norwegian erstwhile professional football player
For other people named John Carew, see John Carew ( disambiguation )
John Alieu Carew ( norwegian pronunciation : [ jɔn ˈkɑ̀ːrɛv ] ; born 5 September 1979 ) is a norwegian erstwhile professional football player who played as a fore. He was capped 91 times, scoring 24 goals for the Norway national team. [ 3 ]

Club career [edit ]

Vålerenga [edit ]

Carew began his career with his local club Lørenskog, a minor club in the Akershus region. He was already considered a highly talented child and had gained some media attention [ citation needed ] before he was acquired by Vålerenga in 1997, and in the same class Carew was a part of the team that gained promotion to Tippeligaen and won the norwegian Football Cup. [ 4 ] During his biennial menstruation at the club he played 58 matches and scored 30 goals, while his profile rose even more due to his combination of forte and goal-scoring ability .

Rosenborg [edit ]

During the summer of 1999, Carew joined Norwegian football ‘s most successful club of the past ten and Champions League mainstays Rosenborg in a deal worth 23 000 000 danish krone. [ 5 ] During his short spell at the cabaret, Rosenborg proved to be a formidable team, finishing inaugural in their group in the UEFA Champions League, a campaign that included a memorable 0–3 away win against Borussia Dortmund .

transfer moves around Europe [edit ]

After a string of impressive displays in the Champions League, Carew moved to Spanish club Valencia in an €8.5 million transfer, where he managed to win the La Liga title twice. Carew was part of the Valencia side that lost on penalties in the 2001 UEFA Champions League Final, though he scored his own penalty try. His goals in the political campaign were all-important, including a 75th-minute header in a 1–0 home win against Arsenal in the irregular branch of the quarter-final, which saw Valencia advance to the semi-final. In the 2002–03 Champions League political campaign, Carew was once again responsible for Arsenal ‘s exit from the competition. With Valencia needing a gain in their final game of the moment group phase at home against Arsenal to progress to the quarter finals, Carew scored twice in a 2–1 victory. He then spent the 2003–04 temper on loan at italian side Roma where he scored 7 goals in 26 games. Carew then moved to Turkey in 2004 to play with Beşiktaş. [ 6 ] After the 2004–05 season, he was snapped up by Lyon for €7.6 million. [ 7 ] While Carew was playing in Europe he was constantly linked with a affect to the English Premiership and respective failed attempts were made to sign him. He failed a medical at Fulham in 2002 [ 8 ] and West Bromwich Albion had a bid rejected by Valencia. [ 9 ]

Aston Villa [edit ]

2006–07 season [edit ]

On 22 January 2007, Carew signed for Aston Villa in an substitute distribute with Lyon for Milan Baroš. [ 10 ] Carew penned a three-and-a-half-year batch at the Birmingham-based club. Carew went on to receive the No. 10 jersey left vacant by Baroš ‘ deviation. Carew made his introduction in the 3–1 get the better of to Newcastle United, [ 11 ] but went on to score his first finish for the cabaret in a 1–0 victory against West Ham United barely three days belated. [ 12 ] Villa director Martin O’Neill praised Carew ‘s performance after the equal. [ 13 ]

2007–08 season [edit ]

Carew began the season as Villa ‘s first-choice forward and much was expected of him by the Villa fans. however, despite some promise performances, it took Carew closely two months to score his undoer for the season against Everton in a 2–0 victory. [ 14 ] He besides suffered an injury in the same game and was out of legal action for six weeks with a hamstring problem. [ 15 ] He scored on his second match back in the Villa slope in a 3–0 aside win against Middlesbrough in November. He then followed this up with a headed goal against Blackburn Rovers in a 4–0 victory as Aston Villa began to climb the Premiership table. December brought good one goal for Carew, a 30-yard discharge 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. He scored his first hat-trick for seven years and his beginning always for Aston Villa against Newcastle United on 9 February in a 4–1 winnings. [ 16 ] Gareth Barry allowed him to do sol by kindly relinquishing his usual penalty taking duties so Carew could score his third base. [ 17 ] On 12 April 2008, Carew scored for Aston Villa against Derby County at Pride Park in the Premier League, in the 26th infinitesimal and Villa went on to win the game 6–0. On 20 April 2008, Carew scored doubly against Birmingham City in the Birmingham bowler hat at Villa Park, which Villa went on to win 5–1. He continued his scoring political campaign with a header the follow workweek, in a crunch game at Everton ‘s Goodison Park, which finished 2–2. It would be his 13th and final examination goal of the season, crowning him as Villa ‘s circus tent scorer for the 2007–08 season. [ 18 ]

2008–09 season [edit ]

