Carly Hunt

Carly Hunt
Personal information
Full nameCarly Hunt
Date of birth9 February 1982
Place of birthEngland
Height5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Playing positionMidfield
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1996-1998Millwall Lionesses
1998-2001Charlton Athletic Ladies
2002-2004Doncaster Rovers Belles
2004Leeds United Ladies
2004-2007AFC Wimbledon Ladies
National team‡
2002-2003England England
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 May 2010 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Carly Hunt (born 4 June 1981) is a retired English footballer. She played as a midfielder and has represented England at senior international level.

Throughout her career she played alongside her identical twin sister Gemma and they were nicknamed the rottweilers for their aggressive style of play.[1][2]

Club career

Hunt started playing for Millwall Lionesses' first team as a 14-year-old.[1] The sisters switched to Croydon Women at 16 when the family moved to Dartford.[2]

Croydon won the FA Women's Cup in 2000. Gemma scored the winning goal but Carly missed the final following a cartilage operation.[3] The pair were strongly in favour of Charlton Athletic's controversial takeover of Croydon Women during that summer.[4]

In December 2000 both sisters were sent off in the same match, Carly for attacking a team-mate.[5] The duo were "kicked out" of Charlton Athletic a year later after a huge squad bust-up.[6] They made their debut for Doncaster Belles in February 2002.[7] In September 2003 an on-pitch altercation with former Charlton team-mate Carmaine Walker saw another red card for Hunt.[8] Days later the incident spilled over into an England training session, resulting in lengthy bans for Carly and Gemma Hunt, as well as Charlton's Walker and Eartha Pond.[9]

The Hunts left Doncaster Rovers Belles for Leeds United Ladies in 2004, but moved on to AFC Wimbledon Ladies shortly afterwards.

International career

Hunt was the captain of England U-18s. She made senior appearances against Norway and Nigeria in 2002 and Italy in 2003.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ed Harris (2000-08-03). "Introducing the Rottweilers super twins of women's soccer". The Evening Standard.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dennison, Stephanie (2000-06-10). "Life Support". London: The Observer. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
  3. ↑ "Women's FA Cup: The history". BBC Sport. 2003-05-01. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
  4. ↑ Sarah Potter (2000-08-03). "Double winners move into field of dreams". The Times.
  5. ↑ Jo Page (2000-12-28). "ROTTWEILER TWINS IN THE DOGHOUSE; Soccer sisters see red.". The Daily Record.
  6. ↑ "Charlton set to lose England duo". BBC Sport. 2001-12-23. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
  7. ↑ Paula Cocozza (2002-02-11). "Football: Premiership: Women's football". The Guardian.
  8. ↑ "Premier League & FA Cup Results". Fair Game. 2003-09-28. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
  9. ↑ "Quartet suspended". theFA.com. 2004-03-01. Retrieved 2010-05-30.