Paul Gascoigne

**Paul John Gascoigne** (born 27 May 1967) is an English retired football player. He has played for England national team.

## Life

Paul Gascoigne was born in Gateshead, County Durham, on 27 May 1967. His father, John (1946–2018), was a hod carrier, and his mother, Carol, worked in a factory. He was named Paul John Gascoigne in tribute to Paul McCartney and John Lennon.

Despite having a hard and troubled childhood, Gascoigne developed a love for football. Gascoigne saw professional football as a way of earning money to provide for his family He enjoyed football, and later wrote that "I didn't have twitches or worry about death when I was playing football". He was signed on as an apprentice at Newcastle on his 16th birthday.

Gascoigne married Sheryl Failes in 1996. Gascoigne had a son, Regan, with Sheryl and also adopted Sheryl's two children from her first marriage, Mason and Bianca.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Newcastle United|1984–85|First Division|2|0|–|–|–|2|0|||||
|1985–86|First Division|31|9|1|0|3|0|–|35|9||||
|1986–87|First Division|24|5|–|2|0|–|26|5|||||
|1987–88|First Division|35|7|3|3|3|1|–|41|11||||
|Tottenham Hotspur|1988–89|First Division|32|6|–|5|1|–|37|7||||
|1989–90|First Division|34|6|–|4|1|–|38|7|||||
|1990–91|First Division|26|7|6|6|5|6|–|37|19||||
|1991–92|First Division|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|||
|Lazio|1992–93|Serie A|22|4|4|0|–|–|26|4||||
|1993–94|Serie A|17|2|0|0|–|0|0|17|2||||
|1994–95|Serie A|4|0|0|0|–|0|0|4|0||||
|Rangers|1995–96|Scottish Premier Division|28|14|4|3|3|1|7|1|42|19||
|1996–97|Scottish Premier Division|26|13|1|0|4|3|3|1|34|17|||
|1997–98|Scottish Premier Division|20|3|3|0|–|5|0|28|3||||
|Middlesbrough|1997–98|First Division|7|0|–|1|0|–|8|0||||
|1998–99|Premier League|26|3|1|0|2|0|–|29|3||||
|1999–2000|Premier League|8|1|1|0|2|0|–|11|1||||
|Everton|2000–01|Premier League|14|0|–|1|0|–|15|0||||
|2001–02|Premier League|18|1|4|0|1|0|–|23|1||||
|Burnley|2001–02|First Division|6|0|–|–|–|6|0|||||
|Gansu Tianma|2003|China League One|4|2|–|–|–|4|2|||||
|Boston United|2004–05|League Two|4|0|–|1|0|–|5|0||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="11"|England|1988|2|0|
|1989|4|1|||
|1990|13|1|||
|1991|1|0|||
|1992|2|2|||
|1993|6|2|||
|1994|1|0|||
|1995|6|0|||
|1996|11|3|||
|1997|8|1|||
|1998|3|0|||

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

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|26 April 1989|Wembley Stadium, London, England|||5–0|1990 FIFA World Cup qualifier||||||||
|2|25 April 1990|Wembley Stadium, London, England|||4–2|Friendly||||||||
|3|18 November 1992|Wembley Stadium, London, England|||4–0|1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier||||||||
|4||||||||||||||
|5|31 March 1993|İzmir Atatürk Stadium, İzmir, Turkey|||2–0|1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier||||||||
|6|8 September 1993|Wembley Stadium, London, England|||3–0|1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier||||||||
|7|23 May 1996|Workers' Stadium, Beijing, China|||3–0|Friendly||||||||
|8|15 June 1996|Wembley Stadium, London, England|||2–0|UEFA Euro 1996||||||||
|9|1 September 1996|Republican Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova|||3–0|1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier||||||||
|10|10 September 1997|Wembley Stadium, London, England|||4–0|1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier||||||||

## Honours

**Newcastle United Youth**
- FA Youth Cup: 1984–85

**Tottenham Hotspur**
- FA Cup: 1990–91

**Rangers**
- Scottish Premier Division: 1995–96, 1996–97
- Scottish Cup: 1995–96
- Scottish League Cup: 1996–97

**Middlesbrough**
- Football League Cup runner-up: 1997–98

**England U21**
- Toulon Tournament runner-up: 1988

**Individual**
- PFA Young Player of the Year: 1987–88
- PFA Team of the Year: 1987–88 First Division, 1990–91 First Division
- Newcastle United Player of the Year: 1987–88
- BBC Sports Personality of the Year: 1990
- BBC Goal of the Season: 1990–91
- PFA Scotland Players' Player of the Year: 1995–96
- SFWA Footballer of the Year: 1995–96
- UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1996
- English Football Hall of Fame Inductee: 2002
- Rangers Hall of Fame Inductee: 2006

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Paul Gascoigne
- **image**: Paul Gascoigne 2021.png
- **caption**: Gascoigne in 2021
- **fullname**: Paul John Gascoigne
- **birth place**: Gateshead, England
- **position**: Attacking midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1980–1985
- **youthclubs1**: Newcastle United F.C. Reserves and Academy, Newcastle United
- **years1**: 1985–1988
- **clubs1**: Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United
- **caps1**: 92
- **goals1**: 21
- **years2**: 1988–1992
- **clubs2**: Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur
- **caps2**: 92
- **goals2**: 19
- **years3**: 1992–1995
- **clubs3**: S.S. Lazio, Lazio
- **caps3**: 43
- **goals3**: 6
- **years4**: 1995–1998
- **clubs4**: Rangers F.C., Rangers
- **caps4**: 74
- **goals4**: 30
- **years5**: 1998–2000
- **clubs5**: Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough
- **caps5**: 41
- **goals5**: 4
- **years6**: 2000–2002
- **clubs6**: Everton F.C., Everton
- **caps6**: 32
- **goals6**: 1
- **years7**: 2002
- **clubs7**: Burnley F.C., Burnley
- **caps7**: 6
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2003
- **clubs8**: Gansu Tianma F.C., Gansu Tianma
- **caps8**: 4
- **goals8**: 2
- **years9**: 2004
- **clubs9**: Boston United F.C., Boston United
- **caps9**: 4
- **goals9**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 388
- **totalgoals**: 83
- **nationalyears1**: 1987–1988
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-21 football team, England U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 12
- **nationalgoals1**: 5
- **nationalyears2**: 1989
- **nationalteam2**: England national football B team, England B
- **nationalcaps2**: 4
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 1988–1998
- **nationalteam3**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps3**: 57
- **nationalgoals3**: 10
- **manageryears1**: 2005
- **managerclubs1**: Kettering Town F.C., Kettering Town