Carlo Nash

Nash playing for Everton
Personal information
Full name	Carlo James Nash[1]
Date of birth	(1973-09-13) 13 September 1973 (age 38)[1]
Place of birth	Bolton, England
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) [2]
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Stoke City
Number	27
Youth career
	Moss Bank
	Manchester United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1993–1995	Rossendale United
1995–1996	Clitheroe
1996–1998	Crystal Palace	21	(0)
1998–2001	Stockport County	89	(0)
2000–2001	→ Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan)	0	(0)
2001–2003	Manchester City	38	(0)
2003–2005	Middlesbrough	3	(0)
2005–2007	Preston North End	82	(0)
2007	→ Wigan Athletic (loan)	0	(0)
2007–2008	Wigan Athletic	0	(0)
2008	→ Stoke City (loan)	10	(0)
2008–2010	Everton	0	(0)
2010–	Stoke City	0	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:09, 24 September 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Carlo James Nash (born 13 September 1973) is an English footballer who plays for Stoke City as a goalkeeper.

Nash started his career at non-League Rossendale United and Clitheroe before being signed by Crystal Palace and then moved back north to Stockport County. He then played for Manchester City, Preston North End, Wigan Athletic, Stoke City for whom he helped gain promotion to the Premier League and Everton before re-joining Stoke in 2010. Throughout his career Nash has been used as a second and third choice keeper but did play regularly for Stockport and Preston.

Career [link]

Early career [link]

Born in Bolton, Lancashire, Nash started his career at local youth club Moss Bank before he joined Manchester United's academy. At age 14 he 'gave up' football for a while in order to finish his education. He played for non-League Rossendale United and Clitheroe with whom he played in the final of the FA Vase at Wembley Stadium losing 3–0 to Brigg Town. He was signed by Crystal Palace for a fee of £35,000 by manager Dave Bassett.^[3]

He had a three-year spell with Stockport County before making a move to Manchester City for a fee of £100,000 on a four-and-a-half year deal in January 2001.^[4] Once Manchester City were established as a Premier League team, Nash was sold on to Middlesbrough for a nominal fee in August 2003.^[5]

Preston North End [link]

However, after only playing five games for the club in two years, he moved down a division to join Preston North End on a three-and-a-half year contract in March 2005.^[6] He set a club record of 24 clean sheets with Preston during the 2005–06 season, as Preston conceded fewer goals than champions Reading. In July 2006, Nash angered the club's support and management by stating on his personal website that Preston's ambition did not match that of his own. He continued to play as first choice for the club until January 2007 when Fulham contacted him over a proposed move to the London club. He went straight to the press about the issue, claiming his London based fiancee Jill was the reason he wanted to leave and asked Preston to accept a reported £500,000 bid for his services.

However, Preston chairman Derek Shaw denied there was a bid made of this size.^[7] Nash was subsequently dropped to the bench for Preston's next game and replaced with Andrew Lonergan. As such, it became likely that his future lay away from Deepdale especially as Preston also signed Republic of Ireland keeper Wayne Henderson from Brighton & Hove Albion for £150,000 and extended young keeper Chris Neal's contract until June 2010, effectively making Nash fourth choice keeper.

Wigan Athletic [link]

Nash joined Wigan Athletic on a month long emergency loan in February 2007, due to injuries to their first and second choice keepers.^[8] Following the conclusion of that loan deal, Nash returned to Preston, where he was transfer listed on 8 May.^[9] Wigan signed him permanently for a fee of £300,000 on 27 June 2007.^[10] On 4 March 2008, Stoke City signed Nash on an emergency loan deal for the remainder of the 2007–08 season following Márton Fülöp's recall to Sunderland.^[11] Nash played a vital part in Stoke's promotion to the Premier League with a penalty save against Watford and a number of important saves on the final day of the season against Leicester City.^[12][13]

Everton [link]

Nash moved to Everton, the team he supported as a boy, as reserve goalkeeper to Tim Howard on a two-year contract in September 2008.^[14] He was named in the starting line up for the first time for a Europa League tie against BATE Borisov in December 2009, which Everton lost 1–0.

Stoke City [link]

Following Nash's release from Everton he returned to Stoke after signing a one-year contract in July 2010 where he will provide back up to Thomas Sørensen and Asmir Begović.^[15] On the 24 August 2010 Nash made his second debut for Stoke in a 2–1 League Cup win over Shrewsbury Town.^[16] Nash signed a one year contract extension at Stoke in January 2011.^[17]

Personal life [link]

Nash lives with his wife Jill and his daughter Gaia Maria. Nash is also an enthusiastic travel photographer in his spare time, and set up a travel book publishing company called 'Luxury Backpackers' with his wife.^[18] Nash is a devout Christian and said in an interview with the Church Times, "I find that being a Christian helps me to deal with disappointing moments in football a lot better".^[19]

Honours [link]

Stoke City

• Football League Championship runner-up: 2007–08

Career statistics [link]

References [link]

External links [link]

• Carlo Nash profile at stokecityfc.com
• Carlo Nash career stats at Soccerbase
• Premier League profile