Jimmy Greaves

**Jimmy Greaves** (20 February 1940 – 19 September 2021) was an English football player. He played for England national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|London XI|1955–58|–|–|–|2|2|2|2||||||
|rowspan="5"|Chelsea|1957–58|First Division|35|22|2|0|–|–|37|22|||
|1958–59|First Division|42|32|2|2|–|3|3|47|37||||
|1959–60|First Division|40|29|2|1|–|–|42|30|||||
|1960–61|First Division|40|41|1|0|2|2|–|43|43||||
|A.C. Milan|1961–62|Serie A|10|9|1|0|–|2|0|13|9|||
|rowspan="10"|Tottenham Hotspur|1961–62|First Division|22|21|7|9|0|0|2|0|31|30|
|1962–63|First Division|41|37|1|0|0|0|7|7|49|44|||
|1963–64|First Division|41|35|2|0|0|0|2|1|45|36|||
|1964–65|First Division|41|29|4|6|0|0|0|0|45|35|||
|1965–66|First Division|29|15|2|1|0|0|0|0|31|16|||
|1966–67|First Division|38|25|8|6|1|0|0|0|47|31|||
|1967–68|First Division|39|23|4|3|0|0|5|3|48|29|||
|1968–69|First Division|42|27|4|4|6|5|0|0|52|36|||
|1969–70|First Division|28|8|4|3|1|0|0|0|33|11|||
|rowspan="3"|West Ham United|1969–70|First Division|6|4|0|0|0|0|0|0|6|4|
|1970–71|First Division|32|9|1|0|1|0|0|0|34|9|||
|Brentwood Town|1975–76|Essex Senior League||||||||||||
|Chelmsford City|1976–77|Southern League Premier Division|38|20|0|0|0|0|0|0|38|20||
|rowspan="3"|Barnet|1977–78|Southern League Premier Division|30|13|5|4|0|0|1|1|36|18|
|1978–79|Southern League Premier Division|21|3|6|3|0|0|1|1|28|7|||
|Woodford Town|1979–80|Athenian League||||||||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|England|1959|5|2|
|1960|6|9|||
|1961|4|5|||
|1962|10|6|||
|1963|9|8|||
|1964|8|6|||
|1965|5|2|||
|1966|7|5|||
|1967|3|1|||

<small>England's goal tally listed first.</small>
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|align=center|1|17 May|Estadio Nacional, Lima||align=center|1–4|Friendly|1|
|align=center|2|24 May|Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City||align=center|1–2|Friendly||
|align=center|3|28 May|Wrigley Field, Los Angeles||align=center|8–1|Friendly||
|align=center|4|17 October|Ninian Park, Cardiff||align=center|1–1|1959–60 British Home Championship|1|
|align=center|5|28 October|Wembley Stadium, London||align=center|2–3|Friendly||
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|align=center|6|11 May|Wembley Stadium, London||align=center|3–3|Friendly|1|
|align=center|7|15 May|Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid||align=center|0–3|Friendly||
|align=center|8|8 October|Windsor Park, Belfast||align=center|5–2|1960–61 British Home Championship|2|
|align=center|9|19 October|Stade Municipale, Luxembourg||align=center|8–0|1962 World Cup qualifier|3|
|align=center|10|26 October|Wembley Stadium, London||align=center|4–2|Friendly|1|
|align=center|11|23 November|Wembley Stadium, London||align=center|5–1|1960–61 British Home Championship|2|
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|align=center|12|15 April|Wembley Stadium, London||align=center|9–3|1960–61 British Home Championship|3|
|align=center|13|21 May|Estádio Nacional, Oeiras||align=center|1–1|1962 World Cup qualifier||
|align=center|14|24 May|Stadio Olimpico, Rome||align=center|2–3|Friendly|1|
|align=center|15|27 May|Praterstadion, Vienna||align=center|1–3|Friendly|1|
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|align=center|16|14 April|Hampden Park, Glasgow||align=center|0–2|1961–62 British Home Championship||
|align=center|17|9 May|Wembley Stadium, London||align=center|3–1|Friendly||
|align=center|18|20 May|Estadio Nacional, Lima||align=center|4–0|Friendly|3|
|align=center|19|31 May|Estadio Braden, Rancagua||align=center|1–2|1962 FIFA World Cup||
|align=center|20|2 June|Estadio Braden, Rancagua||align=center|3–1|1962 FIFA World Cup|1|
|align=center|21|7 June|Estadio Braden, Rancagua||align=center|0–0|1962 FIFA World Cup||
|align=center|22|10 June|Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar||align=center|1–3|1962 FIFA World Cup||
|align=center|23|3 October|Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield||align=center|1–1|1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying||
|align=center|24|20 October|Windsor Park, Belfast||align=center|3–1|1962–63 British Home Championship|1|
|align=center|25|21 November|Wembley Stadium, London||align=center|4–0|1962–63 British Home Championship|1|
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|align=center|26|27 February|Parc des Princes, Paris||align=center|2–5|1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying||
|align=center|27|6 April|Wembley Stadium, London||align=center|1–2|1962–63 British Home Championship||
|align=center|28|8 May|Wembley Stadium, London||align=center|1–1|Friendly||
|align=center|29|29 May|Tehelné pole, Bratislava||align=center|4–2|Friendly|2|
|align=center|30|5 June|St. Jakob Stadium, Basel||align=center|8–1|Friendly||
|align=center|31|12 October|Ninian Park, Cardiff||align=center|4–0|1963–64 British Home Championship|1|
|align=center|32|23 October|Wembley Stadium, London|Rest of World|align=center|2–1|Friendly|1|
|align=center|33|20 November|Wembley Stadium, London||align=center|8–3|1963–64 British Home Championship|4|
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|align=center|34|6 May|Wembley Stadium, London||align=center|2–1|Friendly||
|align=center|35|17 May|Estádio Nacional, Lisbon||align=center|4–3|Friendly||
|align=center|36|24 May|Dalymount Park, Dublin||align=center|3–1|Friendly|1|
|align=center|37|30 May|Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro||align=center|1–5|Taça das Nações|1|
|align=center|38|4 June|Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo||align=center|1–1|Taça das Nações||
|align=center|39|6 June|Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro||align=center|0–1|Taça das Nações||
|align=center|40|3 October|Windsor Park, Belfast||align=center|4–3|1964–65 British Home Championship|3|
|align=center|41|21 October|Wembley Stadium, London||align=center|2–2|Friendly||
|align=center|42|9 December|Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam||align=center|1–1|Friendly|1|
|colspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|||||||||
|align=center|43|10 April|Wembley Stadium, London||align=center|2–2|1964–65 British Home Championship|1|
|align=center|44|5 May|Wembley Stadium, London||align=center|1–0|Friendly|1|
|align=center|45|9 May|Red Star Stadium, Belgrade||align=center|1–1|Friendly||
|align=center|46|2 October|Ninian Park, Cardiff||align=center|0–0|1965–66 British Home Championship||
|align=center|47|20 October|Wembley Stadium, London||align=center|2–3|Friendly||
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|align=center|48|4 May|Wembley Stadium, London||align=center|2–0|Friendly|1|
|align=center|49|29 June|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo||align=center|6–1|Friendly|4|
|align=center|50|3 July|Idrætsparken, Copenhagen||align=center|2–0|Friendly||
|align=center|51|5 July|Silesian Stadium, Chorzów||align=center|1–0|Friendly||
|align=center|52|11 July|Wembley Stadium, London||align=center|0–0|1966 FIFA World Cup||
|align=center|53|16 July|Wembley Stadium, London||align=center|2–0|1966 FIFA World Cup||
|align=center|54|20 July|Wembley Stadium, London||align=center|2–0|1966 FIFA World Cup||
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|align=center|55|15 April|Wembley Stadium, London||align=center|2–3|1966–67 British Home Championship||
|align=center|56|24 May|Wembley Stadium, London||align=center|2–0|Friendly|1|
|align=center|57|27 May|Praterstadion, Vienna||align=center|1–0|Friendly||

