John Carver
Personal information
Full name	John William Carver
Date of birth	January 16, 1965 (1965-01-16) (age 44)
Place of birth	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Club information
Current club	Plymouth Argyle (assistant manager)
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1983–1985 1985–1986	Newcastle United Cardiff City	00 (0) 13 (0)
Teams managed
2004 2006 2008—2009 2009—	Newcastle United (caretaker) Leeds United (caretaker) Toronto FC Plymouth Argyle (assistant manager)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

John William Carver (born January 16, 1965 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is an English former footballer and football coach. John is currently assistant coach at Plymouth Argyle.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Managerial stats 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Biography

Carver was the assistant manager to Bobby Robson at Newcastle United. Following Robson's sacking in September 2004, Carver was appointed caretaker manager and guided the team to a 3-0 win against Blackburn Rovers. Carver later dedicated the win to Bobby Robson. Despite the victory, Carver was not considered for the permanent job, that position going Graeme Souness who opted to bring in his own backroom staff.

In July 2005 Leeds United appointed Carver as a first team coach, replacing the departed Adrian Boothroyd who left the club to be the new manager of Watford. He was part of the management team of Kevin Blackwell and Sam Ellis. A mere three months after joining, Carver was linked with a move to Hearts, where he would again be assistant to Bobby Robson, who was hotly tipped to be appointed the clubs new manager. Robson was not appointed and the speculation passed over.

In June 2006 Carver was again linked with another club, this time Carlisle United who wanted Carver to be their new manager. However after much thought and deliberation, Carver decided to stay with Leeds, who rewarded him in July for his loyalty by promoting him to the position of assistant manager, which had been vacant following the exit of the previous assistant Sam Ellis in May 2006.

Carver became a caretaker manager for the second time in his career after Leeds United fired Kevin Blackwell following a disastrous start to the season. Carver celebrated a win in his first game in charge after beating Birmingham City 3-2. However a series of heavy defeats under Carver's management, culminating in a 5-1 drubbing by Luton Town, led to Leeds Chairman Ken Bates opting instead to recruit the Swindon management team of Dennis Wise and Gus Poyet. Carver left Leeds United 23 October 2006, with the club in turmoil on and off the field.

Kevin Blackwell subsequently became the manager of Luton Town, and he recruited Carver as his assistant, along with another ex-Leeds coach Sam Ellis. With Luton going through major financial difficulties, including the administrator's decision to sell players from under the management's feet, Carver, along with Blackwell and Ellis made the joint decision to leave the club in January 2008.

On February 1, 2008 he became head coach of the Major League Soccer side Toronto FC, with previous coach, Mo Johnston, remaining as manager and Director of Soccer with an emphasis on handling player transfers. He was thereby reunited with an old friend from Newcastle United since Paul Winsper had been hired in January as Strength and Conditioning Coach.^[1]

In April 2009, Carver was charged $750 (USD) by MLS for openly criticizing the standard of refereeing during a 3-2 loss away to FC Dallas. He was absent from the bench during the a 1-0 home win over Chivas USA four days later and eventually resigned on April 25, 2009, one day before the team's home clash with Kansas City Wizards.^[2]

In December 2009, Carver was appointed assistant coach to Paul Mariner at Plymouth Argyle.

[edit] Managerial stats

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %
Newcastle United		August 30, 2004	September 13, 2004	1	1	0	0	100.00
Leeds United		September 21, 2006	October 23, 2006	5	1	4	0	20.00
Toronto FC		February 1, 2008	April 25, 2009	36	11	15	10	30.5
Career totals				42	13	19	10	30.1

[edit] References

• Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-8598-3462-0. 

1. ^ "Beckham's fitness guru lands with Toronto MLS club". findarticles.com. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200801/ai_n21194972. Retrieved 2008-08-03. 
2. ^ Carver quits Toronto FC

[edit] External links

• John Carver management career stats at Soccerbase
• Toronto FC profile

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