Tony Adams - 66 Caps (5 Goals)

Full Name: Tony Alexander Adams
Born: 10th October 1966, Romford, Essex
England Career: 1987 - 2000
Positions whilst with England: Centre Back
Clubs (and caps) whilst with England: Arsenal (66)
FA Legacy Number: 998
Adams was the heart of the famous Arsenal back four in the 80s and 90s which won two first divison titles, two Premier League titles, two league cups, 3 FA cups and a European Cup-Winners Cup. He was a regular in the England team from 1987 to 2000 and captained his country on fifteen occasions including Euro 96. His last match as a player and as captain was also the last match of the old Wembley Stadium, Graeme le Saux and infamously Kevin Keegan as manager.
He is the olny player to score for and against his country in the same match (Netherlands March 1988)

England Career Statistics

Debut: v Spain (FR) on 18th February 1987 aged 20 years, 4 months, 8 days
Last Cap: v Germany (WCQ) on 7th October 2000 aged 33 years, 11 month, 28 days
First Goal: v Serbia & Montenegro (ECQ) on 11th November 1987 aged 21 years, 1 month, 1 day
First Captaincy: v Romania (FR) on 12th October 1994 aged 28 years, 0 months, 2 days
Career Length: 13 years, 231 days
Starts: 66
Substitute: 0
Withdrawn: 9
Full Games: 57

England Match Statistics

Match Type
Caps
Goals
Capt

FriendlyFR
26
3
8
0
0

European Championship QualifierECQ
10
1
0
0
1

Rous CupRC
3
0
0
0
0

European Championship FinalsECF
9
1
5
0
1

World Cup QualifierWCQ
14
0
2
0
1

World Cup FinalsWCF
4
0
0
0
0

Competitive
40
2
7
0
3

Home, Away or Neutral
Caps
Goals
Capt

Away
21
2
4
0
1

Home
37
2
11
0
2

Neutral
8
1
0
0
0

Match Result
Caps
Goals
Capt

Drawn
26
2
8
0
1

Lost
13
1
2
0
0

Abandoned
1
0
0
0
0

Playing Positions
Caps
Goals
Capt

Centre Back
66
5
15
0
3

Total
66
5
15
0
3

England Managers

Manager
Caps
Goals
Capt

England Bobby Robson
17
4
0
0
0

England Terry Venables
17
0
11
0
1

England Graham Taylor
11
0
0
0
1

England Glenn Hoddle
11
0
2
0
0

England Kevin Keegan
9
1
2
0
1

England Howard Wilkinson
1
0
0
0
0

England Team Mates (Top 10)

Alan Shearer
36 Matches

David Seaman
35 Matches

Paul Ince
30 Matches

Peter Beardsley
24 Matches

Stuart Pearce
23 Matches

Paul Gascoigne
23 Matches

John Barnes
22 Matches

Teddy Sheringham
22 Matches

David Platt
21 Matches

Darren Anderton
20 Matches

Sources

An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)
England! England! A Complete Who's Who of Players since 1946 by Dean P Hayes (Sutton Publishing 2004)
England: Player by Player by Graham Betts (Green Umbrella Publishing 2006)
England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
245 sources from 66 matchesSelect from match list to see sources.

