Gary Pallister
| Gary Pallister | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Gary Andrew Pallister | |
| birthday | June 30, 1965 | |
| place of birth | Ramsgate , England | |
| size | 196 cm | |
| position | Defender | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1984-1989 | Middlesbrough FC | 156 (5) |
| 1985 | → Darlington FC (loan) | 7 (0) |
| 1989-1998 | Manchester United | 317 (12) |
| 1998-2001 | Middlesbrough FC | 55 (1) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1988-1996 | England | 22 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Gary Andrew Pallister , OBE (* the 30th June 1965 in Ramsgate , Kent , England ) is a former English football player and was primarily for his nine-year-long time at Manchester United of the end of 1980 - and at the beginning of the 1990s -years known . The central defender was also an English international and played a total of 22 internationals between 1988 and 1996.
Athletic career
After playing for the amateur club Billingham Town in his youth, Pallister was signed by Middlesbrough FC - the club he had supported since childhood - at the age of 19. The tall defender was to play a total of 156 games in five years by 1989 - interrupted only by a short loan period at Darlington FC , for Middlesbrough. Under the reign of coach Bruce Rioch developed the exceptionally technically gifted for his size, header strong and fast Pallister after two ascents in series of the third-rate Third Division in the first-class First Division in the years 1987 and 1988 on the side of his center-back partner Tony Mowbray to one of the best English defenders of his time. On April 27, 1988, he also made his debut in the English national team in an away game against Hungary . For England he should play a total of 22 internationals by 1996 , but was not used in any major tournament. Shortly after the club had to relegate back to the Second Division after a season , he moved to Manchester United for the then record transfer fee in Great Britain of 2.3 million pounds.
In Manchester, after initial difficulties, in which the high transfer fee seemed to be a heavy burden for Pallister, he became more and more a fixture in the team and immediately won his first trophy in 1990 with the FA Cup , which also marked the start of an extremely successful one Era of the club established. In the following year he won the European Cup Winners' Cup - after beating FC Barcelona 2-1 in the final - a major European club title, which was even followed by the Supercup . During his time at Manchester, during which he mostly played central defense with Steve Bruce , he won ten major trophies in addition to the aforementioned titles with four championships, two other FA Cups and a league cup , which was a record for a long time until he did Denis Irwin excelled. He was also voted England's Footballer of the Year in 1992 by the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) .
Pallister ended his time in Manchester with a runner-up in the season 1997 / 98 and had to deal the Arsenal just one point behind beaten. For 2.5 million pounds he then moved back to his former club Middlesbrough, where his former Manchester team-mate Bryan Robson was now the coach. There he spent his last three years as a football player and played 55 championship games.
Since retiring from active sports, Pallister has appeared frequently as a football expert on English television.
successes
- European Cup Winner: 1991
- European Supercup : 1991
- English champion : 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997
- FA Cup winners: 1990, 1994, 1996
- English league cup winner: 1992
- Charity Shield winner: 1990 *, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997 (* shared title)
- England's Footballer of the Year : 1992
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pallister, Gary |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pallister, Gary Andrew (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ramsgate , Kent , England |