Karen Carney
Karen Julia Carney MBE (born 1 August 1987) is an English sports journalist and former professional footballer who played as a winger and midfielder. Carney has been a regular broadcaster for live football on Sky Sports, ITV and Amazon Prime, including Women's Super League and men's Premier League matches since 2019. She is also a sports columnist for BBC Sport, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Television, and The Guardian.
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Carney in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Karen Julia Carney | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 August 1987 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Solihull, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.62 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger, midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2001 | Birmingham City | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2006 | Birmingham City | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2009 | Arsenal | 54 | (28) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Chicago Red Stars | 38 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2015 | Birmingham City | 50 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Chelsea | 36 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 178 | (53) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2019 | England | 144 | (32) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Great Britain | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Carney began her career at Birmingham City and was twice named FA Young Player of the Year in 2005 and 2006. After signing with Arsenal, she experienced great success in 2006–07 winning the UEFA Women's Cup and all three domestic trophies: the FA Women's Premier League, FA Women's Cup, and the FA Women's Premier League Cup. Following two seasons with Chicago Red Stars in the American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS), Carney re-joined Birmingham City from 2011 to 2015. Carney finished her career with Chelsea where she was named Player of the Year in 2016 and captained the club to an FA Women's Cup title in 2017–18. She retired in July 2019.
Carney made her senior international debut for England in 2005. She represented England at four FIFA Women's World Cups (2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019) and at four UEFA Women's Championships (2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017). At the time of her retirement, she was the second most capped England player with 144 appearances, although this has since been surpassed by Jill Scott. She also represented Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
In 2015, Carney was inducted into Birmingham City's Hall of Fame, and 2021, she was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame. In 2017, she was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to football.