", "Gary Lineker row: What can BBC presenters say and not say? Sir Bobby Robsons Three Lions began their campaign with a 1-1 draw against the Republic of Ireland at Cagliaris Stadio SantElia. Gary Lineker says he is 'deeply worried' about his memory after his career in football. Scored more than 250 goals for club and country (think he's the highest scoring centre-back/defender of all time) and I'm willing to bet the vast majority of them were either free-kicks or long-range screamers. Played 80 times for England national team (1984-1992) and scored 48 goals. Messis, Salahs, Kanes votes and Ronaldo sub, Ballon dOr scandal: Juvenal claims 2013 votes changed to Messi and Ronaldo, PSG president Nasser Al-Khelafi implicated in kidnapping and torturing investigation. please support us. Sweden played well against Argentina but were outclassed by Germany. His legendary run as the face of Walkers Crisps has been another source of income, with the Leicester legend starring in over 150 advertisements for the Leicester-based brand. Caps/Goals: . All Rights Reserved. I scored one, then another, hat trick, another two follow, then one against Argentina, I win the Golden Boot, I transfer [to Barcelona]. These cookies do not store any personal information. United knocked out fellow Gary Lineker Net Worth: How much is the England legend worth. Lineker got the opening goal inside 10 minutes. during which he discovered an ancestor who was a poacher, and another who was a legal clerk. He participated in Prince Edward's charity television special The Grand Knockout Tournament in 1987. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. The following year, he found the net a further 28 times in just 35 games for us, with his last goal coming in his final appearance for the Club - a 3-1 defeat to Manchester United at Old Trafford - before he moved onto pastures new with a different challenge as he joined J-League side Japanese Grampus Eight. Lineker was again integral to England's progress to the semi-finals of the 1990 World Cup . Lineker is England's fourth-highest goalscorer of all-time after scoring 48 in 80 caps for the Three Lions. We will normally only contact you via e-newsletter. It's filmed, I've seen it but unless you know [what was happening] you wouldn't know. Thinking about it, if you had played under Pep Guardiola, youd have played on the left-hand side, like David Villa. Maybe! It has been a favourite of Football Twitter for a number of years, long enough ago that many will have seen the gag without knowing its origins. How many World Cup goals has Pele scored? But while Gary Lineker managed 80 goals in his three seasons at Spurs, Mike Newell scored 21 in . A hat trick came against Poland at the group stage, two against Paraguay in the round of 16 and one in the infamous Hand of God 2-1 loss to Argentina in the quarter final. O'Hara. [76], Lineker has been noted for his political views which he shares on Twitter. After an apprenticeship as an analyst, he replaced Des Lynam as host in 1999, where he has remained since. You could come in if somebody got down the left but he liked the pitch as long and as wide as possible which I respected. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. "I've never admitted to it, but it's true, Lineker said. In all, Lineker scored 48 goals for England in 80 appearances. As well as hosting Match of the Day for over 20 years, Lineker has worked at every single World Cup and European Championships since France 98 and hosted BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award on multiple occasions. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. Triesman resigned as chairman of the bid and the FA on 16 May 2010 after the publication of a secret recording of a conversation between the peer and a former ministerial aide, during which he claimed that Spain and Russia were planning to bribe referees at the World Cup in South Africa. Urbis Building His performances in Mexico sparked the interests of Spanish giants Barcelona and triggered a move to the European mainland. However, he became a regular player in 198182, scoring 19 goals in all competitions that season. The 26-year-old striker scored once in each of England's first two games before adding another goal against Algeria and then scoring again against Sweden, bringing his overall tally to four goals. I had to stand the line! Lineker got the opening goal inside 10 minutes. How much detail do you want? Man Utd ratings: Garnacho the star of the show . Manage Settings He is behind Wayne Rooney, Bobby Charlton and Harry Kane in the scoring charts after an international career spanning eight years. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. This was despite Lineker having a goal controversially disallowed for offside and also having a penalty saved by goalkeeper Mark Crossley. So that kind of killed my goal scoring ratio average quite badly! It was the first of four goals he would score at the tournament following his Golden Boot-winning six at the 1986 World Cup. However, there is a chance that Messi could win it all this year. Work for NBC Sports Network and guest columns with the Sunday Telegraph amongst others have further bulked up his bank balance. Linker rivalled Ian Rush as the best striker in England during the 1980s and early 1990s, with three Golden Boots coming his way in 1984/85 (Leicester), 1985/86 (Everton) and 1989/90 (Spurs), making him the only man to do so with three different clubs in English football history. [85] In 2022, a complaint about a tweet from Lineker that referred to donations to the Conservative Party was upheld by the BBC, on the grounds that it breached social media use guidelines and failed to meet editorial standards of impartiality. Lineker made his Barcelona debut against Racing Santander, scoring twice. I loved his system but I just wanted to play in a central role where [Julio] Salinas played but he just never gave me the opportunity To be able to comment you must be registered and logged in. Legendary commentator John Motson was "the voice of football" who "always got the mood and the occasion right", says former England captain Gary Lineker. From the ages of 11 to 16 he captained the Leicestershire Schools cricket team, and had felt that he had a higher chance of succeeding at it rather than football. [20] Barcelona went on to win the Copa del Rey in 1988 and the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1989. How wealthy? I had gone about five games without a goal for England and I didnt think Bobby Robson would keep me in the team. At talkSPORT we are powered by fans, so come and join us for the ultimateWorld Cup fan experience this winter at the talkSPORT Fan Zone. His next England hat-trick was to come in the World Cup itself, against Poland in the Three Lions must-win final group game. In October 2002, Lineker backed a 5million bid to rescue his former club Leicester City, which had recently gone into administration, describing his involvement as "charity" rather than an "ego trip". Of those six goals, three came in one match against Slovenia. It was the first of four goals he would score at the tournament following his Golden Boot-winning six at the 1986 World Cup. His first England hat-trick was against Turkey on 16 October 1985. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. He retired from international football with eighty caps and forty-eight goals, one fewer goal than Sir Bobby Charlton's England record (which Charlton accrued over 106 caps). England - 4 Goals : 1986: England - 6 Goals : 2x Euro participant: 1992: England: 1988: England: 1x English FA Cup winner: 1991: Tottenham Hotspur: 3x English Super Cup winner: 1992: Tottenham Hotspur . Luckily for Lineker, it would not prove the most memorable image of his from the tournament. On 13 August 2016, Lineker presented the first Match of the Day of the 201617 season wearing only boxer shorts. In all, Lineker scored 48 goals for England in 80 appearances. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The image of Lineker signalling his concern to the bench as Gascoigne fumed in the background has become one of the most iconic in Englands footballing history. [57] During the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Lineker presented several short videos produced by Goalhanger Films on YouTube with the title Blahzil. Six objectives Messi has six World Cup goals to his name. It became known during the case that the article had actually been ghost-written by a journalist at The Sunday Telegraph following a telephone interview with Lineker. Lineker began his football career at Leicester City FC in 1978, and finished as the First Division's joint top goalscorer in 198485. Lineker has 10 major tournament goals, including six at the 1986 World Cup, where he was the leading scorer, and four in 1990. Saka really is that guy He earned a Second Division title medal a year later with 19 appearances, but played just nine league games in 198081 as Leicester went straight back down. In the semi-final he scored twice in a 31 win over North London rivals Arsenal.