Stephen Carson

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Stephen Carson
Personal information
Full name Stephen Carson [1]
Date of birth (1980-10-06) 6 October 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Ballymoney, Northern Ireland
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2001 Rangers 2 (0)
2001–2003 Dundee United 20 (0)
2003–2004 Barnsley 11 (1)
2004 Hartlepool United 3 (0)
2004–2011 Coleraine 280 (62)
2011–2013 Glentoran 51 (7)
2013–2014 Coleraine 20 (3)
International career
2000–2001 Northern Ireland U21 2 (0)
2009 Northern Ireland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephen Carson (born 6 October 1980) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a winger. He is now director of coaching at FC Westchester.

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Career

Carson started his senior career in the Scottish Premier League with Rangers. After only a handful of first team appearances, he moved to Dundee United in August 2001 for a transfer fee of £150,000, [2] but he struggled to command a regular place in the team. After leaving United in 2003, Carson had brief spells with Barnsley and Hartlepool United prior to his return to Northern Ireland to join the club he supported as a boy, Coleraine. Stephen Carson is also Youth development officer at Coleraine.

In May 2008, he received his first call-up to the Northern Ireland squad for the friendly against Italy on 6 June. He won his first international cap with a start in against the Azzurri in Pisa.

In July 2009 it was reported on the BBC Sport website that Carson was in talks with A-League side Newcastle United Jets FC about a possible transfer. [3] Carson went on a trial in Australia but the transfer did not take place.

Carson revealed on 11 April 2011, that he would be leaving Coleraine to join Glentoran at the end of the 2010–2011 season. [4] He would later go on to win the Irish League Cup with the side in 2012 and the Irish Cup a year later. After two seasons in total, however, Carson returned to his boyhood favourites, Coleraine FC, where he resumed the position of winger. He retired in January 2014 to take up a coaching role in New York with Everton FC Westchester.


Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupOtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rangers 1999–00 0000100010
2000–01 2010000030
Total2010100040
Dundee United 2001–02 130401000180
2002–03 7000000070
Total200401000250
Barnsley 2003–04 111400020171
Hartlepool 2003–04 3000000030
Career total361902020491

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References

  1. ↑ "Stephen Carson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Carson moves to Dundee United". BBC Sport. 6 August 2001. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
  3. ↑ "Carson poised for Australian move". BBC News. 18 July 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  4. ↑ "Glentoran confirm Carson signing". BBC News. 17 April 2011.
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