John Carew

**John Alieu Carew** (; born 5 September 1979 in Lørenskog) is a retired Norwegian football player. He played for Aston Villa in the Premier League, wearing the number 10 shirt. He was named Norwegian Footballer of the Year. In season 2007/08, he was the top scorer of the Aston Villa with 13 goals. He played for Valencia at Adeccoligaen and Tippeligaen. He moved to Rosenborg in 1999 and scored 29 goals in the next season. He played also with Valencia, Roma, Beşiktaş, and Olympique Lyonnais.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Vålerenga|1997|Norwegian First Division|10|5|4|5|—|—|—|14|10||||
|1998|Tippeligaen|18|7|0|0|—|4|3|—|22|10|||||
|1999|Tippeligaen|15|7|3|1|—|4|2|—|22|10|||||
|rowspan="3"|Rosenborg|1999|Tippeligaen|7|10|2|0|—|8|4|—|17|14|||
|2000|Tippeligaen|10|9|0|0|—|4|1|—|14|10|||||
|rowspan="4"|Valencia|2000–01|La Liga|37|11|2|0|—|18|3|—|57|14|||
|2001–02|La Liga|15|1|1|0|—|8|0|—|24|1|||||
|2002–03|La Liga|32|8|1|0|—|13|5|1|0|47|13||||
|Roma (loan)|2003–04|Serie A|20|6|3|1|—|6|1|—|29|8||||
|Beşiktaş|2004–05|Süper Lig|24|13|1|0|—|3|1|—|28|14||||
|rowspan="3"|Lyon|2005–06|Ligue 1|26|8|2|0|1|0|10|4|1|3|40|15|
|2006–07|Ligue 1|9|1|0|0|1|0|2|1|1|0|13|2|||
|rowspan="6"|Aston Villa|2006–07|Premier League|11|3|0|0|0|0|—|—|11|3|||
|2007–08|Premier League|32|13|1|0|0|0|—|—|33|13|||||
|2008–09|Premier League|27|11|2|1|1|0|4|3|—|34|15||||
|2009–10|Premier League|33|10|5|6|3|0|1|1|—|42|17||||
|2010–11|Premier League|10|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|—|11|0||||
|Stoke City (loan)|2010–11|Premier League|10|1|3|1|0|0|—|—|13|2||||
|West Ham United|2011–12|Championship|19|2|1|0|1|0|—|—|21|2||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="14"|Norway|1998|1|0|
|1999|5|1|||
|2000|11|2|||
|2001|9|6|||
|2002|5|1|||
|2003|5|0|||
|2004|7|2|||
|2005|9|1|||
|2006|6|1|||
|2007|10|6|||
|2008|6|1|||
|2009|8|1|||
|2010|4|1|||
|2011|5|1|||

- _Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Carew goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|22 January 1999|Umm al-Fahm, Israel|||3–3|Friendly||||||||
|2|4 February 2000|La Manga, Spain|||1–1|Friendly||||||||
|3|3 June 2000|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway|||1–0|Friendly||||||||
|4|28 February 2001|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland|||4–0|Friendly||||||||
|5|24 March 2001|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway|||2–3|World Cup 2002 Qualifier||||||||
|6|6 June 2001|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway|||1–1|World Cup 2002 Qualifier||||||||
|7|5 September 2001|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway|||3–2|World Cup 2002 Qualifier||||||||
|8|6 October 2001|Yerevan, Armenia|||4–1|World Cup 2002 Qualifier||||||||
|align="center"|9|||||||||||||
|10|7 September 2002|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway|||2–2|Euro 2004 Qualifier||||||||
|11|4 September 2004|Palermo, Italy|||1–2|World Cup 2006 Qualifier||||||||
|12|13 October 2004|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway|||3–0|World Cup 2006 Qualifier||||||||
|13|3 September 2005|Celje, Slovenia|||3–2|World Cup 2006 Qualifier||||||||
|14|15 November 2006|Belgrade, Serbia|||1–1|Friendly||||||||
|15|24 March 2007|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway|||1–2|Euro 2008 Qualifier||||||||
|16|6 June 2007|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway|||4–0|Euro 2008 Qualifier||||||||
|align="center"|17|||||||||||||
|18|22 August 2007|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway|||2–1|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|19|||||||||||||
|20|12 September 2007|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway|||2–2|Euro 2008 Qualifier||||||||
|21|26 March 2008|Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro|||1–3|Friendly||||||||
|22|14 November 2009|Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland|||1–0|Friendly||||||||
|23|8 October 2010|Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus|||2–1|UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying||||||||
|24|11 October 2011|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway|||3–1|UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying||||||||

## Honours

**Vålerenga**
- Norwegian Cup: 1997

**Valencia**
- La Liga: 2001–02
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2000–01

**Lyon**
- Ligue 1: 2005–06
- Trophée des Champions: 2005, 2006

**Aston Villa**
- Football League Cup runner-up: 2009–10

**Stoke City**
- FA Cup runner-up: 2010–11

**West Ham United**
- Football League Championship play-offs: 2012

**Individual**
- Kniksen of the Year: 2005, 2007, 2008

## Other websites

- Premier League profile

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: John Carew
- **image**: Carew.jpg
- **caption**: Carew with Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa in 2008
- **fullname**: John Alieu Carew
- **birth place**: Lørenskog, Akershus, Norway
- **height**: 1.95 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Striker
- **youthyears1**: 1995–1997
- **youthclubs1**: Lørenskog IF, Lørenskog
- **years1**: 1997–1999
- **clubs1**: Vålerenga Fotball, Vålerenga
- **caps1**: 43
- **goals1**: 19
- **years2**: 1999–2000
- **clubs2**: Rosenborg BK, Rosenborg
- **caps2**: 17
- **goals2**: 19
- **years3**: 2000–2004
- **clubs3**: Valencia CF, Valencia
- **caps3**: 84
- **goals3**: 20
- **years4**: 2003–2004
- **clubs4**: → A.S. Roma, Roma (loan)
- **caps4**: 20
- **goals4**: 6
- **years5**: 2004–2005
- **clubs5**: Beşiktaş J.K., Beşiktaş
- **caps5**: 24
- **goals5**: 13
- **years6**: 2005–2007
- **clubs6**: Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon
- **caps6**: 35
- **goals6**: 9
- **years7**: 2007–2011
- **clubs7**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **caps7**: 113
- **goals7**: 37
- **years8**: 2011
- **clubs8**: → Stoke City F.C., Stoke City (loan)
- **caps8**: 10
- **goals8**: 1
- **years9**: 2011–2012
- **clubs9**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **caps9**: 19
- **goals9**: 2
- **totalcaps**: 365
- **totalgoals**: 126
- **nationalyears1**: 1995
- **nationalteam1**: Norway U15
- **nationalcaps1**: 7
- **nationalgoals1**: 5
- **nationalyears2**: 1996
- **nationalteam2**: Norway U16
- **nationalcaps2**: 2
- **nationalgoals2**: 2
- **nationalyears3**: 1996–1997
- **nationalteam3**: Norway U17
- **nationalcaps3**: 3
- **nationalgoals3**: 1
- **nationalyears4**: 1997
- **nationalteam4**: Norway U18
- **nationalcaps4**: 5
- **nationalgoals4**: 5
- **nationalyears5**: 1997–2000
- **nationalteam5**: Norway national under-21 football team, Norway U21
- **nationalcaps5**: 24
- **nationalgoals5**: 8
- **nationalyears6**: 1998–2011
- **nationalteam6**: Norway national football team, Norway
- **nationalcaps6**: 91
- **nationalgoals6**: 24