[24]. No Englishman has scored more World Cup goals than Leicester-born striker Gary Lineker. [77] Using a football analogy, Lineker defined his ideological position as "I make more runs to the left than the right, but never felt comfortable on the wing". [45] On 9 June 2015, Lineker was unveiled as the lead presenter of BT Sport's Champions League coverage. He finally collected an English trophy when he won the 1991 FA Cup Final with Spurs, who beat Nottingham Forest 21. But it wasn't enough as Germany continued to press forward while defending diligently after the break. [19] His Golden Boot-winning performance at the finals generated much anticipation of success at the Camp Nou, and he did not disappoint, scoring 21 goals in 41 games during his first season, including a hat-trick in a 32 win over archrivals Real Madrid. Pic via Mirrorpix. How many goals did Gary Lineker score in the 1986 World Cup? Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson attempted to sign Lineker to partner his ex-Barcelona teammate Mark Hughes in attack,[22] but Lineker instead signed for Tottenham Hotspur in July 1989 for 1.1million. In 2005, Lineker was sued for defamation by Australian footballer Harry Kewell over comments Lineker had made writing in his column in The Sunday Telegraph about Kewell's transfer from Leeds United to Liverpool. He is also one of Englands greatest-ever strikers, while his World Cup record as a Three Lions player still remains intact. The former England striker played for some of the biggest clubs in the world, including Barcelona and. This time, Lineker scored four goals en-route to the semi-final, including the goal which took that fateful match to extra-time and ultimately penalty defeat against West Germany. Star man Paul Gascoigne was booked in that game, meaning he would have missed the final if England had qualified. He earned the first of his 80 caps in 1984, but it would be at the World Cup two years later that he truly made his mark. The page shows how many penalties a player has taken and how many of those were scored. His media career began with the BBC, where he has presented the flagship football programme Match of the Day since the late 1990s, the longest tenure of any MOTD presenter. [52], In 2021, Lineker makes a number of cameo appearances playing himself in the American football comedy TV series Ted Lasso. It was a World Cup game. [7] Lineker now supports children's cancer charity CLIC Sargent and has appeared in promotional clips encouraging people to give blood. 58 Goals. Austin. He was the top division's second-highest goalscorer in 199192 with 28 goals from 35 games, behind Ian Wright, who scored 29 times in 42 games. Caps: 80, 48 goals [58], Lineker married Michelle Cockayne in 1986. 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[6] He has one brother, Wayne, who is two years his junior. He followed this up with another four at the 1990 World Cup as the Three Lions went one better and made the last four, only to devastatingly lose on penalties to Germany. Lineker made his England debut in 1984, earning 80 caps and scoring 48 goals over an eight-year international career. England star Sterling to snub Arsenal transfer in order to fight for his future at Chelsea, Liverpool leading Real Madrid, Man City in race for 150 million England international, Transfer gossip: Chelsea to re-sign England star for 70m as Liverpool eye Kante, Exclusive: Stan Collymore has urged Liverpool to sign England duo this summer, Manchester United hoping to blow Arsenal out of the water in race for England international, Our 3 points as Arsenal's gushing confidence downs dull Everton. Lineker will be in Qatar to see if the England captain can catch him as he hosts the BBCs coverage this winter. It is one of the most popular teams with fans across the world with more than 100 million people following its games. By this time, Lineker was known for his prowess in the opposition area. Almada, Puig & all the players to watch, Man Utd ratings: Garnacho the star of the show , Swanson is unstoppable! 240 270 300 330 Reveal 10. His best output at a World Cup was in 1986 when his six goals meant he finished as the top scorer in Mexico. May 10th 1986. Lineker was voted Footballer Of The Year after his performances for Everton and England in 1986, but was to finish the year playing at the Nou Camp, as Barcelona paid a record 2.2million for his services after the World Cup. He officially joined Nagoya Grampus Eight after playing his final game for Spurs on 2 May 1992, when he scored the consolation goal in a 31 defeat by Manchester United on the last day of the season. Lineker married Danielle Bux on 2 September 2009, in Ravello, Italy. Gary Lineker is one of the most recognisable faces in English football as a result of his stellar playing career, long time role as host