Tony Cottee Sports manager

Antony Richard "Tony" Cottee (born 11 July 1965 in Forest Gate, Newham, England) is an English former professional footballer and manager who now works as a television football commentator.As a player he was a striker from 1982 until 2001, notably playing in the top flight of English football for West Ham United, Everton and Leicester City. He was capped seven times by England, and played in the Football League for Birmingham City, Norwich City and Millwall. He also had a spell in Malaysia with Selangor and spent a season as player-manager of Barnet.He played in the 1989 FA Cup Final defeat to Liverpool, and won the League Cup with Leicester City in 2000. His final career tally was 579 league games and 226 goals (99 of which for Everton). In all competitions, he managed 712 games and 293 goals. He exceeded his ambition to score 200 league goals in his career, but fell just short of his target of 300 goals in all competitions. Still, he was one of the most prolific goalscorers that English football saw during the 1980s and 1990s.

Personal facts

Tony Cottee
Birth dateJuly 11, 1965
Birth place
England national football team , Forest Gate , London Borough of Newham
Height (meters)1.7018

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Football manager

club
Barnet F.C.
position
Forward (association football)
teams
England national football team
Leicester City F.C.
Millwall F.C.
Barnet F.C.
Selangor FA
West Ham United F.C.
Everton F.C.
Norwich City F.C.
England national under-21 football team
Birmingham City F.C.

Tony Cottee on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersC/BioCotteeAR.html
  2. http://www.ex-canaries.co.uk/players/cottee.htm