David Carney
Carney before a match of the Australian national team (2010)
David Raymond Carney ( born November 30, 1983 in Sydney ) is an Australian football player. The midfielder is by stations in England, Scotland, Australia and the Netherlands since 2011 when Spanish club AD Alcorcón under contract.
- 3.1 club
- 3.2 Individual Awards
Club career
First professional years, until 2005
At the age of 16 years, Carney has been included in the youth academy of FC Everton and played among other things on the side of Wayne Rooney. In 2002, he was with the youth team in the final of the FA Youth Cup, which went but lost to the next generation of Aston Villa 2:4 by return game. After he received a new contract at Everton, he left the club in 2003 and stood in the subsequent period at Oldham Athletic, Halifax Town and Hamilton Academical under contract before he decided in 2005 to return to Australia.
Sydney FC, 2005-2007
Carney completed a trial with Sydney FC, who competed in the professional league A-League new, founded in 2005, and was coached by Pierre Littbarski a one-year contract. He scored in the successful Australian qualification for the OFC Club Championship 2004/ 05 two hits and won with Sydney then expected, the continental tournament, thereby qualifying for the FIFA Club World Cup 2005. In the Club World Cup he scored the 2-1 winning goal in the match for 5th place against Al -Ahly Cairo.
In the season 2005/ 06 Carney was a regular player in Sydney, completed all 21 games of the regular season and was also in all three games of the final round, including a 1-0 victory in the final over the Central Coast Mariners, on the court. His performance in Sydney then made for interest in a number of European clubs, including Alemannia Aachen and Borussia Moenchengladbach. However, he decided after tryouts in Europe against a change and remained for another year in Australia. Shortly after the start of the 2006 /07 Carney underwent a shoulder surgery that kept him away for nine weeks from the game. On his return, on the twelfth Gameday he succeeded his only goal of the season. In the final round they failed to defend his title already in the Minor Semi Final.
Return to Europe, 2007-2012
End of July 2007 Carney completed a trial with English second division club Sheffield United and signed after a three -year contract. The transfer fee was around £ 50,000. In Sheffield he stood until March 2008 regularly in the core team, came in the wake but only sporadically inserts. End of January 2009 it gave Sheffield until season's end to the league rivals Norwich City. After Sheffield coach Kevin Blackwell no longer planned in the 2009/10 season with Carney, was the end of August 2009, the change to the Dutch first division club Twente Enschede. Carney failed to secure a regular place at Twente under Steve McClaren and came in the course of the season to eight league operations as Twente won the Dutch championship for the first time.
Although he counted under McClaren's successor Michel Preud'homme at the beginning of the season 2010/ 11 for the core team and among others participated in the 1-0 win in the Supercup against Ajax Amsterdam, he moved just before the transfer deadline of English Erstligaaufsteiger FC Blackpool. He was 11 September 2010 in a 2-0 away win against Newcastle United debut in the Premier League, came in the course of the season but on the left-back position not to Stephen Crainey over and the club decided by the direct re descent from an extension of Carney's contract. A new club finally found Carney mid-October 2011, when he signed a one-year contract with Spanish second division club AD Alcorcón. In Alcorcón Carney came only sporadically used and released his contract after half a year, and a little later signed a contract with Bunyodkor Tashkent in Uzbekistan.
National
Carney made his debut in the Australian national team in February 2006 against Bahrain. He was in the squad for the Asia Cup in 2007, when Australia failed to Japan in the quarterfinals. During the tournament, he came in the final group game and in the quarterfinals at left-back for use. His first goal in the National Dress succeeded him in November 2007 in a friendly match against Nigeria. In August 2008, he took with the Australian Olympic Team at the Olympic football tournament in China and in part was next to Archie Thompson and Jade North one of the three allowed over 23 years in the Australian squad. He arrived at Vorrundenaus in all three games over the full distance to use.
National coach Pim Verbeek nominated Carney in the summer of 2010 in the Australian squad for the World Cup in South Africa. Once on the left-back position was preferred in the 0-4 defeat in the opening match Scott Chipperfield, Carney stood in the following two games against Ghana (1-1) and Serbia ( 2-1 ) on the grid. The knockout phase but was missed due to goal difference with Ghana.
Achievements
Association
- Australian champion: 2005/ 06
- Oceania Champions Cup winner: 2004/ 05
- Dutch master: 2009/10
- Dutch Supercup winner: 2010
Individual Awards
- Sydney FC Member's Player of the Year: 2005/ 06