of Match of the Day and those famous Walkers Crisps advertisements. He left behind all the defenders and went alone in front of the opposing goalkeeper and and scoring b. How many goals did Lineker score in his career? [4] As a result, he was honoured in 1990 with the FIFA Fair Play Award. Gary Winston Lineker OBE (/lnkr/; born 30 November 1960) is an English former professional footballer and current sports broadcaster. Liverpool had also pipped Everton to the title by just two points. And it was that pace and instinct which he exploited throughout his career: just half a yard on his marker at the near post was often all Lineker needed to apply the deadly finish. Four each Five each Six each. So you werent supposed to drift inside? (Photo by Ben Radford/Allsport/Getty Images). You can see me rubbing the ground like a dog; it was the most horrendous experience of my life, but I tell you I never found so much space in a game than I did that night after that happened.". Retired Last club: . [74][75], In April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Lineker announced that he was donating 140,000 to the British Red Cross towards research into the virus. [41], In 2006, Lineker took on an acting role as the voice of Underground Ernie on the BBC's children's channel, CBeebies. His pay has been criticised by Julian Knight, chair of the parliamentary Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee,[50] and Dame Esther Rantzen. Somewhat admirably, Lineker played on until the 83rd minute, when he was put out of his misery and replaced by Wolves icon Steve Bull. [28], Lineker was capped once by the England B national team, playing in a 20 home win over New Zealand's B team on 13 November 1984. Barcelona manager Johan Cruyff decided to play Lineker on the right of the midfield and he was eventually no longer an automatic choice in the team. Goals: 80. Hall of Fame inductees, Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, "englandstats.com | 1207 Harry Kane (2015 - 2021)", "England national football team statistics and records: top scorers", "Gary Lineker - Who Do You Think You Are? He has also worked for Al Jazeera Sports, Eredivisie Live, NBC Sports Network, and BT Sport's coverage of the UEFA Champions League. Speaking to ESPN about his superb performances 36 years ago, Lineker said: The first goal against Poland at the 86 World Cup changed my life. It was an extensive history of the World Cup focusing on the 'Golden Boots' (top scorers). How many goals did Gary Lineker score for England? Who is the only soccer player in the same league as Messi? Retired Last club: Nagoya Grampus Retired since: Jul 1, 1994 . Gary Lineker Personal information Full name Gary Winston Lineker Date of birth (1960-11-30) 30 November 1960(age 62) Place of birth Leicester, England Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Position(s) Forward Youth career 1976-1978 Leicester City Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1978-1985 1985-1986 1986-1989 1989-1992 1993-1994 Leicester City Everton Everton V Liverpool F.A. Gary grabs his final goal in a 3-1 loss at Old Trafford, Lineker leaves his mark on English Football with a excellent header that beats Peter Schmeichel.Lin. Verified account Protected Tweets @; Suggested users [25] Shortly before accepting the offer from Nagoya Grampus Eight, Tottenham had rejected an offer from ambitious Second Division club Blackburn Rovers, who had recently been taken over by steel baron Jack Walker. Cup Final 1985/86 Season. Arsenal ratings: Saka & Martinelli tear Everton apart! His club career tally was 282 goals in 487 games. In 1988, Lineker played in Euro 88, but failed to score as England lost all three Group games. He presented a six-part TV series for the BBC in 1998 (directed by Lloyd Stanton) called Golden Boots,[39] with other football celebrities. His 10 World Cup goals are the most of any English player although oddly he never scored at the European Championships. He later explained the situation to BBC Radio 5 Live . Lineker has consistently stated since retiring from football that this Everton team was the best club side he ever played in. English footballer and television presenter, Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Gianni Infantino goes to Mexico, what is the reason for his visit? We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. However, the. [86][87], Lineker earned his first cap for England in 1984 against Scotland during the 198384 British Home Championship. 