Joe Garner
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| Joe Garner | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Alan Garner | |
| Date of birth | April 12, 1988 | |
| Place of birth | Blackburn, England | |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Carlisle United | |
| Number | 14 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2006–2007 2007 2007– |
Blackburn Rovers → Carlisle United (loan) Carlisle United |
0 (0) 18 (5) 31 (14) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Joseph Alan Garner (born April 12, 1988 in Blackburn) is a professional footballer who plays for Carlisle United . He plays as a striker.
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[edit] Footballing career
[edit] Blackburn Rovers
Garner started his career at Blackburn Rovers and playing as a striker played in the same position as his namesake Simon Garner, Blackburn's highest-ever goalscorer and club legend during the 1980's and early 90's. Contrary to some stories, the two are not related. He played for the youth and reserve teams at Ewood Park. Despite not making the breakthrough into the Blackburn Rovers senior squad there was hope that Blackburn Rovers manager, Mark Hughes, would mould his undoubted raw talent into a complete player as he did with David Bentley, Robbie Earnshaw and Morten Gamst Pedersen amongst others. Eventualy the competition for places in the Blackburn line up over the last few years that included Paul Dickov, Paul Gallagher, Shabani Nonda, Craig Bellamy, Benni McCarthy, Roque Santa Cruz, Jason Roberts, Maceo Rigters and several other well known strikers, forced Garner to drop down two divisions and play for a side where he could be sure of playing regular first team football.
[edit] Carlisle United
On January 19, 2007, Garner joined Carlisle United on loan until the end of the 2006-07 season.[1] Garner scored his first ever league goal for Carlisle United at Brunton Park on the 10th February 2006. However Carlisle went on to lose the game 4-1. His record for "United" stands at League 50 appearances, 48 starts, 19 goals, 14 yellow cards and 1 red card in the 1-1 draw against Huddersfield Town at Brunton Park, where he scored a first half stoppage time goal, got booked and sent off for 'diving' after a tackle from goalkeeper Matt Glennon, a former United player.[2] His powerful shot, from well outside the box, at Port Vale on 7 April 2007 was voted goal of the season by United fans.[3]
On August 10, 2007, Garner joined Carlisle United for a club record fee of £140,000, which could rise to £150,000 if United gain promotion to The Championship.[4] Scottish Premier League side Dundee United were also interested in signing Garner, before he joined Carlisle United.[5]
[edit] England
Garner is an England U19 International. He has never played at U21 level but he still hopes to. Now that he is playing in the third tier of english football the future looks bleak for him regarding full english honours.
[edit] References
- ^ "Blackburn striker joins Carlisle", BBC Sport, January 19, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-04-01.
- ^ "Carlisle 1-1 Huddersfield", BBC Sport, March 17, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-04-01.
- ^ "Player Profiles - Joe Garner", Carlisle United FC official site. Retrieved on 2008-02-12.
- ^ "Carlisle sign Blackburn's Garner", BBC Sport, August 10, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-08-10.
- ^ "Levein hails Killie as a benchmark", The Courier, August 11, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-08-11.
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| NAME | Garner, Joseph Alan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Garner, Joe |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Football (soccer) player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1988 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Blackburn, Lancashire, England |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
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