Graeme Le Saux

Graeme Le Saux

Graeme Le Saux, 2011
Personal information
Full name	Graeme Pierre Le Saux
Date of birth	(1968-10-17) 17 October 1968 (age 48)
Place of birth	St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Left back
Youth career
1987–1989	Chelsea
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1993	Chelsea	90	(8)
1993–1997	Blackburn Rovers	129	(7)
1997–2003	Chelsea	140	(4)
2003–2005	Southampton	44	(1)
2012	Wembley	0	(0)
Total		403	(20)
National team
1990	England U21	4	(0)
1991–1992	England B	2	(0)
1994–2000	England	36	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Graeme Pierre Le Saux (/ləˈsoʊ/ lə-SOH; born 17 October 1968) is a retired Jèrriais and English professional footballer of French ancestry. He played from 1989 to 2005 starting as a left winger (often wearing the number 7 shirt - right winger Dennis Wise would wear number 11) during his first spell at Chelsea, eventually becoming a left back for Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers and Southampton, and for the England national football team. He came out of retirement in 2012 by signing with Wembley in order to appear in the club's FA Cup fixtures.

After beginning playing in Jersey, he moved to England and debuted for Chelsea in 1989. He left Chelsea in 1993 to join the Blackburn side being built by wealthy benefactor, Jack Walker, and was part of their 1994–95 Premier League winning team. In 1997, he returned to Chelsea, staying there for six seasons until moving to Southampton in 2003. He announced his retirement from football upon Southampton's relegation from the Premier League in 2005.