Carlo Nash

Early career

Born in Bolton, Lancashire, Nash started his career at local youth club Moss Bank before he joined Manchester United's academy at the age of eleven. However, he decided to spend some years out of the game after being involved in a car accident at the age of 14. He completed his education and went on to work as a screen printer. He returned to the sport with amateur side Waterworks after a six-year absence. He joined North West Counties League side Rossendale United in 1993 and played for the club for two years. He moved on to Clitheroe, with whom he played in the final of the FA Vase at Wembley Stadium, losing 3–0 to Brigg Town. He later said that "it was a very unconventional way to get into professional football but I feel like I appreciated it more because of the way I did it rather than coming through the academy system".

Crystal Palace

In May 1996, Nash was signed by Crystal Palace manager Dave Bassett for an initial fee of £35,000 (rising to £45,000 after ten first-team games, and including a 10% sell-on fee), in what was a club record transfer for Clitheroe. He made his professional debut in the First Division on 21 September, in a 6–1 victory at Reading. He was a key player for Crystal Palace when they got promoted to the Premier League in the 1996–97 season, keeping a clean sheet in the play-off final victory over Sheffield United. He later said that: "I played in the FA Vase final for Clitheroe in front of around 7,000 people so to…

In July 2016, Nash was appointed goalkeeping coach at League One club Oldham Athletic by incoming manager Stephen Robinson. He left Oldham in 2018 to join former Preston teammate Graham Alexander in the National League at Salford City. He joined Port Vale as the club's new goalkeeping coach in July 2022. He was interim goalkeeping coach at Accrington Stanley for the 2024/25 season. He currently works as Head of Goalkeeping for Premier Goalkeeping Academy covering the areas in South Manchester and Cheshire.

Nash is an enthusiastic travel photographer in his spare time, and set up a travel book publishing company called 'Luxury Backpackers' with his then-wife Jill. Nash is a devout Christian and said in an interview with the Church Times, "I find that being a Christian helps me to deal with disappointing moments in football a lot better". Nash's paternal grandmother was Italian. Nash is also interested in languages, having learned French, German, Italian and Spanish, and practiced Chinese when he shared a room with Sun Jihai at Manchester City. He has two daughters from his marriage to his ex-wife Jill. He also has two other daughters with his fiancée, Stacey In February 2014, Nash was stopped by police on a dual carriageway in Norfolk after being caught driving at 140 miles per hour (230 km/h) and went on to receive a 34-week driving ban; it was heard in court that he was in negative equity following an acrimonious divorce. In July 2015, Nash was cleared at Chester Crown Court of a charge of stalking his ex-wife, as the prosecution offered no evidence; he was compensated for his legal costs.

Clitheroe

FA Vase runner-up: 1996 Crystal Palace

Football League First Division play-offs: 1997 Manchester City

Football League First Division: 2001–02 Stoke City

Football League Championship second-place promotion: 2007–08 FA Cup runner-up: 2010–11 Everton

FA Cup runner-up: 2008–09