Paul Gascoigne

Paul 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 career statistics
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|1984/85||rowspan="4"|Newcastle United||rowspan="4"|First Division||2||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||2||0
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|1985/86||31||9||1||0||3||0||colspan="2"|-||35||9
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|1986/87||24||5||0||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||26||5
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|1987/88||35||7||3||3||3||1||colspan="2"|-||41||11
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|1988/89||rowspan="4"|Tottenham Hotspur||rowspan="4"|First Division||32||6||0||0||5||1||colspan="2"|-||37||8
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|1989/90||34||6||0||0||4||1||colspan="2"|-||38||8
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|1990/91||26||7||6||6||5||6||colspan="2"|-||37||19
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|1991/92||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0
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|1992/93||rowspan="3"|Lazio||rowspan="3"|Serie A||22||4||4||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||26||7
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|1993/94||17||2||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||17||3
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|1994/95||4||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||4||0
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|1995/96||rowspan="3"|Rangers||rowspan="3"|Premier Division||28||14||4||3||3||1||7||1||42||21
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|1996/97||26||13||1||0||4||3||3||1||34||18
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|1997/98||20||3||3||0||0||0||5||0||28||4
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|1997/98||rowspan="3"|Middlesbrough||First Division||7||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||8||0
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|1998/99||rowspan="2"|Premier League||26||3||1||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||29||3
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|1999/00||8||1||1||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||11||1
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|2000/01||rowspan="2"|Everton||rowspan="2"|Premier League||14||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||15||0
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|2001/02||18||1||4||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||23||1
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|2001/02||Burnley||First Division||6||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||6||0
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|2003||Gansu Tianma||||4||2||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||4||2
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|2004/05||Boston United||League Two||4||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||5||0
267||45||16||9||30||9||colspan="2"|-||313||63
43||6||4||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||47||6
64||30||8||3||7||4||15||2||104||39
4||2||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||4||2
378||83||28||12||37||13||15||2||468||110
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International career statistics
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|1988||2||0
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|1989||4||1
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|1990||13||1
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|1991||1||0
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|1992||2||2
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|1993||6||2
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|1994||1||0
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|1995||6||0
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|1996||11||3
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|1997||8||1
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|1998||3||0
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!Total||57||10
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References
1967 births
1990 FIFA World Cup players
English autobiographers
English footballers
English football managers
Living people
People with bipolar disorder
Sportspeople from County Durham
Sportspeople from Tyne and Wear
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
Premier League players