Carra: His Career in Numbers

THE 19th May 2013 was an emotional day for everyone connected with Liverpool Football Club when our vice captain finally hung up his boots after a glittering footballing career.

In honour of his long association with the Reds, here is Carragher’s career in numbers:

• 737 appearances for Liverpool, second only to Ian Callaghan

• 26 years of service. Carragher’s first link with Liverpool Football Club was in 1987-88 when he was just 9 years old

• 36 goals in a single campaign was Jamie’s goalscoring record, which still stands, for Bootle Boys as a young player at centre-forward

• 58 appearances is Carra’s record total for a single season, during 2000-01 as he helped the Reds to a unique treble of FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup

• 7 major trophies won with the Reds – 2 FA Cups, 3 League Cups, 1 Champions League, 1 UEFA Cup

• 1 defeat in 15 league games after Carra returned to the side in January. Just 12 goals were conceded in that time

• 12 honours in total with LFC including the FA Youth Cup

• 150 appearances in European competition make Jamie the man with the most games on the continental stage in Liverpool history. He has appeared in a staggering 44 per cent of all our European games

• 16 years and 131 days – the length of Carra’s first-team career

• 38 caps for England
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• 6 matches played at the World Cup for England, at Germany 2006 and South Africa 2010, none of which ended in defeat during normal time

• 7 was where Reds supporters ranked the defender when asked to name their 100 Players Who Shook the Kop

• 11 Carraghers is a dream held by many on the Kop, who sing each week of their wish for “a team of Carraghers”

• 1 Honorary Fellowship, awarded by Liverpool John Moores University in July 2012

• 45 times the centre-back has lined up against Chelsea, more than any other team – with Arsenal, Manchester United, Aston Villa and Everton his next most common opposition

• 5 goals Carragher has scored for Liverpool, meaning the defender averages a goal every 147 games

• 51 – the number of times Carra captained Liverpool in the Premier League

• 0 was the price the Reds paid for Carragher’s services, having brought him through the youth team before awarding a professional contract in 1996

• 6 managers have been in charge at Anfield since Jamie made his debut, starting with Roy Evans and right up to current incumbent Brendan Rodgers

• 120 more games Jamie would have needed to play if he was to catch Liverpool’s all-time record appearance holder, Ian Callaghan

• 8 times Carragher has put the ball through his own net, including twice in a single match on one occasion

• 35,682 people attended Jamie’s testimonial, which took place against an Everton XI at Anfield in 2010

• 1,000 miles was the distance Carra travelled after working as a pundit during Euro 2012 to attend a trophy presentation for local teams in his hometown

• 23 is both the number Carragher wore with pride on the back of his Liverpool shirt and the name of his foundation, which he set up to support local children and charities throughout the city

…and of course there is only 1 Jamie Carragher

End of Era

23 CARRA GOLD – LFC LEGEND YNWA!

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