Matt Carbon

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Personal information
Matt Carbon
Full name	Matthew Carbon
Date of birth	June 8, 1975
Place of birth	Nottingham, England
Height	187cm
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Unattached
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993-96 1996-98 1998-2001 2001-04 2003 2004-06 2006	Lincoln City Derby County West Bromwich Albion Walsall Lincoln City (loan) Barnsley New Zealand Knights	69 (10) 20 (0) 113 (5) 55 (2) 1 (0) 50 (1) 0 (0)
National team²
Unknown	England under-21	4 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:48, 19 September 2006 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 10:48, 19 September 2006 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Matt Carbon (born 8 June 1975, Nottingham) is a strong centre back, who last played for the New Zealand Knights in the Hyundai A-League in Australia. He has previously played in the English Premiership for Derby County and the English First Division for West Bromwich Albion and Walsall, alongside spells in lower divisions.

Carbon started his career with Lincoln City in the lower English league, before signing for Derby County F.C. in 1996 in a £400,000 deal. Carbon helped Derby win promotion to the Premier League and contributed to Derby's impressive mid-table finish in 1996-97, playing twelve times. Carbon made a further four appearances in 1997-98, before sealing an £800,000 move to First Division side West Brom. Carbon became a regular during his time at The Hawthorns, making over 100 league appearanceas before his free transfer move to Walsall in 2001. Over fifty league appearances were made for the Saddlers, with a free transfer to Barnsley also bringing 50 games. In 2006, Carbon moved to the A-League to play for New Zealand Knights but never played a game due to injury before being released.

Carbon has played four times for the England under-21 side.