Chris Waddle was an international footballer who represented England 62 times scoring 6 goals. His first cap was against Republic of Ireland on 26th March 1985 at 24 years old, and his last was vs Turkey on 16th October 1991 aged 30. Waddle, born on 14th December 1960, in Gateshead, has a FA Legacy Number of 987 and played as a Left Midfielder, Right Midfielder, Centre Forward and Midfielder for his country.

Chris Waddle - 62 caps (6 goals)

Full Name: Christopher Roland Waddle
Born: 14th December 1960, Gateshead
England Career: 1985 - 1991
Positions whilst with England: Left Midfielder, Right Midfielder, Centre Forward and Midfielder
Clubs (and caps) whilst with England: Newcastle United (8), Tottenham Hotspur (36) & Marseille (18)
FA Legacy Number: 987

England Career Statistics

Debut: v Republic of Ireland (FR) on 26th March 1985 aged 24 years, 3 months, 12 days
Last Cap: v Turkey (ECQ) on 16th October 1991 aged 30 years, 10 months, 2 days
First Goal: v Turkey (WCQ) on 16th October 1985 aged 24 years, 10 months, 2 days
Career Length: 6 years, 202 days
Starts: 48
Substitute: 14
Withdrawn: 20
Full Games: 28

England Match Statistics

Match Type
Caps
Goals
Capt

FriendlyFR
21
1
0
0
0

World Cup QualifierWCQ
11
2
0
0
1

Rous CupRC
8
1
0
0
0

Ciudad de México CupCMC
2
0
0
0
0

Azteca 2000 TournamentA2K
1
0
0
0
0

World Cup FinalsWCF
11
0
0
0
0

European Championship QualifierECQ
6
2
0
0
0

European Championship FinalsECF
2
0
0
0
0

Competitive
41
5
0
0
1

Home, Away or Neutral
Caps
Goals
Capt

Home
22
3
0
0
0

Away
25
3
0
0
1

Neutral
15
0
0
0
0

Match Result
Caps
Goals
Capt

Drawn
22
0
0
0
1

Lost
11
0
0
0
0

Playing Positions
Caps
Goals
Capt

Left Midfielder
27
4
0
0
1

Right Midfielder
26
2
0
0
0

Midfielder
5
0
0
0
0

Centre Forward
4
0
0
0
0

Total
62
6
0
0
1

England Managers

Manager
Caps
Goals
Capt

England Bobby Robson
59
6
0
0
1

England Graham Taylor
3
0
0
0
0

England Team Mates (Top 10)

