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Stephen Carr (born 29 August 1976) is an Irish former professional footballer who played for and captained Birmingham City from 2009 to 2013. He previously played for Premier League teams Tottenham Hotspur and, for a shorter spell, Newcastle United. He is a former international player with the Republic of Ireland. His primary position was right back, but had been known to deputise at left back or centre back when required. Club career Tottenham Hotspur Carr was born in Dublin. As a fifteen-year-old, he went on trial from Stella Maris to Tottenham Hotspur and was signed up by then manager Ossie Ardiles. He made his debut for the club on 26 September 1993 away to Ipswich Town in the 1993–94 FA Premier League season. However he had to wait until the 1996–97 season to establish himself as a regular first-team player, when he made 28 appearances that campaign. He picked up a League Cup medal with Spurs in 1999 after contributing to a 1–0 win over Leicester City in the final. The 1999–2000 season was arguably his best ever as far as his performances are concerned, as well as scoring a "thunderous piledriver" against champions Manchester United.His reputation continued to grow throughout the 2000–01 season, and other clubs were beginning to show interest in signing him. However, in the summer of 2001, he began to have problems with his knee and required an operation which he underwent in September of that year. He did not make any appearances in the 2001–02 season and also missed the 2002 FIFA World Cup finals. It was not until October 2002 that Carr was back fully fit. As he returned to form, interest from other Premiership clubs started to resurface. Carr was linked with Manchester United, and a move to Newcastle United was on the cards. Newcastle United Carr signed for Newcastle United in August 2004 when then manager Bobby Robson signed him for a fee of £2 million on a four-year contract. Soon after he signed Robson was sacked from his managerial post by chairman Freddy Shepherd. He was replaced by Graeme Souness, who, like Robson, saw Carr as a first-team player. Carr's debut for the club came in a 2–2 draw against Middlesbrough on 14 August. He played in 26 league games in the 2004–05 season, scoring once. His first goal for the club came from a "fierce shot from well outside the area" against Southampton. He helped Newcastle reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup and the semi-final of the FA Cup. Newcastle finished 14th, which put pressure on Souness. In the 2005–06 season, he only managed to make 19 league appearances for the club as the persistent knee injury ruled him out for two months. The team finished 7th in the league under the new management of Glenn Roeder, after Souness was sacked in January. Carr was one of the many injury victims during Newcastle's 2006–07 season and was out with a fractured foot for a few months. He returned for the 2–2 draw against West Ham United on 20 January 2007, filling in at an unfamiliar left-back position after impressive displays from Nolberto Solano at right-back during Carr's absence, putting question marks over his future at the club. He fell further down the pecking order during the 2007–08 season with the signings of Habib Beye and Geremi. Beye's impressive form and Carr's inability to maintain fitness resulted in Kevin Keegan deciding against renewing Carr's contract and he was released at the end of the season. After Newcastle Carr was linked with moves to Aston Villa, Everton, West Ham United, Wigan Athletic, Hertha Berlin, Racing Genk and Bohemians. He was also on trial with League One side Leicester City where he would have linked up with Nigel Pearson whom he played under at Newcastle. Having failed to find a suitable club, Carr announced his retirement from all forms of football on 1 December 2008. Birmingham City In February 2009 he began training with Birmingham City with a view to coming out of retirement, and signed a one-month contract with the club on 23 February. He made his debut the following day, playing the whole of the goalless draw away to Crystal Palace. After impressing during the initial month, Carr signed an extension until the end of the season. Following Birmingham's promotion to the Premier League, Carr signed a new two-year contract with the club. Made acting captain in the absence through injury and squad rotation of Lee Carsley, he was a member of the Birmingham team that went 15 games unbeaten in all competitions, including a club record 12 unbeaten in the top flight, during the 2009–10 Premier League season. Towards the end of the season Carr received a one-match suspension for improper conduct after making an "offensive gesture" towards Aston Villa supporters at the end of the local derby lost by Birmingham via a late, controversial penalty.He captained the team to victory in the 2011 Football League Cup final as Birmingham defeated favourites Arsenal 2–1. Carr played every game of the 2010–11 Premier League season, at the end of which Birmingham were relegated to the Championship, and the club took up the option of retaining his services for another year.Carr made his 100th appearance for Birmingham in the Europa League play-off round first leg against Portuguese club Nacional, the first time the club had participated in major European competition for nearly 50 years. He missed much of the second half of the 2011–12 season with knee cartilage damage, and his contract expired in June, but after the appointment of former Newcastle teammate Lee Clark as Birmingham's manager, he signed a one-year deal with the club. Investigation of an injury sustained in a pre-season friendly in August revealed knee damage requiring surgery predicted to keep him out for six months.Carr was unable to play again, and at the end of the 2012–13 season he announced his retirement from football. Although Clark had hoped to persuade him to stay at Birmingham as a coach, Carr confirmed that he and his family intended to move to Spain where he had business interests. International career Carr has represented his country at schoolboy, youth, under-18, under-21 and full international levels. He missed out on the 2002 World Cup due to injury.Carr initially retired from the international scene after the team failed to qualify for the 2006 World Cup, having played 39 times for his country. However he was convinced to continue playing international football by new Ireland manager Steve Staunton. Due to injuries and the sacking of Irish manager Staunton, Carr retired from international football on 14 November 2007. Career statistics Club International Honours Tottenham Hotspur Football League Cup: 1998–99Newcastle United UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2006Birmingham City Football League Cup: 2010–11Individual Premier League PFA Team of the Year: 2000–01, 2002–03 Tottenham Hotspur Members Club Player of the Year: 1999, 2000References External links Stephen Carr at Soccerbase . Discover the Mari Carr popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Mari Carr books.