Match List

GER, 0 - 1, 7th Oct 2000 (WCQ) Arsenal, Cap: 66.
Age: 33 years, 11 month, 28 days.
FRA, 1 - 1, 2nd Sep 2000 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 65.
Age: 33 years, 10 months, 23 days.
POR, 2 - 3, 12th Jun 2000 (ECF) Arsenal, Cap: 64.
Age: 33 years, 8 months, 2 days.
UKR, 2 - 0, 31st May 2000 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 63.
Age: 33 years, 7 months, 21 day.
SCO, 0 - 1, 17th Nov 1999 (ECQ) Arsenal, Cap: 62.
Age: 33 years, 1 month, 7 days.
SCO, 2 - 0, 13th Nov 1999 (ECQ) Arsenal, Cap: 61.
Age: 33 years, 1 month, 3 days.
BEL, 2 - 1, 10th Oct 1999 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 60.
Age: 33 years, 0 months, 0 days.
POL, 0 - 0, 8th Sep 1999 (ECQ) Arsenal, Cap: 59.
Age: 32 years, 10 months, 29 days.
LUX, 6 - 0, 4th Sep 1999 (ECQ) Arsenal, Cap: 58.
Age: 32 years, 10 months, 25 days.
FRA, 0 - 2, 10th Feb 1999 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 57.
Age: 32 years, 3 months, 31 days.
SWE, 1 - 2, 5th Sep 1998 (ECQ) Arsenal, Cap: 56.
Age: 31 years, 10 months, 26 days.
ARG, 2 - 2, 30th Jun 1998 (WCF) Arsenal, Cap: 55.
Age: 31 years, 8 months, 20 days.
COL, 2 - 0, 26th Jun 1998 (WCF) Arsenal, Cap: 54.
Age: 31 years, 8 months, 16 days.
ROU, 1 - 2, 22nd Jun 1998 (WCF) Arsenal, Cap: 53.
Age: 31 years, 8 months, 12 days.
TUN, 2 - 0, 15th Jun 1998 (WCF) Arsenal, Cap: 52.
Age: 31 years, 8 months, 5 days.
KSA, 0 - 0, 23rd May 1998 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 51.
Age: 31 years, 7 months, 13 days.
POR, 3 - 0, 22nd Apr 1998 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 50.
Age: 31 years, 6 months, 12 days.
CHI, 0 - 2, 11th Feb 1998 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 49.
Age: 31 years, 4 months, 1 day.
ITA, 0 - 0, 11th Oct 1997 (WCQ) Arsenal, Cap: 48.
Age: 31 years, 0 months, 1 day.
GEO, 2 - 0, 30th Apr 1997 (WCQ) Arsenal, Cap: 47.
Age: 30 years, 6 months, 20 days.
GEO, 2 - 0, 9th Nov 1996 (WCQ) Arsenal, Cap: 46.
Age: 30 years, 0 months, 30 days.
GER, 1 - 1, 26th Jun 1996 (ECF) Arsenal, Cap: 45.
Age: 29 years, 8 months, 16 days.
ESP, 0 - 0, 22nd Jun 1996 (ECF) Arsenal, Cap: 44.
Age: 29 years, 8 months, 12 days.
NED, 4 - 1, 18th Jun 1996 (ECF) Arsenal, Cap: 43.
Age: 29 years, 8 months, 8 days.
SCO, 2 - 0, 15th Jun 1996 (ECF) Arsenal, Cap: 42.
Age: 29 years, 8 months, 5 days.
SUI, 1 - 1, 8th Jun 1996 (ECF) Arsenal, Cap: 41.
Age: 29 years, 7 months, 29 days.
CHN, 3 - 0, 23rd May 1996 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 40.
Age: 29 years, 7 months, 13 days.
POR, 1 - 1, 12th Dec 1995 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 39.
Age: 29 years, 2 months, 2 days.
SUI, 3 - 1, 15th Nov 1995 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 38.
Age: 29 years, 1 month, 5 days.
NOR, 0 - 0, 11th Oct 1995 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 37.
Age: 29 years, 0 months, 1 day.
COL, 0 - 0, 6th Sep 1995 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 36.
Age: 28 years, 10 months, 27 days.
URU, 0 - 0, 29th Mar 1995 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 35.
Age: 28 years, 5 months, 19 days.
IRL, 0 - 1, 15th Feb 1995 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 34.
