Bradley Carnell
Carnell with Karlsruher SC in 2007
Personal information
Full name Bradley Neil Carnell
Date of birth (1977-01-21) 21 January 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Johannesburg, South Africa
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 St. Louis City SC (head coach)
Youth career
Southern Suburbs
Robertsham Callies
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1997 Wits University 59 (7)
1997–1998 Kaizer Chiefs 13 (0)
1998–2003 VfB Stuttgart 82 (3)
2003–2005 Borussia Mönchengladbach 24 (1)
2005–2009 Karlsruher SC 93 (8)
2009–2010 Hansa Rostock 19 (0)
2010 Hansa Rostock II 1 (0)
2010–2011 Supersport United 12 (0)
Total 303 (19)
International career‡
1993–1994 South Africa U-20 6 (0)
1997–2010 South Africa 42 (0)
Managerial career
2017–2021 New York Red Bulls (assistant)
2020 New York Red Bulls (interim)
2022– St. Louis City SC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2011
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 April 2010

Bradley Neil Carnell (born 21 January 1977) is a South African former footballer who played as a defender. He is the current head coach of Major League Soccer side St. Louis City.

Early career

Born in Johannesburg, Carnell attended Parktown Boys' High School in Johannesburg. The old Parktown boy played for Southern Suburbs and Robertsham Callies juniors as a goalkeeper and he was later converted to a defender. He was regularly selected to play at district levels being coached by former Southampton, Hereford United and Cheltenham Town winger and former Wits University manager Terry Paine.[1]

Playing career

Carnell made his professional debut at the age of 16 in 1993 playing for Wits University. He played for Kaizer Chiefs (1997–98), VfB Stuttgart (1998–2003) and Borussia Mönchengladbach (2003–05). His greatest success came at Stuttgart where he helped win the league silver in 2003. He was selected for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

According to media reports, he was involved in an on-field altercation with a fellow player (goalkeeper Markus Miller) during a German league match in Frankfurt during September 2007.[2]

In July 2009 he moved to F.C. Hansa Rostock. On 13 July 2010, he signed for SuperSport United F.C.[3]

He announced his retirement from football on 27 August 2011.

Coaching

On 28 March 2017, Carnell was announced as the new assistant coach of the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer. On 5 September 2020, a day after the firing of Chris Armas, he was named interim head coach for the remainder of the 2020 regular season.

On 5 January 2022, Carnell was announced as the first head coach of St. Louis City SC of Major League Soccer.[4] The team kicked off in 2023.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 5 November 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
New York Red Bulls (interim) 5 September 2020[5] 19 November 2020[6] 14 6 3 5 042.86
St Louis City SC 5 January 2022 Present 40 18 5 17 045.00
Total 54 24 8 22 044.44

Honours

VfB Stuttgart

References

  1. ^ "Bio / Offering". bradleycarnell.com. Archived from the original on August 28, 2014. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
  2. ^ "Prügel-Skandal!" (in German). Bild. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2007.
  3. ^ "United sign new players". Supersport United. July 13, 2010. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2010.
  4. ^ "Bradley Carnell to be first head coach of St. Louis City SC". St. Louis CITY SC. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  5. ^ Vazzano, Andrew (5 September 2020). "Bradley Carnell Named Interim Head Coach". New York Red Bulls FC. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Bradley Carnell Shares Message After Move to Assistant Coach". New York Red Bulls FC. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Stuttgart 1–1 Auxerre (Aggregate: 3 – 1)". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 2 July 2004. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Stuttgart 2–0 Lille (Aggregate: 2 – 1)". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2002. Retrieved 16 June 2020.

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