Paddy McCarthy : biography
Patrick Richard "Paddy" McCarthy (born 31 May 1983) is an Irish footballer, currently playing for Crystal Palace, where he is the club captain.
Notes
Honours
- Crystal Palace
- Football League Championship play-offs (1): 2013
- Crystal Palace Goal of the Season (1): 2009
International career
McCarthy represented the Republic of Ireland Under-16 team at the 2000 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship and and the Under-19 team at the 2002 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.
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.
McCarthy missed the entirety of the 2012/2013 season with a groin injury.
Club career statistics
- (correct as of 28 April 2012)
Season | Club | Division | League | CupIncludes FA Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield | Play-offs | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
2002–03 | Boston (loan) | Third Division | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 |
Notts County (loan) | Second Division | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | |
2004–05 | Leicester | Championship | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0 |
2005–06 | 38 | 2 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 44 | 2 | ||
2006–07 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 25 | 2 | ||
2007–08 | Charlton | 29 | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 33 | 3 | |
2008–09 | Crystal Palace | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 3 | |
2009–10 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 0 | ||
2010–11 | 43 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 43 | 1 | ||
2011–12 | 43 | 2 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 50 | 2 | ||
2012–13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
Career totals | 251 | 10 | 28 | 2 | – | – | 278 | 13 |