Karen Carney

Karen Carney: Biography in Details

Who is Karen Carney?

Karen Carney is an English International football winger currently signed to Chelsea of the FA WSL.

Besides, she is also a member of the England women’s national football team.

Karen has made more than 100 appearances for England after making her debut in 2005.

She made her fortune from her career as a footballer as well as through endorsement deals from big brands including Nike.

How many siblings does Karen Carney have?

Karen was born on 1 August 1987 in Birmingham, England. She was brought up by her parents, Marie (mother) and Michael (father) together with her two sisters.

As of 2022, she is 35 years old.

While her father worked as a firefighter, her mother worked at Sainsbury’s. She has British nationality and Caucasian ethnicity.

Karen Carney first kicked a football when she was just six. Since then, she would always joined boys on the playground.

Fortunately for her, she had so much energy as a child that her mum didn’t want her around the house when she was growing up and that allowed her to play some more.

Karen was 11 the first time that her mother saw her play. The talent was obvious and so she was taken to a local Saturday morning team where she continued improving herself.

By the time she was 14, she had already started playing full-time, and then when she was 16, she decided to move away from home to settle on her passion.

As a young girl, she also danced but her love for simply for football and so she settled for it.

Education, School/College University

She got her education from St Ambrose Barlow Catholic Primary School and then she moved to St Peter’s RC Secondary.

From there, she proceeded to study sports science at Loughborough University.

Karen Carney: Career

From 1998 to 2001, Karen Carney played her youth football with Birmingham City.

She was promoted to the senior team where she played until 2006 when she made a move to Arsenal.

Three years, 54 games, and 28 goals later, she moved to America where she played for Chicago Red Stars.

Ahead of the 2011 season, Chicago Red Stars folded and so Karen returned home where she got signed again by Birmingham.

In 2015, she was offered a deal with Chelsea FC for which she still plays.

Internationally, she played for England’s under 17 teams when she was only 14. However, it was until 2015 that she got the chance to play for the senior team.

Before the 2019 FIFA Women’s world cup, she had already appeared in the English colors 140 times making her the most capped player in the English team only after Fara Williams who has already had 170 caps to her name.

In the process, she has scored 32 goals and has also appeared for the Great Britain team five times.

As it builds to the world cup, Karen is seen as one of the most important players to look out for.

A 2017 recipient of the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) which was awarded to her for her football, Karen has achieved a lot in her career with an enviable trophy collection.

Has she won any Awards?

She has won the FA Women’s Premier League, FA Women’s Cup with both Arsenal and Birmingham, FA Women’s Premier League Cup, and the UEFA Women’s Cup.

With England, she won 2019 believes Cup and emerged as a semi-finalist in the UEFA European Championship 2017.

In 2015, she recorded a third-place finish at the FIFA Women’s World Cup.

How much is the net worth of Karen Carney?

Karen Carney is a senior footballer who has a net worth of 4 million dollars as of 2023.

She played since 2005 and has made more than 100 appearances for the English National team.

She had a lucrative deal with Chelsea when she signed and made her fortune from her career as a footballer as well as through endorsement deals from big brands including Nike.

Further, Manchester City and England Women’s national team captain, Steph Houghton is the highest-paid woman football with an annual salary of $81,000.

Rumors, Controversy

Karen also is not involved in any kind of rumors or controversies.

Body measurement- Height, Weight, Body Size

Karen Carney stands at a height of 5 feet and 4 inches. Besides, she has a perfect body that weighs about 55 kg.

Talking about her appearance, she has brown hair and a pair of green eyes.

Social Media- Instagram, Twitter 

Karen is active on different social media networking sites.

She is active on Instagram with more than 81.7K followers.

Likely, she has over 67.7K followers on her Twitter account. She isn’t active on Facebook.

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FAQs

Where does Karen Carney come from?

• She was born in Solihull, United Kingdom.

What age is Karen Carney?

• As of 2021, she is 34 years old.

Is Karen Carney in a relationship?

• She has not mentioned her boyfriend.

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