David Raven (footballer)

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David Raven
Personal information
Full name	David Haydn Raven
Date of birth	March 10, 1985 (1985-03-10) (age 24)
Place of birth	Birkenhead, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Carlisle United
Number	2
Youth career
	Tranmere Rovers
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004–2006 2005–2006 2006–	Liverpool → Tranmere Rovers (loan) Carlisle United	001 (0) 011 (0) 120 (1)
National team2
2004	England U20	001 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:37, 23 May 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 18:01, 11 February 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

David Haydn Raven (born 10 March 1985 in Birkenhead, Wirral) is an English football player, who currently plays for Carlisle United as a right sided or central defender, having signed on a free transfer from Liverpool.

He initially started playing in Tranmere Rovers's academy while attending Calday Grange Grammar School before joining Liverpool.

Raven made his first team debut with a man of the match display during the Carling Cup quarter-final win at White Hart Lane in December 2004 and went on to play in two further games: disappointing defeats to Burnley in the FA Cup Third Round and Southampton in the Barclays Premiership. He had also played in the pre-season match against Wrexham in August 2004.

A Liverpool fan since childhood, Raven gave up a potential career as a musician to ply his trade in football. He played a number of games at centre half for the reserves throughout 2004 but Rafael Benítez, having been impressed with the youngster since his arrival in the summer, saw his best position as a right back. He was a regular captain of Liverpool's reserve team, and spent the latter part of the 2005/06 seaon on loan at Tranmere.

Raven then moved to Carlisle United F.C. from Liverpool F.C. on a free transfer but his debut was a disaster lasting only half an hour before he was substituted because of injury.

After an injury-plagued first season at Carlisle, the 2007/08 season became a different story for Raven, who established himself as Carlisle's first choice right back, and also won the club's Most Improved Player of the Year award.

[edit] External links

• Statistics at soccerbase.com
• Official Carlisle United profile

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Persondata
NAME	Raven, David Haydn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Raven, David
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Football (soccer) player
DATE OF BIRTH	March 10, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH	Birkenhead, Wirral Peninsula, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH