Carl Baker
Baker playing for in 2008
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Carl Paul Baker | ||
| Date of birth | 26 December 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Prescot, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Winger, Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Portsmouth | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Liverpool | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003 | Prescot Cables | ? | (?) |
| 2003–2007 | Southport | 76 | (18) |
| 2007–2008 | Morecambe | 42 | (10) |
| 2008–2010 | 42 | (12) | |
| 2010–2014 | Coventry City | 160 | (28) |
| 2014–2016 | Milton Keynes Dons | 66 | (12) |
| 2016– | Portsmouth | 45 | (9) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006–2007 | England C | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 May 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10:40, 29 October 2008 (UTC) |
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Carl Paul Baker (born 26 December 1982) is an English footballer who plays as a winger or as an attacking midfielder for Portsmouth. He has made over 450 professional career appearances in the Football League and Conference as well as domestic cup competitions, including 160 appearances for Coventry City.
Born on 26 December 1982 in Prescot, Merseyside, Baker came up through the Liverpool Academy before moving to Prescot Cables. Shortly after, he moved to Southport in 2003, with whom he helped win the Conference North title. An impressive four-year spell saw him earn a move into the Football League with Morecambe, where he found the net 11 times in 48 appearances. Two years at followed prior to completing a switch to then-Championship club Coventry City in the summer of 2010. He went on to play 182 times for Steven Pressley's men and was captain for the final two years of his four-year stay. In September 2014, he signed for Milton Keynes Dons, after being released by Coventry. Baker signed for Portsmouth in June 2016.
He has represented England at semi-professional level playing for England C.
Born in Prescot, Merseyside, Baker started his career with Liverpool at schoolboy level before playing for Prescot Cables. He signed for Southport in 2003.
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