english association football player
For the american english microbiologist, see Scott Patrick Carson not to be confused with Scott Carlson

Scott Paul Carson ( born 3 September 1985 ) is an english professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Manchester City. Carson joined the Leeds United academy in 2002, making his wax first-team debut for Leeds against Manchester United in February 2004. In January 2005, he moved to Liverpool for a £750,000 tip and was called up for the England senior team later that year. He made nine appearances for Liverpool, including the UEFA Champions League quarter-final victory over Juventus in April 2005, before going on loan to Sheffield Wednesday, Charlton Athletic and Aston Villa in consecutive seasons to gain have. After his return to Liverpool from his loan spell at Aston Villa at the end of the 2007–08 temper, he joined West Bromwich Albion for a £3.25 million tip in July 2008. In 2011, he moved to Bursaspor of Turkey. After two years in Turkey, he moved back to England with Wigan Athletic, where he remained until 2015 when he signed for Derby County. Carson joined reigning Premier League champions Manchester City on loan in August 2019 to provide overlay for Ederson and Claudio Bravo. He signed permanently for Manchester City in 2021. Carson made his first appearance for the England under-21 team in the same month and late set a commemorate of 29 caps for the under-21 team. Following the 2007 UEFA european Under-21 Championship, Carson made his full moon debut for the England elder team against Austria in November 2007 .

Club career [edit ]

Leeds United [edit ]

Born on 3 September 1985 in Whitehaven, Cumbria, [ 2 ] Carson grew up in Cleator Moor, where he attended Ehenside School. [ 4 ] Although a promise rugby league musician as a young, [ 5 ] he rather chose to concentrate on football, playing in goal for his educate team from the senesce of “ about 11 or 12 ”. [ 6 ] He quickly rose through the youth teams at local anesthetic team Cleator Moor Celtic to play for the men ‘s team when he was 15. [ 5 ] He joined the Leeds United football academy in July 2002 after impressing early Leeds defender Peter Hampton while playing for non-league Workington in the FA Youth Cup. [ 7 ] He spent less than a year in the academy and half a season with the reserves before making his first-team debut in January 2004, coming on as a deep substitute after Paul Robinson was sent off against Middlesbrough. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Two weeks belated, he made his wax debut, starting against Manchester United in a 1–1 draw at Old Trafford, [ 10 ] and made one further appearance in the 2003–04 season against Chelsea in May 2004. [ 8 ] Robinson left Leeds in May 2004 and Leeds signed Scottish international goalkeeper Neil Sullivan two months late to compete with Carson for a first-team place, [ 11 ] [ 12 ] and to help Carson develop and improve. [ 13 ] Carson ‘s contract was due to expire at the conclusion of the 2004–05 season but Leeds were lament to retain him and in December 2004 offered him a new long-run abridge. [ 14 ] however, he chose to join Liverpool, who paid Leeds a £750,000 fee for him, in January 2005. [ 15 ] [ 16 ]

liverpool [edit ]

Carson joined Liverpool on a four-and-a-half-year condense and was to provide rival for Jerzy Dudek for a first-team set. [ 15 ] He made his first gear team debut for Liverpool in March 2005 in a frustration to Newcastle United, [ 17 ] and made three consecutive appearances in April, including the family stage of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final victory over Juventus. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] He was an unused stand-in when Liverpool were victorious in the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final and 2005 UEFA Super Cup. [ 20 ] [ 21 ]

Loans to Sheffield Wednesday and Charlton Athletic [edit ]

Carson made entirely four appearances in the 2005–06 season, all in cup competitions, [ 22 ] and in March 2006, was allowed to move to Sheffield Wednesday on loanword. [ citation needed ] Wednesday sought his services to help solve their goalkeeping crisis, while Carson was looking to gain more inaugural team experience and to challenge for a space in the England 2006 FIFA World Cup squad. [ 19 ] [ 23 ] [ 24 ] He kept five clean sheets in nine appearances for Wednesday, whose adjunct director Kevin Summerfield hailed his contribution as a key divisor in helping the club get off delegating. [ 25 ] He returned to Liverpool at the end of the season and in July 2006, extended his contract with Liverpool until 2011. [ 26 ] In August 2006, Carson joined Charlton Athletic on lend for the 2006–07 season, [ 27 ] after Charlton failed in a invite for Norwich City goalkeeper Robert Green. [ 28 ] Carson explained that “ Liverpool want me to get some experience and then hopefully I can go back adjacent season and be challenging Pepe [ Reina ] for the total one spot. [ citation needed ] There were a pair of Championship clubs interest but I need to be playing Premiership football because Robert Green, Ben Foster and Chris Kirkland are going to be playing workweek in, week out so I need to be performing. ” [ 29 ] He played in 36 of 38 Premier League matches, missing only the two matches against Liverpool due to the terms of his loan deal. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] Although he was ineffective to prevent Charlton from being relegated at the end of 2006–07, [ 32 ] his outstanding shape led him to be named as the Charlton Athletic Player of the year, the beginning lend player ever to receive the award. [ 33 ] [ 34 ]

