Carl Wayne Emberson (born 13 July 1973 in

Epsom Epsom is the principal town of the Borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, England, about south of central London. The town is first recorded as ''Ebesham'' in the 10th century and its name probably derives from that of a Saxon landowner. The ...

, Surrey) is an English retired football goalkeeper.

Career

He played in the 1990–91 Final of the FA Youth Cup with

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, but only ever managed to make 1 Senior first-team appearance for the club. He joined

Colchester United Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1937, the club spent its earl ...

for £25,000 in 1994, where he had previously been on loan. He enjoyed six successful seasons at Colchester United as their first choice goalkeeper making over 200 senior league and cup Appearances. He went on to play for

Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands County, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east of Wolverhampton and from Lichfield. Walsall is th ...

, before moving to

Luton Town Luton Town Football Club () is a professional association football club based in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England, that competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1885, it is nicknam ...

where he gained automatic promotion in his first season with the club, he then moved onto

Southend United Southend United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of English football. Southend are known as ...

Grays Athletic Grays Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Grays, Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at Parkside in nearby Aveley. History The club was established as Grays Juniors in 1890, before merging with former S ...

and

Sutton United Sutton United Football Club is a professional football club in Sutton, South London, England, who play in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They play home games at Gander Green Lane in Sutton about 11 miles so ...

. After retiring, Emberson moved to Spain, where he runs a soccer school. It was announced on 27 June 2011, that Emberson was appointed goalkeeping

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. He was appointed First Team Development Coach at Luton Town on 3 July 2012.Emberson returns as coach
Emberson left the club in March 2013.

Honours

Club

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* FA Youth Cup Winner (1): 1991 ;

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Playoff Winner (1): 1997–98 *

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Runner-up (1): 1996–97 ;

* Football League Division Two Playoff Winner (1): 2000–01 ;

Runner-up (1): 2001–02 ;

* FA Trophy Winner (1): 2004–05

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Emberson, Carl 1973 births Living people English footballers Association football goalkeepers Millwall F.C. players Colchester United F.C. players Walsall F.C. players Luton Town F.C. players Southend United F.C. players Grays Athletic F.C. players Sutton United F.C. players Sportspeople from Epsom English Football League players Bristol Rovers F.C. non-playing staff Luton Town F.C. non-playing staff