Gary Lineker

Gary Lineker (born 30 November 1960) is an English retired footballer. He has played for the English national team. He scored 48 goals for the English national team. He then went on television on the BBC on Match of the Day. He was the highest paid presenter at the BBC. In 2020 he was paid £1.75 million.^[2]

Gary Lineker
OBE

Lineker in 2021
Personal information
Birth name	Gary Winston Lineker[1]
Date of birth	(1960-11-30) 30 November 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth	Leicester, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.77 m)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1976–1978	Leicester City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978–1985	Leicester City	194	(95)
1985–1986	Everton	41	(30)
1986–1989	Barcelona	103	(42)
1989–1992	Tottenham Hotspur	105	(67)
1992–1994	Nagoya Grampus	18	(4)
Total		461	(238)
International career
1984	England B	1	(0)
1984–1992	England	80	(48)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In March 2023 he tweeted about the proposed Illegal Migration Bill: "This is just an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the '30s, and I'm out of order?". The BBC wanted him to apologise for making a political comment, but he wouldnt. They then took him off Match of the Day. The other people from the show all supported him.^[3] So did many other sport presenters.^[4] In May 2025, he was heavily criticised and forced to apologise after reposting an anti-Zionist message on social media which itself invoked 1930s Germany.^[5]

Club career statisics

Club statistics			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
England			League		FA Cup		Football League Cup		Europe		Total
1978–79	Leicester City	Second Division	7	1	0	0	0	0	-		7	1
1979–80			19	3	1	0	0	0	-		20	3
1980–81		First Division	9	2	1	1	0	0	-		10	3
1981–82		Second Division	39	17	5	2	3	0	-		47	19
1982–83			40	26	1	0	2	0	-		43	26
1983–84		First Division	39	22	1	0	1	0	-		41	22
1984–85			41	24	4	3	3	2	-		48	29
1985–86	Everton	First Division	41	30	6	5	5	3	-		52	38
Spain			League		Copa del Rey		Copa de la Liga		Europe		Total
1986–87	Barcelona	La Liga	41	21	1	1	-		8	0	50	22
1987–88			36	16	5	2	-		9	2	50	20
1988–89			26	6	4	1	-		8	4	38	11
England			League		FA Cup		Football League Cup		Europe		Total
1989–90	Tottenham Hotspur	First Division	38	24	1	0	6	2	-		45	26
1990–91			32	15	6	3	5	1	-		43	19
1991–92			35	28	2	0	5	5	8	2	50	35
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		Total
1993	Nagoya Grampus Eight	J. League 1	7	1	0	0	0	0	-		7	1
1994			11	3	0	0	0	0	-		18	3
Country	England		340	192	28	14	30	13	8	2	406	221
	Spain		103	43	10	4	-		25	6	138	53
	Japan		18	3	0	0	0	0	-		18	3
Total			461	238	38	18	30	13	33	8	562	277

International career statistics

England national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1984	1	0
1985	9	6
1986	10	8
1987	7	9
1988	10	3
1989	9	3
1990	15	8
1991	11	10
1992	8	1
Total	80	48