loan to Aston Villa [edit ]

Carson returned to Liverpool at the end of the season and in June 2007, Liverpool coach Rafael Benítez confirmed that he would be character of the first-team police squad for the 2007–08 season, saying “ He must fight with Pepe Reina now for a startle topographic point. ” [ 32 ] Carson remained second base choice to Reina, however, and faced far competition following the sign of Charles Itandje in August 2007 ; as a result, Carson was loaned out again, this time to Aston Villa at a monetary value to Villa of £2 million. [ citation needed ] Benitez said of the deal, “ We do not want to sell him, we are very felicitous with Scott. But he needs to play to keep up his England place. ” [ 35 ] [ 36 ] Aston Villa director Martin O’Neill preferred Carson to Thomas Sørensen and Stuart Taylor, and Carson played in all but three of Villa ‘s 38 league matches, missing the two matches against Liverpool as he was ineligible to play, [ 36 ] [ 37 ] and kept 11 clean sheets during the 2007–08 season. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] He received the inaugural red wag of his career when he fouled Carlos Tevez in Villa ‘s 4–1 Premier League get the better of to Manchester United. [ 40 ]

West Bromwich Albion [edit ]

Carson returned to Liverpool at the end of the 2007–08 season but in July 2008 joined West Bromwich Albion on a four-year abridge for a £3.25 million fee, possibly rising to £3.75 million, with an option for the club to extend the contract by another year. [ 16 ] Carson, who had played for five unlike clubs since making his debut for Leeds in 2004, explained that he wanted to get settled at one clubhouse, saying “ I ‘ve been like a nomad for three or four years. It ‘ll be good to get some roots and hopefully settle. I can see myself here for four or five years, even longer. ” [ 41 ] He made his introduction in a 1–0 frustration to Arsenal in the afford catch of the 2008–09 Premier League season. [ citation needed ] Despite delegating to the Championship, Carson kept his first team topographic point and after the departure of captain Jonathan Greening he was given the captainship. [ citation needed ] West Bromwich Albion won promotion binding to the Premier League, finishing second, 12 points clean of third place Nottingham Forest with Carson keeping 15 clean sheets out of 43 matches. [ citation needed ] He had been playing regular football for the Midlands club, but in the 2010–11 temper, his kind seemed to dip and in January 2011, Carson was briefly dropped to the bench for Welsh goalkeeper Boaz Myhill. [ 42 ] After the appointment of Roy Hodgson as West Bromwich Albion head passenger car, he swiftly found himself back in party favor at The Hawthorns. [ citation needed ]

Bursaspor [edit ]

On 1 July 2011, Carson completed a move to Turkish Süper Lig clubhouse Bursaspor [ 43 ] for a £2 million tip. [ 44 ] Carson enjoyed a good first base temper with Bursaspor. [ citation needed ] He was an ever-present as they finished eighth, conceding 35 goals in 34 matches, the fifth-lowest in the 2011–12 Süper Lig season. [ citation needed ] He besides received a runner-up decoration for the 2011–12 turkish Cup. [ citation needed ] In his second season in Turkey, he played twenty-nine league matches and conceded thirty-three goals, helping his team concede the sixth-fewest goals in the 2012–13 Süper Lig season. [ citation needed ] Bursaspor finished one-fourth and qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League. [ citation needed ]

Wigan Athletic [edit ]

Carson joined Wigan Athletic for £700,000 on a three-year batch on 4 July 2013. [ 45 ]

Derby County [edit ]

After Wigan ‘s relegation to League One, Carson signed a biennial bargain with Championship cabaret Derby County with an option for a third base year. The tip was undisclosed. [ 46 ]

Manchester City [edit ]

Carson signed for reigning Premier League champions Manchester City on 8 August 2019 on lend for the 2019–20 season, as the third-choice goalkeeper behind Ederson and Claudio Bravo. [ 47 ] He extended his loanword for the 2020–21 temper. [ 48 ] On 14 May 2021, he made his first Premier League appearance in about a decade in a 4–3 away win over Newcastle United. During the pit, Carson saved a Joe Willock penalty but let in the bounce after the ball fell charitable back to Willock. [ 49 ] On 14 June 2021, it was announced that he would leave Derby at the end of the season, following the termination of his condense. [ 50 ] He joined Manchester City permanently. [ 51 ]

International career [edit ]

Carson was first called up to the England under-21 police squad in October 2003, a calendar month after his 18th birthday, for the 2004 UEFA european Under-21 Championship qualifier against Turkey. [ 7 ] At the time he was yet to make his competitive debut for Leeds United ‘s first team, [ 7 ] and had previously played alone four matches for England at early levels. [ 7 ] He made his under-21 introduction in a 3–2 win for England against the Netherlands in February 2004. [ 52 ] He was selected in the squad for the 2007 UEFA european Under-21 Championship, and in the third pit against Serbia, he earned his 28th under-21 cap, [ 53 ] [ 54 ] eclipsing the record held by Gareth Barry and Jamie Carragher. [ 55 ] His 29th and concluding cap came against the hosts, the Netherlands, in the semi-final, which finished level at 1–1 after extra-time. [ citation needed ] In the resultant punishment shoot-out, he saved one of the 16 penalties he faced and besides scored one himself, but England lost 13–12. [ 56 ] Carson has since been overtaken by James Milner as the England Under-21 team ‘s most-capped player. [ 57 ] In May 2005, while still a member of the under-21 team, Carson was called up to the England senior team team for the team ‘s enlistment of the United States former that calendar month. [ 58 ] A year late, he came on as substitute for Robert Green, who had suffered a serious injury, in the England B international friendly against Belarus in May 2006. [ 59 ] The injury to Green, who had been named in the England squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, led to Carson, who was on standby, being promoted to the England team for the tournament, [ 60 ] although he did not make any appearances. [ citation needed ] Carson continued to be selected for the England aged team squad, [ 61 ] [ 62 ] and in May 2007, made his moment appearance for the England B team in a 3–1 succeed over Albania. [ 63 ] Following the 2007 UEFA Under-21 Championships, he made his broad England debut in a friendly against Austria in November 2007 when he kept a clean tabloid. [ 64 ] A workweek late, he made his competitive debut replacing Paul Robinson in a all-important match against Croatia, which England lost 3–2, resulting in their failure to qualify for UEFA Euro 2008. [ 65 ] Carson was held particularly blameworthy for the first goal, when Niko Kranjčar cut inwardly and his dipping inquisitive shoot from 30 yards dipped and bounced in presence of him, with Carson entirely succeeding in parrying the ball into the net as it squirmed through him. [ 66 ] [ 67 ] [ 65 ] England coach Steve McClaren was dismissed the adjacent day, [ 68 ] as commentators criticised McClaren for selecting an inexperienced goalkeeper for the match. [ 69 ] New coach Fabio Capello named Carson in his first England police squad for the friendly match against Switzerland in February 2008, [ 70 ] but the goalkeeper did not make the final squad for the match against France the following calendar month due to injury. [ 71 ] After failing to make Capello ‘s squads for the adjacent five internationals, Carson was recalled to the England police squad in October 2008 for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan and Belarus. [ 72 ] [ 73 ] He won his third base England cap in November 2008, in a friendly against Germany in Berlin when he came on for the second half. [ citation needed ] In doing sol he became the beginning West Bromwich Albion player to play for England for 24 years. [ 74 ] He won his fourth crown as a second-half substitute against Sweden on 15 November 2011, becoming the first-ever Bursaspor player to play for England in the club ‘s history. [ 75 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 14 May 2021

International [edit ]

As of match played 15 November 2011[91]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
England 2007 2 0
2008 1 0
2011 1 0
Total 4 0

Honours [edit ]

Liverpool
Bursaspor
Manchester City

  • UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2020–21[93]

Individual

References [edit ]