Trevor Francis
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Trevor John Francis | ||
| Date of birth | 19 April 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Plymouth, England | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1971–1979 | Birmingham City | 280 | (119) |
| 1978–1979 | → Detroit Express (loan) | 33 | (36) |
| 1979–1981 | Nottingham Forest | 70 | (28) |
| 1981–1982 | Manchester City | 26 | (12) |
| 1982–1986 | Sampdoria | 68 | (17) |
| 1986–1987 | Atalanta | 21 | (1) |
| 1987–1988 | Rangers | 18 | (0) |
| 1988 | Wollongong City | 3 | (2) |
| 1988–1990 | Queens Park Rangers | 32 | (12) |
| 1990–1994 | Sheffield Wednesday | 76 | (5) |
| Total | 627 | (232) | |
| National team | |||
| 1976–1986 | England | 52 | (12) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1988–1989 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| 1991–1995 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
| 1996–2001 | Birmingham City | ||
| 2001–2003 | Crystal Palace | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Trevor John Francis (born 19 April 1954 in Plymouth, England), is a former footballer who played as a forward. Throughout his playing career, he played for several clubs in England, and also had spells in the United States, Italy, and Scotland. He became England's first £1 million player following his transfer to Nottingham Forest in 1979, and later won two consecutive European Cups with the club in 1979 and 1980. At international level, he played for England 52 times between 1976 and 1986, scoring 12 goals, and took part at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
Between 1988 and 2003 he was a football manager, most notably with Sheffield Wednesday and then Birmingham City. Francis is currently working as a pundit with BT Sport.
Francis was born in Plymouth and educated at Plymouth's Public Secondary School for Boys. He was an agile and skilful forward and joined Birmingham City as a schoolboy.
Francis quickly rose in status, making his debut for Birmingham City's first team in 1970, aged just 16. His talent was noted when, before his 17th birthday, he scored four goals in a match against Bolton Wanderers. He ended his first season with 15 goals from just 22 games.
In the 1970s, Birmingham City reached the occasional domestic semi-final but failed to make a great impact in the First Division championship, so the ability and achievements of Francis were made more noticeable as a result.
On 30 October 1976, he scored one of Birmingham's most famous goals, when he turned away from the touchline and cut inside four Queens Park Rangers defenders, constantly being forced backwards, before suddenly unleashing a 25-yard shot which caught the goalkeeper off guard.
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