Tony Adams

**Tony Adams** MBE (born 10 October 1966) is an English former footballer. He has played for Arsenal and the English national team.

## Club career statistics

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="19"|Arsenal|1983–84|First Division|3|0|0|0|0|0|—|colspan="2"|—|3|0||
|1984–85|First Division|16|0|1|0|1|0|—|colspan="2"|—|18|0||||
|1985–86|First Division|10|0|0|0|0|0|—|colspan="2"|—|10|0||||
|1986–87|First Division|42|6|4|0|9|0|—|colspan="2"|—|55|6||||
|1987–88|First Division|39|2|4|0|8|0|—|colspan="2"|—|51|2||||
|1988–89|First Division|36|4|2|0|5|0|—|3|1|46|5||||
|1989–90|First Division|38|5|3|0|4|0|—|1|0|46|5||||
|1990–91|First Division|30|1|3|1|4|2|—|colspan="2"|—|37|4||||
|1991–92|First Division|35|2|1|0|3|0|4|0|1|0|44|2|||
|1992–93|Premier League|35|0|8|2|9|0|—|colspan="2"|—|52|2||||
|1993–94|Premier League|35|0|3|2|2|0|8|2|1|0|49|4|||
|1994–95|Premier League|27|3|1|0|4|1|10|0|—|42|4||||
|1995–96|Premier League|21|1|2|0|5|2|—|colspan="2"|—|28|3||||
|1996–97|Premier League|28|3|3|0|3|0|1|0|—|35|3||||
|1997–98|Premier League|26|3|6|0|2|0|2|0|—|36|3||||
|1998–99|Premier League|26|1|5|0|0|0|4|1|1|0|36|2|||
|1999–2000|Premier League|21|0|1|1|0|0|11|0|0|0|33|1|||
|2000–01|Premier League|26|1|4|1|0|0|8|0|—|38|2||||
|2001–02|Premier League|10|0|3|1|0|0|0|0|—|13|1||||

## International career statistics

|-
|1987||6||1
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|1988||11||3
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|1989||0||0
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|1990||1||0
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|1991||1||0
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|1992||2||0
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|1993||7||0
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|1994||5||0
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|1995||6||0
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|1996||7||0
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|1997||2||0
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|1998||8||0
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|1999||6||0
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|2000||4||1
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!Total||66||5
|}

### International goals

- _Scores and results list England's goal tally first._
|#|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|11 November 1987|Stadion Crvene Zvedze, Belgrade, Yugoslavia||**4**–0|4–1|UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying|
|2.|23 March 1988|Wembley Stadium, London, England||**2**–2|2–2|Friendly|
|3.|18 June 1988|Waldstadion, Frankfurt Germany||**1**–1|1–3|UEFA Euro 1988|
|4.|16 November 1988|King Fahd Stadium, Riyahd, Saudi Arabia||**1**–1|1–1|Friendly|
|5.|31 May 2000|Wembley Stadium, London, England||**2**–0|2–0|Friendly|

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=5|Record|rowspan=2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Wycombe Wanderers|align=left|5 November 2003|align=left|9 November 2004|||||
|align=left|Portsmouth|align=left|28 October 2008|align=left|9 February 2009|||||
|align=left|Granada|align=left|10 April 2017|align=left|3 June 2017|||||

## Honours

**Arsenal**
- Football League First Division: 1988–89, 1990–91
- Premier League: 1997–98, 2001–02
- FA Cup: 1992–93, 1997–98, 2001–02
- Football League Cup: 1986–87, 1992–93
- Football League Centenary Trophy: 1988
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1993–94
- FA Charity Shield: 1991 (Shared), 1998

**Individual**
- PFA Young Player of the Year: 1986–87
- PFA First Division/Premier League Team of the Year: 1986–87, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97
- PFA Team of the Century (1907–2007):
    - Team of the Century 1997–2007
    - Overall Team of the Century
- Premier League 10 Seasons Awards: (1992–93 – 2001–02)
    - Overseas Team of the Decade
    - Overall Team of the Decade
- Premier League 20 Seasons Awards: (1992–93 – 2011–12)
    - Public choice Fantasy Teams of the 20 Seasons
    - Panel choice Fantasy Teams of the 20 Seasons
- English Football Hall of Fame: 2004
- Football League 100 Legends

**Orders**
- Member in The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE): (1999 Birthday Honours)

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Tony Adams
<small>Order of the British Empire, MBE</small>
- **image**: Tony Adams 2017 portrait (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Adams in 2017
- **fullname**: Tony Alexander Adams
- **birth place**: Romford, England
- **position**: Centre back
- **youthyears1**: 1980–1983
- **youthclubs1**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal
- **years1**: 1983–2002
- **clubs1**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal
- **caps1**: 504
- **goals1**: 32
- **nationalyears1**: 1985–1986
- **nationalyears2**: 1989–1990
- **nationalyears3**: 1987–2000
- **nationalteam1**: England under-21 national football team, England U21
- **nationalteam2**: England B national football team, England B
- **nationalteam3**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps1**: 5
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalcaps2**: 4
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalcaps3**: 66
- **nationalgoals3**: 5
- **manageryears1**: 2003–2004
- **manageryears2**: 2008–2009
- **manageryears3**: 2010–2011
- **manageryears4**: 2017
- **managerclubs1**: Wycombe Wanderers F.C., Wycombe Wanderers
- **managerclubs2**: Portsmouth F.C., Portsmouth
- **managerclubs3**: Gabala FK, Gabala
- **managerclubs4**: Granada C.F., Granada