Cameron Carter-Vickers

Cameron Carter-Vickers
Personal information
Full name Cameron Robert Carter-Vickers[1]
Date of birth (1997-12-31) 31 December 1997[2]
Place of birth Southend-on-Sea, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Swansea City
(on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
Number 17
Youth career
0000–2009 Catholic United[3]
2009–2016 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
2017–2018 → Sheffield United (loan) 17 (1)
2018 → Ipswich Town (loan) 14 (0)
2018– → Swansea City (loan) 2 (0)
National team‡
2014 United States U18 3 (0)
2014–2017 United States U20 17 (1)
2014– United States U23 9 (1)
2017– United States 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:24, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 September 2018

Cameron Robert Carter-Vickers (born 31 December 1997) is an American professional association football player who plays as a center back for Swansea City on loan from Tottenham Hotspur. Although born in England, he represents the United States at international level.

Club career

Tottenham Hotspur

Carter-Vickers joined the academy system at Tottenham Hotspur at the age of eleven having caught the eyes of scouts as a ten-year-old.[4]

Under manager Mauricio Pochettino, Carter-Vickers made his first matchday squad against Ligue 1 team AS Monaco in the Europa League.[5]

Carter-Vickers featured in the 2016 International Champions Cup held in Melbourne and made 2 starts against Juventus and Atlético Madrid and was given the jersey number 38 for the season.[6] On 21 September 2016, Carter-Vickers made his first team debut for the club in the third round of the Football League Cup against Gillingham in which Spurs won 5–0.[7]

Sheffield United (loan)

The defender signed a season-long loan deal with newly promoted Championship side Sheffield United on 25 August 2017.[8] On his debut and his first career league game, Carter-Vickers scored the only goal of the game, a 33rd-minute winner against Bolton Wanderers.[9] After playing 18 games for Sheffield United and scoring one goal, Carter-Vickers returned to Tottenham on 15 January 2018 having been recalled ending his loan spell.[10]

Ipswich Town (loan)

On 19 January 2018, Ipswich Town signed Carter-Vickers on loan until the end of the season.[11] He made his Ipswich Town debut away to Bolton Wanderers on 20 January 2018.

Swansea City (loan)

On 25 August 2018, Swansea City signed Carter-Vickers on loan until the end of the season.[12]

International career

U.S. youth teams

In the summer of 2014 Carter-Vickers was playing for Tottenham's academy side at the IMG Cup in Bradenton, Florida where they beat the U.S. U17 team 5–3. During the game, he caught the eye of American coaches who had learned of his possible eligibility for a U.S. passport.[4][13]

Carter-Vickers represented the United States for the first time at U18 level in August 2014 and by October 2014 was a member of the U.S. U23 team.[14] He represented the United States U-20 National Team at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and started several games despite being only 17 at the time. The team were knocked out by Serbia in the quarter finals.[15][16]

In September 2016, it was reported that the English FA had made inquiries about Carter-Vickers and that the USMNT were prepared to fast track the player into their senior set up.[17][18] On 10 October 2016, Carter-Vickers captained U.S. U20 in a 2–0 loss against his native England.[19]

U.S. national team

On 6 November 2016, Carter-Vickers received his first call up to the senior U.S. squad.[20] He made his senior debut appearance on 14 November 2017 in a friendly as a substitute against Portugal.[21]

Career statistics

As of match played 14 April 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tottenham Hotspur 2016–17[22] Premier League 0020200040
Sheffield United (loan) 2017–18[23] Championship 1711000—181
Ipswich Town (loan) 2017–18[23] Championship 140———140
Career Total 311302000361

    Personal life

    Carter-Vickers is the son of Howard Carter, an American basketball player who spent his professional career in the NBA and Europe, and Geraldine Vickers, from Essex, England. He was raised in Essex and attended The Eastwood Academy in Leigh-on-Sea, while spending summers with his father in Louisiana.[24][25][4]

    References

    1. ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/12/2014 and 31/12/2014" (PDF). The FA. p. 1. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
    2. 1 2 "Cameron Carter-Vickers". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
    3. ↑ "Carter-Vickers: 'I once broke my nan's wrist... we laugh about it now'". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
    4. 1 2 3 "Tha Carter-VI".
    5. ↑ "Cameron Carter-Vickers loved making the match-day squad for the first time at Tottenham". Here Is The City. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
    6. ↑ Michael Stevenson (29 July 2016). "Tottenham player ratings vs Atletico Madrid: Vincent Janssen impresses despite narrow loss". HITC Sport. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
    7. ↑ "Tottenham 5 – 0 Gillingham". BBC Sport. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
    8. ↑ "Cameron Carter-Vickers: Sheffield United sign Tottenham defender on loan". BBC Sport. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
    9. ↑ "Bolton Wanderers 0–1 Sheffield United". BBC Sport. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
    10. ↑ "Tottenham recall U.S.'s Cameron Carter-Vickers from loan". ESPN. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
    11. ↑ "Town sign Carter-Vickers". Ipswich Town F.C. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
    12. ↑ "Swans sign Carter-Vickers - Swansea City FC". www.swanseacity.com.
    13. ↑ "ASN article: Cameron Carter-Vickers: "I Am Leaning to the USA"".
    14. ↑ "U.S. U-18 MNT Roster Named For Czech Republic Tournament".
    15. ↑ "U-23 MNT Falls 3–0 to Brazil". U.S. Soccer. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
    16. ↑ "Herzog Calls 19 Players to Brazil as #RoadToRio Continues". ussoccer.com.
    17. ↑ Cross, John (22 September 2016). "England vs USA battle looming over Spurs starlet Carter-Vickers". Mirror. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
    18. ↑ Sami Mokbel (22 September 2016). "Tottenham's US teenager Cameron Carter-Vickers is on England radar amid interest from Jurgen Klinsmann". Daily Mail. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
    19. ↑ Football Association, The. "England Under-20s win three in three at Four Nations Tournament after 2–0 victory over USA".
    20. ↑ "Carter-Vickers gets first senior USA international call-up". tottenhamhotspur.com. 6 November 2016.
    21. ↑ "Portugal 1 – 1 United States of America". Sky Sports. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
    22. ↑ "Games played by Cameron Carter-Vickers in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
    23. 1 2 "Games played by Cameron Carter-Vickers in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
    24. ↑ "The Rise of American Soccer Talent Cameron Carter-Vickers". VICE Sports.
    25. ↑ "Eastwood Academy proud of former pupil Cameron Carter-Vickers who now plays for Tottenham Hotspur". echo-news.co.uk. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
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