Scott Carson

Scott Carson
	Carson in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Scott Paul Carson
Date of birth	3 September 1985 (age 41)
Place of birth	Whitehaven, England
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.90 m)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Manchester City
Number	33
Youth career
2000–2001	Cleator Moor Celtic
2001–2002	Workington
2002–2003	Leeds United
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2005	Leeds United
2005–2008	Liverpool
2006	→ Sheffield Wednesday (loan)
2006–2007	→ Charlton Athletic (loan)
2007–2008	→ Aston Villa (loan)
2008–2011	West Bromwich Albion
2011–2013	Bursaspor
2013–2015	Wigan Athletic
2015–2021	Derby County
2019–2021	→ Manchester City (loan)
2021–2025	Manchester City
International career
2003	England U18
2004–2007	England U21
2006–2007	England B
2007–2011	England
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 October 2025 (UTC)

Scott Carson (born 3 September 1985) is a former English footballer.

Carson was born in Whitehaven and raised in Cleator Moor, Cumbria.

In 2015, Carson signed for Derby County. As of 2017, he has made 50 appearances for the club and made 19 clean sheets.

Carson was named the Jack Stamps Trophy Winner for the year 2016-17.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 March 2022

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Leeds United	2003–04	Premier League	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		3	0
	2004–05	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		3	0	0	0	0	0	—		3	0
Liverpool	2004–05	Premier League	4	0	—		0	0	1	0	5	0
	2005–06	Premier League	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	4	0
	2006–07	Premier League	—		—		—		0	0	0	0
	Total		4	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	9	0
Sheffield Wednesday (loan)	2005–06	Championship	9	0	—		—		—		9	0
Charlton Athletic (loan)	2006–07	Premier League	36	0	0	0	2	0	—		38	0
Aston Villa (loan)	2007–08	Premier League	35	0	1	0	0	0	—		36	0
West Bromwich Albion	2008–09	Premier League	35	0	4	0	0	0	—		39	0
	2009–10	Championship	43	0	4	0	0	0	—		47	0
	2010–11	Premier League	32	0	0	0	0	0	—		32	0
	Total		110	0	8	0	0	0	—		118	0
Bursaspor	2011–12	Süper Lig	34	0	3	0	—		4	0	41	0
	2012–13	Süper Lig	29	0	3	0	—		4	0	36	0
	Total		63	0	6	0	—		8	0	77	0
Wigan Athletic	2013–14	Championship	16	0	2	0	0	0	7	0	25	0
	2014–15	Championship	34	0	0	0	0	0	—		34	0
	Total		50	0	2	0	0	0	7	0	59	0
Derby County	2015–16	Championship	36	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	39	0
	2016–17	Championship	46	0	2	0	2	0	—		50	0
	2017–18	Championship	46	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	49	0
	2018–19	Championship	30	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	33	0
	2019–20	Championship	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	Total		158	0	4	0	5	0	4	0	171	0
Manchester City (loan)	2019–20	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Manchester City (loan)	2020–21	Premier League	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Manchester City	2021–22	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	2022–23	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
Career total			469	0	22	0	8	0	23	0	522	0

↑ Includes FA Cup, Turkish Cup
↑ Includes Football League/EFL Cup
1 2 3 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
↑ One appearance in FA Community Shield, four in UEFA Europa League, two in Championship play-offs
1 2 Appearances in Championship play-offs

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps
England	2007	2
	2008	1
	2011	1
Total		4