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  • Wild Passion synopsis, comments

    Wild Passion

    Mari Carr

    She’s sleeping with the enemy… Caitlyn’s life is running smoothly until she comes facetoface with a cutthroat businessman who’s used to getting everything he wants. Problem is he w...

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    Wild Card

    Mari Carr

    Following her dad’s heart attack, Lorelie put her own life on hold. However, as his health improves, she struggles to find her way back to life as normal. Her girlfriends insist th...

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    Waiting for Wednesday

    Mari Carr

    He intends to claim her…and he’s not above using seduction to do it. Tris looks forward to Lane’s onceaweek visits to the pub where he tends bar, so he’s concerned when she fails ...

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    Claiming Her Cowboy

    Mari Carr & Lexxie Couper

    Flying halfway 'round the world to meet his potential soul mate sounds like a fine idea to Dylan–until he discovers said soul mate, Annie, has gone looking for him. In Australia. N...

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    Taming His Princess

    Lexxie Couper & Mari Carr

    Annie impetuously flies halfway around the world to visit a sexy cowboy she met onlineonly to find herself stranded in Sydney. Seems she and Dylan crossed wires, and he's on his wa...

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    Wild Spirit

    Mari Carr

    Letting go isn’t the same thing as losing control. If things were different, maybe dominant Leo could date the woman he’s suddenly longing for, his freespirited friend, Yvonne. For...

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    Wild Side

    Mari Carr

    No strings attached? Wrong. So wrong. Layla moved to Baltimore in search of a fresh start. After too many years in a lackluster relationship, she’s ready to embrace her wild side. ...

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    Screaming O

    Mari Carr

    He won’t rest until she’s his…completely.   Elias has resisted his attraction to Jayne, assuming his dominance in the bedroom would send her running for the hills. Alone in a ...

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    Waiting for Her

    Mari Carr

    Jeannette's life is...nice. Great job in the family restaurant, cute house, sweet cat. All very nice...and boring...and maybe a little lonely. But she'll suffer that price for the ...

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    Wild Temptation

    Mari Carr

    She’s tied up at work…by her boss. The last thing Lochlan wanted in a new assistant was some inexperienced, gorgeous, submissive blonde. However, a promise to a friend ensures that...

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    Red Zone

    Mari Carr

    Rancher Joel has a problem. He and his best friend, Oakley, are both hot for the same woman, sexy local bartender, Sadie. And while she’s admitted an attraction to them as well, sh...

