Paddy McCarthy

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Paddy McCarthy

Personal information
Full name	Patrick Richard McCarthy
Date of birth	May 31, 1983 (1983-05-31)
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Crystal Palace
Number	5
Youth career
2000–2002	Manchester City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2005	Manchester City	0	(0)
2002–2003	→ Boston United (loan)	12	(0)
2003	→ Notts County (loan)	6	(0)
2004–2007	Leicester City	72	(3)
2007–2008	Charlton Athletic	29	(2)
2008–	Crystal Palace	115	(6)
National team‡
	Republic of Ireland U21	7	(1)
2006	Republic of Ireland B	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:51, 14 January 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:48, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Patrick Richard "Paddy" McCarthy (born May 31, 1983) is an Irish footballer, currently playing for Crystal Palace, where he is the club captain.

Career

McCarthy joined Leicester City in March 2005 for a fee of £100,000 from Manchester City, signing a three-year contract. He had never played for Manchester City's first team but had enjoyed loan spells at Boston United and Notts County during 2002 and 2003. Boston had made a bid to sign McCarthy on a permanent basis in February 2003.

McCarthy became a favourite with the Leicester fans, due to his no-nonsense style of play, and in July 2006 was named club captain for the 2006–07 season. His season was cut short when he dislocated his shoulder in a training accident in February 2007. Nonetheless, McCarthy expressed his wish to leave Leicester before the start of next season, despite being offered a new contract.

He moved to Charlton Athletic for a fee of £650,000 in June 2007. He spent only a year at The Valley, moving across south-east London to sign for Crystal Palace in the summer of 2008, in a deal that saw Mark Hudson travel in the opposite direction. Since joining the Eagles, McCarthy has proved himself to be a strong and reliable central defender. He has been troubled by a series of shoulder injuries which has restricted him from playing in much of the 2008/2009 and the 2009/2010 season, but this did not stop him being named Palace captain in the run-up to the 2010/11 season.

Honours

• 2009 Crystal Palace Goal of the Season

Club career statistics

(correct as of 25 January 2012)

Club	Season	League			Cup			Europe			Play-Offs			Total
		Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Boston (loan)	2002–03	12	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	0	0
Notts County (loan)	2002–03	6	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	0	0
Leicester	2004–05	12	0	3	1	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	0	3
Leicester	2005–06	38	2	0	6	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	44	2	0
Leicester	2006–07	22	1	0	3	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	2	0
Total	2004–2007	72	3	3	10	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	82	4	3
Charlton	2007–08	29	2	0	4	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	3	0
Total	2007–2008	29	2	0	4	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	3	0
Crystal Palace	2008–09	27	3	1	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	3	1
Crystal Palace	2009–10	20	0	0	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	0	0
Crystal Palace	2010–11	43	1	2	3	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	43	1	2
Crystal Palace	2011–12	25	2	0	7	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	2	0
Total	2008–present	115	6	3	14	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	129	6	3
Career totals		233	10	7	28	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	260	13	7

External links

• Paddy McCarthy player profile at cpfc.co.uk
• Paddy McCarthy player profile at cafc.co.uk
• Paddy McCarthy player profile at lcfc.co.uk
• Paddy McCarthy career stats at Soccerbase

Sporting positions
Preceded by Danny Tiatto	Leicester City F.C. Captain 2006–2007	Succeeded by Stephen Clemence
Preceded by Shaun Derry	Crystal Palace F.C. Captain 2010–	Succeeded by Incumbent
Awards and achievements
Preceded by James Scowcroft	Crystal Palace F.C. Goal of the Season 2008–09 against Derby County (A) 6th December 2008	Succeeded by Darren Ambrose