Former England international striker Andy Carroll, who played for Newcastle, Liverpool and West Ham and has been playing for Amiens (Ligue 2) since 2023, has signed with Bordeaux, which plays in N2 (4th division), the Girondins announced on Wednesday.
Carroll, 35, who passed his medical on Tuesday before signing his contract, took part in his first training session at Haillan on Wednesday morning with his new teammates.
The centre forward, known for his heading game (1.93 m), his pivoting game and his ponytail, has been selected 9 times for the England team (2 goals). He has played 248 Premier League matches and scored 54 goals and has been playing since last autumn at Amiens where he has scored 4 goals in 35 appearances.
Still a starter on Friday during Amiens’ trip to Annecy (0-3), Carroll was released from his contract by the Picardy club to join Bordeaux.
His friendship with John Williams, the Franco-English sports director of Amiens who has ties to Gironde and who is in charge of recruiting the Girondins who were administratively relegated to N2 this summer, is one of the reasons for his arrival on the banks of the Garonne.
Bordeaux, placed under the protection of the commercial court at the end of July, with a risk of liquidation, was authorized on Tuesday by this body to continue its judicial recovery procedure.
In N2, the Girondins occupy 15th place in group B (out of 16 teams) with two matches in hand and have scored only two goals, one of which was scored by their goalkeeper Lassana Diabaté.
