Michael Carrick

Michael Carrick
Carrick with Manchester United in 2009
Personal information
Full name Michael Carrick[1]
Date of birth (1981-07-28) 28 July 1981 (age 43)[1]
Place of birth Wallsend, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Middlesbrough (head coach)
Youth career
1986–1997 Wallsend Boys Club
1997–1999 West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2004 West Ham United 136 (6)
1999 → Swindon Town (loan) 6 (2)
2000 → Birmingham City (loan) 2 (0)
2004–2006 Tottenham Hotspur 64 (2)
2006–2018 Manchester United 316 (17)
Total 524 (27)
National team
England U18 4 (0)
2000–2003 England U21 14 (2)
2006 England B 1 (0)
2001–2015 England 34 (0)
Teams managed
2021 Manchester United (caretaker)
2022– Middlesbrough
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Michael Carrick (born 28 July 1981) is an English professional football coach and former player who is currently the head coach of EFL Championship club Middlesbrough. He is best known for his 12-year playing career with Manchester United, for whom he was also captain.[3] Carrick was a central midfielder, but he was used as an emergency centre-back under Alex Ferguson, David Moyes, Louis van Gaal and José Mourinho. His playing style was grounded in his passing ability.[4][5]

Career statistics

Club

Source:[6][7][8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
West Ham United 1999–2000 Premier League 8 1 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 — 9 1
2000–01 Premier League 33 1 4 0 4 0 — — 41 1
2001–02 Premier League 30 2 1 0 1 0 — — 32 2
2002–03 Premier League 30 1 2 0 2 0 — — 34 1
2003–04 First Division 35 1 4 0 1 0 — 3[b] 0 43 1
Total 136 6 11 0 8 0 1 0 3 0 159 6
Swindon Town (loan) 1999–2000 First Division 6 2 0 0 — — — 6 2
Birmingham City (loan) 1999–2000 First Division 2 0 — — — — 2 0
Tottenham Hotspur 2004–05 Premier League 29 0 6 0 3 0 — — 38 0
2005–06 Premier League 35 2 1 0 1 0 — — 37 2
Total 64 2 7 0 4 0 — — 75 2
Manchester United 2006–07 Premier League 33 3 7 1 0 0 12[c] 2 — 52 6
2007–08 Premier League 31 2 4 0 1 0 12[c] 0 1[d] 0 49 2
2008–09 Premier League 28 4 3 0 1 0 9[c] 0 2[e] 0 43 4
2009–10 Premier League 30 3 0 0 5 1 8[c] 1 1[d] 0 44 5
2010–11 Premier League 28 0 3 0 1 0 11[c] 0 1[d] 0 44 0
2011–12 Premier League 30 2 2 0 1 0 7[f] 0 1[d] 0 41 2
2012–13 Premier League 36 1 5 0 0 0 5[c] 1 — 46 2
2013–14 Premier League 29 1 0 0 3 0 7[c] 0 1[d] 0 40 1
2014–15 Premier League 18 1 2 0 0 0 — — 20 1
2015–16 Premier League 28 0 5 0 1 0 8[g] 0 — 42 0
2016–17 Premier League 23 0 2 0 5 1 7[h] 0 1[d] 0 38 1
2017–18 Premier League 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Total 316 17 35 1 19 2 86 4 8 0 464 24
Career total 524 27 53 1 31 2 87 4 11 0 706 34
  1. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in First Division play-offs
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Appearance in FA Community Shield
  5. ↑ One appearance in FA Community Shield, one in FIFA Club World Cup
  6. ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, three in UEFA Europa League
  7. ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, four in UEFA Europa League
  8. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

Source:[9][10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
England 2001 2 0
2002 0 0
2003 0 0
2004 0 0
2005 2 0
2006 7 0
2007 3 0
2008 1 0
2009 5 0
2010 2 0
2011 0 0
2012 4 0
2013 5 0
2014 0 0
2015 3 0
Total 34 0

Managerial statistics

As of match played 27 April 2024[11][12]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Manchester United (caretaker) 21 November 2021 2 December 2021 3 2 1 0 066.67
Middlesbrough 24 October 2022 present 86 43 14 29 050.00
Total 89 45 15 29 050.56

Honours

As a player

West Ham United U18

West Ham United

Manchester United

Individual

As a manager

Individual

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 109. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
  2. ↑ "Michael Carrick". Manchester United F.C. Archived from the original on 27 December 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Wilson, Jeremy (15 October 2013). "Michael Carrick the king of control takes possession for England and shows his worth". The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  4. ↑ Kay, Oliver (3 August 2006). "Carrick sweet on Keane's No 16 in new-look United". Times Online. London. Archived from the original on 20 February 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
  5. ↑ Ronay, Barney (13 April 2015). "Manchester United's Michael Carrick: so smooth he plays in a dinner jacket". The Guardian.
  6. ↑ "Michael Carrick". West Ham Stats. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  7. ↑ Endlar, Andrew. "Michael Carrick". StretfordEnd.co.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  8. ↑ "Michael Carrick". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  9. ↑ Michael Carrick at National-Football-Teams.com
  10. ↑ "Michael Carrick". Englandstats.com. Retrieved 21 March 2011. Edit this at Wikidata
  11. ↑ "Managers: Michael Carrick". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  12. ↑ Aarons, Ed (22 November 2021). "Manchester United players share 'big responsibility' for Solskjær's sacking". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  13. ↑ "The East End's bright young things". BBC Sport. 24 January 2001. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  14. ↑ "Hammers slump to Euro defeat". BBC News. 10 August 1999. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
    "Intertoto win gives Hammers Uefa spot". BBC News. 24 August 1999. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  15. ↑ "Michael Carrick: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  16. ↑ McNulty, Phil (21 May 2016). "Crystal Palace 1–2 Manchester United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  17. ↑ McNulty, Phil (28 February 2010). "Aston Villa 1–2 Man Utd". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  18. ↑ McNulty, Phil (26 February 2017). "Manchester United 3–2 Southampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  19. ↑ Cheese, Caroline (5 August 2007). "Chelsea 1–1 Man Utd". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  20. ↑ Bevan, Chris (10 August 2008). "Man Utd 0–0 Portsmouth". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  21. ↑ Fletcher, Paul (8 August 2010). "Chelsea 1–3 Man Utd". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  22. ↑ Bevan, Chris (7 August 2011). "Manchester City 2–3 Manchester United". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 1 October 2013.
  23. ↑ Rostance, Tom (11 August 2013). "Man Utd 2–0 Wigan". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016.
  24. ↑ Bevan, Chris (7 August 2016). "Leicester City 1–2 Manchester United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  25. ↑ McNulty, Phil (22 May 2008). "Man Utd earn dramatic Euro glory". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  26. ↑ McNulty, Phil (24 May 2017). "Ajax 0–2 Manchester United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  27. ↑ Saaid, Hamdan (8 September 2016). "FIFA Club World Cup 2008". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  28. ↑ "Henry retains PFA crown". BBC Sport. 25 April 2004. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  29. ↑ "Gareth Bale wins PFA Player of Year and Young Player awards". BBC Sport. 28 April 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  30. ↑ Thompson, Gemma (15 May 2015). "Players honour Carrick". Manchester United F.C. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  31. ↑ "Sky Bet EFL March Manager and Player of the Month winners!". www.efl.com. 7 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.