David Raven (footballer)
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| David Raven | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Haydn Raven | |
| Date of birth | March 10, 1985 (age 22) | |
| Place of birth | Birkenhead, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Carlisle United | |
| Number | 2 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2004-2006 2005-06 2006- |
Liverpool → Tranmere Rovers (loan) Carlisle United |
1 (0) 11 (0) 30 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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David Haydn Raven (born March 10, 1985, in Wirral) is an English football player, who currently plays for Carlisle United as a right sided or central defender, having recently signed on a free transfer from Liverpool.
He initially started playing in Tranmere Rovers's academy while attending Calday Grange Grammar School on the Wirral before joining Liverpool.
Raven made his first team debut with a man of the match display during the Carling Cup quarter-final win at White Hart Lane in December 2004 and has gone on to play in two further games: disappointing defeats to Burnley in the FA Cup Third Round and Southampton in the Barclays Premiership. He had also played in the pre-season match against Wrexham in August 2004.
A Liverpool fan since childhood, Raven gave up a potential career as a musician to ply his trade in football. He played a number of games at centre half for the reserves throughout 2004 but Rafael Benítez, having been impressed with the youngster since his arrival in the summer, saw his best position as a right back. He was a regular captain of Liverpool's reserve team, and spent the latter part of the 2005/06 seaon on loan at Tranmere Rovers.
Raven then moved to Carlisle United F.C. from Liverpool F.C. on a free transfer but his debut was a disaster it only lasted half an hour before being substituted because of injury. His competition at Carlisle will be fellow right back Paul Arnison.
[edit] Statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Others | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Carlisle United | 2006-07 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| Tranmere Rovers (Loan) | 2005-06 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Club | Season | Premiership | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Others | Total | ||||||
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Liverpool | 2005-06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004-05 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | |
[edit] External links
- Statistics at soccerbase.com
- Official Carlisle United profile
| Carlisle United F.C. - Current Squad |
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2 Raven | 3 Murphy | 5 Livesey | 6 Gray | 7 Murray | 8 Lumsdon | 9 Holmes | 10 Hawley | 11 Thirlwell | 12 Joyce | 13 Bradley | 14 Garner | 15 Arnison | 16 Jeff Smith | 17 McDermott | 18 Hackney | 19 Johann Smith | 20 Westwood | 21 Aranalde | 23 Kirkup | 24 Vipond | 25 Gall | 27 Atkin | 28 Hindmarch | 29 Krause | 31 Graham | 32 Howarth | Manager: McDonald |
