Trevor Francis was an international footballer who represented England 52 times scoring 12 goals. His first cap was against Netherlands on 9th February 1977 at 22 years old, and his last was vs Scotland on 23rd April 1986 aged 32. Francis, born on 19th April 1954, in Plymouth, Devon, has a FA Legacy Number of 926 and played as a Centre Forward for his country.

Trevor Francis - 52 caps (12 goals)

Full Name: Trevor John Francis
Born: 19th April 1954, Plymouth, Devon
Died: 24th July 2023, Marbella, Spain aged 69
England Career: 1977 - 1986
Positions whilst with England: Centre Forward
Clubs (and caps) whilst with England: Birmingham City (12), Nottingham Forest (11), Manchester City (9) & Sampdoria (20)
FA Legacy Number: 926

England Career Statistics

Debut: v Netherlands (FR) on 9th February 1977 aged 22 years, 9 months, 20 days
Last Cap: v Scotland (RC) on 23rd April 1986 aged 32 years, 0 months, 4 days
First Goal: v Luxembourg (WCQ) on 30th March 1977 aged 22 years, 11 month, 11 day
Career Length: 9 years, 72 days
Starts: 42
Substitute: 10
Withdrawn: 8
Full Games: 34

England Match Statistics

Match Type
Caps
Goals
Capt

FriendlyFR
16
3
0
0
1

World Cup QualifierWCQ
10
1
0
0
0

British Home ChampionshipHC
10
1
0
0
0

European Championship QualifierECQ
7
5
0
0
0

World Cup FinalsWCF
5
2
0
0
0

Rous CupRC
2
0
0
0
0

Ciudad de México CupCMC
2
0
0
0
0

Competitive
36
9
0
0
0

Home, Away or Neutral
Caps
Goals
Capt

Home
20
3
0
0
0

Away
27
7
0
0
1

Neutral
5
2
0
0
0

Match Result
Caps
Goals
Capt

Lost
13
0
0
0
0

Drawn
14
3
0
0
1

Playing Positions
Caps
Goals
Capt

Centre Forward
52
12
0
0
1

Total
52
12
0
0
1

England Managers

Manager
Caps
Goals
Capt

England Ron Greenwood
28
7
0
0
0

England Bobby Robson
20
4
0
0
1

England Don Revie
4
1
0
0
0

England Team Mates (Top 10)

Ray Wilkins
40 Matches

Peter Shilton
32 Matches

Kenny Sansom
29 Matches

Terry Butcher
25 Matches

Bryan Robson
24 Matches

Phil Neal
24 Matches

Dave Watson
22 Matches

Steve Coppell
20 Matches

Kevin Keegan
20 Matches

Mick Mills
19 Matches

Sources

An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)
England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
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Match List

