Graeme Le Saux

Graeme Le Saux

Le Saux in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Graeme Pierre Le Saux[1]
Date of birth	(1968-10-17) 17 October 1968 (age 55)[1]
Place of birth	St Helier, Jersey
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
0000–1987	St. Paul's
1987–1989	Chelsea
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1993	Chelsea	90	(8)
1993–1997	Blackburn Rovers	129	(7)
1997–2003	Chelsea	140	(4)
2003–2005	Southampton	44	(1)
2012	Wembley	0	(0)
Total		403	(20)
International career
1990	England U21	4	(0)
1991–1992	England B	2	(0)
1994–2000	England	36	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Graeme Pierre Le Saux (/lə ˈsoʊ/ lə SOH; born 17 October 1968) is an English former professional footballer and television pundit.

As a versatile left sided player he played most of his career at left back with two spells at Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers, Southampton, and for the England national football team.

Le Saux started his career in his native Jersey before moving to England when he signed for Chelsea in 1987. He made his debut in 1989 and played initially as a left winger before transitioning to an attacking fullback role for the club. He left Chelsea in 1993 to join the newly promoted Blackburn side being built by wealthy benefactor Jack Walker and was a regular fixture in their 1994–95 Premier League winning side. In 1997, he became the most expensive defender in English footballing history when he returned to Chelsea for £5 million, staying there for six seasons before finishing his career with a move to Southampton in 2003. He announced his retirement from football upon Southampton's relegation from the Premier League in 2005.

In his club playing career, he scored 20 goals from 403 club appearances. He was twice named in the Professional Footballers' Association Team of the Year, in 1995 with Blackburn and in 1998 with Chelsea. As an England international, he made 36 senior appearances from 1994 until 2000, including starting all four England games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, and scoring one international goal, against Brazil.