Carly Hunt (born 4 June 1981) is a retired

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footballer. She played as a

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and has represented

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at senior international level. Throughout her career she played alongside her identical twin sister Gemma and they were nicknamed ''the rottweilers'' for their aggressive style of play.

Club career

Hunt started playing for Millwall Lionesses' first team as a 14-year-old. The sisters switched to Croydon Women at 16 when the family moved to

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. Croydon won the

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in 2000. Gemma scored the winning goal but Carly missed the final following a cartilage operation. The pair were strongly in favour of

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's controversial and hostile takeover of Croydon Women during that summer. In December 2000 both sisters were sent off in the same match, Carly for attacking a teammate. The duo were "kicked out" of

a year later after a huge squad bust-up. They made their debut for

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in February 2002. In September 2003 an on-pitch altercation with former Charlton teammate Carmaine Walker saw another red card for Hunt. Days later the incident spilled over into an

training session, resulting in lengthy bans for Carly and Gemma Hunt, as well as Charlton's Walker and Eartha Pond. The Hunts left Doncaster Rovers Belles for Leeds United Ladies in 2004, but moved on to

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shortly afterwards.

International career

Hunt was the captain of

U-18s. She made senior appearances against

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and

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in 2002 and

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in 2003.

References

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