Personal Life
Carrick was born to Vince and Lynn Carrick in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, and first became involved in football when he was five years old. A boyhood fan of Newcastle United, he played five-a-side football with Wallsend Boys Club on Saturday nights, courtesy of his father's volunteer work at the club. Football became more serious for him at the age of 12 when he was selected for Calder High School and later on North Tyneside Schools. Whilst playing for Wallsend Boys' Club under 16s, he was capped for the England Boys' club side. At the age of 13, Carrick was profiled by the BBC children's programme Live & Kicking episode 49, which aired on 4 February 1995. During his school years, and the years up until his move to West Ham United, Carrick actually played as a centre forward; it was only at West Ham that he started to play more often as a midfielder. He studied at Wallsend's Western Middle School and Burnside Community High School, completing his GCSE exams in 1997.
Carrick has one brother, Graeme, who is four years younger. He was also at West Ham United but suffered several injuries, and is now an FA Skills Coach and a Player-Coach at Team Northumbria F.C., after previously working at the Newcastle United Academy coaching the under-10s and under-16s. Carrick married Lisa Roughead, a Pilates instructor with a business degree, in Leicestershire on 16 June 2007. The couple started dating when they were both at school, and have a daughter, Louise, and a son, Jacey.
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