Paul Gascoigne at 50: His career in numbers
A look at some of the statistics during the midfielder’s playing days.
Paul Gascoigne celebrates his 50th birthday on Saturday, May 27.
Here, we take a look at his career in numbers.
7
The age of which Gascoigne wrote in his autobiography “when I had a genuine smile on my face all the time, when I was always happy”.
16
His age when he was signed as an apprentice by Newcastle on £25 a week.
466
Senior club appearances made for Newcastle, Tottenham, Lazio, Rangers, Middlesbrough, Everton, Burnley and Gansu Tianma.
110
Goals in club football.
57
Full England caps. He scored 10 senior goals for his country.
36
Minutes into his senior international career when he scored his first goal in his third appearance as a substitute in a 5-0 rout of Albania.
15,500,000
The sum total in pounds paid in transfer fees for Gascoigne by Tottenham, Lazio, Rangers and Middlesbrough.
14,000
The cost in pounds of the damage he caused by crashing Middlesbrough’s team bus.
