Chris Waddle	Newcastle United FC, Tottenham Hotspur FC, Olympique de Marseille 62 appearances, 6 goals P 62 W 29 D 22 L 11 F x: A x *(actual F x: A x) x% successful 1985-91 disciplined: none captain: none minutes played: x
Profile
Full name	Christopher Roland Waddle	(*Actual for and against are the goals scored while the player was on the field.)
Born	14 December 1960 in Heworth, County Durham [registered in Durham NE, December 1960].
Married	to Lorna E. Bruce [registered in Gateshead, June 1983]. Two children, Brooke and Jack.
Height/Weight	6' 0", 11st. 5lbs [1986].
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com
Biographies	Chris Waddle: The Authorished Biography - Mel Stein (Pocket Books Ltd, 7 September 1988) (revised and printed by SImon & Schuster Ltd, 1 September 1997)
	x. - A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999).
Club Career
Club(s)	Waddle joined Newcastle United FC as a nineteen year old in July 1980 for £1000. Following the transfer to Tottenham Hotspur FC, Waddle agreed terms on 14 May 1985, however United wanted £800,000, Spurs offered £550,000 then £400,000 following the English club's ban from European competition. Despite late interest from Chelsea FC, Waddle became a Spurs player when his United contract expired on 30 June. A League tribunal, on 9 July, set the transfer at £590,000. Moved to France, Olympique de Marseille on 1 July 1989. Waddle returned to England, and Sheffield Wednesday FC, before being released to joined Falkirk FC, of the Scottish First Division. Bradford City FC in 1996 before a return to the north-east at the age of 36 to the club he supported as a boy, Sunderland AFC. Burnley FC, Torquay United FC, Worksop Town FC followed Guest appearances for Glapwell FC, Stocksbridge Park Steels FC and Hallam FC.
Club honours	x
Individual honours	PFA Young Player of the Year runner-up 1984-85; PFA Division One Team of the Year 1984-85, 1988-89; Ballon d'Or tenth 1991, =eighteenth 1990;
Distinctions	x
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
Pop Career
	As one half of the duo, Glenn and Chris, 'Diamond Lights' [Record Shack KICK1) was released on 19 April 1987. It reached number twelve in the official UK charts, and  remained for eight weeks. Written by Bob Puzey and produced by Puzey and Terry Hobart, who also penned the follow-up single 'It's Goodbye'. That single was never released as Glenn had joined AS Monaco and the single could not be promoted.
England Career
Player number	One of two who became 986th players (987) to appear for England.
Position(s)	Outside left/right
First match	No. 597, 26 March 1985, England 2 Republic of Ireland 1, a friendly match at Wembley Stadium, London, aged 25 years 102 days.
Last match	No. 678, 16 October 1991, England 1 Turkey 0, a European Championship match at Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 30 years 306 days.
Major tournaments	World Cup Finals 1986, 1990, European Championship Finals 1988;
Team honours	World Cup Finals fourth place 1990;
Individual honours	x
Distinctions	The 75th Durhamer to represenet England Most appearanced Englishman at Olympique Marseille
Beyond England
x.  - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x.

Chris Waddle - Match History
Club: Newcastle United F.C. - x full appearances manager: Bobby Robson - 59 full capsx
Age x
1	-	x - x, x	x	x	x	x

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