LINEKER

GARY WINSTON LINEKER

Date of birth

30/11/1960

Original of

Leicester (Anglaterra, Regne Unit)

Seasons at the club

1986 - 1989

Line up

Striker

After retiring he started working in the media and is also a supporter of associations fighting against leukemia, an illness which his eldest son suffered from. As a youngster he had to choose between cricket and football.

Player of the Catalan national team

3SEASONS	138Oficial matches	11494Minutes played	52Goals	11Unofficial matches	6Unofficial goals
1986-87	50	4384	21	6	4
1987-88	49	4092	20	5	2
1988-89	39	3018	11	0	0

CAREER LINEKER At FC Barcelona

149
matches
played

Titles and individual awards

Copa del Rey

1987-1988

Cup Winners' Cup

1988-1989

Third in the FIFA World Player 1991; Silver Ball 1986; Mundial Golden Boot 1986; Included in the FIFA's 100 list; Best team Mundial 1986; England's Best Player (Football Writers Association) 1985-66, 1991-92; England's Best Player (Professional Footballers Association) 1985-86; Second in Pichichi Trophy 1986-87; Included in 2003 in the English Football Hall of Fame. He possesses the order of the British Empire

CAREER