John Carew
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| John Carew | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Alieu Carew | |
| Date of birth | September 5, 1979 (age 27) | |
| Place of birth | Lørenskog, Norway | |
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | |
| Nickname | Lille-John (Little John) The Hulk [1] El Vikingo de Ébano (The Ebony Viking) |
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| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Aston Villa | |
| Number | 10 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Lørenskog I.F. | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1997-1999 1999-2000 2000-2004 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2007 2007- |
Vålerenga Rosenborg Valencia → Roma (loan) Beşiktaş Lyon Aston Villa |
43 (19) 18 (18) 84 (20) 20 (6) 24 (13) 35 (10) 6 (2) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1998- | Norway | 58 (15) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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- This article is about a football (soccer) player. See also John Carew (regicide).
John Alieu Carew (born 5 September 1979) is a Norwegian football player who plays for Aston Villa of England's Premier League. One of Norway's most famous football players, Carew is the son of a Muslim Gambian father and a Norwegian mother.
He won the Norwegian Football Cup with Vålerenga I.F. in 1997, and the Norwegian Premier League with Rosenborg B.K. in 1999. After a string of impressive displays in the Champions League he moved to Spanish club Valencia where he won the league and played in the Champions League final (scoring in the penalty shoot out) and then to AS Roma in Italy's Serie A before arriving in Turkey with Beşiktaş in 2004. After the 2004-05 season, he was snapped up by the four-time defending Ligue 1 champions Lyon.
For Norway, Carew has played 57 times, scoring 14 goals (as of 2006), and was part of their Euro 2000 squad. He is now noted for being a religious person, and he often makes donations to charity.[2] He also contributes to organizations like Soccer Against Crime, MOT and Ungdom mot Vold. He was awarded the Kniksen award as Kniksen of the year in 2005.
On January 22nd 2007 Carew signed for Aston Villa in a part-exchange deal with Olympique Lyonnais for Milan Baros[3]. Carew penned a three-and-a-half year deal at the Birmingham-based club.
Carew will wear the number 10 jersey while playing at Aston Villa, the number left vacated by Baros' departure.[4]
On January 31 he made his Premiership debut with Aston Villa against Newcastle [5] and he scored on his home debut for Villa in their 1-0 win against West Ham.
Carew is a supporter of Conference North side Scarborough FC and a member of the club's Norwegian supporters club, having been taken on a school trip to the town in his youth.[citation needed]
He is already a hit at Villa after scoring the only goal of the game against West Ham United in a 1-0 home win, this was incidently his home debut. The Holte end all chanting "Carew, Carew, Carew is on fire". This has become a famous chant and is sung at every Aston Villa game which Carew is playing in.
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[edit] Honours
- Winner of Norwegian Football Cup 1997 with Vålerenga
- Winner of Norwegian Premier League 1999 with Rosenborg
- Winner of Norwegian Football Cup 1999 with Rosenborg
- Winner of Spanish La Liga 2002 with Valencia
- Winner of French Ligue 1 championship 2006 with Olympique Lyonnais
- Kniksen of the year in 2005
[edit] International goals
[edit] Trivia
His surname is pronounced like "car" (automobile) and "rev".
[edit] References
- ^ (Norwegian) - Kall meg Hulken. TV2. Retrieved on 2006-09-07.
- ^ (Norwegian) Carew gir til flodbølgeofrene. Dagbladet. Retrieved on 2004-12-30.
- ^ Villa secure Carew in Baros swap. BBC Sport. Retrieved on 2007-01-22.
- ^ New Boys Get Shirty. [http://www.avfc.co.uk.+Retrieved on 2007-01-25.
- ^ Tactical Formation. Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved on February 7, 2007.
[edit] External links
- John Carew career stats at Soccerbase
- John Carew profile on football-shirts.co.uk
- BBC News - Carew sent home
- [1] BBC News - Lyon sign Carew
- [2] BBC News - Carew joins Beşiktaş
- [3] Aftenposten - Carew's career keeps rolling
- [4] Aftenposten - Riise looking forward to seeing Carew
| Aston Villa F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Sørensen | 2 Delaney | 3 Samuel | 4 Mellberg | 5 Laursen | 6 Barry | 8 McCann | 9 Ángel | 10 Carew | 11 Petrov | 12 Davis | 13 Taylor | 15 Agbonlahor | 16 Bouma | 17 Young | 18 Hughes | 19 Ridgewell | 20 Sutton | 21 Cahill | 22 Moore | 23 Berger | 24 Bardsley | 25 Olejnik | 26 Gardner | 27 Osbourne | 28 Maloney | 29 O'Halloran | Manager: O'Neill |
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