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Peter Crouch

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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

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.

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

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tottenham Hotspur 1999–2000[2] Premier League 00000000—00
Dulwich Hamlet (loan) 1999–2000[3] Isthmian League Premier Division 61————61
IFK Hässleholm (loan) 2000[3] Swedish Division 2 83————83
Queens Park Rangers 2000–01[4] First Division 42103220——4712
Portsmouth 2001–02[5] First Division 37181011——3919
Aston Villa 2001–02[5] Premier League 72————72
2002–03[6] Premier League 14000004[a]0—180
2003–04[7] Premier League 1640020——184
Total 376002040—436
Norwich City (loan) 2003–04[7] First Division 154————154
Southampton 2004–05[8] Premier League 27125410——3316
Liverpool 2005–06[9] Premier League 32863108[b]02[c]24913
2006–07[10] Premier League 329101114[b]71[d]14918
2007–08[11] Premier League 21542308[b]4—3611
Total 85221155130113313442
Portsmouth 2008–09[12] Premier League 381131106[e]41[d]04916
Tottenham Hotspur 2009–10[13] Premier League 3886134——4713
2010–11[14] Premier League 344100010[b]7—4511
2011–12[15] Premier League 10——00—10
Total 73127134107009324
Stoke City 2011–12[15] Premier League 321032203[f]2—4014
2012–13[16] Premier League 3473011——388
2013–14[17] Premier League 3481032——3810
2014–15[18] Premier League 3382131——3810
2015–16[19] Premier League 1102151——182
2016–17[20] Premier League 2771013——2910
2017–18[21] Premier League 3151021——346
2018–19[22] Championship 2312110——262
Total 2254615518932—26162
Stoke City U23 2016–17[20] —————1[g]010
Burnley 2018–19[22] Premier League 60————60
Career total 59914545183315532453735205
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  2. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ↑ Appearances in FIFA Club World Championship
  4. 1 2 Appearance in FA Community Shield
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Cup
  6. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. ↑ Appearance in EFL Trophy

International

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Crouch training with England in 2007
Appearances and goals by national team and year[3]
National teamYearAppsGoals
England 200540
20061211
200783
200860
200964
201064
Total4222
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 2006Anfield, Liverpool, England5 Uruguay1–12–1Friendly[23]
2 30 May 2006Old Trafford, Manchester, England6 Hungary3–13–1Friendly[24]
3 3 June 2006Old Trafford, Manchester, England7 Jamaica3–06–0Friendly[25]
4 5–0
5 6–0
6 15 June 2006Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germany9 Trinidad and Tobago1–02–02006 FIFA World Cup[26]
7 16 August 2006Old Trafford, Manchester, England12 Greece3–04–0Friendly[27]
8 4–0
9 2 September 2006Old Trafford, Manchester, England13 Andorra1–05–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualification[28]
10 5–0
11 6 September 2006Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia14 Macedonia1–01–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualification[29]
12 6 June 2007A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia19 Estonia2–03–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualification[30]
13 16 November 2007Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria23 Austria1–01–0Friendly[31]
14 21 November 2007Wembley Stadium, London, England24 Croatia2–22–3UEFA Euro 2008 qualification[32]
15 1 April 2009Wembley Stadium, London, England33 Ukraine1–02–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification[33]
16 10 June 2009Wembley Stadium, London, England34 Andorra6–06–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification[34]
17 14 October 2009Wembley Stadium, London, England35 Belarus1–03–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification[35]
18 3–0
19 3 March 2010Wembley Stadium, London, England37 Egypt1–13–1Friendly[36]
20 3–1
21 24 May 2010Wembley Stadium, London, England38 Mexico2–03–1Friendly[37]
22 17 November 2010Wembley Stadium, London, England42 France1–21–2Friendly[38]

Norwich City

Liverpool

Individual

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  2. ↑ "Games played by Peter Crouch in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Crouch, Peter". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  4. ↑ "Games played by Peter Crouch in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Games played by Peter Crouch in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "Games played by Peter Crouch in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Games played by Peter Crouch in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Games played by Peter Crouch in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  9. ↑ "Games played by Peter Crouch in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  10. ↑ "Games played by Peter Crouch in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Peter Crouch in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Peter Crouch in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Peter Crouch in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Peter Crouch in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  15. 1 2 "Games played by Peter Crouch in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Peter Crouch in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Peter Crouch in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Peter Crouch in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Peter Crouch in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  20. 1 2 "Games played by Peter Crouch in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Peter Crouch in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  22. 1 2 "Games played by Peter Crouch in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  23. ↑ "England 2–1 Uruguay". BBC Sport. 1 March 2006. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  24. ↑ "England 3–1 Hungary". BBC Sport. 30 May 2006. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  25. ↑ "England 6–0 Jamaica". BBC Sport. 3 June 2006. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  26. ↑ "England 2–0 Trinidad and Tobago". BBC Sport. 15 June 2006. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  27. ↑ "England 4–0 Greece". BBC Sport. 16 August 2006. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  28. ↑ "England 5–0 Andorra". BBC Sport. 2 September 2006. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  29. ↑ "Macedonia 0–1 England". BBC Sport. 6 September 2006. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  30. ↑ McNulty, Phil (6 June 2007). "Estonia 0–3 England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  31. ↑ Chowdhury, Saj (16 November 2007). "Austria 0–1 England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  32. ↑ Stevenson, Jonathan (21 November 2007). "England 2–3 Croatia". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  33. ↑ McNulty, Phil (1 April 2009). "England 2–1 Ukraine". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  34. ↑ McNulty, Phil (10 June 2009). "England 6–0 Andorra". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  35. ↑ McNulty, Phil (14 October 2009). "England 3–0 Belarus". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  36. ↑ McNulty, Phil (3 March 2010). "England 3–1 Egypt". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  37. ↑ McNulty, Phil (24 May 2010). "England 3–1 Mexico". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  38. ↑ McNulty, Phil (17 November 2010). "England 1–2 France". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  39. ↑ "Liverpool 3–3 West Ham (aet)". BBC Sport. 13 May 2006. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  40. ↑ "Chelsea 1–2 Liverpool". BBC Sport. 13 August 2006. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  41. ↑ McNulty, Phil (23 May 2007). "AC Milan 2–1 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  42. ↑ "Sao Paulo 1–0 Liverpool". BBC Sport. 18 December 2005. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  43. ↑ Wallace, Sam (12 July 2019). "Meet the real Peter Crouch: The 'goalscorer in a targetman's body' who ran Dirk Kuyt over in a go-kart". The Telegraph. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  44. ↑ "History: Player of the Season". Portsmouth F.C. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  45. 1 2 "Stoke City: Peter Crouch scoops player-of-the-year award". The Sentinel. Stoke-on-Trent. 9 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015.


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