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    Waiting for Them

    Mari Carr

    Something so wrong never felt so right. When Harley returns home after a year away, her best friends and bandmates, Caleb and Tyson, are there waiting for her. After all, the men ...

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    Wild Dreams

    Mari Carr

    Dream big. Dream wild. Oliver has always longed for a love just like his parents haveall three of them. He’s certain he’s already halfway to that happily ever after. His foster bro...

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    Screwdriver

    Mari Carr

    What happens when two friends want the same woman?  Jordan spends way too much time fantasizing about her landlord, but she’s in Gabriel’s “just friends” column. She’s prepare...

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    Hard and Fast

    Mari Carr

    A nerdy gamer girl plus her sexy billionaire boss equals one hell of a steamy opposites attract romance. Penny is tired of being seen as the gamer, the crazy cat lady, the momjean...

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    Going Too Fast

    Mari Carr

    Is it possible to fall in love too fast? Zac is about to embark on his fiveyear residency to become an orthopedic surgeon. Before it starts, he decides to borrows an old RV from a ...

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    Wild Desire

    Mari Carr

    Fame comes with a price, one she isn’t sure she’s ready to pay. Ailis couldn’t be more dissimilar from aspiring rock star Hunter. Quiet to his loud, calm to his frantic, innocent t...

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    Waiting for You

    Mari Carr

    How do you protect the woman you love…when the greatest danger is sleeping in her bed? Sydney Sparks can’t remember a time when Chas wasn’t part of her lifefrom childhood playmate...

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    Wild Kisses

    Mari Carr

    Kiss me once, shame on you. Kiss me twice, shame on me… The first kiss with Landon, nurse Sunnie blames on tequila. The second on adrenaline. He did save her and her Louis Vuitton ...

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    Making Her Ours

    Mari Carr

    For the first time, you can own five of Mari Carr’s hottest menage romances in one steamy anthology. Set includes Waiting for Her, Sweet Thursday, Reach You, Full Position, and Eve...

  • Wild Embrace synopsis, comments

    Wild Embrace

    Mari Carr

    Love is full of bad clichés. Falling for your boss. The widowed dad and the nanny. How did Darcy manage to find both of them in Ryder? His broken heart and wounded pride means he o...

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    Summer Fling

    Mari Carr

    Summertime and the lovin’ is easy…until it’s not. Compass Girls, Book 3 Too much love and loss taught Jade Compton to protect her heart and her sanity by steering clear of all that...

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    Come Monday

    Mari Carr

    Wild Irish, Book One Monday’s child is fair of face… After the death of her mother, Keira Collins became a surrogate parent to her six younger brothers and sisters, her own dreams ...

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    Wild Irish Christmas

    Mari Carr

    “To Conall Brannagh. If your mother had chosen him over me, none of us would be here tonight.” It’s Christmas Eve, and the Collins siblings have given their father a precious gift...

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    Party Naked

    Mari Carr

    What’s that old saying? Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder? It's hate at first sight when hot cop Jarod gives cynical bartender Stephanie a ticket. So when Jarod finds himself...

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    Because of You

    Mari Carr

    Starting over isn’t always a bad thing.  Jessie’s life is a mess. Her husband died in a freak accident, she’s been mugged, her house trashed, and she’s receiving frightening p...

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    Waiting for Snow

    Mari Carr

    She might be too big to sit on Santa’s lap, but Adele still has a couple of Christmas wishes. First, a night in Porter’s bed. The alpha cowboy is the king of onenight sta...

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    Waiting for Us

    Mari Carr

    Sparks in Texas, prequel I Do is the easy part. Happily ever after? Not so much. Evan and Annie are deeply in love, but that hasn’t stopped tension from creating cracks i...

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    Free Agent

    Mari Carr

    Proquarterback Tucker’s romance with Lela was a force of nature – steamy, unstoppable, and tempestuous. Until a family tragedy made him run, leaving her behind. When Tucker gets a...

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    Wild Chance

    Mari Carr

    Can he make this moment last a lifetime? It’s been three years since Padraig lost his wife and since then, he’s been sleepwalking his way through each day, focusing only on work an...

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    Down and Dirty

    Mari Carr

    Jess has one goal in lifeprotect her son. But when an overcrowded shelter puts her and Jasper out on the street in the dead of winter, she fears she’s going to fail that mission. H...

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    Waiting for Love

    Mari Carr

    Can a man find two loves of a lifetime? Macie Sparks’ numberone talent is talking. She’s a huge fan of her own voice. Always has been. But lately the resident Queen of Gossip has ...

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    Blank Canvas

    Mari Carr

    Disillusioned by divorce, Jennifer's about to discover her wild side, starting with a tattoo from Caliph. And continuing with submission, spankings, wax play...all under the skille...

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    Winner Takes All

    Mari Carr

    Dessert is served… Noah enters Food Fight, a new cooking competition show airing on television. When he makes it to the finals, he scores a trip to Vegas to compete. Problem is f...

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    Saturday Night Special

    Mari Carr

    Wild Irish, Book Six Saturday’s child works hard for a living… What do you get when you cross a golddigging stripper, a downonherluck hooker, an estranged husband, his knockedup wi...

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    Waiting for Sparks

    Mari Carr

    With a second chance romance, a sexy soldier’s homecoming, a red hot ménage with not one, but two firefighters, and a broken brocode, this steamy boxed set has enough heat to melt ...

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    Western Ties

    Mari Carr & Jayne Rylon

    West hit #17 on the New York Times bestseller list and #59 on the USA Today list! How strong are the ties that bind? Compass Brothers, book 4 Sawyer Compton commands total control ...

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    Rough Draft

    Mari Carr

    Capture, bondage and fantasies fulfilled. It’s all fun and games until someone gets killed. Bestselling crime novelist Jett Lewis is stumbling over a wicked case of writer’s block,...

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    Southern Comfort

    Mari Carr & Jayne Rylon

    Caught between desire and a promise… Compass Brothers, Book 2 Seth Compton has known for years he was falling for his boss’s daughter, Jody Kirkland. Problem is Jody’s too young, t...

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    How to Keep House While Drowning

    KC Davis

    An NPR Best Book of 2022 USA TODAY BestsellerThis revolutionary approach to cleaning and organizing helps free you from feeling ashamed or overwhelmed by a messy home.If you’re str...

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    Wild at Heart

    Mari Carr

    It’s raining men. Hallelujah? Fiona has a man problemshe has too many in her life. Owen is the sweet boy (turned sexy man) she dated in college; Asher is the hot hunk starring in t...

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    Wild Night

    Mari Carr

    This is definitely love. Now all he has to do is convince her. Confirmed bachelor Colm is living the good life with a thriving law practice and all the freedom the playboy has come...

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    Wild Fire

    Mari Carr

    He’ll risk everything to keep her. He’s going from military hero to bodyguard? Well, that might not be so bad. But then Fergus meets the woman he’s hired to protect. A former teen ...

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    Triple Beat

    Mari Carr

    Three friends. One bed. Aiden and Bryson have long suspected Dani is hiding something. When she leaves Nashville without a word, they follow. How can they not? What they feel for ...

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    Waiting for Him

    Mari Carr

    According to the bro code, enacted by Evan Sparks and Logan Grady years ago, sisters are out. However, Lacy Sparks isn’t about to let a silly boyhood pact stand between her and the...

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    Wild Irish Boxed Set

    Mari Carr

    Come Monday Forbidden fruit is always the sweetest. Keira recognizes daydreaming about her sexy professor is cliche, but that doesn’t help curb her fantasies of Professor Wallace b...

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    Big Easy Boxed Set

    Mari Carr

    From a dominant tattoo artist to a bad boy biker to a sexy menage with the bosses, meet the closeknit, funloving, rather unconventional Lewis family from New Orleans. The Lewis sib...

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    Wild Devotion

    Mari Carr

    Life isn't measured in time. It's measured in moments... Padraig is a carefree bartender, filled with hopes and dreams for his future…which are thrown off course when Mia walks int...