Tony Cottee
Cottee at a testimonial for Tony Carr in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antony Richard Cottee | ||
| Date of birth | 11 July 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Forest Gate, Newham, London, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1988 | West Ham United | 212 | (92) |
| 1988–1994 | Everton | 184 | (72) |
| 1994–1996 | West Ham United | 67 | (23) |
| 1996–1997 | Selangor | 24 | (14) |
| 1997–2000 | Leicester City | 85 | (27) |
| 1997 | → Birmingham City (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2000 | Norwich City | 7 | (1) |
| 2000–2001 | Barnet | 16 | (9) |
| 2001 | Millwall | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 602 | (239) | |
| National team | |||
| 1984–1987 | England U21 | 8 | (1) |
| 1986–1989 | England | 7 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2000–2001 | Barnet | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Antony Richard "Tony" Cottee (born 11 July 1965 in Forest Gate,Newham, England) 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 the 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 (99 of which for Everton). In all competitions, he managed 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.
Cottee began his career at West Ham, where he made his first team debut in the First Division against Tottenham Hotspur on 1 January 1983, at the age of 17, scoring in the process. He played a total of eight games in the 1982–83 season, scoring five goals. He established himself in the first team during the 1983–84 season, when still only 18, and scored 15 times in the league. He did even better in 1984–85, when he scored 17 First Division goals. By the age of 20, he had already managed an impressive 37 league goals.
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