Teddy Sheringham is the former British footballer best known for playing at the Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and England national teams. Currently works as a head coach at the Stevenage club.
Dossier
Teddy (Edward Paul) Sheringham was born on April 2, 1966 in London. A citizen of England. Game position - forward. Height 184 cm, weight 79 kg. Years of performances - 1982-2008. Member of the Tottenham Hotspur Hall of Fame and England, member of the Knights Order of the British Empire. Trophies: winner of the Champions League-1999, MK-1999, bronze medalist of the European Championship-1996, three-time champion of England (1999, 2000, 2001) and the winner of the Cup (1999) of the country.
Performance Statistics
Teddy Sheringham is a unique player who has played at the highest football level for 26 years. From 1992 to 2008, he took part in the championships of two European countries (England and Sweden) for 9 different clubs. Spent 757 matches, scored 288 goals.
- 1982/91 - Millwall;
- 1985 - Aldershot;
- 1985 - Djurgården (Sweden);
- 1991/92 - Nottingham Forest;
- 1992/97, 2001/03 - Tottenham Hotspur;
- 1997/2001 - Manchester United;
- 2003/04 - Portsmouth
- 2004/07 - West Ham;
- 2007/08 - Colchester.
In the national team of England, Teddy Sheringham (photo above) began to be involved in 1993. He spent his first fight on May 29 against the Polish national team. It was the qualifying match of the group stage for the 1994 World Cup. The last time Teddy put on the England team shirt in the quarterfinal match of the 2002 World Cup against the Brazilian team. For the period 1993-2002, he played 51 matches for the country's main team, scoring 11 goals.
Stages of a football career
Teddy Sheringham's football career began on the Leightstone amateur team. In this modest club, he was taken in pencil by the scouts of the Millwall team, which at that time represented the second English division. The 16-year-old player entered into his first professional agreement with this club. Two years later (in the 1994 season) he made his debut in the main team. And in his second match, he opened the score for goals scored. This happened in a duel against the Bournemouth club.
Naturally, it is difficult for a young fragile footballer to gain a foothold in the main team, which has taken the course to fight for access to the top division of the championship of England. Therefore, he was forced to gain experience and adjust his physical condition, as a rented player, in the clubs Aldershot and Djurgarden. And if Teddy played for the English team in only five fights, then in the Swedish championship he played the beautiful season of 1985, where he scored 13 goals in 21 matches.
Since the 1985 season, Teddy Sheringham has been Millwall's main striker and top scorer for four years. In 1988, he and his team made their debut in the top division of the English championship. Two years later, Millwall dropped back in class, and Teddy began to think about changing the club. There was no longer any sense in staying here, as the team management did not set the club maximum goals.
Having played for Millwall for 8 years and scored 111 goals, in the summer of 1991 the footballer signs a contract with the Nottingham Forest team. The transaction amount amounted to 2 million pounds. Here he was remembered for being the author of the first Nittingham ball in the newly formed English Premier League. The team itself, thundered 10 years ago in Europe, was solving local problems of maintaining a place in the elite division, not claiming high tournament places, and Teddy could not pull the club up alone.
At the end of the first half of the 1992/93 championship, he transferred to the Tottenham Hotspur team for the same 2 million pounds. “Nottingham”, not finding a worthy replacement for the departed scorer, leaves the Premier League at the end of the championship, and Teddy Sheringham becomes the best striker of the new team and the entire championship of England, scoring 22 goals. In Tottenham, he received not only the recognition of the fans, but turned into one of the strongest strikers in the history of English football.
And yet, despite the fact that Teddy’s attack partners included such players as Ronnie Rosenthal, Chris Armstrong, Jürgen Klinsmann, this team was far from winning at least some club trophy. Sheringham himself had 31 years behind him - and not a single title.
In the summer of 1997, Teddy moved to the famous Manchester United. “Tottenham Hotspur” received 3.5 million pounds, and “Manchester” - the fourth striker (after York, Cole and Salzjayer) to strengthen the team. It is important to note here that the club began to get trophies not least because of the excellent game of Teddy Sheringham. It was his goal that became a turning point in the 1999 conquest of the Champions League. Well, then the titles fell on the striker’s head one by one. This is the win of the Intercontinental Cup, and numerous victories in the championship and the FA Cup.
In 2001, the player’s 4-year United contract expired. He was offered to extend the agreement for another year, but the striker, as a free agent, returned to Tottenham, where he played for two more seasons. In total, for the “spurs” he played 230 matches, in which he scored 97 goals.
After Tottenham Hotspur, Teddy played with Portsmouth. Here he distinguished himself by making a hat-trick in the match with Bolton as the oldest player . Then there were performances at West Ham.
Teddy helped the Hammers to leave the Championship in the Premier League and reach the 2006 KA Final. The player himself simultaneously copied the age records of English football. He finished football in the very modest club "Colchester", who played in the Championship of England.
In conclusion, we note that the fans of the younger generation are unlikely to know who the football player Teddy Sheringham is, under what number he played, what he remembered and what he achieved. Now other football players are popular. A fan with experience, having heard this name, will say that Teddy Sheringham (number 10 of Manchester United club) is a player who equalized in the 91st minute of the final match of the Champions League match with Bayern Munich.
Coaching career
The beginning of the coaching career of Teddy Sheringham had to work in the club "West Ham". Here he worked as an assistant to the head coach of the team, Sam Allerdice. Since 2015, Teddy headed the Stevenage club. This team represents League-2 (the fourth most powerful division of the championship of England). They say that he not only trains, but also actively plays in the club.