Who Are Ya? (Premier League II)
Try and work out which player these 10 facts are describing.
This player has at some point in his career plied his trade in England’s top-flight.
Good Luck!
The Facts:
1. At time of writing (February 2021), this player is 38 years old.
2. He has played 536 professional club games in his career, scoring 99 goals.
3. He has also managed 99 games in his fairly-recent managerial career, earning a win % of 42.4%.
4. He made 2 appearances for the England U-21 squad, but surprisingly never received a call-up to the senior side.
5. Apparently, he could have also been called up for the Republic of Ireland and Netherlands side through his ancestry, however nothing ever came of this.
6. As a result, this player holds the record for most Premier League appearances without winning an England cap.
7. As a child, he grew up supporting Celtic and Liverpool, whilst also claiming his favourite players were Cantona and Sharpe of Manchester United.
8. He started his career for Bolton in the top-flight, and finished in League 2 with Notts County, where he never actually made an appearance.
9. He is currently a first-team coach for West Ham United.
10. This player features in the video below for ‘Bolton Wanderers Top 10 Goals 2007-2008’.
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