Age: 28 years, 4 months, 5 days.
ROU, 1 - 1, 12th Oct 1994 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 33.
Age: 28 years, 0 months, 2 days.
USA, 2 - 0, 7th Sep 1994 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 32.
Age: 27 years, 10 months, 28 days.
NOR, 0 - 0, 22nd May 1994 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 31.
Age: 27 years, 7 months, 12 days.
GRE, 5 - 0, 17th May 1994 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 30.
Age: 27 years, 7 months, 7 days.
DEN, 1 - 0, 9th Mar 1994 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 29.
Age: 27 years, 4 months, 30 days.
NED, 0 - 2, 13th Oct 1993 (WCQ) Arsenal, Cap: 28.
Age: 27 years, 0 months, 3 days.
POL, 3 - 0, 8th Sep 1993 (WCQ) Arsenal, Cap: 27.
Age: 26 years, 10 months, 29 days.
NOR, 0 - 2, 2nd Jun 1993 (WCQ) Arsenal, Cap: 26.
Age: 26 years, 7 months, 23 days.
POL, 1 - 1, 29th May 1993 (WCQ) Arsenal, Cap: 25.
Age: 26 years, 7 months, 19 days.
NED, 2 - 2, 28th Apr 1993 (WCQ) Arsenal, Cap: 24.
Age: 26 years, 6 months, 18 days.
TUR, 2 - 0, 31st Mar 1993 (WCQ) Arsenal, Cap: 23.
Age: 26 years, 5 months, 21 day.
SMR, 6 - 0, 17th Feb 1993 (WCQ) Arsenal, Cap: 22.
Age: 26 years, 4 months, 7 days.
TUR, 4 - 0, 18th Nov 1992 (WCQ) Arsenal, Cap: 21.
Age: 26 years, 1 month, 8 days.
NOR, 1 - 1, 14th Oct 1992 (WCQ) Arsenal, Cap: 20.
Age: 26 years, 0 months, 4 days.
IRL, 1 - 1, 27th Mar 1991 (ECQ) Arsenal, Cap: 19.
Age: 24 years, 5 months, 17 days.
IRL, 1 - 1, 14th Nov 1990 (ECQ) Arsenal, Cap: 18.
Age: 24 years, 1 month, 4 days.
KSA, 1 - 1, 16th Nov 1988 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 17.
Age: 22 years, 1 month, 6 days.
SWE, 0 - 0, 19th Oct 1988 (WCQ) Arsenal, Cap: 16.
Age: 22 years, 0 months, 9 days.
DEN, 1 - 0, 14th Sep 1988 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 15.
Age: 21 years, 11 month, 4 days.
URS, 1 - 3, 18th Jun 1988 (ECF) Arsenal, Cap: 14.
Age: 21 years, 8 months, 8 days.
NED, 1 - 3, 15th Jun 1988 (ECF) Arsenal, Cap: 13.
Age: 21 years, 8 months, 5 days.
IRL, 0 - 1, 12th Jun 1988 (ECF) Arsenal, Cap: 12.
Age: 21 years, 8 months, 2 days.
SUI, 1 - 0, 28th May 1988 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 11.
Age: 21 years, 7 months, 18 days.
COL, 1 - 1, 24th May 1988 (RC) Arsenal, Cap: 10.
Age: 21 years, 7 months, 14 days.
SCO, 1 - 0, 21st May 1988 (RC) Arsenal, Cap: 9.
Age: 21 years, 7 months, 11 day.
HUN, 0 - 0, 27th Apr 1988 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 8.
Age: 21 years, 6 months, 17 days.
NED, 2 - 2, 23rd Mar 1988 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 7.
Age: 21 years, 5 months, 13 days.
YUG, 4 - 1, 11th Nov 1987 (ECQ) Arsenal, Cap: 6.
Age: 21 years, 1 month, 1 day.
TUR, 8 - 0, 14th Oct 1987 (ECQ) Arsenal, Cap: 5.
Age: 21 years, 0 months, 4 days.
FRG, 1 - 3, 9th Sep 1987 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 4.
Age: 20 years, 10 months, 30 days.
BRA, 1 - 1, 19th May 1987 (RC) Arsenal, Cap: 3.
Age: 20 years, 7 months, 9 days.
TUR, 0 - 0, 29th Apr 1987 (ECQ) Arsenal, Cap: 2.
Age: 20 years, 6 months, 19 days.
ESP, 4 - 2, 18th Feb 1987 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 1.
Age: 20 years, 4 months, 8 days.
* Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.