Carter lands First Team Operations role at Villa

Paul Carter has become the new First Team Operations Manager at Aston Villa.

Carter has been promoted from his role as Senior Kit and Equipment Manager, which he had held since joining the club three years ago, to replace Matt Bennett, who has taken up a similar role at Al Ain Club in the United Arab Emirates.

He has also worked as Assistant Kit Man at Birmingham City, Assistant Kit Manager at Stoke City and Kit and Equipment Manager at Cardiff City – a job he had for more than five-and-a-half years before moving to Villa Park in the summer of 2022.