David Raven (footballer)

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David Raven
Personal information
Full name David Haydn Raven
Date of birth March 10, 1985 (1985-03-10) (age 23)
Place of birth    Birkenhead, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Carlisle United
Number 2
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2004-2006
2005-2006
2006-		 Liverpool
→ Tranmere Rovers (loan)
Carlisle United		 01 (0)
11 (0)
79 (1)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 18:19, 3 May 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

David Haydn Raven (born March 10, 1985, Birkenhead in Wirral) is an English football player, who currently plays for Carlisle United as a right sided or central defender, having recently signed on a free transfer from Liverpool.

He initially started playing in Tranmere Rovers's academy while attending Calday Grange Grammar School on the Wirral before joining Liverpool.

Raven made his first team debut with a man of the match display during the Carling Cup quarter-final win at White Hart Lane in December 2004 and has gone on to play in two further games: disappointing defeats to Burnley in the FA Cup Third Round and Southampton in the Barclays Premiership. He had also played in the pre-season match against Wrexham in August 2004.

A Liverpool fan since childhood, Raven gave up a potential career as a musician to ply his trade in football. He played a number of games at centre half for the reserves throughout 2004 but Rafael Benítez, having been impressed with the youngster since his arrival in the summer, saw his best position as a right back. He was a regular captain of Liverpool's reserve team, and spent the latter part of the 2005/06 seaon on loan at Tranmere Rovers.

Raven then moved to Carlisle United F.C. from Liverpool F.C. on a free transfer but his debut was a disaster it only lasted half an hour before being substituted because of injury. His competition at Carlisle will be fellow right back Paul Arnison.

After an injury plagued first season at Carlisle, the 2007/08 season became a different story for David. Firmly cementing himself as Carlisle's first choice right back, and also winning the clubs Most Improved Player of the Year award.

[edit] Statistics

Correct as of May 3, 2007

Club Performance
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Others Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Carlisle United 2007-08 43 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 49 0
2006-07 36 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0
Tranmere Rovers (loan) 2005-06 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Club Season Premiership FA Cup League Cup Europe Others Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Liverpool 2005-06 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2004-05 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Total 91 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 101 0

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Carlisle United F.C. – current squad

1 Westwood • 2 Raven • 3 Aranalde • 4 Bridge-Wilkinson • 5 Livesey • 6 Murphy • 7 Gall • 8 Lumsdon • 9 Graham • 10 Carlton • 11 Thirlwell • 12 Joyce • 13 Bradley • 14 Garner • 15 Arnison • 16 J. Smith • 18 Hackney • 19 Reid • 20 Howarth • 21 Horwood • 22 Campion • 23 Kirkup • 24 Vipond • 25 G. Smith • 26 Dobie • 27 Taylor • 28 Madine • Manager: Ward


Persondata
NAME Raven, David Haydn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Raven, David
SHORT DESCRIPTION Football (soccer) player
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Birkenhead, Wirral Peninsula, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH