Nick Carle

Nicholas Alberto Carle (born 23 November 1981) is an Australian former professional soccer attacking midfielder who played for Sydney Olympic, Troyes, Marconi Stallions, Newcastle Jets, Gençlerbirliği, Bristol City, Crystal Palace, Baniyas and Sydney FC.[2][3]

Nick Carle
Carle playing for Crystal Palace in 2008
Personal information
Full name Nicholas Alberto Carle[1]
Date of birth (1981-11-23) 23 November 1981
Place of birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
Blacktown City
Sydney Olympic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2002 Sydney Olympic 95 (12)
2002–2003 Tryoes 5 (0)
2003–2005 Marconi Stallions 25 (6)
2005–2007 Newcastle Jets 45 (7)
2007–2008 Gençlerbirliği 14 (1)
2008 Bristol City 17 (0)
2008–2010 Crystal Palace 59 (4)
2010–2015 Sydney FC 63 (8)
2012–2013 → Baniyas (loan) 21 (2)
Total 344 (40)
International career
1997 Australia U-17 5 (7)
1998–2001 Australia U-20 16 (9)
1998–2004 Australia U-23 16 (2)
2004–2012 Australia 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Sydney, Australia, Carle is of Uruguayan and Chilean descent. As a junior, Carle won five national futsal titles. During his days as a teenage schoolboy, he played football for his high school, Patrician Brothers' College, Fairfield. He helped his school win the Bill Turner Cup competition in 1996.

Sydney Olympic

Carle began his career as a 15-year-old at Sydney Olympic in the NSL, making his NSL debut on 5 October 1997. After coming on as a substitute in the 75th minute, he scored an injury time winner against Marconi Stallions.[4] He had a brief stint at French club Troyes before returning to Australia with Marconi Stallions and Ryde City Gunners.

Newcastle Jets

When the A-League was formed in 2005 Carle joined the Newcastle Jets. He played for the Jets in the first two seasons of the A-League and was popular with the Newcastle Jets fans. Carle played as an attacking midfielder during his time at the Newcastle Jets.

In February 2007 Carle won the prestigious Johnny Warren Medal for the players' player of the year for his performance throughout the A-League 2006–07 season, beating Melbourne Victory's Daniel Allsopp, Archie Thompson and Kevin Muscat.[5] Carle also won the goal of the year award for his 70-metre run followed by a strike from 20 metres with the outside of his left boot, which proved to be the winning goal in the Round 10 clash against Adelaide United (Adelaide had only seconds earlier missed a penalty to win the match) and was arguably the catalyst for turning around the Jet's poor season up until that point.

Gençlerbirliği

At the end of the 2006–07 season Carle expressed his concern that the A-League season was not long enough. He felt that playing more games would improve his chances of selection for the national team and said that offers from Europe would be tempting. Despite being initially linked with Fenerbahçe in the media, Carle eventually signed with Gençlerbirliği.[6] The Süper Lig club paid a transfer fee of about $650,000 for Carle, with the Newcastle Jets also receiving a percentage of any further transfer fees should Carle be sold by the Turkish club. The Newcastle Jets received a total of $800,000 for Carle after his transfer to Bristol City.[7]

Bristol City

In early January 2008 Carle transferred to Football League Championship side Bristol City for an undisclosed fee after impressing against Nigeria in an international friendly.[3][8] He signed a contract for three and a half years,[9] helping the Robins to the play-offs where they were beaten in the final at Wembley Stadium. Carle made the move because he was unhappy at Gençlerbirliği, especially because he was not able to see his family enough.[10][11]

Crystal Palace

Carle's stay at Ashton Gate was short-lived however, moving to Crystal Palace for £1m less than six months later. Carle was unable to command a regular first team place under either Neil Warnock or Paul Hart and in May 2010, Palace released him with two years remaining on his contract.

Sydney FC

Carle signed with Sydney FC in May 2010 for a reported A$1.95 million over three years.[12]

In his first season, Nick struggled with form and injuries in a season to forget, as Sydney slumped to third last on the table. Carle scored a goal against Adelaide United to seal a win for Sydney, their first of the season, on 22 October 2011.

Loan to the UAE

Only weeks before the start of the 2012–13 A-League season, it was announced that Sydney FC had agreed to loan Carle out for an undisclosed fee to UAE club Baniyas SC for one year. He will return to see out the remainder of his contract at Sydney FC during the 2013–14 season.

Return to Sydney FC

On 16 May 2013, it was announced that Carle would return to Sydney FC for the 2013–14 season for the final year of his original contract. Additionally, it was announced that Carle had signed a one-year extension, keeping him at the club until the close of the 2014–15 season.[13]

"I’m really happy to be coming back to Sydney FC", Carle said. "I enjoyed my experience in Abu Dhabi with Bani Yas but Sydney is home and I want to finish my career with Sydney FC."