Gary Lineker
52 Matches

Peter Shilton
50 Matches

Terry Butcher
43 Matches

Bryan Robson
42 Matches

John Barnes
39 Matches

Peter Beardsley
39 Matches

Gary Stevens
33 Matches

Kenny Sansom
32 Matches

Stuart Pearce
30 Matches

Glenn Hoddle
29 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

TUR, 1 - 0, 16th Oct 1991 (ECQ) Marseille, Cap: 62.
Age: 30 years, 10 months, 2 days.
POL, 2 - 0, 17th Oct 1990 (ECQ) Marseille, Cap: 61.
Age: 29 years, 10 months, 3 days.
HUN, 1 - 0, 12th Sep 1990 (FR) Marseille, Cap: 60.
Age: 29 years, 8 months, 29 days.
ITA, 1 - 2, 7th Jul 1990 (WCF) Marseille, Cap: 59.
Age: 29 years, 6 months, 24 days.
FRG, 1 - 1, 4th Jul 1990 (WCF) Marseille, Cap: 58.
Age: 29 years, 6 months, 21 day.
CMR, 3 - 2, 1st Jul 1990 (WCF) Marseille, Cap: 57.
Age: 29 years, 6 months, 17 days.
BEL, 1 - 0, 26th Jun 1990 (WCF) Marseille, Cap: 56.
Age: 29 years, 6 months, 12 days.
EGY, 1 - 0, 21st Jun 1990 (WCF) Marseille, Cap: 55.
Age: 29 years, 6 months, 7 days.
NED, 0 - 0, 16th Jun 1990 (WCF) Marseille, Cap: 54.
Age: 29 years, 6 months, 2 days.
IRL, 1 - 1, 11th Jun 1990 (WCF) Marseille, Cap: 53.
Age: 29 years, 5 months, 28 days.
TUN, 1 - 1, 2nd Jun 1990 (FR) Marseille, Cap: 52.
Age: 29 years, 5 months, 19 days.
URU, 1 - 2, 22nd May 1990 (FR) Marseille, Cap: 51.
Age: 29 years, 5 months, 8 days.
DEN, 1 - 0, 15th May 1990 (FR) Marseille, Cap: 50.
Age: 29 years, 5 months, 1 day.
BRA, 1 - 0, 28th Mar 1990 (FR) Marseille, Cap: 49.
Age: 29 years, 3 months, 14 days.
YUG, 2 - 1, 13th Dec 1989 (FR) Marseille, Cap: 48.
Age: 28 years, 11 month, 30 days.
ITA, 0 - 0, 15th Nov 1989 (FR) Marseille, Cap: 47.
Age: 28 years, 11 month, 1 day.
POL, 0 - 0, 11th Oct 1989 (WCQ) Marseille, Cap: 46.
Age: 28 years, 9 months, 28 days.
SWE, 0 - 0, 6th Sep 1989 (WCQ) Marseille, Cap: 45.
Age: 28 years, 8 months, 23 days.
DEN, 1 - 1, 7th Jun 1989 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 44.
Age: 28 years, 5 months, 24 days.
POL, 3 - 0, 3rd Jun 1989 (WCQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 43.
Age: 28 years, 5 months, 20 days.
SCO, 2 - 0, 27th May 1989 (RC) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 42.
Age: 28 years, 5 months, 13 days.
CHI, 0 - 0, 23rd May 1989 (RC) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 41.
Age: 28 years, 5 months, 9 days.
ALB, 5 - 0, 26th Apr 1989 (WCQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 40.
Age: 28 years, 4 months, 12 days.
ALB, 2 - 0, 8th Mar 1989 (WCQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 39.
Age: 28 years, 2 months, 25 days.
KSA, 1 - 1, 16th Nov 1988 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 38.
Age: 27 years, 11 month, 2 days.
SWE, 0 - 0, 19th Oct 1988 (WCQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 37.
Age: 27 years, 10 months, 5 days.
NED, 1 - 3, 15th Jun 1988 (ECF) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 36.
Age: 27 years, 6 months, 1 day.
IRL, 0 - 1, 12th Jun 1988 (ECF) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 35.
Age: 27 years, 5 months, 29 days.
SUI, 1 - 0, 28th May 1988 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 34.
Age: 27 years, 5 months, 14 days.
COL, 1 - 1, 24th May 1988 (RC) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 33.
Age: 27 years, 5 months, 10 days.
SCO, 1 - 0, 21st May 1988 (RC) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 32.
Age: 27 years, 5 months, 7 days.
HUN, 0 - 0, 27th Apr 1988 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 31.
Age: 27 years, 4 months, 13 days.
ISR, 0 - 0, 17th Feb 1988 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 30.
Age: 27 years, 2 months, 3 days.
FRG, 1 - 3, 9th Sep 1987 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 29.
Age: 26 years, 8 months, 26 days.
SCO, 0 - 0, 23rd May 1987 (RC) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 28.
Age: 26 years, 5 months, 9 days.
BRA, 1 - 1, 19th May 1987 (RC) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 27.
Age: 26 years, 5 months, 5 days.
TUR, 0 - 0, 29th Apr 1987 (ECQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 26.
Age: 26 years, 4 months, 15 days.
NIR, 2 - 0, 1st Apr 1987 (ECQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 25.
Age: 26 years, 3 months, 18 days.
ESP, 4 - 2, 18th Feb 1987 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 24.
Age: 26 years, 2 months, 4 days.
YUG, 2 - 0, 12th Nov 1986 (ECQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 23.
Age: 25 years, 10 months, 29 days.
NIR, 3 - 0, 15th Oct 1986 (ECQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 22.
Age: 25 years, 10 months, 1 day.
SWE, 0 - 1, 10th Sep 1986 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 21.
Age: 25 years, 8 months, 27 days.
ARG, 1 - 2, 22nd Jun 1986 (WCF) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 20.
Age: 25 years, 6 months, 8 days.
POL, 3 - 0, 11th Jun 1986 (WCF) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 19.
Age: 25 years, 5 months, 28 days.
MAR, 0 - 0, 6th Jun 1986 (WCF) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 18.
Age: 25 years, 5 months, 23 days.
POR, 0 - 1, 3rd Jun 1986 (WCF) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 17.
Age: 25 years, 5 months, 20 days.
CAN, 1 - 0, 24th May 1986 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 16.
Age: 25 years, 5 months, 10 days.
MEX, 3 - 0, 17th May 1986 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 15.
Age: 25 years, 5 months, 3 days.
SCO, 2 - 1, 23rd Apr 1986 (RC) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 14.
Age: 25 years, 4 months, 9 days.
URS, 1 - 0, 26th Mar 1986 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 13.
Age: 25 years, 3 months, 12 days.
ISR, 2 - 1, 26th Feb 1986 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 12.
Age: 25 years, 2 months, 12 days.
NIR, 0 - 0, 13th Nov 1985 (WCQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 11.
Age: 24 years, 10 months, 30 days.
TUR, 5 - 0, 16th Oct 1985 (WCQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 10.
Age: 24 years, 10 months, 2 days.
ROU, 1 - 1, 11th Sep 1985 (WCQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 9.
Age: 24 years, 8 months, 28 days.
USA, 5 - 0, 16th Jun 1985 (FR) Newcastle United, Cap: 8.
Age: 24 years, 6 months, 2 days.
FRG, 3 - 0, 12th Jun 1985 (A2K) Newcastle United, Cap: 7.
Age: 24 years, 5 months, 29 days.
MEX, 0 - 1, 9th Jun 1985 (CMC) Newcastle United, Cap: 6.
Age: 24 years, 5 months, 26 days.
ITA, 1 - 2, 6th Jun 1985 (CMC) Newcastle United, Cap: 5.
Age: 24 years, 5 months, 23 days.
SCO, 0 - 1, 25th May 1985 (RC) Newcastle United, Cap: 4.
Age: 24 years, 5 months, 11 day.
FIN, 1 - 1, 22nd May 1985 (WCQ) Newcastle United, Cap: 3.
Age: 24 years, 5 months, 8 days.
ROU, 0 - 0, 1st May 1985 (WCQ) Newcastle United, Cap: 2.
Age: 24 years, 4 months, 17 days.
IRL, 2 - 1, 26th Mar 1985 (FR) Newcastle United, Cap: 1.
Age: 24 years, 3 months, 12 days.
* Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.