David James

David James (born 1 August 1970) is an English retired footballer. He last played for Kerala Blasters FC and England national team.

David James
MBE

James in 2009
Personal information
Full name	David Benjamin James[1]
Date of birth	(1970-08-01) 1 August 1970 (age 55)
Place of birth	Welwyn Garden City, England
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1986–1988	Watford
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1992	Watford	89	(0)
1992–1999	Liverpool	214	(0)
1999–2001	Aston Villa	67	(0)
2001–2004	West Ham United	91	(0)
2004–2006	Manchester City	93	(0)
2006–2010	Portsmouth	134	(0)
2010–2012	Bristol City	81	(0)
2012–2013	AFC Bournemouth	19	(0)
2013	ÍBV	17	(0)
2014	Kerala Blasters	12	(0)
Total		817	(0)
International career
1990–1992	England U21	10	(0)
1997–2010	England	53	(0)
Managerial career
2014	Kerala Blasters (player-manager)
2017–2018	Kerala Blasters
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[3][4][5][6]

Club	Season	League			National Cup[a]		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Watford	1990–91	Second Division	46	0	1	0	2	0	—		0	0	49	0
	1991–92	Second Division	43	0	1	0	4	0	—		1[b]	0	49	0
	Total		89	0	2	0	6	0	—		1	0	98	0
Liverpool	1992–93	Premier League	29	0	0	0	1	0	1[c]	0	—		31	0
	1993–94	Premier League	14	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		14	0
	1994–95	Premier League	42	0	7	0	8	0	—		—		57	0
	1995–96	Premier League	38	0	7	0	4	0	4[d]	0	—		53	0
	1996–97	Premier League	38	0	2	0	4	0	8[c]	0	—		52	0
	1997–98	Premier League	27	0	1	0	5	0	4[d]	0	—		37	0
	1998–99	Premier League	26	0	2	0	0	0	5[d]	0	—		33	0
	Total		214	0	19	0	22	0	22	0	—		277	0
Aston Villa	1999–2000	Premier League	29	0	5	0	5	0	—		—		39	0
	2000–01	Premier League	38	0	3	0	1	0	4[e]	0	—		46	0
	Total		67	0	8	0	6	0	4	0	—		85	0
West Ham United	2001–02	Premier League	26	0	3	0	0	0	—		—		29	0
	2002–03	Premier League	38	0	2	0	2	0	—		—		42	0
	2003–04	Championship	27	0	1	0	3	0	—		—		31	0
	Total		91	0	6	0	5	0	—		—		102	0
Manchester City	2003–04	Premier League	17	0	—		—		—		—		17	0
	2004–05	Premier League	38	0	1	0	0	0	—		—		39	0
	2005–06	Premier League	38	0	5	0	1	0	—		—		44	0
	Total		93	0	6	0	1	0	—		—		100	0
Portsmouth	2006–07	Premier League	38	0	2	0	1	0	—		—		41	0
	2007–08	Premier League	35	0	6	0	1	0	—		—		42	0
	2008–09	Premier League	36	0	3	0	1	0	5[d]	0	1[f]	0	46	0
	2009–10	Premier League	25	0	4	0	0	0	—		—		29	0
	Total		134	0	15	0	3	0	5	0	1	0	158	0
Bristol City	2010–11	Championship	45	0	1	0	0	0	—		—		46	0
	2011–12	Championship	36	0	1	0	1	0	—		—		38	0
	Total		81	0	2	0	1	0	—		—		84	0
AFC Bournemouth	2012–13	League One	19	0	0	0	—		—		—		19	0
ÍBV	2013	Úrvalsdeild	17	0	2	0	—		4[g]	0	—		23	0
Kerala Blasters	2014	Indian Super League	12	0	—		—		—		—		12	0
Career total			817	0	60	0	44	0	35	0	2	0	958	0

1. Includes FA Cup, Icelandic Cup
2. Appearances in Full Members' Cup
3. Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
4. Appearances in UEFA Cup
5. Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
6. Appearance in FA Community Shield
7. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[7]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
England	1997	1	0
	2000	1	0
	2001	3	0
	2002	5	0
	2003	11	0
	2004	9	0
	2005	3	0
	2006	1	0
	2007	1	0
	2008	10	0
	2009	4	0
	2010	4	0
Total		53	0

Managerial

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Kerala Blasters		20 August 2014	20 December 2014	17	6	4	7	035.29
Kerala Blasters		3 January 2018	28 December 2018	24	6	9	9	025.00
Total				41	12	13	16	029.3

Honours

Liverpool^[8]

• Football League Cup: 1994–95

Portsmouth^[8]

• FA Cup: 2007–08

AFC Bournemouth

• Football League One runner-up: 2012–13

Individual

• PFA Team of the Year: 1991–92 Second Division,^[9] 1995–96 Premier League,^[10] 2007–08 Premier League^[11]
• Toulon Tournament Best Goalkeeper: 1991^[12]