On 3 June 2015, Carle was released from Sydney.[14]

In July 2016 Carle announced his retirement from professional football following his knee not healing properly after an anterior cruciate ligament injury. He accepted a job to work with the Sydney FC academy.[15]

International career

Carle began his international career playing for Australia at under-17 level before representing Australia at the under-20s 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship. He also later played for the under-23s but missed out on selection for the 2004 Olympics in Athens.

He earned his first senior cap against Venezuela in 2004 coming on as a substitute in the 84th minute replacing David Zdrilic. However it was his only appearance for the senior national team for three years. Carle regularly missed selection under Frank Farina and did not feature at all under Guus Hiddink. Carle's form for Jets in the 2006–07 A-League season saw calls for new coach Graham Arnold to bring him back into the national team. Carle ended three years in exile from the national squad by coming on as a substitute in a friendly against China in March 2007, and also made an appearance against Uruguay in June, where in the dying stages of the game he attempted a rabona cross and completely missed, to the ire of commentators and spectators.

Graham Arnold selected Carle in the Australian squad for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. He made an appearance as a substitute during Australia's match against Japan, scoring in the penalty shoot out.

Carle made his first starting appearance for the Socceroos against Nigeria at Craven Cottage, London on 18 November 2007. He put in a strong performance along with fellow former A-League player David Carney.[16] Under national coach Pim Verbeek, Carle's opportunities were limited and although he made the initial 30-man squad for the finals tournament in South Africa, he was subsequently omitted from the touring party.[17]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DIvision Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sydney Olympic 1997–98 National Soccer League 1830000183
1998–99 National Soccer League 1530000153
1999–2000 National Soccer League 2610000261
2000–01 National Soccer League 2420000242
2001–02 National Soccer League 1230000123
Total 951200009512
Troyes 2001–02 French Division 1 50201080
2002–03 Ligue 1 00200020
Total 504010100
Marconi Stallions 2003–04 National Soccer League 2460000246
2004–05 NSW Premier League 10000010
Total 2560000256
Newcastle Jets 2005–06 A-League 2234000263
2006–07 A-League 2342200256
Total 4576200519
Gençlerbirliği 2007–08 Süper Lig 1410000141
Bristol City 2007–08 Championship 2000000200
Crystal Palace 2008–09 Championship 3734100414
2009–10 Championship 2213000251
Total 5947100665
Sydney FC 2010–11 A-League 1740041215
2011–12 A-League 2540000244
2013–14 A-League 1710000171
Total 59900416310
Baniyas SC (Loan) 2012–13 UAE Pro-League 2122130263
Career total 334411948136146

Honours

Individual:

References
  1. "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/05/2010 and 31/05/2010" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  2. "Carle Set to Sign". Bristol City F.C. 1 January 2008. Archived from the original on 14 February 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
  3. "Carle set for Bristol City move". BBC Sport. 1 January 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
  4. "The Forgotten Man - A-League - Australian FourFourTwo - the Ultimate Football Website". Archived from the original on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  5. Henderson, Philip (27 February 2007). "Carle trumps Victory trio". Fox Sports. Archived from the original on 2 March 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2007.
  6. "It's Genclerbirligi for Carle". The World Game. 17 June 2007. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2007.
  7. Cockerill, Michael (31 July 2008). "Con's free advice to league: follow us". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
  8. Lewis, David (3 January 2007). "Carle makes Bristol switch". The World Game. Archived from the original on 4 January 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2007.
  9. "Nick Signs on at City". Bristol City F.C. 4 January 2008. Archived from the original on 6 January 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
  10. Gardiner, James (1 January 2007). "Bristol City next port of call for Carle". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 January 2007.
  11. Gardiner, James (3 January 2008). "Carle in nick of time for Bristol". The Herald. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2008.
  12. "Sydney FC snare snubbed Socceroo Nicky Carle". Sydney Daily Telegraph. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
  13. "Nick Carle returns to Sydney on two-year deal". Sydney Daily Telegraph. 16 May 2013. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  14. Hassett, Sebastian (3 June 2015). "All change at Sydney FC as Graham Arnold dumps key players and lose Bernie Ibini". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  15. "Former Sky Blue retires and returns to Sydney FC". Sydney FC. 22 July 2016.
  16. "Carney special stuns Nigeria". Football Federation Australia. 18 November 2007. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2008.
  17. Cockerill, Michael (26 May 2010). "Caution, not creativity, wins out in the end". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
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