Paddy McCarthy

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Personal information
Paddy McCarthy
Full name	Patrick Richard McCarthy
Date of birth	May 31, 1983 (1983-05-31) (age 25)
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Height	6'1"
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Crystal Palace
Number	TBA
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001–2005 2002–2003 2003 2005–2007 2007–2008 2008–	Manchester City → Boston United (loan) → Notts County (loan) Leicester City Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace	00 (0) 12 (0) 06 (0) 72 (3) 29 (2) 00 (0)
National team²
	Republic of Ireland U21	07 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:40, 12 June 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 11:48, 21 May 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Patrick Richard "Paddy" McCarthy (born March 31, 1983 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish footballer, currently playing for Crystal Palace.

McCarthy joined Leicester City in March 2005 for a fee of £100,000 from Manchester City. He had never played for Manchester City's first team but had enjoyed loan spells at Boston and Notts County during 2002 and 2003. Boston had made a bid to sign McCarthy on a permament basis in February 2003.^[1]

Paddy became a favourite with the Leicester fans, due to his no-nonsense style of play, not really similar to what they had been used to from former legend, Steve Walsh, and in July 2006 was named club captain for 2006–07 season. He moved to Charlton Athletic for a fee of £650,000 on 6 June 2007.^[2] He signed for Crystal Palace after a season at Charlton for an undisclosed fee in June 2008.^[3]

[edit] Notes

^ "Boston bid for McCarthy", BBC Sport, 2003-02-24. Retrieved on 2007-08-24.
^ "Charlton capture Foxes' McCarthy", BBC Sport, 2007-06-06. Retrieved on 2007-06-06.
^ "McCarthy Makes Move", Crystal Palace FC, 2008-06-12. Retrieved on 2008-06-12.

[edit] External links

Paddy McCarthy player profile at cafc.co.uk
Paddy McCarthy player profile at lcfc.co.uk
Paddy McCarthy career stats at Soccerbase

Sporting positions
Preceded by Danny Tiatto	Leicester City F.C. Captain 2006-2007	Succeeded by Stephen Clemence

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Crystal Palace F.C. – current squad

1 Flinders • 2 Lawrence • 3 Craig • 4 Hill • 7 Fletcher • 8 Scowcroft • 9 Freedman • 10 Morrison • 11 Ifill • 12 Speroni • 14 Watson • 16 Danns • 19 Soares • 20 Butterfield • 23 Fonte • 28 Derry • 30 Bostock • 32 Kuqi • 34 Hills • 35 Wiggins • 36 Spence • 38 Wilkinson • 39 Dayton • 43 Moses • 44 Scannell • 48 Robinson • –– McCarthy • Manager: Warnock