Tony Cottee

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Antony Richard Cottee (born 11 July 1965) is an English former professional footballer and manager who now works as a television football commentator. As a player, he was a striker from 1982 until 2001, notably playing in the top flight of English football for West Ham United, Everton and Leicester City. He was capped seven times by England, and played in the Football League for Birmingham City, Norwich City and Millwall. He also had a spell in Malaysia with Selangor and spent a season as player-manager of Barnet. He played in Everton's 1989 FA Cup final defeat to Liverpool, and won the League Cup with Leicester City in 2000. His final career tally was 579 league games and 226 goals. In all competitions, he played 712 games and 293 goals. He exceeded his ambition to score 200 league goals in his career, but fell just short of his target of 300 goals in all competitions. Still, he was one of the most prolific goalscorers that English football saw during the 1980s and 1990s.

Career

1. 1965
   Born
2. 1982
   Joined West Ham United F.C.
3. 1984
   Joined England national under-21 association football team
4. 1986
   Joined England men's national association football team
5. 1988
   Joined Everton F.C.
6. 1994
   Joined West Ham United F.C.
7. 1996
   Joined Selangor F.C.
8. 1997
   Joined Birmingham City F.C.
9. 1997
   Joined Leicester City F.C.
10. 1998
    Joined Selangor F.C.
11. 2000
    Joined Barnet F.C.
12. 2000
    Joined Norwich City F.C.
13. 2001
    Joined Millwall F.C.

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Forest Gate
• •Citizenship: United Kingdom
• •Known as: association football player, sports commentator, association football coach
• •Sport: association football