## Honours

**A.C. Milan**
- Serie A: 1961–62

**Tottenham Hotspur**
- FA Cup: 1961–62, 1966–67
- FA Charity Shield: 1962, 1967 (shared)
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1962–63
- Football League First Division runner-up: 1962–63

**England**
- FIFA World Cup: 1966
- British Home Championship: 1959–60 (shared), 1960–61, 1963–64 (shared), 1964–65, 1965–66; runner-up: 1962–63, 1966–67

**Individual**
- Ballon d'Or third place: 1963

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Jimmy Greaves

- **image**: Jimmy Greaves (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Greaves in 1964
- **fullname**: James Peter Greaves
- **birth place**: Manor Park, Essex, England
- **death place**: Danbury, Essex, England
- **position**: Forward (association football)#Striker, Striker
- **youthyears1**: 1955–1957
- **youthclubs1**: Chelsea F.C. Reserves and Academy, Chelsea
- **years1**: 1957–1961
- **clubs1**: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea
- **caps1**: 157
- **goals1**: 124
- **years2**: 1961
- **clubs2**: A.C. Milan, AC Milan
- **caps2**: 10
- **goals2**: 9
- **years3**: 1961–1970
- **clubs3**: Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur
- **caps3**: 321
- **goals3**: 220
- **years4**: 1970–1971
- **clubs4**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **caps4**: 38
- **goals4**: 13
- **years5**: 1975–1976
- **clubs5**: Brentwood Town F.C., Brentwood
- **years6**: 1976–1977
- **clubs6**: Chelmsford City F.C., Chelmsford City
- **caps6**: 38
- **goals6**: 20
- **years7**: 1977–1979
- **clubs7**: Barnet F.C., Barnet
- **caps7**: 51
- **goals7**: 16
- **years8**: 1979–1980
- **clubs8**: Woodford Town F.C. (1937), Woodford Town
- **totalcaps**: 617
- **totalgoals**: 402
- **nationalyears1**: 1957–1962
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-21 football team, England U23
- **nationalcaps1**: 12
- **nationalgoals1**: 13
- **nationalyears2**: 1959–1967
- **nationalteam2**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps2**: 57
- **nationalgoals2**: 44
- **nationalyears3**: 1965
- **nationalteam3**: United Kingdom national football team, United Kingdom
- **nationalcaps3**: 1
- **nationalgoals3**: 1