death_date nationalcaps birth_date years death_place youthyears caps goals nationalyears name fullname birth_place nationalteam totalcaps totalgoals nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
24 june 2007 3 2 2 43 20 january 1938 1951 1961 -- 1963 1963 -- 1965 1965 -- 1967 1967 -- -- 1975 1967 1969 1973 1975 -- 1977 1954 1957 -- 1959 1959 -- 1961 wolverhampton , england 1951 -- 1954 76 1 35 33 59 51 77 68 258 11 6 17 1 37 9 26 19 38 35 95 3 4 1952 1956 1957 -- 1959 1958 -- 1973 derek dougan alexander derek dougan belfast , northern ireland northern northern ireland b northern ireland ireland schoolboys northern ireland youth northern ireland amateurs 685 294 0 0 3 8 cregagh boys cregagh leicester city wolverhampton wanderers → los angeles wolves -lrb- guest boys -rrb- → kansas city spurs -lrb- guest -rrb- → shamrock portsmouth rovers xi -lrb- guest -rrb- kettering town blackburn rovers aston villa peterborough united defender / midfielder / forward derek dougan

derek dougan

alexander derek dougan -lrb- 20 january 1938 -- 24 june 2007 -rrb- was a northern ireland international footballer who played for wolverhampton wanderers .
in 18 years in the english league , dougan scored 294 goals in 685 matches , including 95 in 258 for wolves .
he began his career as a wing-half / central defender before being converted to a centre-forward .
during his career , dougan scored hat-tricks in the first division , the second division , the third division , the fa cup , the league cup and the uefa cup and scored more english league goals than any other irishman .
