Paddy McCarthy

Football player infobox
playername = Paddy McCarthy


fullname = Patrick Richard McCarthy
nickname =
height = height|ft=6|in=1
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|5|31
cityofbirth = Dublin
countryofbirth = Ireland
currentclub = Crystal Palace
clubnumber = 5
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2001–2005
2002–2003
2003
2005–2007
2007–2008
2008–
clubs = Manchester City
→ Boston United (loan)
→ Notts County (loan)
Leicester City
Charlton Athletic
Crystal Palace
caps(goals) = 00 (0)
12 (0)
06 (0)
72 (3)
29 (2)
09 (1)
nationalyears = ?
2006
nationalteam = Republic of Ireland U21
Republic of Ireland B
nationalcaps(goals) = 07 (1)
1 (0)
pcupdate = 15:11, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 11:48, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Patrick Richard "Paddy" McCarthy (born March 31, 1983 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish footballer, currently playing for Crystal Palace.

McCarthy joined Leicester City in March 2005 for a fee of £100,000 from Manchester City. 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 permament basis in February 2003.cite news
title = Boston bid for McCarthy
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/boston_united/2795453.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2003-02-24
accessdate = 2007-08-24]

Paddy became a favourite with the Leicester fans, due to his no-nonsense style of play, and in July 2006 was named club captain for 2006–07 season. He moved to Charlton Athletic for a fee of £650,000 at the end of that seasoncite news
title = Charlton capture Foxes' McCarthy
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/charlton_athletic/6728295.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2007-06-06
accessdate = 2007-06-06] , but spent only a year at The Valley, moving across south-east London to sign for Crystal Palace in the summer of 2008.cite news
title = Palace sign McCarthy from Addicks
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/club_stats/7451565.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2008-06-12
accessdate = 2008-06-12]

Club career statistics

:"(correct as of 4 October 2008)"

Notes

External links

* [http://www.cpfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10323~23214,00.html Paddy McCarthy player profile] at cpfc.co.uk
* [http://www.cafc.co.uk/playerdisplay.ink?skip=14&season=2007/2008 Paddy McCarthy player profile] at cafc.co.uk
* [http://www.lcfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10274~23214,00.html Paddy McCarthy player profile] at lcfc.co.uk
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