Carlton Palmer
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlton Lloyd Palmer | ||
| Date of birth | 5 December 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Rowley Regis, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Chelsea | |||
| West Bromwich Albion | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1989 | West Bromwich Albion | 121 | (4) |
| 1989–1994 | Sheffield Wednesday | 205 | (14) |
| 1994–1997 | Leeds United | 103 | (5) |
| 1997–1999 | Southampton | 45 | (3) |
| 1999 | Nottingham Forest | 16 | (1) |
| 1999–2001 | Coventry City | 30 | (1) |
| 2000–2001 | → Watford (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | 43 | (4) | |
| 2004 | Dublin City | ||
| 2005 | Mansfield Town | 1 | (0) |
| 2013 | Staveley Miners Welfare | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 591 | (32) | |
| National team | |||
| 1989 | England U21 | 4 | (1) |
| 1989 | England B | 5 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | England | 18 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2001–2003 | (player-manager) | ||
| 2004–2005 | Mansfield Town | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Carlton Lloyd Palmer (born 5 December 1965 in Rowley Regis) is a former professional footballer, manager and football television pundit.
As a player he was a midfielder from 1984 to 2005, playing in the Premier League for Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds United, Southampton, Nottingham Forest and Coventry City. He also played for West Bromwich Albion, Watford and Dublin City. He was capped 18 times by England, and went into management in 2001 when he was appointed player/manager of , later holding the same position at Mansfield Town from 2004 to 2005.
Palmer started his career at West Bromwich Albion, joining as an apprentice in July 1983 before turning professional in December 1984. He made his league debut in September 1985, as a substitute against Newcastle United. He earned a move to Sheffield Wednesday in February 1989 for £750,000, where he made his name in the old First Division. He missed Wednesday's victory in the 1991 Football League Cup Final due to suspension.
He was bought by Leeds United under manager Howard Wilkinson for £2.6 million in June 1994.
In September 1997 he was signed by Southampton manager Dave Jones for a fee of £1.0 million. In the dressing room he was "abrasive, awkward and argumentative" but on the pitch he was "determined, hard-working and persistent" and his long legs made him "a most difficult player to compete against". Jones said of Palmer "He covers every blade of grass out there, but that's only because his first touch is so crap". In January 1999 he was transferred to Nottingham Forest for a fee of £1.1 million and was replaced in Southampton's midfield by Chris Marsden.
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