Peter Crouch

Peter James Crouch (born 30 January 1981) is a former English football player. He was born in Macclesfield and was raised in Singapore and Ealing, west London. At 6 feet, 7 inches (201 cm), he is one of the tallest people to ever play in the Premier League. Crouch played for Liverpool and England. He was the first player to score 10 goals for England in a single year. He is known for his famous robotic dance celebration, which he first performed after his goal against Hungary in May 2006.

Peter Crouch

Crouch playing for Stoke City in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Peter James Crouch[1]
Date of birth	(1981-01-30) 30 January 1981 (age 44)[1]
Place of birth	Macclesfield, England
Height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)[1]
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1991–1993	Brentford
1994–1995	Queens Park Rangers
1995–1998	Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2000	Tottenham Hotspur	0	(0)
2000	→ Dulwich Hamlet (loan)	6	(1)
2000	→ IFK Hässleholm (loan)	8	(3)
2000–2001	Queens Park Rangers	42	(10)
2001–2002	Portsmouth	37	(18)
2002–2004	Aston Villa	37	(6)
2003	→ Norwich City (loan)	15	(4)
2004–2005	Southampton	27	(12)
2005–2008	Liverpool	85	(22)
2008–2009	Portsmouth	38	(11)
2009–2011	Tottenham Hotspur	73	(12)
2011–2019	Stoke City	225	(46)
2019	Burnley	6	(0)
Total		599	(145)
International career
2002–2003	England U21	6	(1)
2006	England B	1	(0)
2005–2010	England	42	(22)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He was a judge on the fourth series of the United Kingdom's version of The Masked Singer.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tottenham Hotspur	1999–2000[2]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Dulwich Hamlet (loan)	1999–2000[3]	Isthmian League Premier Division	6	1	—		—		—		—		6	1
IFK Hässleholm (loan)	2000[3]	Swedish Division 2	8	3	—		—		—		—		8	3
Queens Park Rangers	2000–01[4]	First Division	42	10	3	2	2	0	—		—		47	12
Portsmouth	2001–02[5]	First Division	37	18	1	0	1	1	—		—		39	19
Aston Villa	2001–02[5]	Premier League	7	2	—		—		—		—		7	2
	2002–03[6]	Premier League	14	0	0	0	0	0	4[a]	0	—		18	0
	2003–04[7]	Premier League	16	4	0	0	2	0	—		—		18	4
	Total		37	6	0	0	2	0	4	0	—		43	6
Norwich City (loan)	2003–04[7]	First Division	15	4	—		—		—		—		15	4
Southampton	2004–05[8]	Premier League	27	12	5	4	1	0	—		—		33	16
Liverpool	2005–06[9]	Premier League	32	8	6	3	1	0	8[b]	0	2[c]	2	49	13
	2006–07[10]	Premier League	32	9	1	0	1	1	14[b]	7	1[d]	1	49	18
	2007–08[11]	Premier League	21	5	4	2	3	0	8[b]	4	—		36	11
	Total		85	22	11	5	5	1	30	11	3	3	134	42
Portsmouth	2008–09[12]	Premier League	38	11	3	1	1	0	6[e]	4	1[d]	0	49	16
Tottenham Hotspur	2009–10[13]	Premier League	38	8	6	1	3	4	—		—		47	13
	2010–11[14]	Premier League	34	4	1	0	0	0	10[b]	7	—		45	11
	2011–12[15]	Premier League	1	0	—		—		0	0	—		1	0
	Total		73	12	7	1	3	4	10	7	0	0	93	24
Stoke City	2011–12[15]	Premier League	32	10	3	2	2	0	3[f]	2	—		40	14
	2012–13[16]	Premier League	34	7	3	0	1	1	—		—		38	8
	2013–14[17]	Premier League	34	8	1	0	3	2	—		—		38	10
	2014–15[18]	Premier League	33	8	2	1	3	1	—		—		38	10
	2015–16[19]	Premier League	11	0	2	1	5	1	—		—		18	2
	2016–17[20]	Premier League	27	7	1	0	1	3	—		—		29	10
	2017–18[21]	Premier League	31	5	1	0	2	1	—		—		34	6
	2018–19[22]	Championship	23	1	2	1	1	0	—		—		26	2
	Total		225	46	15	5	18	9	3	2	—		261	62
Stoke City U23	2016–17[20]	—	—		—		—		—		1[g]	0	1	0
Burnley	2018–19[22]	Premier League	6	0	—		—		—		—		6	0
Career total			599	145	45	18	33	15	53	24	5	3	735	205

1. Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
3. Appearances in FIFA Club World Championship
4. Appearance in FA Community Shield
5. Appearances in UEFA Cup
6. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
7. Appearance in EFL Trophy

International

Crouch training with England in 2007

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

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
England	2005	4	0
	2006	12	11
	2007	8	3
	2008	6	0
	2009	6	4
	2010	6	4
Total		42	22

England score listed first, score column indicates score after each Crouch goal.^[3]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	1 March 2006	Anfield, Liverpool, England	5	Uruguay	1–1	2–1	Friendly	[23]
2	30 May 2006	Old Trafford, Manchester, England	6	Hungary	3–1	3–1	Friendly	[24]
3	3 June 2006	Old Trafford, Manchester, England	7	Jamaica	3–0	6–0	Friendly	[25]
4					5–0
5					6–0
6	15 June 2006	Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germany	9	Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	2–0	2006 FIFA World Cup	[26]
7	16 August 2006	Old Trafford, Manchester, England	12	Greece	3–0	4–0	Friendly	[27]
8					4–0
9	2 September 2006	Old Trafford, Manchester, England	13	Andorra	1–0	5–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification	[28]
10					5–0
11	6 September 2006	Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia	14	Macedonia	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification	[29]
12	6 June 2007	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia	19	Estonia	2–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification	[30]
13	16 November 2007	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria	23	Austria	1–0	1–0	Friendly	[31]
14	21 November 2007	Wembley Stadium, London, England	24	Croatia	2–2	2–3	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification	[32]
15	1 April 2009	Wembley Stadium, London, England	33	Ukraine	1–0	2–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	[33]
16	10 June 2009	Wembley Stadium, London, England	34	Andorra	6–0	6–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	[34]
17	14 October 2009	Wembley Stadium, London, England	35	Belarus	1–0	3–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	[35]
18					3–0
19	3 March 2010	Wembley Stadium, London, England	37	Egypt	1–1	3–1	Friendly	[36]
20					3–1
21	24 May 2010	Wembley Stadium, London, England	38	Mexico	2–0	3–1	Friendly	[37]
22	17 November 2010	Wembley Stadium, London, England	42	France	1–2	1–2	Friendly	[38]

Honours

Norwich City

• Football League First Division: 2003–04^[1]

Liverpool

• FA Cup: 2005–06^[39]
• FA Community Shield: 2006^[40]
• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2006–07^[41]
• FIFA Club World Championship runner-up: 2005^[42]

Individual

• Queens Park Rangers Player of the Season: 2000–01^[43]
• Portsmouth Player of the Season: 2001–02^[44]
• Stoke City Player of the Year: 2011–12^[45]
• Stoke City Goal of the Season: 2011–12^[45]