Matt Carbon
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2011}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name= Matt Carbon
| fullname = Matthew Phillip Carbon{{Cite book | editor-first = Barry J.
| editor-last = Hugman | title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004 | year = 2003 | publisher = Queen Anne Press | isbn = 1-85291-651-6 | page = 78 }}
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1975|6|8}}
| birth_place = Nottingham, England
| height = {{height|m=1.87}}
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = Centre-back
| youthyears1= {{0|000}}?–1993
| youthclubs1= Lincoln City
| years1 = 1993–1996
| years2 = 1996–1998
| years3 = 1998–2001
| years4 = 2001–2004
| years5 = 2003
| years6 = 2004–2006
| years7 = 2006–2007
| years8 = 2007–2008
| clubs1 = Lincoln City
| clubs2 = Derby County
| clubs3 = West Bromwich Albion
| clubs4 = Walsall
| clubs5 = → Lincoln City (loan)
| clubs6 = Barnsley
| clubs7 = New Zealand Knights
| clubs8 = Milton Keynes Dons
| caps1 = 69
| goals1 = 10
| caps2 = 20
| goals2 = 0
| caps3 = 113
| goals3 = 5
| caps4 = 55
| goals4 = 2
| caps5 = 1
| goals5 = 0
| caps6 = 50
| goals6 = 1
| caps7 = 0
| goals7 = 0
| caps8 = 3
| goals8 = 0
| totalcaps = 311
| totalgoals = 18
| nationalyears1 = 1996–1997
| nationalteam1 = England U21
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
Matthew Phillip Carbon (born 8 June 1975) is an English footballer who played as a centre-back.
Biography
Matt Carbon is Head of Football at Sports Gateway after retiring from professional football in 2007-08.
Carbon was born in Nottingham. Until the end of the 2007–08 season, he played for Milton Keynes Dons. Prior to that, he played for the New Zealand Knights in the A-League in Australia. He has previously played in the English Premiership for Derby County and the English First Division for West Bromwich Albion and Walsall, alongside spells in lower divisions.
Carbon started his career with Lincoln City in the lower English league, before signing for Derby County F.C. in 1996 in a £385,000 deal. Carbon helped Derby win promotion to the Premier League and contributed to Derby's impressive mid-table finish in 1996–97, playing twelve times. Carbon made a further four appearances in 1997–98, before sealing an £800,000 move to First Division side West Brom. Carbon became a regular during his time at The Hawthorns, making over 100 league appearances before his free transfer move to Walsall in 2001. Over fifty league appearances were made for the Saddlers, with a free transfer to Barnsley also bringing 50 games and a goal against Port Vale.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/4590414.stm |title=Port Vale 3-2 Barnsley |publisher=BBC |date=14 January 2006 |accessdate=11 March 2010}} In 2006, Carbon moved to the A-League to play for New Zealand Knights but never featured, spending only one game on the bench before being released. He signed for Milton Keynes on an initial two-month deal on 4 December 2007{{Cite news | title = Defender Carbon signs for MK Dons | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wimbledon/7126921.stm | publisher = BBC Sport | date = 4 December 2007 | accessdate = 4 December 2007}} before retiring.
Carbon played four times for the England under-21 side.
References
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External links
- {{Soccerbase}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100103111534/http://www.theimp.lincolnfans.co.uk/retro23.shtml Unofficial Matt Carbon Profile] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20090221180716/http://www.theimp.lincolnfans.co.uk/ The Forgotten Imp]
- [http://www.thefa.com/england/all-teams/players?p=341274 England profile] at The FA
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Category:Footballers from Nottingham
Category:Men's association football central defenders
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Lincoln City F.C. players
Category:New Zealand Knights FC players
Category:Barnsley F.C. players
Category:West Bromwich Albion F.C. players
Category:Derby County F.C. players
Category:Milton Keynes Dons F.C. players
Category:Expatriate men's association footballers in New Zealand
Category:Premier League players