England Players - Peter Crouch (2025)

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Peter Crouch

Southampton FC, Liverpool FC,Portsmouth FC, Tottenham Hotspur FC

42 appearances, 22 goals

P 42 W 26 D 7 L 9 F 82: A 33
*(actual F 55: A 18)
70% successful
2005-2011

disciplined:England Players - Peter Crouch (4)3
captain: none
minutes played: 2123

England Players - Peter Crouch (5)

Profile
Full name Peter James Crouch

(*Actual for and against are the goals scored
while the player was on the field.)
Born 30 January 1981 in Macclesfield, Cheshire [registered in Macclesfield, March 1981].
Attended Roxeth Primary, North Ealing Primary and Drayton Manor High School, Ealing
Married to Abigail Marie Clancy, 30 June 2011, in Leicestershire, with two children, Sophia Ruby (March 2011) and Liberty Rose (June 2015).
Height/Weight 6' 7", 11st 12lb. [2004]
Biographies Walking Tall: My Story - Peter Crouch (Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2007).

'In a macho world, he is refreshingly candid about the anxieties that beset players.' Saturday Times Magazine
'The English public have always loved a goalscorer and Crouch has shown there is much more to his fame than simply being "robot boy".' The Guardian

Source

Barry J. Hugman's PFA Yearbook [2007].

Club Career
Club(s)MOST PL HEADED GOALS 53 Spent his junior career playing for Northolt Hotspurs FC, and was a member of the Brentford FC Centre of Excellence. He also played with West Middlesex Colts FC. He turned down offers to join Chelsea FC and Millwall FC to join the youth set up at Queen's Park Rangers FC in the 1994 summer. However, in November 1994, the coaching team at QPR, including Crouch, moved to Tottenham Hotspur FC, where Crouch signed professionally on 2 July 1998, during which time he spent time on loan to non-league Dulwich Hamlet FC, scoring once in six Isthmian League appearances, and IFK Hässleholm in the Swedish second division, three in eight. He was released to Queen's Park Rangers FC on 28 July 2000 for £60,000, and after 42 league appearances, in which he scored ten goals, he signed for Portsmouth FC on 11 July 2001 for £1,250,000, where another 37 league appearances followed and another eighteen goals, then onto Aston Villa FC, less than a year later for £4 million+, on 28 March 2002.Crouch spent time on loan to Norwich City FC on 8 September 2003, he scored four goals in fifteen league appearances. After 37 Premier League Villa appearances, and six goals, he returned to the south coast to join Southampton FC on 8 June 2004 for £2 million, scoring twelve in 27 Premier League outings. Following his full international debut, Crouch joined Liverpool FC for £7 million on 20 July 2005. He appeared 85 times in the Premier League, with a return of 22 goals. Rejoined Portsmouth FC on 11 July 2008 for a fee worth up to £11 million. After another 38 Premier League appearances and eleven goals, Crouch rejoined his first club, Tottenham Hotspur FC on 27 July 2009 - for a fee in the region of £10 million. After struggling to hold down a regular first team slot, scoring twelve in 72 Premier League appearances, Crouch joined Stoke City AFC on transfer deadline day, 31 August 2011. He has scored 45 goals in 202 Premier League appearances up until 2017-18, when his side were relegated. On transfer deadine day, 31 January 2019, Crouch was invited back to the Premier League, despite being 38 years old, when Burnley FC signed him on a six-month contract.
Club honours Football League Division One Champions 2003-04;
FIFA World Club Championship runner up 2005;
FA Cup winner 2005-06;
Individual honours BBC Match of the Day Goal of the Month 24 March 2012 vs. Manchester City FC.
Stoke City FC Player of the Year 2011-12;
Distinctions Became the first Premier League player to head fifty league goals, on 21 May 2017, his 103rd.
The oldest player to score 100 Premier League goals.

Source

Barry J. Hugman's PFA Yearbook [2008].

