| John Carden | |
| Birth Date: | 10 May 1931 |
| Birth Place: | Liverpool, England |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Nationalyears1: | 1956 |
| Nationalteam1: | United States |
| Nationalcaps1: | 0 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
John Carden (May 10, 1931 – September 7, 1997) was an English-born member of the U.S. soccer team at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Carden, a graduate of the University of Southern California,[1] did not enter the lone U.S. game of the tournament, a 9–1 loss to Yugoslavia. At the time, he was a private in the United States Army assigned to Fort McPherson.[2] [3]
Carden died in Los Angeles on September 7, 1997, at the age of 66.[4]