Trevor Francis

**Trevor Francis**  (19 April 1954 – 24 July 2023) was an English footballer. He has played for England national team.
Francis died of a heart attack at his home near Marbella, Spain, on 24 July 2023. He was 69.

### Club

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|National cup|colspan=2|League cup|colspan=2|Europe|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="10"|Birmingham City|1970–71|rowspan="2"|Second Division|22|15|2|0|2|0|—|—|26|15||
|1971–72|39|12|6|2|1|0|—|2|1|48|15|||||
|1972–73|rowspan="7"|First Division|31|6|1|0|5|2|—|—|37|8||||
|1973–74|37|6|2|1|5|1|—|3|1|47|9|||||
|1974–75|23|13|2|0|1|0|—|2|1|28|14|||||
|1975–76|35|17|2|1|2|0|—|—|39|18||||||
|1976–77|42|21|2|0|1|0|—|—|45|21||||||
|1977–78|42|25|2|2|1|0|—|3|2|48|29|||||
|1978–79|9|3|1|0|1|1|—|—|11|4||||||
|Detroit Express (loan)|1978|NASL|19|22|—|—|—|3|3|22|25|||||
|rowspan="5"|Nottingham Forest|1978–79|rowspan="4"|First Division|20|6|—|—|1|1|—|21|7|||
|1979–80|30|14|2|0|6|0|6|3|—|44|17|||||
|1980–81|18|6|6|5|||1|0|1|0|26|11||||
|1981–82|2|2|—|—|—|—|2|2||||||||
|Detroit Express (loan)|1979|NASL|14|14|—|—|—|2|0|16|14|||||
|Manchester City|1981–82|First Division|26|12|2|2|1|0|—|—|29|14||||
|rowspan="5"|Sampdoria|1982–83|rowspan="4"|Serie A|14|7|5|1|—|—|—|19|8|||
|1983–84|15|3|7|2|—|—|—|23|5|||||||
|1984–85|24|6|11|9|—|—|—|35|15|||||||
|1985–86|14|1|11|1|—|3|0|—|28|2||||||
|Atalanta|1986–87|Serie A|21|1|9|2|—|—|—|30|3|||||
|Rangers|1987–88|Scottish Premier Division|18|0|1|0|2|0|4|0|—|25|0|||
|rowspan="4"|Queens Park Rangers|1987–88|rowspan="3"|First Division|9|0|—|—|—|—|9|0||||
|1988–89|19|7|1|0|5|3|—|1|0|26|10|||||
|1989–90|4|5|0|0|3|0|—|—|7|5||||||
|Wollongong City (loan)|1988|National Soccer League|3|2|—|—|—|—|3|2||||||
|rowspan="6"|Sheffield Wednesday|1989–90|First Division|12|0|—|—|—|—|12|0|||||
|1990–91|Second Division|38|4|3|1|6|1|—|1|0|48|6||||
|1991–92|First Division|20|1|1|0|1|2|—|—|22|3|||||
|1992–93|rowspan="2"|Premier League|5|0|0|0|1|0|1|0|—|7|0|||
|1993–94|1|0|0|0|0|0|—|—|1|0||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=10|England|1977|7|1|
|1978|5|1|||
|1979|5|2|||
|1980|1|1|||
|1981|5|0|||
|1982|10|5|||
|1983|8|2|||
|1984|4|0|||
|1985|6|0|||
|1986|1|0|||

