) 22 (0) 43 (4) 1 (0)
National team**
1992-1993	England	18 (1)
Teams managed
2001-2003 2004-2005	Stockport County (player-manager) Mansfield Town
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30/10/2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 30/10/2006.

Carlton Lloyd Palmer (born 5 December 1965 in Rowley Regis, West Midlands) was an English professional football player who played as a midfielder, most notably for Sheffield Wednesday.

Palmer started his career at West Bromwich Albion, coming through their youth team in time for the 1985-1986 season. He earned a move to Sheffield Wednesday in February 1989 for £750,000, where he made his name in the Premiership. This lead to him being bought by Leeds United for £2 million in 1994. He later played for a variety of clubs, including Southampton, Nottingham Forest, Coventry City and Dublin City in Ireland.

His management career began at Stockport County, where he served as player-manager before being sacked in 2003. In November 2004 Carlton Palmer replaced Keith Curle as manager of Mansfield Town, and was appointed permanently to the position in March[1] before being shown the door in September 2005[2].

Palmer won 18 caps for the English national team, scoring once against San Marino. He was a member of the England squad that went to the 1992 European Championships in Sweden.

He now works as a pundit on the BBC show Final Score and will represent Sheffield Wednesday in the 2006 Yorkshire Masters.