Sheffield United's Australian international midfielder David Carney joined Norwich City on loan on 28th January 2009 until the end of the 2008/9 season.

Carney began his career as a trainee with Everton before moving to Oldham Athletic in 2003. He had short spells with Halifax Town and Scottish side Hamilton Academicals before returning to his homeland in 2005 to play for Sydney FC. At Sydney, he worked with City's first team coach Ian Crook with both of them having helped Sydney to the Australian Hyundai A-League Grand Final in 2005-06. He arrived at Bramall Lane on a three-year deal in August 2007 and has made a total of 26 appearances for Sheffield United in all competitions, scoring three goals

Carney is a regular Australian international after making his debut for the Socceroos in February 2006 against Bahrain. He currently has 17 caps and one goal, that being a 25-yard stunner at Craven Cottage against Nigeria in November 2007.He was a member of the 2007 Asian Cup squad that faced the likes of Argentina and represented his country in the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing.

Norwich manager Bryan Gunn said "I am delighted to welcome David as my first signing. We've been working very hard behind the scenes and putting several phone calls into different clubs and this is the first one with a positive result. He is an Australian international and I feel he will add something very positive to the squad we already have. He has a tremendous left foot which I hope he can utilise in our games which we have coming up and he's a confident goalscorer who is technically gifted. He wants to come here, he hasn't featured at Sheffield United and with the World Cup coming up in 2010, he wants to have the chance to show what he can do so he has an opportunity of a place in the Australian squad.: Ian Crook worked with him in Sydney, where David played 21 games and scored six times. Ian gave a very high recommendation of David and his capabilities, and was happy to recommend him to us. I know there were other clubs interested in him, both in this country and in Europe, and I really hope he is able to use his abilities to help us in the battle we have ahead of us."

David made his City debut as a substitute in the 3-3 draw at Wolves on 3rd February 2009. He made 9 appearances in total for the Canaries before they were relegated to League One

At the beginning of August 2009, David joined Belgian giants Anderlecht on a week's trial. He signed a two year contract for Dutch side FC Twente, managed by Steve Maclaren, on 31st August 2009. FC Twente went on to win their first ever Dutch League title on 2nd May 2010, although Carney missed the last 3 months of the season with a shoulder injury.

After playing twomes in the World Cup in South Africa in June 2010, Carney returned to England on 1st September 2010 (transfer deadline day), signing for Premiership new boys Blackpool on a one-year contract for an undisclosed fee. Carney said: "It has been a busy 24 hours but I am delighted it is done now and I am looking forward to getting out there playing. The way Blackpool play suits me and I am looking forward to meeting the lads and getting started."