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Lineker has 10 major tournament goals, including six at the 1986 World Cup, where he was the leading scorer, and four in 1990. "The ball went down the left-hand side. [2][3] His six goals in the 1986 FIFA World Cup made him the tournament's top scorer, receiving the Golden Boot. How many goals has Messi scored in his World Cup career? Lineker left Spurs before the start of the first Premier League season, choosing to take up a new challenge in Japan with Nagoya Grampus Eight, although a persistent foot injury began to limit his ability to play, and he retired in 1994. FC Barcelonas possible lineup against Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey semi-final, Real Madrids possible lineup against FC Barcelona in the Copa del Rey semi-final. A. His 43 La Liga goals included a hat trick against Real Madrid and place him second only to Gareth Bale among British players. [72], In November 2017, Lineker was named in the Paradise Papers in connection with a tax avoidance scheme relating to property owned in Barbados and a company set up in the British Virgin Islands. Cathedral Gardens After winning the Golden Boot at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, Lineker was signed by Barcelona for 2.8million. He won the Spanish Cup and the Cup Winners Cup, the only major trophies of his career alongside an FA Cup with Spurs in 1991 (also managed by Venables). Lineker's final club was Nagoya Grampus Eight; he retired in 1994 after two seasons at the Japanese side. He finished as top scorer in the First Division in the 198990 season, scoring 24 goals as Spurs finished third. The USWNT has a new superstar . Germany won 3-1 against Mexico earlier today making it through to the quarterfinals. After retiring he started working in the media and is also a supporter of associations fighting against leukemia, an illness which his eldest son suffered from. There will be Q&As with talkSPORT talent, youll be part of our live broadcasts, and there will be plenty of food and drink on offer too. played. [14], Lineker left school with four O Levels. MLS is back! Later he said: "Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans win. In the post season, he headed to the World Cup finals with England and lifted the Golden Boot at the tournament, helping his nation to the quarter-finals. [10], Lineker first attended Caldecote Road School[11] (Caldecote Juniors), Braunstone in Leicester (east of the Meridian Centre). After England had gotten past Belgium and Cameroon, they were eliminated by eventual winners West Germany on penalties in the semi-final in Turin. Motson, who had an illustrious 50-year . On his final league appearance, he scored twice in a 31 home win over West Ham United whose own title hopes had just disappeared. Something sensibly centrist might appeal? Gary Lineker Long Range Goal - YouTube 0:00 / 0:37 Gary Lineker Long Range Goal 31,754 views Dec 5, 2009 43 Dislike Share Save Richard Leigh 449 subscribers The rarest Gary Lineker goal. [54] Walkers temporarily named their salt and vinegar crisps after Lineker, labelling them 'Salt & Lineker', in the late 1990s. 1. He hasn't been able to help Argentina reach the final since 2010 when he was part of the squad that lost to Spain in Brazil's famous "Maracana" stadium. Nov 30, 1960 (62), J1 League - Second Stage ('93-'95,'97-'04,'15-'16), J1 League - First Stage ('93-'95,'97-'04,'15-'16). He was unwell during the tournament, and accidentally defecated in his shorts during the opening group game against the Republic of Ireland. The transfer fee paid to Tottenham Hotspur was 2million. [88] He played his last game for England in a 21 loss against Sweden in a Euro 1992 group stage match. He then joined the youth academy at Leicester City in 1976.[12]. I did try to tackle someone, I stretched and then I relaxed myself. Lineker was again integral to England's progress to the semi-finals of the 1990 World Cup, scoring another four goals. I was very fortunate it rained that night and I could do something about it. "I was not very well; I was poorly at half-time but I carried on. [30][31], In the 1990 World Cup, he scored four goals to help England reach the semi-finals. The story from England's famous run to the semi-finals at Italia 90 has become the stuff of legend for anybody who follows the TV presenter on Twitter. Pic via Mirrorpix. His sixth goal came in the last minute of the first round against Australia, which England went on to win 4-2. Born in Leicester in 1960, Lineker played for his boyhood club for seven seasons before later playing for Everton, Barcelona, Tottenham Hotspur and even Nagoya Grampus Eight in Japan. Enjoy live and on-demand online sports on DAZN. 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