Carly Hunt

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Carly Hunt
Personal information
Full name Carly Hunt
Date of birth (1982-02-09) 9 February 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth England
Height 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Position(s) Midfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 Millwall Lionesses
1998–2001 Charlton Athletic Ladies
2002–2004 Doncaster Rovers Belles
2004 Leeds United Ladies
2004–2007 AFC Wimbledon Ladies
International career‡
2002–2003 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 May 2010 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Carly Hunt (born 9 February 1982) is a retired English footballer. She played as a midfielder and has represented England at senior international level.

Throughout her career she played alongside her identical twin sister Gemma and they were nicknamed the rottweilers for their aggressive style of play.[1][2]

Club career[edit]

Hunt started playing for Millwall Lionesses' first team as a 14-year-old.[1] The sisters switched to Croydon Women at 16 when the family moved to Dartford.[2]

Croydon won the FA Women's Cup in 2000. Gemma scored the winning goal but Carly missed the final following a cartilage operation.[3] The pair were strongly in favour of Charlton Athletic's controversial and hostile takeover of Croydon Women during that summer.[4]

In December 2000 both sisters were sent off in the same match, Carly for attacking a teammate.[5] The duo were "kicked out" of Charlton Athletic a year later after a huge squad bust-up.[6] They made their debut for Doncaster Belles in February 2002.[7] In September 2003 an on-pitch altercation with former Charlton teammate Carmaine Walker saw another red card for Hunt.[8] Days later the incident spilled over into an England training session, resulting in lengthy bans for Carly and Gemma Hunt, as well as Charlton's Walker and Eartha Pond.[9]

The Hunts left Doncaster Rovers Belles for Leeds United Ladies in 2004, but moved on to AFC Wimbledon Ladies shortly afterwards.

International career[edit]

Hunt was the captain of England U-18s. She made senior appearances against Norway and Nigeria in 2002 and Italy in 2003.

She was allotted 139 when the FA announced their legacy numbers scheme to honour the 50th anniversary of England’s inaugural international.[10][11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Ed Harris (3 August 2000). "Introducing the Rottweilers super twins of women's soccer". The Evening Standard.
  2. ^ a b Dennison, Stephanie (10 June 2000). "Life Support". London: The Observer. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Women's FA Cup: The history". BBC Sport. 1 May 2003. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
  4. ^ Sarah Potter (3 August 2000). "Double winners move into field of dreams". The Times.
  5. ^ Jo Page (28 December 2000). "ROTTWEILER TWINS IN THE DOGHOUSE; Soccer sisters see red". The Daily Record.
  6. ^ "Charlton set to lose England duo". BBC Sport. 23 December 2001. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
  7. ^ Paula Cocozza (11 February 2002). "Football: Premiership: Women's football". The Guardian.
  8. ^ "Premier League & FA Cup Results". Fair Game. 28 September 2003. Archived from the original on 11 May 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
  9. ^ "Quartet suspended". theFA.com. 1 March 2004. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
  10. ^ "England squad named for World Cup". The Football Association. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  11. ^ Lacey-Hatton, Jack (18 November 2022). "Lionesses introduce 'legacy numbers' for players past and present". mirror. Retrieved 19 June 2023.


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