Clive Darren Allen ( born Clive Darren Allen ; born May 20, 1961 , London ) is an English footballer , striker , now coach of the Tottenham Hotspur club youth team.
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| Full name | Clive Darren Allen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 20, 1961 (58 years old) Stepney, Tower Hamlets , London , England , UK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 178 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Tottenham Hotspur | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | youth team coach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club career
In 1978, Clive made his debut with the Queens Park Rangers at the age of 17. In the first full match for the new club, he made a hat-trick against the Coventry City goal. But Allen’s brilliant game didn’t help KPR stay in the top division. The next season, the young striker scored 28 goals, which caused keen interest from many European top clubs, the most quick of which was Arsenal , which offered for the player 1,250,000 pounds . At that time it was a record amount offered for a young player [1] .
Allen failed to play a single official match for the new club. In the same year, he was sold to Crystal Palace , where he scored 9 goals in 25 games over the season, becoming the club’s top scorer.
In 1981, Allen returned to KPR, scoring 13 goals in the 1981/1982 season. In the same season, “KPR” achieved its best result in the FA Cup in its entire history, having managed to reach the finals. Over the next two seasons, Allen scored 27 goals.
In 1984, the player signed a contract with Tottenham Hotspur . The deal amounted to 700,000 pounds [1] . In the summer of that year, he made his debut in the national team.
In the first match for the new club, Allen made a double. In total, in the 1984/1985 season he spent 15 matches in which he scored 8 goals, and Tottenham Hotspur became the third. For the most part, I missed the next season due to an injury.
In the 1986/1987 season, the “spurs” switched to the favorite scheme of the new steering team of David Plate - 4-5-1. Allen became the only striker to receive assistants to such “stars” as Glenn Hoddle , Osvaldo Ardiles and Chris Waddle . For the season, Allen scored 33 goals in the championship and another 16 in the Football League Cup and FA Cup .
The following season, Allen scored only 9 goals and was sold to the French Bordeaux for £ 1 million. For the season spent in the club managed to score 13 goals.
Allen's further career was no longer so successful. He managed to play Manchester City (53 matches, 16 goals), Chelsea (16 matches, 7 goals), West Ham United (38 matches, 17 goals), Millwall (12 matches) and Carlisle United ”(3 matches).
Team Career
The debut in the national team took place in 1984 . Then Allen came on as a substitute in a friendly match against the Brazilian national team , which ended in a victory for the British with a score of 2-0. Allen also took part in two other England matches with South American national teams. Allen never managed to distinguish himself for the national team.
Coaching career
Allen is currently the coach of the Tottenham Hotspur youth team.
Television work
Clive Allen worked as an analyst on ITV in a number of football programs [1] .
Achievements
Queens Park Rangers
- Division Two Champion: 1982/83
- Total: 1 trophy
Carlisle United
- Third Division Champion: 1994/95
- Total: 1 trophy
Personal
- Player of the Year according to PFA players : 1987
- Football Journalist Association of the Year : 1987
- Tottenham Hotspur record holder for the number of goals this season: 49 goals
Performance Statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cups [2] | Eurocups [3] | Others [4] | Total | |||||
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| Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | ||
| Queens Park Rangers | 1978/79 | ten | four | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ten | four |
| 1979/80 | 39 | 28 | 6 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 45 | thirty | |
| Total | 49 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 34 | |
| Arsenal | 1980/81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Crystal Palace | 1980/81 | 25 | 9 | four | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th | eleven |
| Total | 25 | 9 | four | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th | eleven | |
| Queens Park Rangers | 1981/82 | 37 | 13 | 9 | eight | - | - | 0 | 0 | 46 | 21 |
| 1982/83 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 28 | 13 | |
| 1983/84 | 25 | 14 | 3 | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 15 | |
| Total | 87 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 49 | |
| Total for " CRC " | 136 | 72 | 21 | eleven | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 83 | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 1984/85 | 13 | 7 | 3 | one | four | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ten |
| 1985/86 | nineteen | 9 | five | 3 | 0 | 0 | five | one | 29th | 13 | |
| 1986/87 | 39 | 33 | 15 | sixteen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 49 | |
| 1987/88 | 34 | eleven | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 13 | |
| Total | 105 | 60 | 26 | 22 | four | 2 | five | one | 140 | 85 | |
| Bordeaux | 1988/89 | nineteen | 13 | one | one | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 14 |
| Total | nineteen | 13 | one | one | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 14 | |
| Manchester city | 1989/90 | 31 | ten | five | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | eleven |
| 1990/91 | nineteen | four | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 7 | |
| 1991/92 | 3 | 2 | 2 | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | five | 3 | |
| Total | 53 | sixteen | 13 | five | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 68 | 21 | |
| Chelsea | 1991/92 | sixteen | 7 | five | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 9 |
| Total | sixteen | 7 | five | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 9 | |
| West Ham United | 1991/92 | four | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | four | one |
| 1992/93 | 27 | 14 | 3 | one | - | - | 6 | 3 | 36 | 18 | |
| 1993/94 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ten | 2 | |
| Total | 38 | 17 | 6 | one | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 50 | 21 | |
| Millwall | 1993/94 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | one | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 1994/95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | one | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Carlisle United | 1995/96 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total career | 407 | 194 | 76 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 17 | four | 507 | 244 | |
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 spursarmy.com
- ↑ FA Cup , Football League Cup, France Cup .
- ↑ UEFA Cup .
- ↑ Permanent Members Cup, ScreenSport Super Cup , Anglo-Italian Cup , transition tournament playoff matches.