 McCarthy withCrystal Palace in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Patrick Richard McCarthy[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1983-05-31)31 May 1983 (age 42)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1] | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Crystal Palace &Republic of Ireland (assistant manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Stella Maris | |||
| 2000–2002 | Manchester City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2005 | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | →Boston United (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2003 | →Notts County (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Leicester City | 73 | (3) |
| 2007–2008 | Charlton Athletic | 29 | (2) |
| 2008–2016 | Crystal Palace | 134 | (6) |
| 2014 | →Sheffield United (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2015 | →Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2015 | →Preston North End (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 271 | (12) | |
| International career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Republic of Ireland U17 | 9 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Republic of Ireland U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2003 | Republic of Ireland U20 | 3 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 7 | (1) |
| 2006 | Republic of Ireland B | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2023 | Crystal Palace (caretaker) | ||
| 2024 | Crystal Palace (caretaker) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Patrick Richard McCarthy (born 31 May 1983) is an Irish former professionalfootballer who played as acentre-back. He is currently assistant manager atPremier League clubCrystal Palace and theRepublic of Ireland men's national team.
Born inDublin, he began his football career as a junior withManchester City before joiningLeicester City in 2005 where he spent three seasons before joiningCharlton Athletic in the summer of 2007. He remained with Charlton for just twelve months, joining Crystal Palace in the summer of 2008 where he remained until 2016. McCarthy has also played forBoston United andNotts County on loan during the early part of his career andSheffield United,Bolton Wanderers andPreston North End, also as a loan player.
Having previously been the coach of Crystal Palace's under-18s and under-21s teams since 2016, McCarthy was appointed caretaker manager of the first team in March 2023, following the departure of managerPatrick Vieira, and then became the assistant manager duringRoy Hodgson's second spell at the club.
McCarthy was born inDublin.[1] He joinedLeicester City in March 2005 for a fee of £100,000 fromManchester City, signing a three-year contract.[2] He had never played for Manchester City's first team but had enjoyed loan spells atBoston United andNotts County during 2002 and 2003. Boston had made a bid to sign McCarthy on a permanent basis in February 2003.[3]
McCarthy became a favourite with the Leicester fans, due to his no-nonsense style of play, and in July 2006 was named club captain for the2006–07 season. His season was cut short when he dislocated his shoulder in a training accident in February 2007.[4] Nonetheless, McCarthy expressed his wish to leave Leicester before the start of next season, despite being offered a new contract.[5]
McCarthy moved toCharlton Athletic for a fee of £650,000 in June 2007,[6] but spent only a year atThe Valley, moving across south-east London to sign forCrystal Palace in the summer of 2008, withMark Hudson travelling in the opposite direction.[6] McCarthy was troubled by a series of shoulder injuries which restricted him from playing in much of the2008–09 and the2009–10 seasons, but this did not stop him being named Palace captain in the run-up to the2010–11 season.
McCarthy missed the entire2012–13 season with a groin injury, and made only one appearance in the subsequentPremier League season.[7] Despite this, he signed a one-year contract extension with Palace in September 2014.[8] Despite being given a new deal, first-team chances remained limited, and so, on 3 October 2014, McCarthy joinedSheffield United on an initial one-month loan deal[9] and made his debut the following day as United lost 3–2 away atChesterfield.[10] His first goal for the Blades came in the next match in a 2–2 draw againstLeyton Orient atBramall Lane.[11] At the end of the loan period McCarthy returned to Palace and was named amongst the substitutes for an away fixture againstManchester United on 8 November.[12] However, on 11 November, it was confirmed that McCarthy's loan with the Blades had been renewed until 28 December 2014.[13][14] In his first game back at United, McCarthy was sent off in a Yorkshire derby away atDoncaster Rovers with ten men United eventually going on to win 1–0.[15]
McCarthy signed for Bolton Wanderers on loan in March 2015, a prankster had telephoned theWest Bromwich Albion managerTony Pulis pretending to be Bolton managerNeil Lennon weeks previously, with an enquiry forGareth McAuley as the main point of interest. Pulis himself recommended his old Palace captain McCarthy, whom Bolton duly signed in an unconnected incident later in the season. McCarthy made five appearances in a Bolton shirt, but had to return to Palace after picking up an injury in Wanderers 2–2 draw withBrentford atGriffin Park.
McCarthy signed for newly promotedPreston North End on 3 October on a 93-day loan, and went straight into the squad to make his debut againstSheffield Wednesday on the same day.[16] However, he was substituted after ten minutes due to injury.[17]
On 13 June 2016, it was announced that McCarthy would be released by Crystal Palace on expiry of his contract on 30 June.[18]
McCarthy represented the Ireland Under-16 team at the2000 UEFA European Under-16 Championship and the Under-19 team at the2002 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.He appeared for the Under-21 and B side too. In September 2009 McCarthy received a call up by then managerGiovanni Trapattoni for a friendly againstSouth Africa played inLimerick, where he was an unused substitute.
On 2 December 2016, six months after his retirement from playing, McCarthy was appointed under-18s coach at Crystal Palace, replacing Ken Gillard, who left the club in November to join Arsenal.[19]
On 17 March 2023, after the sacking of managerPatrick Vieira, the club announced that McCarthy would take over as first-team manager on an interim basis.[20] His only match in charge was a 4–1 away loss to league leadersArsenal.[21] Following the re-appointment ofRoy Hodgson as first-team manager, McCarthy became assistant manager.
On 19 February 2024, McCarthy was once again appointed caretaker manager following the resignation of Hodgson,[22] and over-saw his only game, being a 1–1 away draw againstEverton that same day. McCarthy immediately became part of the coaching team forOliver Glasner who had been confirmed the permanent Palace manager just before the Everton match.
| Season | Club | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Others | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Manchester City | 2002–03[23] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003–04[24] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004–05[25] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boston (loan) | 2002–03[23] | Third Division | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | ||
| Notts County (loan) | 2002–03[23] | Second Division | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | |||
| Leicester City | 2004–05[25] | Championship | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06[26] | Championship | 39 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 45 | 2 | ||
| 2006–07[27] | Championship | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | 25 | 2 | ||
| Total | 73 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 4 | ||
| Charlton Athletic | 2007–08[28] | Championship | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 33 | 3 | |
| Crystal Palace | 2008–09[29] | Championship | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 29 | 3 | |
| 2009–10[30] | Championship | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11[31] | Championship | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 46 | 1 | ||
| 2011–12[32] | Championship | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | 50 | 2 | ||
| 2012–13[33] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14[7] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15[34] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16[35] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 134 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 6 | ||
| Sheffield United (loan) | 2014–15[34] | League One | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 1 | |
| Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 2014–15[34] | Championship | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |
| Preston North End (loan) | 2015–16[36] | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 271 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 302 | 14 | ||
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Crystal Palace (caretaker) | 17 March 2023 | 21 March 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 000.0 |
| Crystal Palace (caretaker) | 19 February 2024 | 19 February 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 000.0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 000.0 | ||
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