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John Carew
Image:Carew.jpg
Personal information
Full name John Alieu Carew
Date of birth September 5, 1979 (1979-09-05) (age 29)
Place of birth    Lørenskog, Norway
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Aston Villa
Number 10
Youth clubs
1995–1997 Lørenskog
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1997–1999
1999–2000
2000–2004
2003–2004
2004–2005
2005–2007
2007–
Vålerenga
Rosenborg
Valencia
AS Roma (loan)
Beşiktaş
Lyon
Aston Villa
33 (14)
18 (18)
84 (20)
20 0(6)
24 (13)
35 (10)
55 (21)   
National team2
1998– Norway 72 (21)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 07 October 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 19:59, 23 November 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

John Alieu Carew (born September 5, 1979 in Lørenskog, Akershus) is a Norwegian footballer partly of Gambian descent who plays for Aston Villa of England's Premier League. His father is Gambian and his mother is Norwegian; he was born and raised in Norway.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] Early career

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. Carew was part of the Valencia side that lost on penalties in the 2001 UEFA Champions League Final, even though he scored on his attempt. His goals in that campaign were crucial, including a 75th minute header in a 1–0 home win against Arsenal in the second leg of the quarter final, which saw Valencia advance to the semi-final. In the 2002–03 Champions League campaign, Carew was once again responsible for the exit of Arsenal. With Valencia needing a win in their final game of the second group phase at home against Arsenal to progress to the quarter finals, Carew scored twice in a 2–1 victory. He then moved to AS Roma in Italy's Serie A before arriving in Turkey with Beşiktaş in 2004.[1] After the 2004–05 season, he was snapped up by the four-time defending Ligue 1 champions Lyon.[2]

[edit] Aston Villa

[edit] 2006–07 season

On January 22, 2007, 'Big' John Carew signed for Aston Villa in an exchange deal with Olympique Lyonnais for Milan Baros.[3] Carew penned a three-and-a-half year deal at the Birmingham-based club.

Carew went onto receive the number 10 jersey - left vacant by Baros' departure.[4]

Carew made his debut in the 3–1 loss to Newcastle United, but went onto score his first goal for the club in a 1–0 victory against West Ham United just three days later. The Norwegian international is extremely popular amongst the Villa Park crowd, for his workrate and determination in attack - the faithful often sing the tune "John Carew, Carew, he's bigger than me and you, he's gonna score one or two, John Carew, Carew" (to the tune of 'Que Sera Sera') and occasionally "Carew, Carew, Carew's on fire". He finished the season with three goals from 11 appearances.

[edit] 2007–08 season

Carew began the season as Villa's primary forward and was under high expectations from the Villa faithful. However, despite some good performances it took Carew nearly two months to score his opener for the season against Everton in a 2–0 victory. Unfortunately, he also injured himself in the same game and was out of action for six weeks with a hamstring problem.

He scored on his second match back in the Villa side in a 3–0 away win against Middlesbrough in November. He then followed this up with a headed goal against Blackburn in a 4–0 victory as Aston Villa began to climb the Premiership table. December brought just one goal for Carew—a 30-yard run and shot against Manchester City—but he was instrumental in several of the goals Villa scored.

Carew scored two goals against Reading on January 12 and was unlucky not to be awarded Man of the Match (which went to Martin Laursen). After two torrid results for Villa (a 1–1 draw at home to Blackburn Rovers and a 2–1 away loss to Fulham) he scored his first hat-trick for seven years and his first ever for Aston Villa against Newcastle United on February 9 in a 4–1 win. Gareth Barry allowed him to do so by kindly relinquishing his usual penalty taking duties so Carew could score his third.

On 12th April 2008, Carew scored for Aston Villa against Derby County at Pride Park in the Premier league, in the 26th minute and Villa went on to win the game 6-0. On 20th April 2008, Carew scored twice against Birmingham City in the Second City Derby at Villa Park, which Villa went on to win 5-1. He continued his scoring run with a header the following week, in a crunch game at Everton's Goodison Park which finished 2-2. It would be his 13th and final goal of the season, crowning him as Villa's top scorer for the 2007-08 season.

[edit] 2008–09 season

John Carew scored his first goal of the 2008/09 campaign by scoring the first goal in Aston Villa's 2-2 draw over Odense BK in the Intertoto Cup.

Martin O'Neill has indicated that the forth-coming 2008/09 season will see Carew emerge as one of The Premiership's most feared strikers.

On August 14, 2008, Carew signed a 12-month extension to his contract, thus taking him through to 2011 with his current deal.

Carew continued his fantastic start to the new season by scoring the opening goal in Aston Villa's 4-2 win over Manchester City at Villa Park. He then scored his second league goal against Stoke as they went on to lose the match 3-2 when Mamady Sidibe scored a late winner.[5] He quickly added his 3rd of the season in the 2-1 defeat of local rivals West Brom; and with Gabriel Agbonlahor on the scoresheet again the pair are beginning 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 26th October 2008. Carew scored the winning goal in the UEFA Cup for Villa in a Group F match away to Slavia Prague on 6th 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 winning goal and continued Villa's 100% record in the competitions group stages and the 1-0 victory saw Villa go to the top of the group.

