Cameron Carter-Vickers has spent several seasons on loan to clubs in the Championship from parent club Spurs. That’s given him a unique experience having to work his way into squads in a variety of situations. His development as a top-level center back has benefited from the kind of experience that only comes from loan deals. Since the 2017-18 season, he’s played for six Championship clubs before a loan to Celtic for the 2021-22 season. Celtic made the move permanent in June 2022 with Carter-Vickers winning back-to-back Premiership titles.

Vickers started with the Spurs academy system in 2009. Though born in Southend-on-Sea, his father is an American citizen. By 2014, he was in the USMNT youth team setup. Carter-Vickers has appeared for the USMNT U-18s, U-20s, and U-23s, making his senior squad debut in 2017.

Carter-Vickers’s father Howard played major college basketball for Louisiana State University and was a first round draft pick in 1983. He played for the Denver Nuggets and Dallas Mavericks, moving to France to continue his professional basketball career in 1985.