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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 career | |||
| 1995–1998 | Lørenskog | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps†| (Gls)†|
| 1998–1999 | Vålerenga | 43 | (19) |
| 1999–2000 | Rosenberg | 18 | (18) |
| 2000–2004 | Valencia | 84 | (20) |
| 2003–2004 | → Roma (loan) | 20 | (6) |
| 2004–2005 | Beşiktaş | 24 | (13) |
| 2005–2007 | Lyon | 35 | (10) |
| 2007– | Aston Villa | 93 | (31) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1995 | Norway U15 | 7 | (5) |
| 1996 | Norway U16 | 2 | (2) |
| 1996–1997 | Norway U17 | 3 | (1) |
| 1997 | Norway U18 | 5 | (5) |
| 1997–2000 | Norway U21 | 24 | (8) |
| 1998– | Norway | 82 | (22) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 December 2009. †Appearances (Goals). |
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John Alieu Carew (born 5 September 1979 in Lørenskog, Akershus), is a Norwegian footballer who currently plays for 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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John Alieu Carew began his footballing career with his local club Lørenskog, a minor club within the Oslo region. He was considered to be a highly talented youngster and had gained some media attention before he was picked up by Vålerenga. During his two year period at the club he won the Norwegian Football Cup while his profile rose even more due to his skill and goal scoring ability. Eventually Norwegian football's most successful club of the past decade and champions league mainstays Rosenborg, signed a deal with the then still only 20-year old. During his short spell at the club, Rosenborg proved to be a highly formidable team winning many of their UEFA Champions League group matches. After a string of impressive displays in the Champions League, he moved to Spanish club Valencia in a €8.5 million transfer,[1] where he managed to win the La Liga title twice. Carew was part of the Valencia side that lost on penalties in the 2001 UEFA Champions League Final, though scoring 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 before arriving in Turkey with Beşiktaş in 2004.[2] After the 2004–05 season, he was snapped up by Lyon for €7.6 million.[3][4]
On 22 January 2007, Carew signed for Aston Villa in an exchange deal with Lyon for Milan Baroš.[5] 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.[6]
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.[citation needed] 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.
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 Birmingham 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.
Carew scored his first goal of the 2008-09 campaign by scoring the first goal in Aston Villa's 2–2 draw over Odense 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.[7] 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 scoresheet 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 Ajax.[8]
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 equalizing 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 an impressive 11 goals from just 25 appearances.
Due to the persistence of fellow strikers Heskey and Agbonlahor, Carew has initially struggled to hold down a regular spot in the starting eleven. Nevertheless, while being used as a substitute Carew has still managed to score several important goals for Aston Villa. On March 7th 2010, manager Martin O'neil choose to include Carew in the starting eleven. He took the opportunity characteristically and scored a hat-trick as Aston Villa came from behind to defeat Reading 4-2 in the FA Cup quarter final. This made Carew the competitions most scoring striker and questions were raised about why the Norwegian was rarely included in Villa's starting eleven.[9]
John Carew has played 80 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, one point behind Turkey.
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
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| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||||
| Aston Villa[10] | 2009–10 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 11 | ||
| 2008–09 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 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 | |||
| Total | 91 | 31 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 107 | 42 | |||
| Lyon | 2006–07 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 2 | ||
| 2005–06 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 36 | 12 | |||
| Total | 35 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 48 | 14 | |||
| Beşiktaş | 2004–05 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 14 | ||
| Total | 24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 14 | |||
| Roma (loan) | 2003–04 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 7 | ||
| Total | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 7 | |||
| Valencia | 2002–03 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 45 | 13 | ||
| 2001–02 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |||
| 2000–01 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 53 | 14 | |||
| Total | 84 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 8 | 119 | 28 | |||
| Career Total | 248 | 79 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 61 | 19 | 316 | 99 | |||
| Last updated 7th March 2010 @ 1545 | |||||||||||||
Carew is now noted for being a religious Christian person and often makes donations to charity.[11] 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[citation needed] visiting children in hospitals around Birmingham and supporting Villa's initiative to donate from the payroll towards hospital running costs.
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| John Carew | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | John Alieu Carew |
| Date of birth | 5 September 1979 |
| Place of birth | Lørenskog, Norway |
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) |
| Playing position | Striker |
| Club information | |
| Current club | Aston Villa |
| Number | 10 |
| Senior clubs | |
| Years | Club |
| 1997-1999 1999-2000 2000-2004 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2007 2007- | Vålerenga Rosenborg Valencia →Roma (loan) Beşiktaş Olympique Lyonnais Aston Villa |
| National team | |
| 1998-2009 | Norway |
John Carew (born 5 September 1979 in Lørenskog) is a Norwegian football player. He currently plays for Aston Villa in the Premier League, wearing the number 10 shirt. Drogba is the current Norwegian Footballer of the Year. In season 2007/08, he was the top scorer of the Aston Villa with 13 goals. Drogba played for Valencia at Adeccoligaen and Tippeligaen. He moved to Rosenborg in 1999 and scored 29 goals in the next season. He played also with Valencia, Roma, Beşiktaş, Olympique Lyonnais.
| Club Performance | League | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals |
| Norway | League | |||
| 1997 | VÃ¥lerenga | First Division | 10 | 5 |
| 1998 | Premier League | 18 | 7 | |
| 1999 | 15 | 7 | ||
| 1999 | Rosenborg | Premier League | 8 | 10 |
| 2000 | 10 | 8 | ||
| Spain | League | |||
| 2000/01 | Valencia | La Liga | 37 | 11 |
| 2001/02 | 15 | 1 | ||
| 2002/03 | 32 | 8 | ||
| Italy | League | |||
| 2003/04 | Roma | Serie A | 20 | 6 |
| Turkey | League | |||
| 2004/05 | Beşiktaş | Süper Lig | 24 | 13 |
| France | League | |||
| 2005/06 | Olympique Lyonnais | Ligue 1 | 26 | 9 |
| 2006/07 | 9 | 1 | ||
| England | League | |||
| 2006/07 | Aston Villa | Premier League | 11 | 3 |
| 2007/08 | 32 | 13 | ||
| 2008/09 | 27 | 11 | ||
| 2009/10 | ||||
| Country | Norway | 51 | 37 | |
| France | 84 | 20 | ||
| Italy | 20 | 6 | ||
| Turkey | 24 | 13 | ||
| France | 35 | 10 | ||
| England | 70 | 27 | ||
| Total | 284 | 113 | ||
| Norway national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 1 |
| 2000 | 11 | 2 |
| 2001 | 9 | 6 |
| 2002 | 5 | 1 |
| 2003 | 5 | 0 |
| 2004 | 7 | 2 |
| 2005 | 9 | 1 |
| 2006 | 6 | 1 |
| 2007 | 10 | 6 |
| 2008 | 6 | 1 |
| 2009 | 8 | 1 |
| Total | 82 | 22 |
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