Peter Crouch	Southampton FC, Liverpool FC, Portsmouth FC, Tottenham Hotspur FC 42 appearances, 22 goals P 42 W 26 D 7 L 9 F 82: A 33 *(actual F 55: A 18) 70% successful 2005-2011 disciplined: 3 captain: none minutes played: 2123
Profile
Full name	Peter James Crouch	(*Actual for and against are the goals scored while the player was on the field.)
Born	30 January 1981 in Macclesfield, Cheshire [registered in Macclesfield, March 1981]. Attended Roxeth Primary, North Ealing Primary and Drayton Manor High School, Ealing
Married	to Abigail Marie Clancy, 30 June 2011, in Leicestershire, with two children, Sophia Ruby (March 2011) and Liberty Rose (June 2015).
Height/Weight	6' 7", 11st 12lb. [2004]
Biographies	Walking Tall: My Story - Peter Crouch (Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2007).
	'In a macho world, he is refreshingly candid about the anxieties that beset players.' Saturday Times Magazine 'The English public have always loved a goalscorer and Crouch has shown there is much more to his fame than simply being "robot boy".' The Guardian
Source	Barry J. Hugman's PFA Yearbook [2007].
Club Career
Club(s) MOST PL HEADED GOALS 53	Spent his junior career playing for Northolt Hotspurs FC, and was a member of the Brentford FC Centre of Excellence. He also played with West Middlesex Colts FC. He turned down offers to join Chelsea FC and Millwall FC to join the youth set up at Queen's Park Rangers FC in the 1994 summer. However, in November 1994, the coaching team at QPR, including Crouch, moved to Tottenham Hotspur FC, where Crouch signed professionally on 2 July 1998, during which time he spent time on loan to non-league Dulwich Hamlet FC, scoring once in six Isthmian League appearances, and IFK Hässleholm in the Swedish second division, three in eight. He was released to Queen's Park Rangers FC on 28 July 2000 for £60,000, and after 42 league appearances, in which he scored ten goals, he signed for Portsmouth FC on 11 July 2001 for £1,250,000, where another 37 league appearances followed and another eighteen goals, then onto Aston Villa FC, less than a year later for £4 million+, on 28 March 2002. Crouch spent time on loan to Norwich City FC on 8 September 2003, he scored four goals in fifteen league appearances. After 37 Premier League Villa appearances, and six goals, he returned to the south coast to join Southampton FC on 8 June 2004 for £2 million, scoring twelve in 27 Premier League outings. Following his full international debut, Crouch joined Liverpool FC for £7 million on 20 July 2005. He appeared 85 times in the Premier League, with a return of 22 goals. Rejoined Portsmouth FC on 11 July 2008 for a fee worth up to £11 million. After another 38 Premier League appearances and eleven goals, Crouch rejoined his first club, Tottenham Hotspur FC on 27 July 2009 - for a fee in the region of £10 million.  After struggling to hold down a regular first team slot, scoring twelve in 72 Premier League appearances, Crouch joined Stoke City AFC on transfer deadline day, 31 August 2011. He has scored 45 goals in 202 Premier League appearances up until 2017-18, when his side were relegated. On transfer deadine day, 31 January 2019, Crouch was invited back to the Premier League, despite being 38 years old, when Burnley FC signed him on a six-month contract.
Club honours	Football League Division One Champions 2003-04; FIFA World Club Championship runner up 2005; FA Cup winner 2005-06;
Individual honours	BBC Match of the Day Goal of the Month 24 March 2012 vs. Manchester City FC. Stoke City FC Player of the Year 2011-12;
Distinctions	Became the first Premier League player to head fifty league goals, on 21 May 2017, his 103rd. The oldest player to score 100 Premier League goals.
Source	Barry J. Hugman's PFA Yearbook [2008].
England Career
Player number	1139th player to appear for England.
Position(s)	Centre-forward
First match	No. 828, 31 May 2005, Colombia 2 England 3, an end-of-season final tour match, at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States, substituted (73), aged 24 years 121 days;
Last match	No. 893, 17 November 2010, England 1 France 2, a friendly match at The National Stadium, Wembley, London, substitute (84), aged 29 years 291 days;
Major tournaments	World Cup Finals 2006, 2010;
Team honours	None
Individual honours	England B (one appearance, 2006), England U21 (six appearances, one goal, 2002-03), England U18.
Distinctions	England's top scorer 2006, joint 2010 (four (with Jermaine Defoe))

Peter Crouch - Career Statistics
Squads	Apps	comp. apps	Starts	sub on	sub off	mins.	Goals	goals ave.min	comp. goals	Capt.	Disc.
58	42	21	19	▲23	8▼	2123	22 5 ▲	97 min	9 0 ▲	none	3
minutes are approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. The minutes here given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an approximation.

Match History
 

Club: Southampton F.C. - one full appearance (35 min), no goals

coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson - eleven full appearances (657 min), six goalsx

Age 24
827		28 May 2005 - United States 1 England 2, Soldier Field, Chicago	tour	AW	injured sub	17
1	828	31 May 2005 - Colombia 2 England 3, Giants Stadium, East Rutherford (⮀1-3)		NW	Start ▼35	9

Club: Liverpool F.C. - 27 full appearances (1537 min), thirteen goals

2	832	8 October 2005 - England 1 Austria 0, Old Trafford, Manchester	WCP	HW	Start	9
3	833	12 October 2005 - England 2 Poland 1, Old Trafford, Manchester (⮀1-1)		HW	▲sub 67	16
4	834	12 November 2005 - Argentina 2 England 3, Stade de Genève, Genève (⮀2-1)	Fr	NW	▲sub 81	20

 

Age 25
5	835	1 March 2006 - England 2 Uruguay 1, Old Trafford, Manchester (⮀0-1) (168 minutes to score first goal)	Fr	HW	▲sub 64 75	21
1	b	25 May 2006 - England 1 Belarus A 2, Madejski Stadium, Reading	Fr	HW	Start ▼79	9
6	836	30 May 2006 - England 3 Hungary 1, Old Trafford, Manchester (⮀2-1) (34 minutes to score second) (second goal as sub)		HW	▲sub 65 84	24
7	837	3 June 2006 - England 6 Jamaica 0, Old Trafford, Manchester (35 minutes to score second) (first hat-trick in sixty mins)		HW	Start 29,67,82,89	9

8	838	10 June 2006 - England 1 Paraguay 0, Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt	WCF	NW	Start 63	21
9	839	15 June 2006 - England 2 Trinidad & Tobago 0, Frankenstadion, Nürnberg (147 minutes to score sixth)		NW	Start 83
10	840	20 June 2006 - Sweden 2 England 2, Rhein Energy Stadion, Köln (⮀0-0)		ND	▲sub 4
841		25 June 2006 - England 1 Ecuador 0, Gottlieb Daimler Stadion, Stuttgart		NW	unused sub
11	842	1 July 2006 - England 0 Portugal 0ᴭᵀ, Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen (⮀0-0)		ND	▲sub 65

coach: Steve McClaren - thirteen full appearances (831 min), eight goalsx

12	843	16 August 2006 - England 4 Greece 0, Old Trafford, Manchester (154 minutes to score seventh)	Fr	HW	Start 36,42	10
13	844	2 September 2006 - England 5 Andorra 0, Old Trafford, Manchester (53 minutes to score ninth)	ECP	HW	Start 5,66	9
14	845	6 September 2006 - FYR Macedonia 0 England 1, Gradski Stadion, Skopje (70 minutes to score eleventh) (⮀0-1)		AW	Start 4660 ▼87	9
15	846	7 October 2006 - England 0 FYR Macedonia 0, Old Trafford, Manchester	ECP	HD	Start	10
16	847	11 October 2006 - Croatia 2 England 0, Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb (⮀2-0)		AL	Start ▼72	10
848		15 November 2006 - Netherlands 1 England 1, Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam	Fr	AD	unused sub	21

Age 26
17	849	7 February 2007 - England 0 Spain 1, Old Trafford, Manchester	Fr	HL	Start	10
18	852	1 June 2007 - England 1 Brazil 1, The National Stadium, Wembley (⮀1-1)	Fr	HD	▲sub 83	21
19	853	6 June 2007 - Estonia 0 England 3, A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn (357 minutes to score twelfth)	ECP	AW	Start 54 81	9
20	854	22 August 2007 - England 1 Germany 2, The National Stadium, Wembley (⮀1-2)	Fr	HL	▲sub 83	21
855		8 September 2007 - England 3 Israel 0, The National Stadium, Wembley	ECP	HW	suspended
21	856	12 September 2007 - England 3 Russia 0, The National Stadium, Wembley (⮀2-0)		HW	▲sub 80	18
857		13 October 2007 - England 3 Estonia 0, The National Stadium, Wembley	ECP	HW	unused sub	17
22	858	17 October 2007 - Russia 2 England 1, Olimpiyskiy Kompleks Luzhniki Stadion, Moskva (⮀2-1)		AL	▲sub 80	18
23	859	16 November 2007 - Austria 0 England 1, Ernst-Happel Stadion, Wien  (107 minutes to score thirteenth) (⮀0-1)	Fr	AW	Start 44 ▼72	9
24	860	21 November 2007 - England 2 Croatia 3, The National Stadium, Wembley (93 minutes to score fourteenth)	ECP	HL	Start 65	9

manager: Fabio Capello - eighteen full appearances (699 min), eight goalsx

Age 27
25	861	6 February 2008 - England 2 Switzerland 1, The National Stadium, Wembley (⮀1-0)	Fr	HW	▲sub 57	21
26	862	26 March 2008 - France 1 England 0, Stade de France, Saint-Denis (⮀1-0)	Fr	AL	▲sub ht	19
27	863	28 May 2008 - England 2 United States 0, The National Stadium, Wembley (⮀2-0)	Fr	HW	▲sub 68	25
28	864	1 June 2008 - Trinidad & Tobago 0 England 3, Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain (⮀0-2)		AW	▲sub ht	19

