Scott Carson

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Personal information
Scott Carson
Full name	Scott Paul Carson
Date of birth	September 3, 1984 (age 22)
Place of birth	Whitehaven, England
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 2¾ in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Charlton Athletic (on loan from Liverpool)
Number	38
Youth clubs
2000 - 2002	Cleater Moor Celtic Workington Reds
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002–2005 2005— 2006 2006-	Leeds United Liverpool → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) → Charlton Athletic (loan)	03 (0) 04 (0) 09 (0) 28 (0)
National team²
2003— 2006 2005-2006	England U21 England B England	24 (0) 01 (0) 00 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:37, 4 March 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 21:07, 13 October 2006 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Scott Paul Carson (born September 3, 1985 in Whitehaven, Cumbria) is an English football goalkeeper, currently playing for Charlton Athletic on loan from Liverpool.

1 Early Career
2 Liverpool
3 International
4 Personal
5 Honours
- 5.1 Liverpool
6 External links

[edit] Early Career

Scott started his football career playing for local amateur side Cleator Moor Celtic. In 2000, he first caught the eye of John Seasman, the then Leeds United academy director, himself a former professional footballer with Millwall and Luton. In spite of the fact that Scott lived outside the Leeds Academy catchment area the club kept in touch with him. He first appeared for Leeds in a schoolboy tournament in Dublin in 2000 and a fine performance had many believing he was a future England number one.

Former Leeds defender Peter Hampton was further impressed by him while he was playing for non-league Workington Reds in the FA Youth Cup, and it was then that he was recruited to the Leeds United Academy in July 2002. He spent less than a year in the Academy and half a season with the reserves before making his full senior debut.

His Leeds career got off to a dramatic start in January 2004, when he joined the action after first choice keeper Paul Robinson was sent off against Middlesbrough. Two weeks after this incident he made his full debut against Manchester United in a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford. After Robinson left Elland Road for White Hart Lane, Scott was handed the perfect opportunity to claim the number one jersey for the Yorkshire club.

[edit] Liverpool

Owing to his impressive displays between the sticks, Liverpool F.C. decided to pay £1 million for his services in January 2005 as he became manager Rafael Benítez's first English signing since taking over as chief of the Reds. Carson signed a four and a half year deal. He made his first team debut aged 19 as starting goalkeeper in the March 5, 2005 defeat to Newcastle United, and his UEFA Champions League debut in the April 4, 2005 victory over Juventus.

In March 2006 he joined Sheffield Wednesday F.C. on loan in a bid to gain some more first team football and played nine matches, helping Wednesday to avoid relegation, before returning to Liverpool at the end of the season.On 26 July 2006, Carson extended his contract with Liverpool by 2 years, pledging his future to the club until 2011.

On August 14 it was announced that Carson would spend the 2006-07 season on loan to Charlton Athletic, where he has showed good form in spite of the teams poor league position. Carson showed a very good form against Chelsea F.C. on February 3. He made many saves and only let in 1 goal, the winning goal that gave Chelsea a victory.

[edit] International

He was called up for his first England Under-21 International in October 2003, despite having only just turned 18 and having not at the time played for Leeds' first team.

Having made his debut at the age of 18 against the Netherlands in February 2004, a 3-2 victory for England. He has, up to 6 February 2007, made 24 further U21 appearances, and has found his way into the top five of players with most England U21 caps.

In May 2005, Carson was named in the 22-man England squad to play the USA and Colombia.

Then in May 2006, he was listed as a standby goalkeeper in the 2006 World Cup provisional squad. He was subsequently called up to the full squad following the injury to Robert Green in the England B international friendly against Belarus on 25 May 2006. However, he did not play a match during the World Cup.

[edit] Personal

Scott Carson lives on Merseyside with girlfriend Aimee Barton, who is from Egremont. They have one son. His younger brother Grant is also a goalkeeper, currently on the books of Carlisle United.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Liverpool

2004/05 UEFA Champions League
2005/06 European Super Cup

[edit] External links

	England squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Robinson \| 2 Neville \| 3 A. Cole \| 4 Gerrard \| 5 Ferdinand \| 6 Terry \| 7 Beckham \| 8 Lampard \| 9 Rooney \| 10 Owen \| 11 J. Cole \| 12 Campbell \| 13 James \| 14 Bridge \| 15 Carragher \| 16 Hargreaves \| 17 Jenas \| 18 Carrick \| 19 Lennon \| 20 Downing \| 21 Crouch \| 22 Carson \| 23 Walcott \| Coach: Eriksson