John Carver (footballer)

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John Carver
Personal information
Full name	John William Carver
Date of birth	January 16, 1965 (1965-01-16) (age 43)
Place of birth	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Playing position	Head coach
Club information
Current club	Toronto FC
Teams managed
2004 2005 2008	Newcastle United (caretaker) Leeds United (caretaker) Toronto FC
* Appearances (Goals)

John William Carver (born January 16, 1965 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is an English former footballer, and current Head Coach of Major League Soccer side Toronto FC.

Carver was the assistant manager to Bobby Robson at Newcastle United. Following Robson's sacking in September of 2004, Carver was appointed caretaker manager and guided the team to a 3-0 win against Blackburn Rovers. Carver later dedicated the win to Bobby Robson. Despite the victory, Carver was not considered for the permanent job, that position going Graeme Souness who opted to bring in his own backroom staff.

In July 2005 Leeds United appointed Carver as a coach, replacing the departed Adrian Boothroyd who left the club to be the new manager of Watford. A mere three months after joining, Carver was linked with a move to Hearts, where he would again be assistant to Bobby Robson, who was hotly tipped to be appointed the clubs new manager. Robson was not appointed and the speculation passed over.

In June 2006 Carver was again linked with another club, this time Carlisle United who wanted Carver to be their new manager. However after much thought and deliberation, Carver decided to stay with Leeds, who rewarded him in July for his loyalty by promoting him to the position of assistant manager, which had been vacant following the exit of the previous assistant Sam Ellis in May 2006.

Carver became a caretaker manager for the second time in his career after Leeds United fired Kevin Blackwell following a disastrous start to the season. Carver celebrated a win in his first game in charge after beating Birmingham City 3-2. However a series of heavy defeats, culminating in a 5-1 drubbing by Luton Town, led to Leeds Chairman Ken Bates opting instead to recruit the Swindon management team of Dennis Wise and Gus Poyet. Carver left Leeds United 23 October 2006.

Kevin Blackwell subsequently became the manager of Luton Town, and he recruited Carver as his assistant, along with another ex-Leeds coach Sam Ellis. With Luton going through major financial difficulties, including the administrator's decision to sell players from under the management's feet, Carver, along with Blackwell and Ellis made the joint decision to leave the club in January 2008.

On February 1, 2008 it was announced that he would become head coach of the Major League Soccer side Toronto FC, with previous coach Mo Johnston remaining as manager and becoming additionally the team's Director of Soccer with an emphasis on handling player transfers.^[1]

[edit] Managerial stats

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %
Newcastle United		August 30, 2004	September 13, 2004	1	1	0	0	100.00
Leeds United		September 21, 2006	October 23, 2006	5	1	4	0	20.00
Toronto FC		February 1, 2008	Present	10	5	3	2	50.00
Career totals				16	7	7	2	43.8

[edit] References

1. ^ Toronto FC: Roster: Player Bio

[edit] External links

• John Carver management career stats at Soccerbase

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v • d • e Leeds United A.F.C. – Managers Ray (1919–20) • Fairclough (1920–1927) • Ray (1927–35) • Hampson (1935–47) • Edwards (1947–48) • Buckley (1948–53) • Carter (1953–58) • Lambton (1958–59) • Taylor (1959–61) • Revie (1961–74) • Clough (1974) • Armfield (1974–78) • Stein (1978) • Adamson (1978–80) • Clarke (1980–82) • Gray (1982–85) • Bremner (1985–88) • Wilkinson (1988–96) • Graham (1996–98) • O'Leary (1998–2002) • Venables (2002–03) • Reid (2003) • Gray (2003–04) • Blackwell (2004–06) • Wise (2006–08) • McAllister (2008–)

v • d • e Toronto FC – Managers Mo Johnston (2006–2007) • John Carver (2007–)