Gary Lineker

Gary Lineker
OBE
	Lineker in 2021
Personal information
Birth name	Gary Winston Lineker
Date of birth	30 November 1960 (age 63)
Place of birth	Leicester, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.77 m)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1976–1978	Leicester City
Senior career*
Years	Team
1978–1985	Leicester City
1985–1986	Everton
1986–1989	Barcelona
1989–1992	Tottenham Hotspur
1992–1994	Nagoya Grampus
Total
National team
1984	England B
1984–1992	England
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Gary Lineker (born 30 November 1960) is an English retired footballer. He has played for the English national team. He scored 48 goals for the English national team. He then went on television on the BBC on Match of the Day. He was the highest paid presenter at the BBC. In 2020 he was paid £1.75 million.^[2]

In March 2023 he tweeted about the proposed Illegal Migration Bill: "This is just an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the '30s, and I'm out of order?". The BBC wanted him to apologise for making a political comment, but he wouldnt. They then took him off Match of the Day. The other people from the show all supported him.^[3] So did many other sport presenters.^[4]

Club career statistics

Club statistics			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
England			League		FA Cup		Football League Cup		Europe		Total
1978–79	Leicester City	Second Division	7	1	0	0	0	0	-		7	1
1979–80		Second Division	19	3	1	0	0	0	-		20	3
1980–81		First Division	9	2	1	1	0	0	-		10	3
1981–82		Second Division	39	17	5	2	3	0	-		47	19
1982–83		Second Division	40	26	1	0	2	0	-		43	26
1983–84		First Division	39	22	1	0	1	0	-		41	22
1984–85		First Division	41	24	4	3	3	2	-		48	29
1985–86	Everton	First Division	41	30	6	5	5	3	-		52	38
Spain			League		Copa del Rey		Copa de la Liga		Europe		Total
1986–87	Barcelona	La Liga	41	21	1	1	-		8	0	50	22
1987–88			36	16	5	2	-		9	2	50	20
1988–89			26	6	4	1	-		8	4	38	11
England			League		FA Cup		Football League Cup		Europe		Total
1989–90	Tottenham Hotspur	First Division	38	24	1	0	6	2	-		45	26
1990–91			32	15	6	3	5	1	-		43	19
1991–92			35	28	2	0	5	5	8	2	50	35
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		Total
1993	Nagoya Grampus Eight	J. League 1	7	1	0	0	0	0	-		7	1
1994	Nagoya Grampus Eight	J. League 1	11	3	0	0	0	0	-		18	3
Country	England		340	192	28	14	30	13	8	2	406	221
	Spain		103	43	10	4	-		25	6	138	53
	Japan		18	3	0	0	0	0	-		18	3
Total			461	238	38	18	30	13	33	8	562	277

International career statistics

England national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1984	1	0
1985	9	6
1986	10	8
1987	7	9
1988	10	3
1989	9	3
1990	15	8
1991	11	10
1992	8	1
Total	80	48

References

↑ "Gary Lineker". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
↑ "How much is Gary Lineker paid as the BBC's highest earning presenter?". The Independent. 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
↑ "How Match of the Day fell apart within 'minutes'". The Independent. 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
↑ Fitzgerald, Todd (11 March 2023). "People who have joined the BBC boycott in solidarity with Gary Lineker". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 11 March 2023.

Other websites

[1] "Gary Lineker". Barry Hugman's Footballers.

[2] "How much is Gary Lineker paid as the BBC's highest earning presenter?". The Independent. 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.

[3] "How Match of the Day fell apart within 'minutes'". The Independent. 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.

[4] Fitzgerald, Todd (11 March 2023). "People who have joined the BBC boycott in solidarity with Gary Lineker". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 11 March 2023.

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