Alex McCarthy

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Alex McCarthy
Personal information
Full name:	Alex Simon McCarthy
Date of birth:	3 December 1989 (1989-12-03)
Place of birth:	Guildford, England
Height:	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Playing position:	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Southampton
Number:	13
Youth clubs
0000–2006 2006–2007	Wimbledon Wycombe Wanderers Reading
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
2007–2014 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009–2010 2010 2011–2012 2012 2014–2015 2015–2016 2016–	Reading → Woking (loan) → Cambridge United (loan) → Team Bath (loan) → Aldershot Town (loan) → Yeovil Town (loan) → Brentford (loan) → Leeds United (loan) → Ipswich Town (loan) Queens Park Rangers Crystal Palace Southampton	070 00(0) 001 00(0) 001 00(0) 002 00(0) 004 00(0) 044 00(0) 003 00(0) 006 00(0) 010 00(0) 003 00(0) 007 00(0) 000 00(0)
National team
2010–2011	England U21	003 00(0)

Alex Simon McCarthy (born 3 December 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Southampton.

A product of Reading's Academy, McCarthy spent time out on loan in the Conference Premier before signing professional terms with the club in 2008. He made his Football League debut in 2009 whilst on loan to Aldershot Town and spent the following season at Yeovil Town before making his Reading debut in 2011. He has since spent time on loan at Leeds United and Ipswich Town. McCarthy left for Queens Park Rangers in 2014.

At international level McCarthy has represented England and made his debut for the under-21 team in 2010, appearing three times in total. In May 2013 he was called up to the senior squad for friendlies against the Republic of Ireland and Brazil although he did not make an appearance.

External links

• Alex McCarthy profile at the official Southampton F.C. website
• Alex McCarthy profile at the official Football Association website
• Alex McCarthy profile at Soccerbase
• Alex McCarthy profile at Soccerbase