Aaron McCarey

Aaron McCarey

McCarey playing for York City in 2013
Personal information
Full name Aaron McCarey[1]
Date of birth (1992-01-14) 14 January 1992[1]
Place of birth Monaghan, Ireland
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Ross County
Number 31
Youth career
0000–2009 Monaghan United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Monaghan United 22 (0)
2010–2016 Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 (0)
2011 → AFC Telford United (loan) 4 (0)
2012 → Walsall (loan) 8 (0)
2013 → Walsall (loan) 6 (0)
2013–2014 → York City (loan) 5 (0)
2015 → Portsmouth (loan) 6 (0)
2015 → Bury (loan) 1 (0)
2016– Ross County 1 (0)
National team
2009 Republic of Ireland U17 1 (0)
2010 Republic of Ireland U18 1 (0)
2010–2011 Republic of Ireland U19 14 (0)
2012–2014 Republic of Ireland U21 10 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03:11, 20 November 2016 (UTC).


Aaron McCarey (born 14 January 1992) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ross County. He joined Wolverhampton Wanderers from Monaghan United in January 2010 and then had loan spells with AFC Telford United, Walsall, York City and Portsmouth.

Club career

Born in Monaghan, County Monaghan,[1] McCarey began his career at his hometown club Monaghan United in their youth system aged eight, before breaking into the first team as a 17-year-old.[3] He established himself as the League of Ireland First Division club's first choice goalkeeper in the 2009 season, before moving to join the youth ranks of English Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers in January 2010, after having agreed to the transfer in September 2009.[4]

The goalkeeper gained his first experience of English football when he joined promotion-chasing Conference North side A.F.C. Telford United one a one-month loan on 16 February 2011.[5] He played four full matches for the Shropshire club, all victories, starting with a 2–1 home win over Alfreton Town on 22 February.[6] His first clean sheet came on 5 March in his third match, a 3–0 win at Guiseley.[7]

On 11 August 2012, McCarey was named in a Wolves matchday squad for the first time, remaining unused as Carl Ikeme played in their League Cup first round match against Aldershot Town at the Molineux Stadium, a penalty shoot-out victory.[8] His first league call-up for the club was on 6 October, in their 1–0 Championship away win over Blackburn Rovers.[9] He joined League One club Walsall on 16 November for one month,[10] where he made his Football League debut on 17 November 2012 in a 2–2 draw at Crawley.[11] In February 2013 he was re-loaned to Walsall initially for the remainder of the season,[12] but was recalled after a month to cover an injury to Ikeme.[13] Following their relegation to League One at the end of the 2012–13 season, Wolves took up the option of a one-year contract extension on McCarey.[14]

McCarey made his club debut on 3 September 2013 in a Football League Trophy tie against Walsall.[15] On 28 November 2013, he signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract with Wolves, and on the same day joined League Two side York City on loan until 4 January 2014.[16] He made his debut two days later in a 0–0 home draw with Rochdale, and made five appearances for York before being recalled by Wolves due to an injury to Carl Ikeme on 2 January 2014.[15][17] He made his Wolves league debut the following day, in a 1–0 away defeat to Gillingham,[15] making four further league appearances as Wolves won the division.

McCarey was suspended by the club on 16 May 2015 after failing a drugs test.[18] He joined League Two club Portsmouth on a one-month emergency loan on 23 September 2015, following injuries to Paul Jones and Brian Murphy.[19] At the conclusion of his loan spell at Pompey, he was almost immediately loaned out again, this time joining League One Bury for a month.[20] However, after making his first appearance for the club, he suffered a groin injury and the loan was cut short.[21]

At the conclusion of the 2015–16 season Wolves announced McCarey's contract would not be renewed.[22] He made seven appearances in total for the club.

McCarey then signed with Scottish Premiership club Ross County.[23]

International career

McCarey was capped once for the Republic of Ireland national under-17 team, playing in a 3–1 home defeat to Poland in a friendly on 21 April 2009.[24] Over a year later, on 11 May 2010, he made his only appearance for the under-18 team in a 1–0 friendly away defeat to Macedonia.[25] McCarey made his under-19 debut on 9 August 2010 in a friendly against Ukraine, which finished a 0–0 draw at home.[26] He played at the 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, with the Republic of Ireland being beaten 5–0 by Spain in the semi-final on 29 July 2011.[27] This was his last appearance for the under-19s, earning 14 caps at this level.[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39] McCarey's debut at under-21 level came as a substitute for Ian McLoughlin in a 2–1 friendly home victory over Denmark on 28 May 2012.[40] He has been capped 10 times by the under-21s, as of the match played on 15 October 2013.[40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49] He received his first call up to the senior Republic of Ireland national team as a replacement for Keiren Westwood, for a friendly against Spain in New York in June 2013.[50]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 November 2016.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2010–11[51] Premier League 000000—00
2011–12[52] Premier League 000000—00
2012–13[53] Championship 000000—00
2013–14[15] League One 5000001[lower-alpha 1]060
2014–15[54] Championship 000010—10
2015–16[55] Championship 000000—10
Total 5000101070
AFC Telford United (loan) 2010–11[56] Conference North 40———40
Walsall (loan) 2012–13[53] League One 14000——140
York City (loan) 2013–14[15] League Two 50———50
Portsmouth (loan) 2015–16[55] League Two 60———60
Bury (loan) 2015–16[55] League One 1000000010
Ross County 2016–17[57] Scottish Premiership 100010—20
Career total 360002010390
  1. ↑ Appearance in Football League Trophy

