David Platt was an international footballer who represented England 62 times scoring 27 goals. His first cap was against Italy on 15th November 1989 at 23 years old, and his last was vs Germany on 26th June 1996 aged 30. Platt, born on 10th June 1966, in Chadderton, Oldham, has a FA Legacy Number of 1019 and played as a Centre Forward, Midfielder and Attacking Midfielder for his country.

David Platt - 62 caps (27 goals)

Full Name: David Andrew Platt
Born: 10th June 1966, Chadderton, Oldham
England Career: 1989 - 1996
Positions whilst with England: Centre Forward, Midfielder and Attacking Midfielder
Clubs (and caps) whilst with England: Aston Villa (22), Bari (6), Juventus (14), Sampdoria (13) & Arsenal (7)
FA Legacy Number: 1019

England Career Statistics

Debut: v Italy (FR) on 15th November 1989 aged 23 years, 5 months, 5 days
Last Cap: v Germany (ECF) on 26th June 1996 aged 30 years, 0 months, 16 days
First Goal: v Belgium (WCF) on 26th June 1990 aged 24 years, 0 months, 16 days
First Captaincy: v San Marino (WCQ) on 17th February 1993 aged 26 years, 8 months, 7 days
Career Length: 6 years, 222 days
Starts: 51
Substitute: 11
Withdrawn: 1
Full Games: 50

England Match Statistics

Match Type
Caps
Goals
Capt

FriendlyFR
28
11
9
0
0

World Cup FinalsWCF
6
3
0
0
0

European Championship QualifierECQ
6
1
0
0
0

European Championship FinalsECF
7
1
0
0
0

World Cup QualifierWCQ
10
7
6
0
0

United States CupUSC
2
2
1
0
0

Umbro International TrophyUIT
3
2
3
0
0

Competitive
34
16
10
0
0

Home, Away or Neutral
Caps
Goals
Capt

Home
33
17
13
0
0

Away
20
6
5
0
0

Neutral
9
4
1
0
0

Match Result
Caps
Goals
Capt

Drawn
24
7
6
0
0

Lost
8
3
4
0
0

Abandoned
1
0
1
0
0

Playing Positions
Caps
Goals
Capt

Midfielder
47
19
14
0
0

Attacking Midfielder
10
2
1
0
0

Centre Forward
5
6
4
0
0

Total
62
27
19
0
0

England Managers

Manager
Caps
Goals
Capt

England Graham Taylor
34
17
7
0
0

England Terry Venables
17
7
12
0
0

England Bobby Robson
11
3
0
0
0

England Team Mates (Top 10)

Stuart Pearce
43 Matches

Des Walker
41 Matches

Gary Lineker
30 Matches

Paul Gascoigne
28 Matches

Chris Woods
27 Matches

John Barnes
25 Matches

Tony Adams
21 Matches

Alan Shearer
20 Matches

Paul Ince
20 Matches

Mark Wright
20 Matches

Sources

England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
256 sources from 62 matchesSelect from match list to see sources.

Match List

GER, 1 - 1, 26th Jun 1996 (ECF) Arsenal, Cap: 62.
Age: 30 years, 0 months, 16 days.
ESP, 0 - 0, 22nd Jun 1996 (ECF) Arsenal, Cap: 61.
Age: 30 years, 0 months, 12 days.
NED, 4 - 1, 18th Jun 1996 (ECF) Arsenal, Cap: 60.
Age: 30 years, 0 months, 8 days.
SUI, 1 - 1, 8th Jun 1996 (ECF) Arsenal, Cap: 59.
Age: 29 years, 11 month, 28 days.
HUN, 3 - 0, 18th May 1996 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 58.
Age: 29 years, 11 month, 8 days.
CRO, 0 - 0, 24th Apr 1996 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 57.
Age: 29 years, 10 months, 14 days.
BUL, 1 - 0, 27th Mar 1996 (FR) Arsenal, Cap: 56.
Age: 29 years, 9 months, 17 days.
BRA, 1 - 3, 11th Jun 1995 (UIT) Sampdoria, Cap: 55.
Age: 29 years, 0 months, 1 day.
SWE, 3 - 3, 8th Jun 1995 (UIT) Sampdoria, Cap: 54.
Age: 28 years, 11 month, 28 days.
JPN, 2 - 1, 3rd Jun 1995 (UIT) Sampdoria, Cap: 53.
Age: 28 years, 11 month, 23 days.
URU, 0 - 0, 29th Mar 1995 (FR) Sampdoria, Cap: 52.
Age: 28 years, 9 months, 19 days.
IRL, 0 - 1, 15th Feb 1995 (FR) Sampdoria, Cap: 51.
Age: 28 years, 8 months, 5 days.
NGA, 1 - 0, 16th Nov 1994 (FR) Sampdoria, Cap: 50.
Age: 28 years, 5 months, 6 days.
USA, 2 - 0, 7th Sep 1994 (FR) Sampdoria, Cap: 49.
Age: 28 years, 2 months, 27 days.
NOR, 0 - 0, 22nd May 1994 (FR) Sampdoria, Cap: 48.
Age: 27 years, 11 month, 12 days.
GRE, 5 - 0, 17th May 1994 (FR) Sampdoria, Cap: 47.
Age: 27 years, 11 month, 7 days.
DEN, 1 - 0, 9th Mar 1994 (FR) Sampdoria, Cap: 46.
Age: 27 years, 8 months, 29 days.
SMR, 7 - 1, 17th Nov 1993 (WCQ) Sampdoria, Cap: 45.
Age: 27 years, 5 months, 7 days.
NED, 0 - 2, 13th Oct 1993 (WCQ) Sampdoria, Cap: 44.
Age: 27 years, 4 months, 3 days.
POL, 3 - 0, 8th Sep 1993 (WCQ) Sampdoria, Cap: 43.
Age: 27 years, 2 months, 28 days.
GER, 1 - 2, 19th Jun 1993 (USC) Juventus, Cap: 42.
Age: 27 years, 0 months, 9 days.
BRA, 1 - 1, 13th Jun 1993 (USC) Juventus, Cap: 41.
Age: 27 years, 0 months, 3 days.
NOR, 0 - 2, 2nd Jun 1993 (WCQ) Juventus, Cap: 40.
Age: 26 years, 11 month, 22 days.
POL, 1 - 1, 29th May 1993 (WCQ) Juventus, Cap: 39.
Age: 26 years, 11 month, 19 days.
NED, 2 - 2, 28th Apr 1993 (WCQ) Juventus, Cap: 38.
Age: 26 years, 10 months, 18 days.
TUR, 2 - 0, 31st Mar 1993 (WCQ) Juventus, Cap: 37.
Age: 26 years, 9 months, 21 day.
SMR, 6 - 0, 17th Feb 1993 (WCQ) Juventus, Cap: 36.
Age: 26 years, 8 months, 7 days.
TUR, 4 - 0, 18th Nov 1992 (WCQ) Juventus, Cap: 35.
Age: 26 years, 5 months, 8 days.
NOR, 1 - 1, 14th Oct 1992 (WCQ) Juventus, Cap: 34.
Age: 26 years, 4 months, 4 days.
ESP, 0 - 1, 9th Sep 1992 (FR) Juventus, Cap: 33.
Age: 26 years, 2 months, 29 days.
SWE, 1 - 2, 17th Jun 1992 (ECF) Juventus, Cap: 32.
Age: 26 years, 0 months, 7 days.