SCO, 2 - 1, 23rd Apr 1986 (RC) Sampdoria, Cap: 52.
Age: 32 years, 0 months, 4 days.
MEX, 0 - 1, 9th Jun 1985 (CMC) Sampdoria, Cap: 51.
Age: 31 years, 1 month, 20 days.
ITA, 1 - 2, 6th Jun 1985 (CMC) Sampdoria, Cap: 50.
Age: 31 years, 1 month, 17 days.
SCO, 0 - 1, 25th May 1985 (RC) Sampdoria, Cap: 49.
Age: 31 years, 1 month, 6 days.
FIN, 1 - 1, 22nd May 1985 (WCQ) Sampdoria, Cap: 48.
Age: 31 years, 1 month, 3 days.
ROU, 0 - 0, 1st May 1985 (WCQ) Sampdoria, Cap: 47.
Age: 31 years, 0 months, 12 days.
NIR, 1 - 0, 27th Feb 1985 (WCQ) Sampdoria, Cap: 46.
Age: 30 years, 10 months, 8 days.
TUR, 8 - 0, 14th Nov 1984 (WCQ) Sampdoria, Cap: 45.
Age: 30 years, 6 months, 25 days.
GDR, 1 - 0, 19th Sep 1984 (FR) Sampdoria, Cap: 44.
Age: 30 years, 5 months, 0 days.
URS, 0 - 2, 2nd Jun 1984 (FR) Sampdoria, Cap: 43.
Age: 30 years, 1 month, 13 days.
NIR, 1 - 0, 4th Apr 1984 (HC) Sampdoria, Cap: 42.
Age: 29 years, 11 month, 15 days.
DEN, 0 - 1, 21st Sep 1983 (ECQ) Sampdoria, Cap: 41.
Age: 29 years, 5 months, 2 days.
AUS, 1 - 1, 19th Jun 1983 (FR) Sampdoria, Cap: 40.
Age: 29 years, 2 months, 0 days.
AUS, 1 - 0, 15th Jun 1983 (FR) Sampdoria, Cap: 39.
Age: 29 years, 1 month, 26 days.
AUS, 0 - 0, 12th Jun 1983 (FR) Sampdoria, Cap: 38.
Age: 29 years, 1 month, 23 days.
SCO, 2 - 0, 1st Jun 1983 (HC) Sampdoria, Cap: 37.
Age: 29 years, 1 month, 13 days.
NIR, 0 - 0, 28th May 1983 (HC) Sampdoria, Cap: 36.
Age: 29 years, 1 month, 9 days.
HUN, 2 - 0, 27th Apr 1983 (ECQ) Sampdoria, Cap: 35.
Age: 29 years, 0 months, 8 days.
GRE, 0 - 0, 30th Mar 1983 (ECQ) Sampdoria, Cap: 34.
Age: 28 years, 11 month, 11 day.
DEN, 2 - 2, 22nd Sep 1982 (ECQ) Sampdoria, Cap: 33.
Age: 28 years, 5 months, 3 days.
ESP, 0 - 0, 5th Jul 1982 (WCF) Manchester City, Cap: 32.
Age: 28 years, 2 months, 16 days.
FRG, 0 - 0, 29th Jun 1982 (WCF) Manchester City, Cap: 31.
Age: 28 years, 2 months, 10 days.
KUW, 1 - 0, 25th Jun 1982 (WCF) Manchester City, Cap: 30.
Age: 28 years, 2 months, 6 days.
TCH, 2 - 0, 20th Jun 1982 (WCF) Manchester City, Cap: 29.
Age: 28 years, 2 months, 1 day.
FRA, 3 - 1, 16th Jun 1982 (WCF) Manchester City, Cap: 28.
Age: 28 years, 1 month, 27 days.
FIN, 4 - 1, 3rd Jun 1982 (FR) Manchester City, Cap: 27.
Age: 28 years, 1 month, 14 days.
SCO, 1 - 0, 29th May 1982 (HC) Manchester City, Cap: 26.
Age: 28 years, 1 month, 10 days.
WAL, 1 - 0, 27th Apr 1982 (HC) Manchester City, Cap: 25.
Age: 28 years, 0 months, 8 days.
NIR, 4 - 0, 23rd Feb 1982 (HC) Manchester City, Cap: 24.
Age: 27 years, 10 months, 4 days.
NOR, 1 - 2, 9th Sep 1981 (WCQ) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 23.
Age: 27 years, 4 months, 20 days.
SUI, 1 - 2, 30th May 1981 (WCQ) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 22.
Age: 27 years, 1 month, 11 day.
SCO, 0 - 1, 23rd May 1981 (HC) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 21.
Age: 27 years, 1 month, 4 days.
ROU, 0 - 0, 29th Apr 1981 (WCQ) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 20.
Age: 27 years, 0 months, 10 days.
ESP, 1 - 2, 25th Mar 1981 (FR) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 19.
Age: 26 years, 11 month, 6 days.
ESP, 2 - 0, 26th Mar 1980 (FR) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 18.
Age: 25 years, 11 month, 7 days.
BUL, 2 - 0, 22nd Nov 1979 (ECQ) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 17.
Age: 25 years, 7 months, 3 days.
NIR, 5 - 1, 17th Oct 1979 (ECQ) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 16.
Age: 25 years, 5 months, 28 days.
AUT, 3 - 4, 13th Jun 1979 (FR) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 15.
Age: 25 years, 1 month, 24 days.
SWE, 0 - 0, 10th Jun 1979 (FR) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 14.
Age: 25 years, 1 month, 21 day.
BUL, 3 - 0, 6th Jun 1979 (ECQ) Nottingham Forest, Cap: 13.
Age: 25 years, 1 month, 17 days.
HUN, 4 - 1, 24th May 1978 (FR) Birmingham City, Cap: 12.
Age: 24 years, 1 month, 5 days.
SCO, 1 - 0, 20th May 1978 (HC) Birmingham City, Cap: 11.
Age: 24 years, 1 month, 1 day.
WAL, 3 - 1, 13th May 1978 (HC) Birmingham City, Cap: 10.
Age: 24 years, 0 months, 24 days.
BRA, 1 - 1, 19th Apr 1978 (FR) Birmingham City, Cap: 9.
Age: 24 years, 0 months, 0 days.
FRG, 1 - 2, 22nd Feb 1978 (FR) Birmingham City, Cap: 8.
Age: 23 years, 10 months, 3 days.
ITA, 2 - 0, 16th Nov 1977 (WCQ) Birmingham City, Cap: 7.
Age: 23 years, 6 months, 27 days.
LUX, 2 - 0, 12th Oct 1977 (WCQ) Birmingham City, Cap: 6.
Age: 23 years, 5 months, 23 days.
SUI, 0 - 0, 7th Sep 1977 (FR) Birmingham City, Cap: 5.
Age: 23 years, 4 months, 18 days.
BRA, 0 - 0, 8th Jun 1977 (FR) Birmingham City, Cap: 4.
Age: 23 years, 1 month, 19 days.
SCO, 1 - 2, 4th Jun 1977 (HC) Birmingham City, Cap: 3.
Age: 23 years, 1 month, 15 days.
LUX, 5 - 0, 30th Mar 1977 (WCQ) Birmingham City, Cap: 2.
Age: 22 years, 11 month, 11 day.
NED, 0 - 2, 9th Feb 1977 (FR) Birmingham City, Cap: 1.
Age: 22 years, 9 months, 20 days.
* Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.