References

  1. 1 2 3 Brown, Tony; Joyce, Michael; Longbottom, David, eds. (2013). English National Football Archive Yearbook 2013. Tony Brown. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-905891-62-7.
  2. ↑ "Aaron McCarey". ESPN FC. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  3. ↑ Kelly, Niall (19 June 2013). "McCarey 'absolutely gutted' by Monaghan collapse". TheScore.ie. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Monaghan's McCarey to join Wolves". RTÉ Sport. 25 September 2009.
  5. ↑ "Wolves keeper Aaron McCarey joins AFC Telford". BBC Sport. 16 February 2011.
  6. ↑ "AFC Telford 2 Alfreton 1 - in pictures". Shropshire Star. Telford. 22 February 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Guiseley 0 AFC Telford 3 - match report". Shropshire Star. Telford. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Wolves survive stern Shots test". Sky Sports. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Blackburn 0-1 Wolves". BBC Sport. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "Wolves loan Aaron McCarey to Walsall for a month". BBC Sport. 16 November 2012.
  11. ↑ "Crawley Town 2–2 Walsall". BBC Sport. 17 November 2012.
  12. ↑ "Aaron McCarey: Walsall re-sign Wolves goalkeeper on loan". BBC Sport. 21 February 2013.
  13. ↑ "McCarey recalled". Walsall F.C. 19 March 2013.
  14. ↑ "Options taken up". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 17 May 2013.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 "Games played by Aaron McCarey in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  16. ↑ "McCarey contract and loan". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  17. ↑ "Ikeme Sidelined". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  18. ↑ "Wolves keeper fails drug test". BBC Sport. 17 May 2015.
  19. ↑ "Portsmouth: Wolves keeper Aaron McCarey joins on emergency loan". BBC Sport. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  20. ↑ "Aaron McCarey: Bury sign Wolves goalkeeper on loan". BBC Sport. 25 October 2015.
  21. ↑ "Wolves' Aaron McCarey cuts short Bury loan". Express & Star. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  22. ↑ "Contract decisions revealed". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 9 May 2016.
  23. ↑ "Ross County bring in four new signings on free transfers". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  24. ↑ "Poland beat Ireland Under-17s in friendly at United Park". Football Association of Ireland. 21 April 2009. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  25. ↑ "U18s narrowly defeated by Macedonia". Football Association of Ireland. 11 May 2010. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  26. 1 2 "Ireland U19 held by Ukraine". Football Association of Ireland. 9 August 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  27. 1 2 "Spain end Ireland's Euro dream". Football Association of Ireland. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  28. ↑ "Ryan Connolly wins it for U19s". Football Association of Ireland. 11 August 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  29. ↑ "Five-star U19s sweep past Luxembourg". Football Association of Ireland. 7 October 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  30. ↑ "McGinty and Brady down Bulgaria U19s". Football Association of Ireland. 9 October 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  31. ↑ "Ireland U19s beaten by Serbia". Football Association of Ireland. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  32. ↑ "Murphy on target in U19s' draw". Football Association of Ireland. 8 February 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  33. ↑ "Under-19s held scoreless by Cyrpus in friendly". Football Association of Ireland. 27 March 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  34. ↑ "Under-19s begin UEFA elite qualifiers with a win". Football Association of Ireland. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  35. ↑ "U19s set up qualification decider against Italy". Football Association of Ireland. 26 May 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  36. ↑ "Ireland qualify for Under-19 UEFA finals". Football Association of Ireland. 29 May 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  37. ↑ "O'Connor double secures win for Irish U19's". Football Association of Ireland. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  38. ↑ "Czech Republic defeat Ireland in U19 UEFA Championship". Football Association of Ireland. 23 July 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  39. ↑ "Irish U19s qualify for semi-finals". Football Association of Ireland. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  40. 1 2 "Denmark penalty undoes Ireland". Football Association of Ireland. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  41. ↑ "U21s rescue draw against Italy". Football Association of Ireland. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  42. ↑ "Ireland finish U21 campaign with 4–2 win in Italy". Football Association of Ireland. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  43. ↑ "O'Brien double helps U21s beat Dutch". Football Association of Ireland. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  44. ↑ "Ireland U21s suffer 2–1 defeat to Portugal in blustery Oriel Park". Football Association of Ireland. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  45. ↑ "Republic of Ireland U21s draw with Danes". Football Association of Ireland. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  46. ↑ "Ireland U21s begin UEFA Championships campaign with win in Toftir". Football Association of Ireland. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  47. ↑ "Germany too strong for Ireland U21s". Football Association of Ireland. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  48. ↑ "Ireland U21s hold Romania to scoreless draw". Football Association of Ireland. 11 October 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  49. ↑ "Ireland U21s lose home qualifier against Romania". Football Association of Ireland. 15 October 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  50. ↑ "Wolves' Aaron McCarey gets senior Ireland call". Walsall F.C. 10 June 2013.
  51. ↑ "Games played by Aaron McCarey in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  52. ↑ "Games played by Aaron McCarey in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  53. 1 2 "Games played by Aaron McCarey in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  54. ↑ "Games played by Aaron McCarey in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  55. 1 2 3 "Games played by Aaron McCarey in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  56. ↑ "A. McCarey". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  57. ↑ "Games played by Aaron McCarey in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2016.

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