Please answer the following question: Matthew David Carrick (5 December 1946 1 July 1989) was an English footballer who played as a forward for Wolverhampton Wanderers Wrexham Altrincham Port Vale Stalybridge Celtic Witton Albion Preston North End and Rochdale. He made a total of 68 appearances in the Football League and also played in the Northern Premier League and Cheshire County League. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Athlete