Paul Carden
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| Paul Carden | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Andrew Carden | |
| Date of birth | 29 March 1979 | |
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Wrexham | |
| Number | TBA | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1996–1998 1998–2000 2000 2000–2001 2001 2001–2005 2005–2006 2006 2006–2007 2007–2008 2007 2008 2008– |
Blackpool Rochdale → Chester City (loan) Chester City Doncaster Rovers Chester City Peterborough United Burscough Burton Albion Accrington Stanley → Cambridge United (loan) → Cambridge United (loan) Wrexham |
1 (0) 46 (0) 11 (0) 35 (0) 16 (1) 120 (3) 44 (0) 0 (0) 27 (1) 4 (0) 2 (0) 15 (0) 0 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Paul Andrew Carden (born 29 March 1979 in Liverpool) is a footballer for Conference National side Wrexham. The midfielder has previously played for Blackpool, Rochdale, Chester City, Doncaster Rovers, Peterborough United , Accrington Stanley and Burton Albion.
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[edit] Career
Carden made his Football League debut as a 17-year old apprentice for Blackpool in December 1996 in a local derby defeat by Preston North End. That was to be his only first-team action for Blackpool but he enjoyed regular football with Rochdale, who he joined in March 1998. However, after falling out of favour he joined Chester City in March 2000, shortly before they were relegated out of the Football League. It was to be the start of a long association with the Cheshire club.
Carden had two spells with Chester (a brief stint at Doncaster Rovers in 2001 falling in between) and was a regular for most of his time there, chalking up more than 200 first-team appearances for the Blues. The highlight of his Chester career was captaining the side to the Nationwide Conference title in 2003-04 and a return to the Football League for both Carden and the club. The following season saw him named as the club's player of the season but he was then surprisingly released by new manager Keith Curle.
Carden teamed up with his former boss Mark Wright at Peterborough. His debut ironically came against Chester on the opening day of 2005-06. Later in the season, after Wright had departed, Carden became one of the central characters of the Big Ron Manager documentary series on Sky, with Ron Atkinson drafted in to help new boss Steve Bleasdale.
On October 18, 2006 it was announced that Carden had his contract with Peterborough terminated by mutual consent. He promptly registered with Burscough, who his brother Adam plays for, but immediately joined Burton Albion on a three-month loan, with a view to a permanent deal when the January transfer window opened. Carden, however, initially failed to complete the move following interest from Bury - a move failed to materialise and he signed a deal with Burton on January 31, 2007 until the end of the season. Four months later, he returned to Football League circles with Accrington Stanley but was allowed to join Cambridge United on loan in November 2007. After briefly returning to Stanley, Carden was allowed to join Cambridge for the remainder of the season on 3 January 2008.[1]. Carden was influential as Cambridge reached the Conference National play-off final at Wembley in May 2008.[2] He left Cambridge after their defeat in the play-off final and joined Wrexham.[3]
[edit] Honours
- Nationwide Conference champions: 2003-04, Chester City
- Player of the Season: 2004-05, Chester City
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