Carew scored his first goal of the 2008–09 political campaign by scoring the first finish in Aston Villa ‘s 2–2 draw over Odense in the Intertoto Cup. On 14 August 2008, Carew signed a 12-month extension to his narrow, thus taking him through to 2011 with his current batch. [ 19 ] Carew scored the open goal in Villa ‘s 4–2 gain over Manchester City at Villa Park. He then scored his second league goal against Stoke City as they went on to lose the match 3–2 when Mamady Sidibe scored a late winner. [ 20 ] He quickly added his 3rd of the season in the 2–1 frustration of local rivals West Bromwich Albion ; and with Gabriel Agbonlahor on the scoresheet again the pair began to form a formidable partnership. They both scored again and assisted each other ‘s goals in a 4–0 victory in the Premier League at Wigan Athletic on 26 October 2008. Carew scored the winning goal in the UEFA Cup for Villa in a Group F match away to Slavia Prague on 6 November 2008, Villa midfielder Steve Sidwell struck the ball towards goal but it hit Carew and went in, therefore the goal was credited to Carew ; it turned out to be the victorious goal and continued Villa ‘s 100 % read in the rival ‘s group stages and the 1–0 victory saw Villa go to the exceed of the group. Carew made the headlines in former October due to his personal behavior. He was fined two weeks wages by Martin O’Neill for being in a public house near a Birmingham lap dancing club the night before Villa ‘s UEFA cup group stage equal with Ajax. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] soon after the controversy, Carew sustained a back injury that kept him out of the side for several months. [ 23 ] During this time, Villa boss Martin O’Neill signed England international striker Emile Heskey to fill the gap left by Carew ‘s absence. Heskey appeared to have taken Carew ‘s rate in the starting line-up for a number of weeks. however, his own injury woes and Carew ‘s good imprint on revert meant the norwegian regained his place in the side. Carew played his first game after his wound on 31 January 2009 in a scoreless draw with Wigan Athletic. [ 24 ] In the last 32 of the UEFA Cup, Carew earned Villa a first leg puff with CSKA Moscow, after going 1–0 down to Vágner Love ‘s goal. On 1 March 2009, Carew came off the bench to score a lob-shot volley in the 2–2 draw against Stoke City in the Premier League, which was later voted the team ‘s finish of the temper. [ 25 ] He scored an equalising goal in the away fastness against Manchester United at Old Trafford before besides netting the first goal in the home affiliation against Everton as Villa fought back from 2–0 and 3–1 down to draw 3–3. far goals against Hull City and Middlesbrough took his league total to an impressive 11 goals from just 25 appearances .

2009–10 season [edit ]

ascribable to the continuity of colleague strikers Heskey and Agbonlahor, Carew initially struggled to hold down a regular spot in the starting eleven at the begin of the 2009–10 campaign. Nevertheless, while being used as a substitute Carew still managed to score several important goals for Aston Villa. On 7 March 2010, coach Martin O’Neill chose to include Carew in the starting eleven in an FA Cup game against Reading. He took the opportunity characteristically and scored a hat-trick as Aston Villa came from two goals behind to defeat Reading 4–2 in the FA Cup draw final. This made Carew the rival ‘s top marking striker, raising questions as to why the norwegian was rarely included in Villa ‘s starting eleven. [ 26 ] Carew began to feature in the Villa team once more as the season progressed ; goals against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Sunderland and Chelsea helped the norwegian go neck and neck with Gabriel Agbonlahor as the club ‘s joint exceed scorers for 2009–10 .

2010–11 season [edit ]

Carew warming-up for West Ham United Due to an injury to Gabriel Agbonlahor, Carew started the new campaign upfront with support from Ashley Young. however, due to both injury concerns of his own and a personnel casualty of human body, his place in the team was taken by Emile Heskey limiting him to cameo appearances from the workbench. As the season progressed, Carew ‘s first team appearances became less frequent. late that calendar month, he allegedly missed a Villa game due to heavy coke disrupting his travel. [ 27 ] Carew spoke out about his limited chances under the newfangled arrangement under coach Gérard Houllier to a norwegian television place. Despite ongoing rumors in the compress about a challenge between the erstwhile Lyon couple, Houllier revealed that Carew had been left out of the Aston Villa team to work on his seaworthiness. [ 28 ] however, when Villa signed Darren Bent for £18 million, Carew ‘s first team opportunities were further reduced. [ 29 ] On 27 May 2011, Aston Villa announced that Carew was one of a count of players released by the club after their contracts expired. [ 3 ]

Stoke City lend [edit ]

Carew joined Stoke City on loan until the end of the 2010–11 season on 21 January 2011. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] Following his move Carew stated that he was looking forth to a newfangled challenge and besides revealed that he rejected offers from other clubs. [ 32 ] His arrival was welcomed by the Stoke players including Andy Wilkinson. [ 33 ]

“ I ‘m looking forward to the challenge and I am happy to be here. Although I had other offers, I saw Stoke as the best team and the strongest team, so this is a bang-up prospect for me to join a side active in the top half of the table. The significant thing nowadays is to make the most of this opportunity ”Carew on his decision to join Stoke on loan.[34]

Carew made his debut for City the follow day at Fulham where he came on as a substitute. [ 35 ] He scored his first goal for Stoke in a 3–2 winnings against Sunderland on 5 February 2011. [ 36 ] He followed this up by scoring in the FA Cup against Brighton & Hove Albion. [ 37 ] however a rear injury slowed his build up in a Stoke shirt. [ 38 ] After his exhaust from Villa, Tony Pulis did not offer Carew a contract with Stoke. [ 39 ]

West Ham United [edit ]

On 6 August 2011 Football League Championship side West Ham United announced the sign language of Carew as a free agent. [ 40 ] He scored his inaugural goal for West Ham in a 2–2 draw with Crystal Palace on 1 October 2011. [ 41 ] On 23 May 2012, Carew was released with five early players including Julien Faubert, Frank Nouble, Papa Bouba Diop, Abdoulaye Faye and Olly Lee. After the 2011–12 season, Carew did not get a new compress with West Ham. [ 42 ] In August 2012, Carew was in talks with his honest-to-god baseball club Vålerenga, but Vålerenga did not accept his demand of a engage of 600,000 kr per couple. [ 43 ] In connection with Carew ‘s possible transfer to Vålerenga, Kjetil Siem told Dagbladet that he had signed an unofficial contract with Carew in 2005, when Siem was Director of Football in Vålerenga, that Carew would return to Vålerenga in 2012. [ 44 ] He went on trial with Serie A team Internazionale in February 2013, but was not offered a contract as Inter were concerned over his fitness. [ 45 ] In October 2013 Carew stated that he had retired. [ 46 ]

International career [edit ]

John Carew played 91 times for Norway, scoring 24 goals, and was part of their euro 2000 team. He made his full moon international debut on 18 November 1998, and was the beginning black player to represent Norway. [ 47 ]

Acting career [edit ]

In 2014, Carew starred in his first feature film, a canadian horror called Dead of Winter. His second film, a Norwegian-made thriller called Høvdinger, was released on 17 July 2015. [ 48 ] In 2018, Carew starred in the enormously successful norwegian TV-series, Heimebane, playing as Michael Ellingsen, an aging asterisk football player for a local norwegian club. [ 48 ] In 2019, Carew played the function of Jungle Warrior in the Disney ‘s black fantasy gamble film, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil alongside Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning and Chiwetel Ejiofor. [ 48 ]

Filmography [edit ]

personal life sentence [edit ]

Carew was born in Lørenskog, Norway to a gambian [ 60 ] father and a norwegian mother. John Carew has a son born in 2004 who lives with his mother in Norway. [ 61 ] Carew is noted for being a commit christian and often makes donations to charity. [ 62 ] [ 63 ] He besides contributes to organizations like Soccer Against Crime, MOT and Ungdom mot Vold ( Youth Against Violence ) and was awarded the Kniksen prize 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 enterprise to donate from the payroll towards hospital run costs. Carew ‘s sister, Elisabeth Carew, is an R & B singer. She released her debut album, Destructive, in 2008. She is competing in Melodi Grand Prix 2014 with her song “ lone survivor ”. [ 64 ] In December 2010 Carew was a victim of fraud after he paid £100,000 for a Porsche Cayenne Gemballa which never arrived. [ 65 ] In 2012 Carew was declared bankrupt following a prayer by HM Revenue and Customs. [ 66 ] The Bankruptcy Order was annulled on 4 July 2012. [ 67 ]

career statistics [edit ]

clubhouse [edit ]

International [edit ]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[76]
National team Year Apps Goals
Norway 1998 1 0
1999 5 1
2000 11 2
2001 9 6
2002 5 1
2003 5 0
2004 7 2
2005 9 1
2006 6 1
2007 10 6
2008 6 1
2009 8 1
2010 4 1
2011 5 1
Total 91 24
Scores and results list Norway’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Carew goal.

Honours [edit ]

Vålerenga
Valencia [ 74 ]
Lyon [ 74 ]
Aston Villa [ 74 ]
Stoke City [ 74 ]
West Ham United
Individual

  • Kniksen of the Year: 2005, 2007, 2008

References [edit ]