- _Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Francis goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center"|1|30 March 1977|rowspan=2|Wembley Stadium, London, England||style="text-align:center"|2–0|style="text-align:center"|5–0|1978 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||
|style="text-align:center"|2|24 May 1978||style="text-align:center"|3–0|style="text-align:center"|4–1|Friendly||||||||
|style="text-align:center"|3|rowspan=2|17 October 1979|rowspan=2|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland|rowspan=2||style="text-align:center"|1–0|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|5–1|rowspan=2|UEFA Euro 1980 qualification|rowspan=2||
|style="text-align:center"|4|style="text-align:center"|3–1|||||||||||||
|style="text-align:center"|5|26 March 1980|Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain||style="text-align:center"|2–0|style="text-align:center"|2–0|Friendly|||||||
|style="text-align:center"|6|27 April 1982|Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales||style="text-align:center"|1–0|style="text-align:center"|1–0|1981–82 British Home Championship|||||||
|style="text-align:center"|7|20 June 1982|rowspan=2|Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao, Spain||style="text-align:center"|1–0|style="text-align:center"|2–0|rowspan=2|1982 FIFA World Cup Group stage|||||
|style="text-align:center"|8|25 June 1982||style="text-align:center"|1–0|style="text-align:center"|1–0|||||||||
|style="text-align:center"|9|rowspan=2|22 September 1982|rowspan=2|Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark|rowspan=2||style="text-align:center"|1–0|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center"|2–2|rowspan=3|UEFA Euro 1984 qualification|rowspan=2||
|style="text-align:center"|10|style="text-align:center"|2–1|||||||||||||
|style="text-align:center"|11|27 April 1983|Wembley Stadium, London, England||style="text-align:center"|1–0|style="text-align:center"|2–0||||||||
|style="text-align:center"|12|19 June 1983|Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne, Australia||style="text-align:center"|1–0|style="text-align:center"|1–1|Friendly|||||||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="5"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align: left"|Queens Park Rangers|style="text-align: left"|14 December 1988|style="text-align: left"|27 November 1989|||
|style="text-align: left"|Sheffield Wednesday|style="text-align: left"|17 June 1991|style="text-align: left"|20 May 1995|||
|style="text-align: left"|Birmingham City|style="text-align: left"|10 May 1996|style="text-align: left"|15 October 2001|||
|style="text-align: left"|Crystal Palace|style="text-align: left"|30 November 2001|style="text-align: left"|18 April 2003|||

### Player

**Birmingham City**
- Football League Second Division runner-up: 1971–72

**Detroit Express**
- American Conference Central Division: 1978

**Nottingham Forest**
- European Cup: 1978–79, 1979–80
- European Super Cup: 1979
- Football League Cup: runner-up 1979–80

**Sampdoria**
- Coppa Italia: 1984–85

**Rangers**
- Scottish League Cup: 1987–88

**Sheffield Wednesday**
- Football League Cup: 1990–91

**Individual**
- PFA First Division Team of the Year: 1976–77, 1977–78, 1981–82
- Coppa Italia top scorer: 1984–85 (9 goals)

### Manager

**Sheffield Wednesday**
- FA Cup runner-up: 1992–93
- Football League Cup runner-up: 1992–93

**Birmingham City**
- Football League Cup runner-up: 2000–01

**Individual**
- Premier League Manager of the Month: December 1993

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Trevor Francis
- **image**: Nottingham Forest FC (Amsterdam, 1980) - Trevor Francis.jpg
- **caption**: Francis in Amsterdam in 1980
- **fullname**: Trevor John Francis
- **birth place**: Plymouth, England
- **death place**: Marbella, Spain
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **youthyears1**: 1969–1970
- **youthclubs1**: Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City
- **years1**: 1970–1979
- **clubs1**: Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City
- **caps1**: 280
- **goals1**: 118
- **years2**: 1978
- **clubs2**: → Detroit Express (loan)
- **caps2**: 19
- **goals2**: 22
- **years3**: 1979–1981
- **clubs3**: Nottingham Forest F.C., Nottingham Forest
- **caps3**: 70
- **goals3**: 28
- **years4**: 1979
- **clubs4**: → Detroit Express (loan)
- **caps4**: 14
- **goals4**: 14
- **years5**: 1981–1982
- **clubs5**: Manchester City F.C., Manchester City
- **caps5**: 26
- **goals5**: 12
- **years6**: 1982–1986
- **clubs6**: U.C. Sampdoria, Sampdoria
- **caps6**: 67
- **goals6**: 17
- **years7**: 1986–1987
- **clubs7**: Atalanta B.C., Atalanta
- **caps7**: 21
- **goals7**: 1
- **years8**: 1987–1988
- **clubs8**: Rangers F.C., Rangers
- **caps8**: 18
- **goals8**: 0
- **years9**: 1988–1990
- **clubs9**: Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers
- **caps9**: 32
- **goals9**: 12
- **years10**: 1988
- **clubs10**: → Wollongong Wolves FC, Wollongong City (loan)
- **caps10**: 3
- **goals10**: 2
- **years11**: 1990–1994
- **clubs11**: Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Wednesday
- **caps11**: 76
- **goals11**: 5
- **totalcaps**: 626
- **totalgoals**: 231
- **nationalyears1**: 1977–1986
- **nationalteam1**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps1**: 52
- **nationalgoals1**: 12
- **manageryears1**: 1988–1989
- **managerclubs1**: Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers
- **manageryears2**: 1991–1995
- **managerclubs2**: Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Wednesday
- **manageryears3**: 1996–2001
- **managerclubs3**: Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City
- **manageryears4**: 2001–2003
- **managerclubs4**: Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace