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Paul Gascoigne

Tottenham Hotspur FC, SS Lazio, Rangers FC, Middlesbrough FC
57 appearances, 10 goals

P 57 W x D x L x F x: A x
*(actual F x: A x)
x% successful
1988-1998

disciplined: 6
captain: none
minutes played: 4178

Profile
Full name Paul John Gascoigne (*Actual for and against are the goals scored
while the player was on the field.)
Born 27 May 1967 at 29 Pitt Street, Gateshead, County Durham [registered in Gateshead, June 1967].
Married to Sheryl Failes at Hanbury Manor Hotel, near Ware, Hertfordshire. [registered as Mailes, in Ware, July 1996]. Divorced 1998.
Height/Weight 5' 10", 11st. 12lbs [1999].

Source

Gazza: My Story [2004] & FindMyPast.com
Biographies Gazza:My Story - Paul Gascoigne with Hunter Davies. (London: Headline, 2004).
Being Gazza:Tackling My Demons - Paul Gascoigne with Hunter Davies and John McKeown. (London: Headline, 2006).
 

x. - A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999).

Club Career
Club(s) Began playing school football with Redheugh Boy's Club and also Gateshead Boys Club.  Gascoigne had unsuccessful schoolboy trials with Ipswich Town FC, Middlesbrough FC and Southampton FC, before his local team Newcastle United FC signed him at schoolboy level in 1980, then as an apprentice in 1983. He signed his first professional contract on 13 May 1985. After 92 league appearances, where he scored 21 times, he left St. James' Park to initially join Manchester United FC, but instead joined Tottenham Hotspur FC for £2 million on 18 July 1988. After another 92 league appearances, whereupon he scored 19 times, he signed for SS Lazio, in the Serie A.  He had intended to sign for £8.5 million in May 1991, but a cruciate knee ligament injury incurred in the FA Cup Final delayed the transfer until 1 May 1992, at a lower cost of £5.5 million. 43 League appearances and six goals followed in an injury-plagued period of his career that included a fractured cheekbone. 
Gascoigne returned to Britain where Walter Smith and Rangers FC signed him on 10 July 1995 for £4.3 million where he played 74 SPL matches, scoring thirty goals.  After being courted by Crystal Palace FC in 1998, he joined Football League side, Middlesbrough FC, on 27 March 1998 for £3.4 million. He featured seven times in League, helping Boro return to the Premier League, where he played a further 34 times and scored four times, before being released to Everton FC, returning under the tutorship of Walter Smith on 17 July 2000 on a free transfer.  Another 32 Premier League appearances followed, scoring once. Gascoigne was released to rejoin the Football League and Burnley FC in March 2002, playing six times.  In the summer of 2002, Gascoigne had an unsuccesful trial with MLS outfit DC United. Instead, he joined Chinese club Gansu Tianma on an initial nine-month contract. But after four Jai-league appearances where he scored twice, he left China. In the spring of 2004, he trained with Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, but was not offered a contract. On 30 July 2004, Gascoigne was signed by Boston United FC as a player-coach. He played five league matches before leaving on 5 October.  He became player-coach of Algarve United FC, a recently-formed club in the Portuguese League, in the summer of 2005.
   
Club honours FA Youth Cup winner 1984-85; FA Cup winner 1990-91; Scottish Premier League Champions 1995-96, 1996-97; Scotttish Cup winner 1995-96; Scottish League Cup winner 1996; Football League Cup runner-up 1997-98;
Individual honours PFA... Division One Team of the Year 1987-88, 1990-91; Young Player of the Year 1987-88;
BBC... Sports Personality of the Year 1990; Match of the Day Goal of the Season 1990-91, Tottenham Hotspur FC vs. Arsenal FC, FA Cup semi-final, 14 April 1991;
 Ballon d'Or fourth 1990;
Scottish FWA Player of the Year 1995-96; Scottish PFA Player of the Year 1995-96;
Distinctions x

Source

Barry Hugman's PFA Yearbook [1999].

Management Career
Club(s) Gascoigne was offered management with Kettering Town FC, a position he took on 27 October 2005, until he was dismissed 39 days later on 5 December 2005.

England Career
Player number 1006th player to appear for England.
Position(s) Midfielder
First match No. 827, 14 September 1988, England 1 Denmark 0, a match at Wembley Stadium, London, substitute (85), aged 21 years 110 days.
Last match No. 746, 29 May 1998, Belgium 0 England 0, a Coupe Internationale Hassan II match at Complexe Sportif Mohamed V, Maarif Ancien, Casablanca, substituted (50), aged 31 years 2 days.
Major tournaments World Cup Finals 1990, 1998 (provisional), European Championship Finals 1996.
Team honours Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon (U21) runners-up 1988;
Individual honours x
Distinctions x

Beyond England
x.  - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x.

 

Paul Gascoigne - Career Statistics
Squads Apps comp. apps Starts Sub on Sub off Mins. Goals goals ave.min comp. goals Capt. Disc.
- 57 30 46 11 13 4178 10 418 min 8 none 6
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.

 

Paul Gascoigne - Match Record - All Matches
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - - - -
All - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

Paul Gascoigne - Match Record - By Colour of Shirt
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
White - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Blue - - - - - - - - - - - - -
All - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

Paul Gascoigne - Match Record - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L

WCP

 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
WCF 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
World Cup - - - - - - - - - - - - -

ECP

 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
ECF 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
European Championship - - - - - - - - - - - - -
British Championship - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Friendly - - - - - - - - - - - - -
All - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

Paul Gascoigne - Match Record - Tournament Matches
All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
x - - - - - - - - - - - - -
All - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

Paul Gascoigne - Match History
 Club: Tottenham Hotspur F.C. - 20 full appearances

manager: Bobby Robson - 19 full capsx

Age 21
1 - 14 September 1988 - England 1 Denmark 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley x x x x
- b 16 May 1989 - Switzerland 0 England 2, Winterthur Fr AW Start 8
- b 19 May 1989 - Iceland 0 England 2, Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík Fr AW Start 8
- b 22 May 1989 - Norway 0 England 1, Stavanger Fr AW squad/unused sub?
- b 14 November 1989 - England 1 Italy 1, Goldstone Ground, Hove Fr HD Start 8
- b 12 December 1989 - England 2 Yugoslavia 1, The Den, New Cross Fr HW Start 8
Age 22
17 - 4 July 1990 - West Germany, x WCF x x x
 

manager: Graham Taylor - 11 full capsx

Age 23
18 - 12 September 1990 - Hungary, x x x x x
19 - 17 October 1990 - Poland, x x x x x
20 - 6 February 1991 - England 2 Cameroon 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley Fr HW x x
672 25 May 1991 - England 2 Argentina 2, Wembley Stadium, Wembley TC HD withdrew injured
 Club: S.S. Lazio - 12 full appearances  
Age 25
21 - 14 October 1992 - England 1 Norway 1, Wembley Stadium, Wembley x x x x
22 - 18 November 1992 - England 4 Turkey 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley x x x x
23 - 17 February 1993 - San Marino, x x x x x
24 - 31 March 1993 - Turkey, x x x x x
25 - 28 April 1993 - Netherlands, x x x x x
Age 26
26 - 29 May 1993 - Poland, x x x x x
27 - 2 June 1993 - Norway, x x x x x
28 - 8 September 1993 - England 3 Poland 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley x x x x
 

Coach: Terry Venables - 15 full capsx

29 703 9 March 1994 - Denmark, x x x x x
Age 28
30 - 3 June 1995 - x, x TC HW x x
31 - 8 June 1995 - x, x x   x x
32 - 11 June 1995 - x, x x   x x
 Club: Rangers F.C. - 22 full appearances  
33 - 6 September 1995 - x, x x x x x
Age 29
43 - 26 June 1996 - Germany, x ECF x x x
 

Coach: Glenn Hoddle - 14 full capsx

44 - 1 September 1996 - Moldova, x x x x x
 Club: Middlesbrough F.C. - 3 full appearances  
55 - 23 May 1998 - England 0 Saudi Arabia 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley x x x x
Age 31
56 - 27 May 1998 - Morocco, x x x x x
57 - 29 May 1998 - Belgium, x x x x x

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