England Career
Player number 1139th player to appear for England.
Position(s) Centre-forward
First match No. 828, 31 May 2005, Colombia 2 England 3, an end-of-season final tour match, at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States, substituted (73), aged 24 years 121 days;
Last match No. 893, 17 November 2010, England 1 France 2, a friendly match at The National Stadium, Wembley, London, substitute (84), aged 29 years 291 days; England Players - Peter Crouch (6)
Major tournaments World Cup Finals 2006, 2010;
Team honours None
Individual honours England B (one appearance, 2006), England U21 (six appearances, one goal, 2002-03), England U18.
Distinctions England's top scorer 2006, joint 2010 (four (with Jermaine Defoe))
Peter Crouch - Career Statistics
Squads Apps comp. apps Starts sub on sub off mins. Goals goals ave.min comp. goals Capt. Disc.
58 42 21 19 ▲23 8▼ 2123 22
 5 ▲		 97 min 9
0 ▲		 none 3 England Players - Peter Crouch (7)
minutes are approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. The minutes here given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an approximation.
Peter Crouch - Goal Record - When The 22 Goals Were Scored
0-5 6-10 11-15 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-ht ht-50 51-55 56-60 61-65 66-70 71-75 76-80 81-85 86-90 injury extra
time
2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 0 0
8 14 0
Peter Crouch - Match Record - All Matches
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home 23 16 3 4 56 16 +40 3 12 2.435 0.696 76.1 +12
Away 10 6 0 4 14 9 +5 3 4 1.40 0.90 60.0 +2
Neutral 9 4 4 1 12 8 +4 3 4 1.333 0.889 66.7 +3
All 42 26 7 9 82 33 +49 9 20 1.952 0.786 70.2 +17
Peter Crouch - Match Record - By Shirt Colour
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
White - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Red - - - - - - - - - - - - -
All 42 26 7 9 82 33 +49 9 20 1.952 0.786 70.2 +17
Peter Crouch - Match Record - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L

WCP

 6 6 0 0 17 3 +14 0 4 2.833 0.50 100.0 +6
WCF 6 2 4 0 6 3 +3 2 4 1.00 0.50 66.7 +2
World Cup 12 8 4 0 22 6 +16 2 8 1.833 0.50 83.3 +8

ECP

 9 4 2 3 15 7 +8 3 6 1.667 0.778 55.6 +1
ECF 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 00.0 =0
European Championship 9 4 2 3 15 7 +8 3 6 1.667 0.778 55.6 +1
Friendly 21 14 1 6 44 20 +24 4 6 2.095 0.952 69.0 +8
All 42 26 7 9 82 33 +49 9 20 1.952 0.786 70.2 +17
Peter Crouch - Match Record - Tournament Matches
World Cup Preliminary Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCP 2004-06 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 0 1 1.50 0.50 100.0 +2
WCP 2008-10 4 4 0 0 14 2 +12 0 3 3.50 0.50 100.0 +4
WCP All 6 6 0 0 17 3 +14 0 4 2.833 0.50 100.0 +6
World Cup Final Tournament
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCF 2006 4 2 2 0 5 2 +3 1 3 1.25 0.50 75.0 +2
WCF 2010 2 0 2 0 1 1 =0 1 1 0.50 0.50 50.0 =0
WCF All 6 2 4 0 6 3 +3 2 4 1.00 0.50 66.7 +2
World Cup
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WC2004-06 6 4 2 0 8 3 +5 1 4 1.333 0.50 83.3 +4
WC 2008-10 6 4 2 0 15 3 +12 1 4 2.50 0.50 83.3 +4
WC All 12 8 4 0 22 6 +16 2 8 1.833 0.50 83.3 +8
European Championship Preliminary Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
ECP 2006-08 8 4 1 3 15 7 +8 2 5 1.875 0.875 56.3 +1
ECP 2010-12 1 0 1 0 0 0 =0 1 1 0.00 0.00 50.0 =0
ECP All 9 4 2 3 15 7 +8 3 6 1.667 0.778 55.6 +1
All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WC 12 8 4 0 22 6 +16 2 8 1.833 0.50 83.3 +8
EC 9 4 2 3 15 7 +8 3 6 1.667 0.778 55.6 +1
All 21 12 6 3 38 13 +25 5 14 1.81 0.619 71.4 +9
Match History
Club: Southampton F.C. - one full appearance (35 min), no goals

coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson - eleven full appearances (657 min), six goalsx


