Daniel William Carter (born 5 March 1982) is a retired New Zealand

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player. Carter played for Crusaders (Super Rugby) in

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and played for New Zealand's national team, the

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. He is the highest point scorer in test match rugby, and is considered by many experts as the greatest ever

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(fly-half) in the history of the game. He was named the

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Player of the Year in 2005, 2012 and 2015 (equaling the record three awards of Richie McCaw) and has won three

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titles with the Crusaders, and nine Tri-Nations and Rugby Championships with the All Blacks. Carter injured his groin while doing kicking practice during the

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but was a key member of the

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Rugby World Cup-winning teams, becoming one of 21 players to have won multiple Rugby World Cups. In the

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against Australia, he kicked four penalties, two conversions and a drop goal, and was named the man of the match. In 2015, Carter released his autobiography named 'Dan Carter: The Autobiography of an All Blacks Legend'. In 2019, 'Dan Carter: A Perfect 10', a documentary film about Carter's personal life and the challenges he encountered on his road to winning the 2015 Rugby World Cup was released.

Early life

Carter was born in a small town 10 minutes drive from the Carter family home in Leeston in the

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of New Zealand, to Neville and Bev Carter and has one older sister, Sarah. From the age of 5, he played with Southbridge Rugby Club as a half back (scrum half) and would go on to make representative teams for Ellesmere & Canterbury Country. He attended Ellesmere College where he played mostly at first five-eighth, and then in his final year he transferred to

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to further his chances of making it big in rugby. Some have said he was a shy and quiet young man who kept grand aspirations to himself. His great uncle was Canterbury and New Zealand half back

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, a member of the 1924–25 '' Invincibles'' and later a Canterbury rugby administrator.

Domestic career

Carter made his provincial debut for

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in 2002, and in 2003 was signed by the Super Rugby side the

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. Initially playing mainly at second five-eighth Carter reached the final of the

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competition with the Crusaders in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. Although they lost the 2003 and 2004 finals, in 2005 Carter had moved to

. He regularly played with first-five eighth

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before Mehrtens left the team following their 2004 season. In 2005 and 2006 the Crusaders won the competition, and in the 2006 season Carter scored the most individual points for a player in one season with 221. In April 2008, Carter was linked with several European clubs. In June 2008, Carter made the decision to sign a six-month contract with French club side

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, who then paid Carter the equivalent of £30,000 per game, during his

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season. On 31 January 2009 Carter ruptured his Achilles tendon playing for Perpignan against Stade Francais, but Perpignan still managed to win the

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despite Carter being injured for the remainder of the season. He recovered in time to play for his home provincial union, Canterbury, in the opening game of the 2009 Air New Zealand Cup. He then won selection to play for the All Blacks against Australia on 22 August 2009 after a few months of recovery. In May 2012, Carter was the top scorer in Super Rugby history, with 1301 points. In December 2014 it was announced Carter would be joining Parisian club

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after the

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, on a three-year deal worth a reported €1,500,000 a season, making him the world's highest paid rugby player. In November 2015 Carter revealed that, while recovering from an

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tear in 2013, he met with

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, the owner of the

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of the

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about possibly joining the team as a

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. On 24 June 2016, Carter helped

win the 2016

final with a 29–21 win against

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scoring 15 points (5 penalties) and was named Man of the Match despite being down to 14 men 18 minutes into the game after teammate

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got sent off for a dangerous tackle on Australian international Matt Giteau. On 25 November 2017, Carter left

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in France at the end of the season. On 16 July 2018, Carter joined

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, a club in the

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ese

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. On 17 February 2019, it was announced that Dan Carter was returning to

as injury cover after

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was forced to retire due to concussions. On 4 June 2020, it was announced that Dan Carter was joining

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for Super Rugby Aotearoa. However he never made a professional appearance for the side. On 20 February 2021, Dan Carter announced that he was retiring from professional rugby via his Instagram.

International career

In June 2003, Carter made his All Blacks debut at age 21 in

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, scoring 20 points against

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. He was then capped against

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, which the All Blacks won 31–23. He was also a substitute in a match against

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(the ''Wallabies'') in Sydney, which the All Blacks won 50–21. Carter was then included in New Zealand's

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squad, where he first gained serious international attention. Carter spent much of the later stages of the tournament on the bench leaving New Zealand without a specialist goal-kicker. However, he did play in the games against

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in Melbourne, which the All Blacks won 70–7, and the wins over

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and

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. Although he has been an All Black since 2003 he only secured a permanent position as the first five-eighth in the team during the 2004 tour to the United Kingdom and France displacing Carlos Spencer. He had been playing as a second five-eighths up until the end of the

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. In 2005, Carter starred in the All Blacks 48–18 win over the

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. He scored two tries, five penalties, and four conversions. He ended the match with 33 points, passing the previous All Blacks record of 18 points in a Lions Test (Carter's second-half total of 22 points by itself was sufficient to top this). The performance was later described by The Guardian as "the definitive fly-half display of the modern era". DC conversion

