John Carew
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | John Alieu Carew | |
| Date of birth | September 5, 1979 | |
| Place of birth | Lørenskog, Norway | |
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Aston Villa | |
| Number | 10 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1995-1997 | Lørenskog | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1997–1999 1999–2000 2000–2004 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2007 2007– |
Vålerenga Rosenborg Valencia → AS Roma (loan) Beşiktaş Lyon Aston Villa |
33 (14) 18 (18) 84 (20) 20 (6) 24 (13) 35 (10) 43 (16) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1998– | Norway | 70 (21) |
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John Alieu Carew (born September 5, 1979 in Lørenskog, Akershus) is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Aston Villa of England's Premier League. His father is Gambian and his mother is Norwegian; he was born and raised in Norway.
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[edit] Early career
He won the Norwegian Football Cup with Vålerenga I.F. in 1997, and the Norwegian Premier League with Rosenborg B.K. in 1999. After a string of impressive displays in the Champions League, he moved to Spanish club Valencia, where he won the league. Carew was part of the Valencia side that lost on penalties in the 2001 UEFA Champions League Final, even though he scored on his attempt. His goals in that campaign were crucial, including a 75th minute header in a 1–0 home win against Arsenal in the second leg of the quarter final, which saw Valencia advance to the semi-final. In the 2002–03 Champions League campaign, Carew was once again responsible for the exit of Arsenal. With Valencia needing a win in their final game of the second group phase at home against Arsenal to progress to the quarter finals, Carew scored twice in a 2–1 victory. He then moved to AS Roma in Italy's Serie A before arriving in Turkey with Beşiktaş in 2004.[1] After the 2004–05 season, he was snapped up by the four-time defending Ligue 1 champions Lyon.[2]
[edit] Aston Villa
[edit] 2006–07 Season
On January 22, 2007, 'Big' John Carew signed for Aston Villa in an exchange deal with Olympique Lyonnais for Milan Baros.[3] Carew penned a three-and-a-half year deal at the Birmingham-based club.
Carew went onto receive the number 10 jersey - left vacated by Baros' departure.[4]
Carew made his debut in the 3–1 loss to Newcastle United, but went onto score his first goal for the club in a 1–0 victory against West Ham United just three days later. The Norwegian international is extremely popular amongst the Villa Park crowd, for his workrate and determination in attack - the faithful often sing the tune "Carew, Carew, Carew is on fire" and, more recently, "John Carew, Carew, he's bigger than me and you, he's gonna score one or two, John Carew, Carew" (to the tune of 'Que Sera Sera'). He finished the season with three goals from 11 appearances.
[edit] 2007–08 Season
Carew began the season as Villa's primary forward and was under high expectations from the Villa faithful. However, despite some good performances it took Carew nearly two months to score his opener for the season against Everton in a 2–0 victory. Unfortunately, he also injured himself in the same game and was out of action for six weeks with a hamstring problem.
He scored on his second match back in the Villa side in a 3–0 away win against Middlesbrough in November. He then followed this up with a headed goal against Blackburn in a 4–0 victory as Aston Villa began to climb the Premiership table. December brought just one goal for Carew—a 30-yard run and shot against Manchester City—but he was instrumental in several of the goals Villa scored.
Carew scored two goals against Reading on 12 January and was unlucky not to be awarded Man of the Match (which went to Martin Laursen). After two torrid results for Villa (a 1–1 draw at home to Blackburn Rovers and a 2–1 away loss to Fulham) he scored his first hat-trick for seven years and his first ever for Aston Villa against Newcastle United on 9 February in a 4–1 win. Gareth Barry allowed him to do so by kindly relinquishing his usual penalty taking duties so Carew could score his third.
On 12th April 2008, Carew scored for Aston Villa against Derby County at Pride Park in the Premier league, in the 26th minute and Villa went on to win the game 6-0. On 20th April 2008, Carew scored twice against Birmingham City in the Second City Derby at Villa Park, which Villa went on to win 5-1. He continued his scoring run with a header the following week, in a crunch game at Everton's Goodison Park which finished 2-2. It would be his 13th and final goal of the season, crowning him as Villa's top scorer for the 2007-08 season.
[edit] Aston Villa F.C career statistics
- (correct as of 12 May 2008)[5]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[6] | Europe | Total | ||||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| Aston Villa | |||||||||||||
| 2006–07 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2007–08 | 31 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 13 | 1 | |
| Career totals | 43 | 16 | 7 | ||||||||||
[edit] International career
John Carew has played 70 times for Norway, scoring 21 goals (as of March 2008), and was part of their Euro 2000 squad. He made his full international debut on 18 November 1998, and was the first black player to play for Norway. During the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign, Carew scored four goals and two assists in ten games. Norway failed to qualify for Euro 2008, ending up third place, a point behind Turkey.
[edit] Personal life
Carew is now noted for being a religious person, and he often makes donations to charity.[7] He also contributes to organizations like Soccer Against Crime, MOT and Ungdom mot Vold and was awarded the Kniksen award as Kniksen of the year in both 2005 and 2007. Since joining Aston Villa, Carew is noted for visiting children in hospitals around Birmingham and supporting Villa's initiative to donate from the payroll towards hospital running costs. He usually celebrates his goals by running to the Villa crowd, sometimes picking up a lucky ballboy as evidenced in the 5-1 victory over Birmingham City.
[edit] Honours
- Winner of Norwegian Football Cup 1997 with Vålerenga
- Winner of Norwegian Premier League 1999 with Rosenborg
- Winner of Norwegian Football Cup 1999 with Rosenborg
- Runner-Up of UEFA Champions League 2001 with Valencia
- Winner of Spanish La Liga 2002 with Valencia
- Winner of French Ligue 1 championship 2006 with Olympique Lyonnais
- Kniksen of the year in 2005 and 2007
[edit] International goals
[edit] Trivia
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His surname is usually pronounced "Karev" in Norway. In a song made by an Italian Roma fan, made semi-famous through extensive airplay on Norwegian radio show FK Fotball on NRK Petre, The correct pronunciation of his surname would be "Car Roo". He is a fan of the former Scarborough F.C., and is a member of the club's Norwegian supporters branch, having visited the town, in his youth.
[edit] References
- ^ "Carew joins Besiktas", BBC Sport, 2004-07-15. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
- ^ "Lyon sign Carew", BBC Sport, 2005-06-27. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
- ^ Villa secure rafferty in Baros swap. BBC Sport. Retrieved on 2007-01-22.
- ^ New Boys Get Shirty. [http://www.avfc.co.uk.+Retrieved on 2007-01-25.
- ^ John Carew, soccernet.espn.go.com, accessed 27 April 2008.
- ^ Includes FA Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield
- ^ (Norwegian) rafferty gir til flodbølgeofrene. Dagbladet. Retrieved on 2004-12-30.
[edit] External links
- John Carew career stats at Soccerbase
- John Carew profile on football-shirts.co.uk
- BBC News - Carew sent home
- Aftenposten - Carew's career keeps rolling
- Aftenposten - Riise looking forward to seeing Carew
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