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James McCarthy
Personal information
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Wigan Athletic
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:44, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

James McCarthy (born 12 November 1990 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a professional association football player who plays as a midfielder for Premier League side Wigan Athletic.

McCarthy has played for the youth squads of the Republic of Ireland national football team. He is eligible to play for Ireland because his grandfather was born there.

Club career

An alumnus of St Margaret Mary's Secondary School in Castlemilk, Glasgow,[1] McCarthy made his debut against Queen of the South as a substitute on 30 September 2006, becoming the youngest player to play for Hamilton Academical in the 21st century. He is widely regarded as one of the most promising young players in Europe. His full debut came against Airdrie United on 11 November 2006; a day before his 16th birthday. On 6 January 2007, at 16 years and 55 days old, James became the youngest player ever to score in Hamilton Academical's history. He scored in a Scottish Cup defeat against Livingston.

On 17 May 2008, after a season which saw his club promoted to the Scottish Premier League, McCarthy signed a new three-year contract with the club.[2]

Hamilton accepted bids from Wolverhampton Wanderers and Wigan Athletic on 16 July 2009.[3] He completed a move to Wigan on 21 July, believed to be worth £1.2 million rising to £3 million depending on appearances.[4]

International career

Although McCarthy was born in Scotland, he has chosen to play for the Republic of Ireland due to his Irish heritage. However recently there has been speculation that he might instead choose to play for Scotland, and George Burley has indicated that he would be willing to offer McCarthy a full cap in the near future. McCarthy has however re-affirmed his commitment to Ireland[5].

McCarthy made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland Under-17s in January 2007 against Italy[6]. He scored his first goal against Greece when winning his third cap in March of the same year[7]. He was quickly promoted to the Under-18s and played his first game at that level versus Germany in November 2007.[8] He scored twice in the return game that same month[9]. McCarthy played one game for the Under-19s in September 2007 against Portugal.[10] and was subsequently selected for a number of these squads in 2008.[11] McCarthy came on as a half time substitute for the Republic of Ireland U-21's in their European Championship Qualifier on 31 March against Turkey. McCarthy made an instant impression, creating opportunities for the lone striker, as well as making many intelligent runs in behind the Turkish defence.

Career statistics

As of 3 May 2009
Club performance
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Hamilton 2006/07 23 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 24 2
2007/08 35 6 2 0 4 1 1 0 42 7
2008/09 37 6 3 0 3 0 0 0 37 6
Total 95 13 6 1 7 1 1 0 109 15

Honours

Hamilton Academical

Individual

References

  1. ^ "James McCarthy: I hope visit to Ibrox does not end in cup misery for Hamilton". Sunday Mail. 2009-03-08. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
  2. ^ "McCarthy extends stay with Accies". Retrieved 2008-05-17.
  3. ^ Lindsay, Clive (2009-07-20). "McCarthy agrees £1.2m Wigan move". BBC Sport.
  4. ^ "McCarthy completes Wigan transfer". BBC Sport. 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
  5. ^ "McCarthy pledges allegiance to Irish cause despite advances from Scotland". Irish Independent. 2008-10-08. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ "Hamilton Republic of Ireland's U17 team impress in victory over Italy in Dublin". FAI. 2007-01-23. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ "Sean McCaffrey pays tribute to Ireland's U17 squad in Germany". FAI. 2007-03-23. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ "Germany prove too powerful for Ireland U18s". FAI. 2007-11-13. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ "James McCarthy scores twice as Ireland U18s defeat Germany". FAI. 2007-11-15. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ "Ireland U19 lose first match of double-header to Portugal". FAI. 2007-09-04. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ "Ireland International Call Ups for Accies". Hamilton Accies FC. 2008-03-19. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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