Gary Lineker
Football, Football player
1960 –
Who is Gary Lineker?
Gary Winston Lineker, OBE is an English former footballer and current sports broadcaster. He holds England's record for goals in FIFA World Cup finals, with 10 scored. Lineker's media career began with the BBC, where he has presented the flagship programme Match of the Day since the late 1990s. He has also worked for Al Jazeera Sports, Eredivisie Live and NBC Sports Network.
Lineker began his football career at Leicester City. Despite failing to score in his first ten games, he finished as the First Division's joint top goalscorer in 1984–85. He then moved to League Champions Everton where he developed as a clinical finisher, scoring 30 goals in 41 games. His first team honours came at Barcelona, where he won the Copa del Rey in 1988 and the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1989. He returned to England in 1989, joining Tottenham Hotspur, and over three seasons he scored 67 goals in 105 games and won the FA Cup. Lineker's final club was Nagoya Grampus Eight and he retired in 1994 after two seasons at the Japanese side.
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- Born
- Nov 30, 1960
Leicester - Also known as
- Gary Winston Lineker
- Gary Lineker OBE
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Danielle Lineker
(2009/09/02 - ) - Michelle Cockayne
(1986/07 - 2006/08/01)
- Danielle Lineker
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- King's College London
- Lived in
- Leicester
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on July 23, 2013
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