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Harold Michael England MBE,[1] commonly known as Mike England, is a Welsh former footballer and manager.[2]

Mike England

Personal information
Full name	Harold Michael England
Date of birth	(1941-12-02) 2 December 1941 (age 80)
Place of birth	Holywell, Flintshire, Wales
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1959–1966	Blackburn Rovers	165	(21)
1966–1975	Tottenham Hotspur	300	(14)
1975–1979	Seattle Sounders	106	(6)
1975–1976	→ Cardiff City (loan)	40	(1)
1979–1980	Cleveland Force (indoor)	11	(0)
Total		622	(42)
National team
1962–1974	Wales	44	(4)
Teams managed
1980–1988	Wales
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Playing as a central defender, England began his career at Blackburn Rovers in 1959 before moving to Tottenham Hotspur in July 1966, ultimately winning four major trophies: the FA Cup in 1967, the UEFA Cup in 1972, and the League Cup in 1971 and 1973.

He made 44 international appearances for Wales over twelve years, scoring 4 goals. He was the youngest ever Wales permanent captain for many years, until superseded by Aaron Ramsey in 2011.[3]

Management career

He later managed the Wales national team from March 1980 to February 1988. His reign as manager was marked by a series of frustrations, as a team of limited resources, but with talented players such as Neville Southall, Ian Rush, Mark Hughes, and Mickey Thomas, very narrowly missed out on qualification to a series of major tournaments, including the 1982, and 1986 FIFA World Cups. Perhaps most agonisingly, Wales only missed out on qualification for the 1984 UEFA European Championship by minutes when an injury-time winning goal by Ljubomir Radanović for Yugoslavia in the final game of qualifying group 4 against Bulgaria eliminated Wales.

England was sacked as Wales manager on 3 February 1988 after another initially promising attempt to qualify for the 1988 European Championships ended in failure. That was to be the final job he would ever have in football. He later managed a nursing home in North Wales, and then owned two nursing homes and ran his own timber business.[4]

References

External links

• Mike England at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
• Spurs legend
• 1976 Seattle Sounders player profile
• 1979 Sounders profile – with stats
• American stats

На других языках

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- [en] Mike England

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[fr] Mike England

Harold Michael England, plus connu sous le nom de Mike England, né le 2 décembre 1941 à Holywell, est un footballeur international gallois reconverti entraîneur. Il évolue au poste de défenseur central du début des années 1960 au début des années 1980.

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[it] Mike England

Harold Michael England (Holywell, 2 dicembre 1941) è un allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore gallese, di ruolo difensore.

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[ru] Ингленд, Майк

Гарольд Майкл Ингленд (англ. Harold Michael England; 2 декабря 1941, Холивелл) — валлийский футболист и футбольный тренер[1]. Выступал на позиции защитника.

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