FRA, 0 - 0, 14th Jun 1992 (ECF) Juventus, Cap: 31.
Age: 26 years, 0 months, 4 days.
DEN, 0 - 0, 11th Jun 1992 (ECF) Juventus, Cap: 30.
Age: 26 years, 0 months, 1 day.
FIN, 2 - 1, 3rd Jun 1992 (FR) Juventus, Cap: 29.
Age: 25 years, 11 month, 23 days.
BRA, 1 - 1, 17th May 1992 (FR) Bari, Cap: 28.
Age: 25 years, 11 month, 7 days.
CIS, 2 - 2, 29th Apr 1992 (FR) Bari, Cap: 27.
Age: 25 years, 10 months, 19 days.
TCH, 2 - 2, 25th Mar 1992 (FR) Bari, Cap: 26.
Age: 25 years, 9 months, 15 days.
POL, 1 - 1, 13th Nov 1991 (ECQ) Bari, Cap: 25.
Age: 25 years, 5 months, 3 days.
TUR, 1 - 0, 16th Oct 1991 (ECQ) Bari, Cap: 24.
Age: 25 years, 4 months, 6 days.
GER, 0 - 1, 11th Sep 1991 (FR) Bari, Cap: 23.
Age: 25 years, 3 months, 1 day.
MAS, 4 - 2, 12th Jun 1991 (FR) Aston Villa, Cap: 22.
Age: 25 years, 0 months, 2 days.
NZL, 2 - 0, 8th Jun 1991 (FR) Aston Villa, Cap: 21.
Age: 24 years, 11 month, 28 days.
NZL, 1 - 0, 3rd Jun 1991 (FR) Aston Villa, Cap: 20.
Age: 24 years, 11 month, 23 days.
AUS, 1 - 0, 1st Jun 1991 (FR) Aston Villa, Cap: 19.
Age: 24 years, 11 month, 22 days.
ARG, 2 - 2, 25th May 1991 (FR) Aston Villa, Cap: 18.
Age: 24 years, 11 month, 15 days.
URS, 3 - 1, 21st May 1991 (FR) Aston Villa, Cap: 17.
Age: 24 years, 11 month, 11 day.
TUR, 1 - 0, 1st May 1991 (ECQ) Aston Villa, Cap: 16.
Age: 24 years, 10 months, 21 day.
IRL, 1 - 1, 27th Mar 1991 (ECQ) Aston Villa, Cap: 15.
Age: 24 years, 9 months, 17 days.
IRL, 1 - 1, 14th Nov 1990 (ECQ) Aston Villa, Cap: 14.
Age: 24 years, 5 months, 4 days.
POL, 2 - 0, 17th Oct 1990 (ECQ) Aston Villa, Cap: 13.
Age: 24 years, 4 months, 7 days.
HUN, 1 - 0, 12th Sep 1990 (FR) Aston Villa, Cap: 12.
Age: 24 years, 3 months, 2 days.
ITA, 1 - 2, 7th Jul 1990 (WCF) Aston Villa, Cap: 11.
Age: 24 years, 0 months, 27 days.
FRG, 1 - 1, 4th Jul 1990 (WCF) Aston Villa, Cap: 10.
Age: 24 years, 0 months, 24 days.
CMR, 3 - 2, 1st Jul 1990 (WCF) Aston Villa, Cap: 9.
Age: 24 years, 0 months, 21 day.
BEL, 1 - 0, 26th Jun 1990 (WCF) Aston Villa, Cap: 8.
Age: 24 years, 0 months, 16 days.
EGY, 1 - 0, 21st Jun 1990 (WCF) Aston Villa, Cap: 7.
Age: 24 years, 0 months, 11 day.
NED, 0 - 0, 16th Jun 1990 (WCF) Aston Villa, Cap: 6.
Age: 24 years, 0 months, 6 days.
TUN, 1 - 1, 2nd Jun 1990 (FR) Aston Villa, Cap: 5.
Age: 23 years, 11 month, 22 days.
DEN, 1 - 0, 15th May 1990 (FR) Aston Villa, Cap: 4.
Age: 23 years, 11 month, 5 days.
BRA, 1 - 0, 28th Mar 1990 (FR) Aston Villa, Cap: 3.
Age: 23 years, 9 months, 18 days.
YUG, 2 - 1, 13th Dec 1989 (FR) Aston Villa, Cap: 2.
Age: 23 years, 6 months, 3 days.
ITA, 0 - 0, 15th Nov 1989 (FR) Aston Villa, Cap: 1.
Age: 23 years, 5 months, 5 days.
* Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.