Andy Carroll has joined National League South side Dagenham & Redbridge following his departure from French club Bordeaux.<\/p>\n
Carroll scored 11 goals in 23 matches for Bordeaux during 2024-25 as the six-time French champions recorded a fourth-place finish in Championnat National 2, the fourth tier of French football to which the club were administratively relegated last summer.<\/p>\n
The 36-year-old former England international previously played in Ligue 2 for Amiens, scoring four goals in 2023-24.<\/p>\n
Ahead of Carroll\u2019s announcement by Dagenham & Redbridge on Saturday, the east London club confirmed they had been bought<\/a> by a consortium of prominent Qatari private investors. The takeover remains subject to approvals from the Football Association and National League.<\/p>\n The club said Youseph Al Sharif had been appointed as the club\u2019s interim chairman and would be supported by the team\u2019s former captain, Anwar Uddin, who joins as a non-executive director.<\/p>\n It’s not every day\u2026 \u2694\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/wkgK9q1QGG<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Dagenham & Redbridge (@Dag_RedFC) July 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Carroll came through Newcastle\u2019s academy and after scoring 11 goals in the first half of the 2010-11 Premier League campaign, became Liverpool\u2019s record signing when he moved to Anfield for \u00a335million on deadline day in January 2011.<\/p>\n The striker scored 11 goals in 58 matches for Liverpool before joining West Ham United, where he scored 34 goals across seven years, before re-joining Newcastle in 2019 and having subsequent spells at West Bromwich Albion and Reading.<\/p>\n Dagenham & Redbridge, who spent nine years in the Football League between 2007 and 2016, were relegated out of the National League last season, marking a first return to the sixth tier of the English football pyramid since 1999-00.<\/p>\n \u201cThe level does not matter, I just want to get on the pitch and play football,\u201d Carroll told Sky Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI had clubs ringing me up from higher leagues but it has to be the right fit and what I want to do, rather than it being higher up or for more money.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have a project here to get the club out of the non-league.<\/p>\n \u201cI have more excitement now than I ever have; I just love playing football and want to show everyone I\u2019m just playing for the love of football rather than the levels.\u201d<\/p>\n (ROMAIN PERROCHEAU\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n