Paddy McCarthy
McCarthy with Crystal Palace in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Patrick Richard McCarthy | ||
| Date of birth | 31 May 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cherry Orchard | |||
| 2000–2002 | Manchester City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2005 | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | → Boston United (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Notts County (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Leicester City | 72 | (3) |
| 2007–2008 | Charlton Athletic | 29 | (2) |
| 2008–2016 | Crystal Palace | 134 | (6) |
| 2014 | → Sheffield United (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2015 | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Preston North End (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1999–2000 | Republic of Ireland U17 | 9 | (0) |
| Republic of Ireland U21 | 7 | (1) | |
| 2006 | Republic of Ireland B | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:37, 4 October 2015 (UTC). |
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Patrick Richard "Paddy" McCarthy (born 31 May 1983) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back, most recently for English club Crystal Palace. He currently serves as the Under-18s coach at Crystal Palace. Born in Dublin, he began his football career as a junior with Manchester City before joining Leicester City in 2005 where he spent three seasons before joining Charlton Athletic in the summer of 2007. He remained with Charlton for just twelve months, joining Crystal Palace in the summer of 2008 where he remained until 2016. McCarthy has also played for Boston United and Notts County on loan during the early part of his career and Sheffield United, Bolton Wanderers and Preston North End, also as a loan player. In December 2016, he was appointed Under-18s coach at Crystal Palace, replacing Ken Gillard, who left the club in November to join Arsenal.
McCarthy was born in Dublin. He joined Leicester City in March 2005 for a fee of £100,000 from Manchester City, signing a three-year contract. He had never played for Manchester City's first team but had enjoyed loan spells at Boston United and Notts County during 2002 and 2003. Boston had made a bid to sign McCarthy on a permanent basis in February 2003.
McCarthy became a favourite with the Leicester fans, due to his no-nonsense style of play, and in July 2006 was named club captain for the 2006–07 season. His season was cut short when he dislocated his shoulder in a training accident in February 2007. Nonetheless, McCarthy expressed his wish to leave Leicester before the start of next season, despite being offered a new contract.
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