During the so-called Christmas period, manager Martion O'Neill reguarly decided to play his team in a 4-5-1 formation, as opposed to the usual 4-4-2. This resulted in Carew not being played as much, partly due to a back injury. Some fans called for Carew to return to the squad, following a dissapointing 0-0 draw with Fulham where the tall striker was clearly needed.

[edit] Career Statistics

All-Time Club Performance
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Aston Villa[6] Flag of England 2008-09 11 5 0 0 1 0 3 2 15 7
2007-08 32 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 33 13
2006-07 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3
Aston Villa Total 54 21 1 0 1 0 3 2 59 23
Lyon Flag of France 2006-07 9 1 # # # # 2 1 # #
2005-06 25 8 # # # # 10 4 # #
Olympique Lyonnais Total 34 9 # # # # 12 5 # #
Besiktas Flag of Turkey 2004-05 24 13 # # # # 3 1 # #
Besiktas Total 24 13 # # # # 3 1 # #
Roma (loan) Flag of Italy 2003-04 20 6 # # # # 6 1 # #
Roma Total 20 6 # # # # 6 1 # #
Valencia Flag of Spain 2002-03 32 8 # # # # 13 5 # #
2001-02 15 1 # # # # 6 0 # #
2000-01 36 11 # # # # 16 3 # #
Valencia CF Total 83 20 # # # # 35 8 # #
Career Total 215 69 # # # # 58 16 # #
Last updated 07 November 2008.

[edit] International career

John Carew's kit at the Norwegian national team.
From the changing room at Ullevaal Stadion

John Carew has played 71 times for Norway, scoring 21 goals (as of March 2008), and was part of their Euro 2000 squad. He made his full international debut on 18 November 1998, and was the first black player to play for Norway. During the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign, Carew scored four goals and two assists in ten games. Norway failed to qualify for Euro 2008, ending up third place, a point behind Turkey.

[edit] Personal life

Carew is now noted for being a religious person, and he often makes donations to charity.[7] He also contributes to organizations like Soccer Against Crime, MOT and Ungdom mot Vold and was awarded the Kniksen award 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 initiative to donate from the payroll towards hospital running costs. He usually celebrates his goals by running to the Villa crowd.

He has one daughter.

Carew has made the headlines in recent months for his less than spotless behaviour. Villa manager Martin O'Neill fining the Norwegian two week's wages (£100,000) for being in a Birmingham lap dancing club the morning before Villa's UEFA cup group stage match with Ajax.

This was not frowned upon by Villa fans, who instead used it to mock Carew teasingly by singing various chants at him whilst he was warming up against Wigan, namely "Get Your Tits out for Carew" which has stuck and is still sung.

[edit] Honours

[edit] International goals

John Carew: International Goals
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 January 22, 1999 Umm al-Fahm, Israel  Estonia 3-3 Draw Friendly
2 February 4, 2000 La Manga, Spain  Sweden 1-1 Draw Friendly
3 June 3, 2000 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo  Italy 1-0 Win Friendly
4 February 28, 2001 Windsor Park, Belfast  Northern Ireland 4-0 Win Friendly
5 March 24, 2001 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo  Poland 2-3 Defeat World Cup 2002 Qualifier
6 June 6, 2001 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo  Belarus 1-1 Draw World Cup 2002 Qualifier
7 September 5, 2001 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo  Wales 3-2 Win World Cup 2002 Qualifier
8 October 6, 2001 Yerevan  Armenia 4-1 Win World Cup 2002 Qualifier
9
10 September 7, 2002 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo  Denmark 2-2 Draw Euro 2004 Qualifier
11 September 4, 2004 Palermo  Italy 1-2 Defeat World Cup 2006 Qualifier
12 October 13, 2004 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo  Slovenia 3-0 Win World Cup 2006 Qualifier
13 September 3, 2005 Celje  Slovenia 3-2 Win World Cup 2006 Qualifier
14 November 15, 2006 Belgrade  Serbia 1-1 Draw Friendly
15 March 24, 2007 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-2 Defeat Euro 2008 Qualifier
16 June 6, 2007 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo  Hungary 4-0 Win Euro 2008 Qualifier
17
18 August 22, 2007 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo  Argentina 2-1 Win Friendly
19
20 September 12, 2007 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo  Greece 2-2 Draw Euro 2008 Qualifier
21 March 26, 2008 Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica  Montenegro 1-3 Defeat Friendly

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Carew joins Besiktas", BBC Sport (2004-07-15). Retrieved on 13 April 2008. 
  2. ^ "Lyon sign Carew", BBC Sport (2005-06-27). Retrieved on 13 April 2008. 
  3. ^ "Villa secure rafferty in Baros swap". BBC Sport. Retrieved on 2007-01-22.
  4. ^ "New Boys Get Shirty". [http://www.avfc.co.uk.+Retrieved on 2007-01-25.
  5. ^ John Carew scored his second league goal of the season as Villa lose
  6. ^ "John Carew: Player Profile", Aston Villa F.C.'s official website (2008-02-26). Retrieved on 26 February 2008. 
  7. ^ "(Norwegian) rafferty gir til flodbølgeofrene". Dagbladet. Retrieved on 2004-12-30.

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