Karl Hawley

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Personal information
Karl Hawley
Full name	Karl Leon Hawley
Date of birth	6 December 1981 (1981-12-06) (age 26)
Place of birth	Walsall, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Preston North End
Number	8
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000–2004 2002–2003 2003 2003 2004 2004–2007 2007–	Walsall → Raith Rovers (loan) → Hereford United (loan) → Raith Rovers (loan) Hednesford Town Carlisle United Preston North End	001 0(0) 017 0(7) 006 0(1) 009 0(2) 01 0(0) 118 (47) 019 0(3)
National team²
2004–2005	England C	002 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:14, 10 February 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 20:05, 14 June 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Karl Leon Hawley (born on 6 December 1981 in Walsall) is a professional footballer currently playing for Preston North End. He is a striker. Internationally, Hawley has represented England C.

Hawley started his career for his hometown team Walsall but only played one league game. While at the Bescot Stadium he also spent loan spells at Raith Rovers and Hereford United.

After his release by Walsall in 2004, Hawley joined Southern League side Hednesford Town, but only made one start for the Pitmen, playing in a league game against Hinckley United. He was released towards the end of the 2003-2004 season. Hawley joinedConference team Carlisle United in the summer of 2004 and played a part in the automatic return to the Football League. He was the League Two top scorer in the 2005-2006 season, forming a successful partnership with Michael Bridges as Carlisle achieved a second successive promotion to League One. Hawley was voted League Two Fans' Player of the Year and was part of the League Two Team of the Year.^[1] In May 2007, Hawley was offered an improved contract by Carlisle manager Neil McDonald, but Hawley rejected the offer and left the club on 11 May, 2007.^[2] In three seasons for Carlisle United he was the clubs top scorer.

He subsequently signed for Championship side Preston North End.^[3]

[edit] References

^ "Gerrard named player of the year", BBC Sport, 2006-04-23. Retrieved on 2006-07-05.
^ "Hawley and Murphy leave Carlisle", BBC Sport, 2007-05-11. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
^ "Preston capture Carlisle's Hawley", BBC Sport, 2007-06-14. Retrieved on 2007-06-14.

[edit] External links

Karl Hawley career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Preston North End F.C. – current squad

1 Lonergan • 2 Hart • 3 Davidson • 4 Chaplow • 5 Mawéné • 6 Jarrett • 7 Sedgwick • 8 Hawley • 9 Brown • 11 Carter • 12 St Ledger • 13 Henderson • 14 Chilvers • 15 Whaley • 16 McKenna • 17 Ormerod • 18 Hill • 19 Jones • 20 Nicholls • 21 Trotman • 23 L. Neal • 24 Anyinsah • 30 C. Neal • 31 Murphy • 33 Mellor • Manager: Irvine