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John Carew
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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 Forward
Club information
Current club Aston Villa
Number 10
Youth career
1995–1997 Lørenskog
Senior career1
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
043 (19)
018 (18)
084 (20)
020 0(6)
024 (13)
035 (10)
070 (27)   
National team2
1995
1996
1996–1997
1997
1997–2000
1998–
Norway U-15
Norway U-16
Norway U-17
Norway U-18
Norway U-21
Norway
007 0(5)
002 0(2)
003 0(1)
005 0(5)
024 0(8)
074 (21)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 15:06, 25 May 2009 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 14:58, 25 May 2009 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

John Alieu Carew (born 5 September 1979 in Lørenskog, Akershus) is a Norwegian footballer, partly of Gambian descent, who currently plays for English Premier League club Aston Villa and the Norwegian national team. 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

In his early years, Carew had a trial at Blackburn. He won the Norwegian Football Cup with Vålerenga in 1997, and the Norwegian Premier League with Rosenborg in 1999. After a string of impressive displays in the Champions League, he moved to Spanish club Valencia CF, 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 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 Olympique Lyonnais.[2]

[edit] Aston Villa

[edit] 2006–07 season

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

Carew went onto receive the #10 jersey - left vacant by Baroš' 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 has been a popular figure at Villa Park due to his good scoring record. 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 (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)") 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 Rovers 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 12 January 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 12 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 20 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
'play fighting' with Nigel Reo-Coker

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

Carew scored the opening goal in Villa's 4-2 win 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.[5] He quickly added his 3rd of the season in the 2-1 defeat of local rivals West Bromwich Albion; and with Gabriel Agbonlahor on the scoreshee,t 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 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. Carew made the headlines in late October due to his personal behaviour. He was fined two weeks wages by Martin O'Neill for being in a pub near a Birmingham lap dancing club the night before Villa's UEFA cup group stage match with AFC Ajax.[6]

Soon after the controversy, Carew sustained a back injury that kept him out of the side for several months. 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 place in the starting line-up for a number of weeks. However, his own injury woes and Carew's good form on return have meant that the Norwegian has regained his place in the side. Carew played his first game after his injury on 31 January 2009 in a goalless draw with Wigan Athletic. In the last 32 of the UEFA Cup, Carew earned Villa a first leg draw 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 goal of the season. He scored an equalising goal in the away fixture against Manchester United at Old Trafford before also netting the first goal in the home tie against Everton as Villa fought back from 2-0 and 3-1 down to draw 3-3. Further goals against Hull City and Middlesbrough took his league total to 11 goals for the season, from 25 appearances.

[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[7] 2008-09 25 11 2 1 1 0 4 3 32 15
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 67 27 3 1 1 0 4 3 76 31
Lyon 2006-07 9 1 # # # # 2 1 # #
2005-06 25 8 # # # # 10 4 # #
Olympique Lyonnais Total 34 9 # # # # 12 5 # #
Beşiktaş 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 224 72 # # # # 58 16 # #
Last updated 4 May 2009

[edit] International career

John Carew's kit at the Norway 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 UEFA 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 often makes donations to charity.[8] 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.

[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

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