Michael Carvill

Michael Desmond Carvill (born 3 April 1988 in Belfast) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays for NIFL Premiership side Dungannon Swifts.

Michael Carvill
Personal information
Full name Michael Desmond Carvill[1]
Date of birth (1988-04-03) 3 April 1988
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s) Striker, Winger
Club information
Current team
 Dungannon Swifts
Number 16
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Wrexham 14 (0)
2008–2015 Linfield 176 (39)
2015–2019 Crusaders 91 (7)
2019 → Dungannon Swifts (loan) 7 (1)
2019– Dungannon Swifts 0 (0)
National team
2007–2008 Northern Ireland U21 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:34, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Career

Early career

Carvill came through the youth ranks at Charlton Athletic but was released by the club in January 2007 without making a first-team appearance.[2]

Wrexham

After his release from Charlton, Carvill joined Welsh club Wrexham[3] and made 14 appearances in the Football League in the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons.[4] He was released by Wrexham in May 2008 following the club's relegation to the Football Conference,[5]

Linfield

He joined Irish Premiership club Linfield in August 2008.[6] He signed a new two-year contract in March 2009 with Linfield manager, David Jeffrey, saying of him, "In addition to his enthusiasm and energy he has great technical ability and his skill levels are excellent."[7] He went on to make over 200 appearances for the club in his seven years there.

Crusaders

On Sunday 14 June 2015, Carvill signed for Crusaders after turning down a new contract at Linfield due to lack of first team football. On 7 July 2015, he scored his first goal for the club, a vital away goal in the 1st qualifying round second leg match of the UEFA Champions League against Levadia Tallinn, which saw his side to a 1–1 draw and progression to the next round, having drawn the 1st leg 0–0 at Seaview.

On 30 January 2019, Carvill was loaned out to Dungannon Swifts until the end of the season.[8]

Honours

With Linfield Michael won the IFA Premiership in 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, the Irish Cup in 2010/11, 2011/12 and Co. Antrim Shield in 2013/14.

On Friday 10 July 2020, Michael won the weekly IFA Volunteers Quiz.

References
  1. Hugman, Barry J. (ed) (2008). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09. Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  2. "Interest shown in Carvill after release by Wrexham". Flintshire Standard. 29 May 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
  3. "Wrexham wrap up Carvill signing". BBC Sport. 14 February 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
  4. "Michael Carvill". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
  5. "Roberts and Llewellyn leave Reds". BBC Sport. 6 May 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2008.
  6. "Michael Carvill signs". Linfield Football Club. 2 August 2008. Archived from the original on 7 August 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
  7. "Carvill handed new Linfield deal". BBC Sport. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  8. Irish Premiership: Crusaders forward Carvill joins Dungannon in loan deal, bbc.com, 30 January 2019


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