Club: Portsmouth F.C. - six full appearances (273 min), two goals

868		11 October 2008 - England 5 Kazakhstan 1, The National Stadium, Wembley	WCP	HW	unused sub	18
29	869	15 October 2008 - Belarus 1 England 3, Dinamo Stadion, Minsk (⮀1-2)		AW	▲sub 70	18
30	870	19 November 2008 - Germany 1 England 2, Olympiastadion, Berlin (⮀1-2)	Fr	AW	▲sub 90+3	20

Age 28
31	871	11 February 2009 - Spain 2 England 0, Estadio Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán, Sevilla (⮀1-0)	Fr	AL	▲sub ht	20
32	872	28 March 2009 - England 4 Slovakia 0, The National Stadium, Wembley  (⮀1-0) (⮀ 2-0)	Fr	HW	▲sub 35 ▼74	20
33	873	1 April 2009 - England 2 Ukraine 1, The National Stadium, Wembley (⮀1-1) (303 minutes to score fifteenth)	WCP	HW	Start 29 ▼79	9
874		6 June 2009 - Kazakhstan 0 England 4, Ortalyk Tsentralnyi Stadium, Almaty	WCP	AW	unused sub	18
34	875	10 June 2009 - England 6 Andorra 0, The National Stadium, Wembley (130 minutes to score sixteenth)		HW	Start 80	9

Club: Tottenham Hotspur F.C. - eight full appearances (326 min), six goals

877		5 September 2009 - England 2 Slovenia 1, The National Stadium, Wembley	Fr	HW	unused sub	24
878		9 September 2009 - England 5 Croatia 1, The National Stadium, Wembley	WCP	HW	unused sub	18
879		10 October 2009 - Ukraine 1 England 0, Stadion Dnepr-Arena, Denepropetrovsk		AL	squad member
35	880	14 October 2009 - England 3 Belarus 0, The National Stadium, Wembley (14 minutes to score seventeenth)	WCP	HW	Start 4,75	9
36	881	14 November 2009 - Brazil 1 England 0, Istād Khalīfah, ad-Dawha (⮀1-0)	Fr	NL	▲sub 82	16

Age 29
37	882	3 March 2010 - England 3 Egypt 1, The National Stadium, Wembley (⮀0-1) (34 minutes to score nineteenth)	Fr	HW	▲sub ht 56,80	20
38	883	24 May 2010 - England 3 Mexico 1, The National Stadium, Wembley (⮀2-1)(44 minutes to score 21st)	Fr	HW	Start 34 ▼ht	9
884		30 May 2010 - Japan 1 England 2, UPC Arena, Graz		NW	unused sub	26

39	885	12 June 2010 - England 1 United States 1, Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace, Rustenburg (⮀1-1)	WCF	ND	▲sub 79	9
40	886	18 June 2010 - England 0 Algeria 0, Kaapstad-stadion, Green Point (⮀0-0)		ND	▲sub 84	9
887		23 June 2010 - Slovenia 0 England 1, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Die Baai		NW	unused sub	9
888		27 June 2010 - Germany 4 England 1, Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein		NL

890		3 September 2010 - England 4 Bulgaria 0, The National Stadium, Wembley	ECP	HW	withdrawn squad member
891		7 September 2010 - Switzerland 1 England 3, Sankt-Jakob Park, Basel		AW
41	892	12 October 2010 - England 0 Montenegro 0, The National Stadium, Wembley (⮀0-0)	ECP	HD	Start ▼70	9
42	893	17 November 2010 - England 1 France 2, The National Stadium, Wembley (⮀0-2) (145 minutes to score 22nd)	Fr	HL	▲sub 84 86	21

Age 30
894	9 February 2011 - Denmark 1 England 2, Parken Stadion, København	Fr	AW	withdrawn squad member
895	26 March 2011 - Wales 0 England 2, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	ECP	AW	squad member
896	29 March 2011 - England 1 Ghana 1, The National Stadium, Wembley	Fr	HD	unused sub	18
897	4 June 2011 - England 2 Switzerland 2, The National Stadium, Wembley	ECP	HD	squad member
898	10 August 2011 - England vs. Netherlands, The National Stadium, Wembley - match postponed	Fr	Hpp	squad member

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