Jimmy Greaves

Jimmy Greaves (20 February 1940 – 19 September 2021) was an English football player. He played for England national team.

Jimmy Greaves
MBE

Greaves in 1964
Personal information
Full name	James Peter Greaves
Date of birth	(1940-02-20)20 February 1940
Place of birth	Manor Park, Essex, England
Date of death	19 September 2021(2021-09-19) (aged 81)
Place of death	Danbury, Essex, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1955–1957	Chelsea
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1961	Chelsea	157	(124)
1961	AC Milan	10	(9)
1961–1970	Tottenham Hotspur	321	(220)
1970–1971	West Ham United	38	(13)
1975–1976	Brentwood
1976–1977	Chelmsford City	38	(20)
1977–1979	Barnet	51	(16)
1979–1980	Woodford Town
Total		617	(402)
International career
1957–1962[2]	England U23	12	(13)
1959–1967[3]	England	57	(44)
1965	United Kingdom	1	(1)
Medal record Men's football Representing  England FIFA World Cup Winner 1966 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[4][5][6][7]

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
London XI	1955–58	–			–		–		2[c]	2	2	2
Chelsea	1957–58	First Division	35	22	2	0	–		–		37	22
	1958–59	First Division	42	32	2	2	–		3[c]	3	47	37
	1959–60	First Division	40	29	2	1	–		–		42	30
	1960–61	First Division	40	41	1	0	2	2	–		43	43
	Total		157	124	7	3	2	2	3	3	169	132
A.C. Milan	1961–62	Serie A	10	9	1	0	–		2[c]	0	13	9
Tottenham Hotspur	1961–62	First Division	22	21	7	9	0	0	2	0	31	30
	1962–63	First Division	41	37	1	0	0	0	7[d]	7	49	44
	1963–64	First Division	41	35	2	0	0	0	2[e]	1	45	36
	1964–65	First Division	41	29	4	6	0	0	0	0	45	35
	1965–66	First Division	29	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	31	16
	1966–67	First Division	38	25	8	6	1	0	0	0	47	31
	1967–68	First Division	39	23	4	3	0	0	5[f]	3	48	29
	1968–69	First Division	42	27	4	4	6	5	0	0	52	36
	1969–70	First Division	28	8	4	3	1	0	0	0	33	11
	Total		321	220	36	32	8	5	16	11	381	268
West Ham United	1969–70	First Division	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4
	1970–71	First Division	32	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	34	9
	Total		38	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	40	13
Brentwood Town	1975–76	Essex Senior League
Chelmsford City	1976–77	Southern League Premier Division	38	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	20
Barnet	1977–78	Southern League Premier Division	30	13	5	4	0	0	1[g]	1	36	18
	1978–79	Southern League Premier Division	21	3	6	3	0	0	1[g]	1	28	7
	Total		51	16	11	7	0	0	2	2	64	25
Woodford Town	1979–80	Athenian League
Career total			615	402	56	42	11	7	25	18	707	469

1. Includes FA Cup, Coppa Italia
2. Includes Football League Cup
3. Appearances in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
4. 1 appearance and 2 goals in the 1962 FA Charity Shield (not recognized by Tottenham) and 6 appearances and 5 goals in the 1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup.
5. Appearance/s and goal/s in the European Cup Winners' Cup.
6. 1 appearance in the 1967 FA Charity Shield (not recognized by Tottenham) and 4 appearances and 3 goals in the European Cup Winners' Cup.
7. Appearance/s and goal/s in the FA Trophy.

Jimmy Greaves and England teammate Bobby Charlton in December 1964

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[3]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
England	1959	5	2
	1960	6	9
	1961	4	5
	1962	10	6
	1963	9	8
	1964	8	6
	1965	5	2
	1966	7	5
	1967	3	1
Total		57	44

England's goal tally listed first.