Carter was named IRB Player of the Year in 2005, becoming the first New Zealander to win the award. On 27 November 2010, after scoring a halfway penalty against Wales, Carter became the highest point scorer of all time, overtaking England's

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's previous record of 1,178 although Wilkinson took the record back on 26 February 2011 against France. Carter reclaimed the record on 30 July 2011 when he advanced to 1,204 points in the first tri-nations match of the 2011 series against South Africa. He has currently scored a total of 1,598 test points (29 tries, 293 conversions, 281

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, and 8 drop goals) in 112 tests, with an average of 14.27 points a game (the highest average for players who have scored more than 500 Test points). Along with Richie McCaw Carter earns 750,000 NZD a year being the joint highest paid player in New Zealand. This high paying contract by the New Zealand Rugby Union is not subject to form or fitness as both players are regarded as integral to the All Blacks

plans. It was announced on 1 October that Carter would captain the All Blacks for the first time against Canada. However, it was later announced that Carter would miss the rest of the

after tearing a groin tendon during the final training session before the match against Canada. Carter has signed a contract to re-sign with the NZRU until 2015. Carter was named IRB Player of the Year in 2012, but eyebrows were raised when he missed out being named in the shortlist for New Zealand Player of the Year. On 16 November 2013, Carter became the fifth All Black to play 100 caps when New Zealand defeated

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by 30–22 at

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on their end of year tour. On 17 July 2015, Carter and Richie McCaw played their final match in Christchurch together, after Carter took a deal to play for

in France. On 15 August 2015 Carter played his final test in New Zealand in the

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decider at

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, a trophy he has never lost since his debut. He later appeared with McCaw in a ''

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'' themed safety video for

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. In the

against Australia, Carter scored four penalties, converted two tries (with the final one taken with his right boot), and kicked a drop goal that gave the All Blacks the winning moment. Due to the performance, he was named the Man of the Match. Following the All Blacks' victory, he received the IRB Player of the Year award for the third time.

International record

Test record overall: Test tries:

Personal life

Carter became engaged to his longtime girlfriend and former Black Sticks striker Honor Dillon in October 2010 when she was a marketing manager at

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. The couple married on 9 December 2011, and have gone on to have four children. Wedding guests included Richie McCaw and All Blacks former coach

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. Carter has modelled for Jockey underwear on billboards worldwide since 2003. In 2009, Carter's future wife joined him in one campaign. In 2004 and 2005, Carter was voted sexiest New Zealand male in a survey, receiving 35.7% of the vote in 2005. In 2008, American Cable Channel E! judged Carter to be 11th on its list of the world's sexiest men, and in 2010 E! voted him the world's 3rd sexiest male athlete. Carter has also been a spokesmodel for

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heat pumps, and from mid-2011,

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electric shavers. In November 2006, Carter released his book ''Dan Carter: Skills & Performance''. It included stories about his relatively brief international rugby career as well as section on skills for younger players. In February 2017, Carter was caught driving in Paris with a blood alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit. He was subsequently dropped by his sponsor,

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. In May 2018, Dan Carter revealed that he declined the offer to switch to

(NFL) as a

for

after The Rugby World Cup in 2015.

Honours

Canterbury

* NPC/Air New Zealand Cup Champion, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2010 *

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holder

Crusaders

Champion

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and

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* NZ Conference Winner, 2011 * Super Rugby Centurion

Perpignan

Champion

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Racing 92

Champion

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Kobelco Steelers

Champion

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New Zealand

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champion,

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and

* Tri Nations/

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champion,

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and 2014 *

2003 - 2015 *

series victory,

* Home Nations Grand Slam Tour,

and

* All Black test centurion

Personal accolades

* Kelvin Tremain Memorial Trophy (NZ Player of the Year) 2004 and 2005 * Rebel Sport Super 14 Player of the Year 2004 and 2006 * IRB Player of the Year 2005, 2012 and 2015 (Nominee in 2006 and 2008) *

BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year The BBC World Sport Star of the Year (formerly known as the BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year) is an award presented at the annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year award ceremony. The award is presented to a non-British sportsperson c ...

2015 *

Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have re ...

for services to rugby,

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. * Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year 2016 * List of Super Rugby records, All Time Super Rugby Leading Points Scorer * List of leading rugby union test point scorers, All Time International Rugby Leading Point ScorerList of leading rugby union test point scorers

References

External links

*
Official Dan Carter YouTube Channel
*
Daniel Carter , Rugby Database Profile

Dan Carter Videos

* http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/64382561/dan-and-honor-carter-expecting-second-child

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Early life

Domestic career

International career

International record

Personal life

Honours

Canterbury

Crusaders

Perpignan

Racing 92

Kobelco Steelers

New Zealand

Personal accolades

See also

References

External links