Tony Cottee

Tony Cottee
	Cottee at a testimonial for Tony Carr in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Antony Richard Cottee
Date of birth	11 July 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	Forest Gate, London, England
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1982–1988	West Ham United
1988–1994	Everton
1994–1996	West Ham United
1996–1997	Selangor
1997–2000	Leicester City
1997	→ Birmingham City (loan)
2000	Norwich City
2000–2001	Barnet
2001	Millwall
Total
International career
1984–1987	England U21
1986–1989	England
Managerial career
2000–2001	Barnet
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antony Richard Cottee (born 11 July 1965) is an English former professional footballer and manager who now works as a television football commentator.

As a player, he was a striker from 1982 until 2001, notably playing in the top flight of English football for West Ham United, Everton and Leicester City. He was capped seven times by England, and played in the Football League for Birmingham City, Norwich City and Millwall. He also had a spell in Malaysia with Selangor and spent a season as player-manager of Barnet.

He played in Everton's 1989 FA Cup final defeat to Liverpool, and won the League Cup with Leicester City in 2000. His final career tally was 579 league games and 226 goals. In all competitions, he played 712 games and 293 goals. He exceeded his ambition to score 200 league goals in his career, but fell just short of his target of 300 goals in all competitions. Still, he was one of the most prolific goalscorers that English football saw during the 1980s and 1990s.^[2]^[1]

^ ^a ^b "Tony Cottee". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 6 January 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
^ "Tony Cottee". Sporting-heroes.net. Retrieved 15 June 2010.

[soccerbase-1] "Tony Cottee". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 6 January 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2023.

[sp36647-2] "Tony Cottee". Sporting-heroes.net. Retrieved 15 June 2010.

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