Carl Tiler

Infobox Football biography
playername = Carl Tiler


fullname = Carl Tiler
height = height|ft=6|in=2
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1970|2|11|mf=y
cityofbirth = Sheffield
countryofbirth = England
position = Defender (retired)
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1988–1991
1991–1995
1994
1995–1997
1997
1997–1998
1998–2001
2001
2001–2003
clubs = Barnsley Nottingham Forest
→ Swindon Town (loan)
Aston Villa
Sheffield United
Everton
Charlton Athletic
→ Birmingham City (loan)
Portsmouth
caps(goals) = 71 (3)
69 (1)
02 (0)
12 (1)
23 (2)
21 (1)
45 (2)
01 (0)
19 (1)
nationalyears = 1990–1991
nationalteam = England U21
nationalcaps(goals) = 13 (0)

Carl Tiler (born February 11 1970) is an English former footballer who played as a central defender. He made more than 250 appearances in the Football League and Premier League, representing nine different clubs.

Playing career

Tiler was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. A tough central defender, he started his career at Barnsley, where he spent three seasons in which he attracted interest from top clubs, and in 1991 he signed for Nottingham Forest for £1.4million. He played regular first team football for his first two seasons at Forest but then sustained a serious ankle injury which kept him out for the whole of the following season. He regained fitness and went on loan to Swindon Town in the 1994–95 season.

Having played a total of 85 games for Forest, Tiler joined Aston Villa for £750,000. He sustained a ruptured hamstring after 70 minutes of his debut against Everton which took a full 10 months to heal. He then played a further 14 games for Villa before sealing a £500,000 move back to his home town team Sheffield United. With Sheffield United he reached the 1996–97 First Division playoff final at Wembley against Crystal Palace, which "the Blades" lost in the last minute 1-0. After a short spell of 23 games and a £750,000 transfer fee Tiler followed his old Blades boss Howard Kendall to Everton, where he played the remainder of that season helping keep the Goodison Park outfit in the Premiership. Walter Smith took over the reins the following season and his first team appearances were limited.

In 1998 Tiler moved to Premiership side Charlton Athletic, again for £750,000. He played 47 games for the club and spent a brief period on loan at Birmingham City before in March 2001 signing for Graham Rix at Portsmouth for £250,000, where he stayed for a couple of seasons before finally retiring from the game in 2003 due to injury.

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Persondata
NAME = Tiler, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH = 1970-02-11
PLACE OF BIRTH = Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH =