PLAYER PROFILE

Roy Carroll

Position: Goal

Height: 6'2

Weight: 11st 0lbs

Date of Birth: 1977-09-30 Enniskillen, Northern Ireland

Roy Carroll

West Ham United completed the signing of goalkeeper Roy Carroll from Manchester United in June 2004.

Carroll had joined United three years earlier from Wigan Athletic. Various injuries to Barthez gave Carroll a number of spells in the first-team at Old Trafford, and he rarely let them down. There were even calls for him to stay as first choice, due to the erratic form of the Frenchman.

In 2002/03, he started and finished the season in goal for United, covering for Barthez's injury in August, and replacing him in April and May after poor performances against Real Madrid. However, with the arrival of Tim Howard, Carroll found himself sitting on the bench again the following season, apart from a brief run in the team in 2004.

In 2004/05 he was first choice for most of the season after some mistakes by Howard. He was mostly solid, but made some high profile and costly errors, particularly against AC Milan in the Champions League. He was also fortunate when he dropped a long-range shot from Pedro Mendes over the goal-line, as the officials wrongly gave no goal.

However, these mistakes plus Carroll's unwillingness to sign a new contract led to him leaving Old Trafford in May 2005, and a month later he joined West Ham.

However, his first season with the Hammers was hampered by back problems which meant he only played nineteen times.

Although he remained largely injury free in 06/07, the fine form of Robert Green kept Carroll out of the squad and he was released at the end of the campaign.

He didn't stay a free agent for long though and shortly after was snapped up by SPL side Rangers.

However, after a brief, unsuccessful stay at Ibrox, he moved on again, this time joining Derby County in January 2008.