Honours

Liverpool

Bursaspor

Turkish Cup runner-up: 2011–12

Manchester City

UEFA Champions League: 2022–23; runner-up: 2020–21
UEFA Super Cup: 2023

Individual

References

↑ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Derby County" (PDF). English Football League. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
↑ "Scott Carson: Overview". Premier League. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
↑ "Scott Carson". Derby County F.C. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
↑ "Scott Carson - Derby County player profile and stats". derbytelegraph. 2017-09-05. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
↑ "Carson Named As The Jack Stamps Trophy Winner For 2016/17". www.dcfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
↑ "Games played by Scott Carson in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
1 2 "Games played by Scott Carson in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
1 2 "Games played by Scott Carson in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
1 2 "Games played by Scott Carson in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
↑ "Games played by Scott Carson in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
↑ "Games played by Scott Carson in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
↑ "Games played by Scott Carson in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
↑ "Games played by Scott Carson in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
1 2 3 "S. Carson: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
↑ "Games played by Scott Carson in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
↑ "Games played by Scott Carson in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
↑ "Games played by Scott Carson in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
↑ "Games played by Scott Carson in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
↑ "Games played by Scott Carson in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
↑ "Games played by Scott Carson in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
1 2 "Games played by Scott Carson in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
↑ "Games played by Scott Carson in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
↑ "Games played by Scott Carson in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
↑ "Games played by Scott Carson in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
↑ Carson, Scott at National-Football-Teams.com
↑ "Liverpool 2–3 Chelsea". BBC Sport. 27 February 2005. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
↑ "AC Milan 3–3 Liverpool (aet)". BBC Sport. 25 May 2005. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
↑ "Liverpool 3–1 CSKA Moscow (aet)". BBC Sport. 26 August 2005. Archived from the original on 16 December 2005. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
↑ McNulty, Phil (10 June 2023). "Manchester City 1–0 Inter Milan". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
↑ "Man. City 0–1 Chelsea: Updates". UEFA. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
↑ "Manchester City 1–1(5–4p) Sevilla". 17 August 2023. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
↑ "Charlton players of the year". Charlton Athletic F.C. 18 May 2011. Archived from the original on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
↑ Chris Watson (27 March 2018). "Every Derby County player of the year in the club's history". Derby Telegraph. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
↑ "Player of the Month: Scott Carson – Derby County". English Football League. 12 January 2018. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

Other websites

Profile^{[permanent dead link]} at the Manchester City F.C. website
Profile at the Liverpool F.C. website
Scott Carson – FIFA competition record (archived)
Scott Carson – UEFA competition record (archive)

[6] Includes FA Cup, Turkish Cup

[7] Includes Football League/EFL Cup

[UCL-10] 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

[UEL-18] 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League

[20] One appearance in FA Community Shield, four in UEFA Europa League, two in Championship play-offs

[CPO-23] 1 2 Appearances in Championship play-offs

[1] "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Derby County" (PDF). English Football League. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

[2] "Scott Carson: Overview". Premier League. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.

[3] "Scott Carson". Derby County F.C. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.

[4] "Scott Carson - Derby County player profile and stats". derbytelegraph. 2017-09-05. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2017-09-18.

[5] "Carson Named As The Jack Stamps Trophy Winner For 2016/17". www.dcfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-09-18.

[sb0304-8] "Games played by Scott Carson in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 April 2017.

[sb0405-9] 1 2 "Games played by Scott Carson in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 April 2016.

[sb0506-11] 1 2 "Games played by Scott Carson in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 April 2017.

[sb0607-12] 1 2 "Games played by Scott Carson in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 April 2016.

[sb0708-13] "Games played by Scott Carson in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 April 2017.

[sb0809-14] "Games played by Scott Carson in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 April 2016.

[sb0910-15] "Games played by Scott Carson in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 April 2016.

[sb1011-16] "Games played by Scott Carson in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 April 2016.

[Soccerway-17] 1 2 3 "S. Carson: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.

[sb1314-19] "Games played by Scott Carson in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 April 2016.

[sb1415-21] "Games played by Scott Carson in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 April 2016.

[sb1516-22] "Games played by Scott Carson in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 May 2016.

[sb1617-24] "Games played by Scott Carson in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 July 2017.

[sb1718-25] "Games played by Scott Carson in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

[sb1819-26] "Games played by Scott Carson in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 June 2019.

[sb1920-27] 1 2 "Games played by Scott Carson in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 May 2021.

[sb2021-28] "Games played by Scott Carson in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

[sb2122-29] "Games played by Scott Carson in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

[sb2223-30] "Games played by Scott Carson in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

[31] Carson, Scott at National-Football-Teams.com

[32] "Liverpool 2–3 Chelsea". BBC Sport. 27 February 2005. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2017.

[2005UCL-33] "AC Milan 3–3 Liverpool (aet)". BBC Sport. 25 May 2005. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2017.

[2005USC-34] "Liverpool 3–1 CSKA Moscow (aet)". BBC Sport. 26 August 2005. Archived from the original on 16 December 2005. Retrieved 12 December 2017.

[:0-35] McNulty, Phil (10 June 2023). "Manchester City 1–0 Inter Milan". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

[36] "Man. City 0–1 Chelsea: Updates". UEFA. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[37] "Manchester City 1–1(5–4p) Sevilla". 17 August 2023. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.

[38] "Charlton players of the year". Charlton Athletic F.C. 18 May 2011. Archived from the original on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.

[POTY1617-39] Chris Watson (27 March 2018). "Every Derby County player of the year in the club's history". Derby Telegraph. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.

[40] "Player of the Month: Scott Carson – Derby County". English Football League. 12 January 2018. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2018.