Player Info
Gary Winston Lineker
Born: 30th November 1960, Leicester
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Position whilst with England: Striker
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Clubs whilst with England: Leicester City, Everton, Barcelona & Tottenham Hotspur
- England's second highest goalscorer with 48
Never booked in his entire career.
Match Statistics
- Type
- Caps
- Goals
- Capt
- Mins
- Friendly
- 33
- 24
- 10
- 2718
- 0
- 0
- World Cup Qualifier
- 10
- 5
- 0
- 789
- 0
- 0
- World Cup Finals
- 12
- 10
- 0
- 1159
- 0
- 0
- European Championship Qualifier
- 12
- 7
- 5
- 1033
- 0
- 0
- European Championship Finals
- 6
- 0
- 3
- 488
- 0
- 0
- Home Championship
- 1
- 0
- 0
- 18
- 0
- 0
- Rous Cup
- 4
- 2
- 0
- 267
- 0
- 0
- Ciudad de Mexico Cup
- 1
- 0
- 0
- 12
- 0
- 0
- Azteca 2000 Tournament
- 1
- 0
- 0
- 59
- 0
- 0
- Competitive
- 47
- 24
- 8
- 3825
- 0
- 0
- Home
- 29
- 22
- 6
- 2457
- 0
- 0
- Away
- 33
- 16
- 10
- 2522
- 0
- 0
- Neutral
- 18
- 10
- 2
- 1564
- 0
- 0
- Total
- 80
- 48
- 18
- 6543
- 0
- 0
Match Statistics
- Debut
- v
Scotland (HC) on 26th May 1984 aged 23 years, 176 days - Last Cap
- v
Sweden (ECF) on 17th June 1992 aged 31 years, 198 days - First Goal
- v
Rep of Ireland (FR) on 26th March 1985 aged 24 years, 116 days - First Captaincy
- v
Hungary (FR) on 12th September 1990 aged 29 years, 285 days - Career
- 8 years, 22 days
- Starts
- 74
- Substitute
- 6
- Withdrawn
- 18
- Full Games
- 56
Sources
- An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)
Match List
- SWE, 17th Jun 92 (ECF)
FRA, 14th Jun 92 (ECF) 
DEN, 11th Jun 92 (ECF) 
FIN, 3rd Jun 92 (FR) 
BRA, 17th May 92 (FR) - HUN, 12th May 92 (FR)
CIS, 29th Apr 92 (FR) 
TCH, 25th Mar 92 (FR) 
- FRA, 19th Feb 92 (FR)
POL, 13th Nov 91 (ECQ) 
TUR, 16th Oct 91 (ECQ) 
GER, 11th Sep 91 (FR) 
MAS, 12th Jun 91 (FR) 
NZL, 3rd Jun 91 (FR) 
AUS, 1st Jun 91 (FR) 
ARG, 25th May 91 (FR) - TUR, 1st May 91 (ECQ)
- IRL, 27th Mar 91 (ECQ)
CMR, 6th Feb 91 (FR) - IRL, 14th Nov 90 (ECQ)
- POL, 17th Oct 90 (ECQ)
- HUN, 12th Sep 90 (FR)
ITA, 7th Jul 90 (WCF) - FRG, 4th Jul 90 (WCF)
- CMR, 1st Jul 90 (WCF)
BEL, 26th Jun 90 (WCF) 
EGY, 21st Jun 90 (WCF) 
NED, 16th Jun 90 (WCF) - IRL, 11th Jun 90 (WCF)
TUN, 2nd Jun 90 (FR) 
URU, 22nd May 90 (FR) - DEN, 15th May 90 (FR)
- TCH, 25th Apr 90 (FR)
- BRA, 28th Mar 90 (FR)
YUG, 13th Dec 89 (FR) - ITA, 15th Nov 89 (FR)
- POL, 11th Oct 89 (WCQ)
- SWE, 6th Sep 89 (WCQ)
- DEN, 7th Jun 89 (FR)
- POL, 3rd Jun 89 (WCQ)
ALB, 26th Apr 89 (WCQ) - ALB, 8th Mar 89 (WCQ)
GRE, 8th Feb 89 (FR) 
KSA, 16th Nov 88 (FR) - SWE, 19th Oct 88 (WCQ)
URS, 18th Jun 88 (ECF) - NED, 15th Jun 88 (ECF)
- IRL, 12th Jun 88 (ECF)
SUI, 28th May 88 (FR) 
COL, 24th May 88 (RC) - SCO, 21st May 88 (RC)
- HUN, 27th Apr 88 (FR)
- NED, 23rd Mar 88 (FR)
- YUG, 11th Nov 87 (ECQ)
- TUR, 14th Oct 87 (ECQ)
- FRG, 9th Sep 87 (FR)
- BRA, 19th May 87 (RC)
- TUR, 29th Apr 87 (ECQ)
NIR, 1st Apr 87 (ECQ) 
ESP, 18th Feb 87 (FR) - YUG, 12th Nov 86 (ECQ)
- NIR, 15th Oct 86 (ECQ)
- ARG, 22nd Jun 86 (WCF)
PAR, 18th Jun 86 (WCF) - POL, 11th Jun 86 (WCF)
MAR, 6th Jun 86 (WCF) 
POR, 3rd Jun 86 (WCF) 
CAN, 24th May 86 (FR) - URS, 26th Mar 86 (FR)
- EGY, 29th Jan 86 (FR)
- NIR, 13th Nov 85 (WCQ)
- TUR, 16th Oct 85 (WCQ)
ROU, 11th Sep 85 (WCQ) 
USA, 16th Jun 85 (FR) - FRG, 12th Jun 85 (A2K)
- ITA, 6th Jun 85 (CMC)
- SCO, 25th May 85 (RC)
- ROU, 1st May 85 (WCQ)
- IRL, 26th Mar 85 (FR)
- SCO, 26th May 84 (HC)