International appearances and goals[3]
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition	Goal(s)
1959
1	17 May	Estadio Nacional, Lima	Peru	1–4	Friendly	1
2	24 May	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City	Mexico	1–2	Friendly
3	28 May	Wrigley Field, Los Angeles	United States	8–1	Friendly
4	17 October	Ninian Park, Cardiff	Wales	1–1	1959–60 British Home Championship	1
5	28 October	Wembley Stadium, London	Sweden	2–3	Friendly
1960
6	11 May	Wembley Stadium, London	Yugoslavia	3–3	Friendly	1
7	15 May	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid	Spain	0–3	Friendly
8	8 October	Windsor Park, Belfast	Northern Ireland	5–2	1960–61 British Home Championship	2
9	19 October	Stade Municipale, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	8–0	1962 World Cup qualifier	3
10	26 October	Wembley Stadium, London	Spain	4–2	Friendly	1
11	23 November	Wembley Stadium, London	Wales	5–1	1960–61 British Home Championship	2
1961
12	15 April	Wembley Stadium, London	Scotland	9–3	1960–61 British Home Championship	3
13	21 May	Estádio Nacional, Oeiras	Portugal	1–1	1962 World Cup qualifier
14	24 May	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	Italy	2–3	Friendly	1
15	27 May	Praterstadion, Vienna	Austria	1–3	Friendly	1
1962
16	14 April	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Scotland	0–2	1961–62 British Home Championship
17	9 May	Wembley Stadium, London	Switzerland	3–1	Friendly
18	20 May	Estadio Nacional, Lima	Peru	4–0	Friendly	3
19	31 May	Estadio Braden, Rancagua	Hungary	1–2	1962 FIFA World Cup
20	2 June	Estadio Braden, Rancagua	Argentina	3–1	1962 FIFA World Cup	1
21	7 June	Estadio Braden, Rancagua	Bulgaria	0–0	1962 FIFA World Cup
22	10 June	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar	Brazil	1–3	1962 FIFA World Cup
23	3 October	Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield	France	1–1	1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying
24	20 October	Windsor Park, Belfast	Northern Ireland	3–1	1962–63 British Home Championship	1
25	21 November	Wembley Stadium, London	Wales	4–0	1962–63 British Home Championship	1
1963
26	27 February	Parc des Princes, Paris	France	2–5	1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying
27	6 April	Wembley Stadium, London	Scotland	1–2	1962–63 British Home Championship
28	8 May	Wembley Stadium, London	Brazil	1–1	Friendly
29	29 May	Tehelné pole, Bratislava	Czechoslovakia	4–2	Friendly	2
30	5 June	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel	Switzerland	8–1	Friendly
31	12 October	Ninian Park, Cardiff	Wales	4–0	1963–64 British Home Championship	1
32	23 October	Wembley Stadium, London	Rest of World	2–1	Friendly	1
33	20 November	Wembley Stadium, London	Northern Ireland	8–3	1963–64 British Home Championship	4
1964
34	6 May	Wembley Stadium, London	Uruguay	2–1	Friendly
35	17 May	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon	Portugal	4–3	Friendly
36	24 May	Dalymount Park, Dublin	Republic of Ireland	3–1	Friendly	1
37	30 May	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	1–5	Taça das Nações	1
38	4 June	Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo	Portugal	1–1	Taça das Nações
39	6 June	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro	Argentina	0–1	Taça das Nações
40	3 October	Windsor Park, Belfast	Northern Ireland	4–3	1964–65 British Home Championship	3
41	21 October	Wembley Stadium, London	Belgium	2–2	Friendly
42	9 December	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam	Netherlands	1–1	Friendly	1
1965
43	10 April	Wembley Stadium, London	Scotland	2–2	1964–65 British Home Championship	1
44	5 May	Wembley Stadium, London	Hungary	1–0	Friendly	1
45	9 May	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade	Yugoslavia	1–1	Friendly
46	2 October	Ninian Park, Cardiff	Wales	0–0	1965–66 British Home Championship
47	20 October	Wembley Stadium, London	Austria	2–3	Friendly
1966
48	4 May	Wembley Stadium, London	Yugoslavia	2–0	Friendly	1
49	29 June	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo	Norway	6–1	Friendly	4
50	3 July	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen	Denmark	2–0	Friendly
51	5 July	Silesian Stadium, Chorzów	Poland	1–0	Friendly
52	11 July	Wembley Stadium, London	Uruguay	0–0	1966 FIFA World Cup
53	16 July	Wembley Stadium, London	Mexico	2–0	1966 FIFA World Cup
54	20 July	Wembley Stadium, London	France	2–0	1966 FIFA World Cup
1967
55	15 April	Wembley Stadium, London	Scotland	2–3	1966–67 British Home Championship
56	24 May	Wembley Stadium, London	Spain	2–0	Friendly	1
57	27 May	Praterstadion, Vienna	Austria	1–0	Friendly

Honours

Greaves (in cap and jacket) returning to Chelsea in 2011

A.C. Milan

• Serie A: 1961–62^[8]

Tottenham Hotspur

• FA Cup: 1961–62,^[9] 1966–67^[10]
• FA Charity Shield: 1962,^[11] 1967 (shared)^[12]
• European Cup Winners' Cup: 1962–63^[13]
• Football League First Division runner-up: 1962–63^[14]

England

• FIFA World Cup: 1966^[15]
• British Home Championship: 1959–60 (shared), 1960–61, 1963–64 (shared), 1964–65, 1965–66; runner-up: 1962–63, 1966–67^[16]

Individual

• Ballon d'Or third place: 1963