Terry Venables
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Terence Frederick Venables | ||
| Date of birth | 6 January 1943 | ||
| Place of birth | Dagenham, Essex, England | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1958–1960 | Chelsea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1960–1966 | Chelsea | 202 | (26) |
| 1966–1969 | Tottenham Hotspur | 115 | (5) |
| 1969–1974 | Queens Park Rangers | 177 | (19) |
| 1974–1975 | Crystal Palace | 14 | (0) |
| 1974 | → Canterbury-Marrickville Olympic (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 1975 | → St Patrick's Athletic (loan) | ||
| Total | 526 | (50) | |
| National team | |||
| England Schoolboy | |||
| England Youth | |||
| 1959 | Great Britain Olympic | 1 | (0) |
| 1960 | England Amateur | 1 | (0) |
| 1962–1964 | England U23 | 4 | (0) |
| 1964 | England | 2 | (0) |
| The Football League XI | 1 | (0) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1976–1980 | Crystal Palace | ||
| 1980–1984 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| 1984–1987 | Barcelona | ||
| 1987–1993 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| 1994–1996 | England | ||
| 1996–1997 | Australia | ||
| 1998–1999 | Crystal Palace | ||
| 2000–2001 | Middlesbrough | ||
| 2002–2003 | Leeds United | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Terence Frederick "Terry" Venables (born 6 January 1943), often referred to as "El Tel ", is an English former football player and manager. During the 1960s and 70s, he played for various clubs including Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Queens Park Rangers, and gained two caps for England.
He was the national team manager of England from 1994 to 1996 (leading the team to the semi-finals of the 1996 European Championships), and of Australia from 1997 to 1998. He has also managed several club sides including Crystal Palace, Queens Park Rangers, Tottenham Hotspur, Leeds United and Barcelona.
Terence Frederick Venables was born in Dagenham on 6 January 1943, the only child of Fred and Myrtle Venables. His father was a Navy petty officer, and originally came from Barking. His mother was Welsh, and her family lived in Clydach Vale. When he was 13, his parents moved to run a pub in Romford, Essex, leaving him to stay with his grandparents, who fostered his love of football. He progressed from representing his county to earning caps for England Schoolboys, and attracted interest from Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, and Manchester United.
Venables left school in the summer of 1958 and signed for Chelsea as an apprentice at the age of 15. He later said that he joined Chelsea as he felt he had a better chance of breaking into the first team at Stamford Bridge, and also because the club offered his father a job as a part-time scout, and he denied West Ham manager Malcolm Allison's claim that he had only joined Chelsea for financial reasons. He delayed becoming a professional player so he could try for a place on the Great Britain squad for the 1960 Olympic Games tournament, and turned professional after learning that he would not be selected for the squad. He won the FA Youth Cup with Chelsea in consecutive seasons, as they beat Preston North End in 1960 and Everton in 1961. He made his much anticipated senior debut in a 4–2 defeat to West Ham United on 6 February 1960, with newspapers billing him as "the new Duncan Edwards".
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