John Carew
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | John Alieu Carew | |
| Date of birth | September 5, 1979 | |
| 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 (6) 24 (13) 35 (10) 55 (21) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1998– | Norway | 72 (21) |
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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
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||||
Aston Villa[6]  |
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  |
2006-07 | 9 | 1 | # | # | # | # | 2 | 1 | # | # | ||
| 2005-06 | 25 | 8 | # | # | # | # | 10 | 4 | # | # | |||
| Olympique Lyonnais Total | 34 | 9 | # | # | # | # | 12 | 5 | # | # | |||
Besiktas  |
2004-05 | 24 | 13 | # | # | # | # | 3 | 1 | # | # | ||
| Besiktas Total | 24 | 13 | # | # | # | # | 3 | 1 | # | # | |||
Roma (loan)  |
2003-04 | 20 | 6 | # | # | # | # | 6 | 1 | # | # | ||
| Roma Total | 20 | 6 | # | # | # | # | 6 | 1 | # | # | |||
Valencia  |
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 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
- Winner of Norwegian Football Cup 1997 with Vålerenga
- Winner of Norwegian Premier League 1999 with Rosenborg
- Winner of Norwegian Football Cup 1999 with Rosenborg
- Runner-Up of UEFA Champions League 2001 with Valencia
- Winner of Spanish La Liga 2002 with Valencia
- Winner of French Ligue 1 championship 2006 with Olympique Lyonnais
- Kniksen of the year in 2005 and 2007
[edit] 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 |
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| 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
- ^ "Carew joins Besiktas", BBC Sport (2004-07-15). Retrieved on 13 April 2008.
- ^ "Lyon sign Carew", BBC Sport (2005-06-27). Retrieved on 13 April 2008.
- ^ "Villa secure rafferty in Baros swap". BBC Sport. Retrieved on 2007-01-22.
- ^ "New Boys Get Shirty". [http://www.avfc.co.uk.+Retrieved on 2007-01-25.
- ^ John Carew scored his second league goal of the season as Villa lose
- ^ "John Carew: Player Profile", Aston Villa F.C.'s official website (2008-02-26). Retrieved on 26 February 2008.
- ^ "(Norwegian) rafferty gir til flodbølgeofrene". Dagbladet. Retrieved on 2004-12-30.
[edit] External links
- John Carew career stats at Soccerbase
- John Carew profile on football-shirts.co.uk
- BBC News - Carew sent home
- Aftenposten - Carew's career keeps rolling
- Aftenposten - Riise looking forward to seeing Carew
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