In context
- When
- Wednesday, December 31 199729 years ago
- Category
- BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Era
- 20th century · 1990s
- Recorded from
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- Person
- Cameron Carter-Vickers
At a glance
Born 1997-12-31.
Known as: association football player. Citizenship: United Kingdom and United States.
Listed as: human.
Who they were
Personal life Carter-Vickers' father is Howard Carter , a retired American basketball player who spent his professional career in the NBA and Europe and became a French citizen. [ 1 ] His English mother, Geraldine Vickers, is from Essex . Carter and Vickers met while both were working in Greece. [ 1 ] He was raised in Essex and attended The Eastwood Academy in Leigh-on-Sea , while spending summers with his father in Louisiana . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] ^ a b Sferra,
Cameron Robert Carter-Vickers is a professional soccer player who plays as a center-back for Scottish Premiership club Celtic. Born in England, he represents the United States national team.
Path and career
Career statistics Club As of match played August 20, 2025 Appearances and goals by club, season and competition Club Season League National cup [ a ] League cup [ b ] Other Total Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Tottenham Hotspur 2016–17 [ 1 ] Premier League 0 0 2 0 2 0 — 4 0 2021–22 [ 2 ] Premier League 0 0 — — 1 [ c ] 0 1 0 Total 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 5 0 Sheffield United (loan) 2017–18 [ 3 ]
Why this date
Cameron Carter-Vickers appears on our December 31 calendar for 1997 as a birth entry.
December 31 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 1997Cameron Carter-Vickers
- 2004Taipei 101
- 2006War in Somalia (2006–2009)
- 2009Blue moon
- 20102010 New Year's Eve tornado outbreak
- 2011NASA
- 20142014 Shanghai stampede
- 2015Downtown Dubai
- 20182018 Magnitogorsk building collapse
- 2019World Health Organization
- 2020COVID-19 vaccine
Also in 1997
- May 11Deep Blue (chess computer)Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in six games to become the first chess computer to win a match against a world champion.
- September 11NASANASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
- September 11Kurkse tragedyKurkse tragedy: Fourteen Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion are drowned or die of hypothermia during a training exercise in the Ku…
- September 111997 Scottish devolution referendumAfter a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.
- September 13German Air ForceA German Air Force Tupolev Tu-154 and a United States Air Force Lockheed C-141 Starlifter collide in mid-air near Namibia, killing 33.
- September 14Howrah–Ahmedabad Superfast ExpressEighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
- September 18Ted TurnerUnited States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1 billion to the United Nations.
- September 18Ottawa TreatyThe Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.
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