Age 24
827 28 May 2005 - United States 1 England 2, Soldier Field, Chicago tour AW injured sub 17
1 828 31 May 2005 - Colombia 2 England 3, Giants Stadium, East Rutherford (⮀1-3) NW Start ▼35 9

Club: Liverpool F.C. - 27 full appearances (1537 min), thirteen goals

2 832 8 October 2005 - England 1 Austria 0, Old Trafford, Manchester WCP HW Start 9
3 833 12 October 2005 - England 2 Poland 1, Old Trafford, Manchester(⮀1-1) HW ▲sub 67 16
4 834 12 November 2005 - Argentina 2 England 3, Stade de Genève, Genève (⮀2-1) Fr NW ▲sub 81 20

Age 25
5 835 1 March 2006 - England 2 Uruguay 1, Old Trafford, Manchester (⮀0-1) (168 minutes to score first goal) Fr HW ▲sub 64
England Players - Peter Crouch (8) 75		 21
1 b 25 May 2006 - England 1 Belarus A 2, Madejski Stadium, Reading Fr HW Start ▼79 9
6 836 30 May 2006 - England 3 Hungary 1, Old Trafford, Manchester (⮀2-1) (34 minutes to score second) (second goal as sub) HW ▲sub 65
England Players - Peter Crouch (9)84		 24
7 837 3 June 2006 - England 6 Jamaica 0, Old Trafford, Manchester (35 minutes to score second) (first hat-trick in sixty mins) HW Start
England Players - Peter Crouch (10)England Players - Peter Crouch (11)England Players - Peter Crouch (13) 29,67,82,89		 9
8 838 10 June 2006 - England 1 Paraguay 0, Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt
WCF		 NW Start England Players - Peter Crouch (14) 63
21
9 839 Frankenstadion, Nürnberg (147 minutes to score sixth) NW Start England Players - Peter Crouch (15) 83
10 840 20 June 2006 - Sweden 2 England 2, Rhein Energy Stadion, Köln (⮀0-0) ND ▲sub 4
841 25 June 2006 - England 1 Ecuador 0, Gottlieb Daimler Stadion, Stuttgart NW unused sub
11 842 1 July 2006 - England 0 Portugal 0ᴭᵀ, Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen (⮀0-0) ND ▲sub 65

coach: Steve McClaren - thirteen full appearances (831 min), eight goalsx


12 843 16 August 2006 - England 4 Greece 0, Old Trafford, Manchester (154 minutes to score seventh) Fr HW Start
England Players - Peter Crouch (16)England Players - Peter Crouch (17)36,42		 10
13 844 2 September 2006 - England 5 Andorra 0, Old Trafford, Manchester (53 minutes to score ninth) ECP HW Start
 England Players - Peter Crouch (18)England Players - Peter Crouch (19)5,66		 9
14 845 6 September 2006 - FYR Macedonia 0 England 1, Gradski Stadion, Skopje (70 minutes to score eleventh) (⮀0-1) AW Start England Players - Peter Crouch (20)46England Players - Peter Crouch (21)60 ▼87 9
15 846 7 October 2006 - England 0 FYR Macedonia 0, Old Trafford, Manchester ECP HD Start 10
16 847 11 October 2006 - Croatia 2 England 0, Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb (⮀2-0) AL Start ▼72 10
848 15 November 2006 - Netherlands 1 England 1, Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Fr AD unused sub 21

Age 26
17 849 7 February 2007 - England 0 Spain 1, Old Trafford, Manchester Fr HL Start 10
18 852 1 June 2007 - England 1 Brazil 1, The National Stadium, Wembley (⮀1-1) Fr HD ▲sub 83 21
19 853 6 June 2007 - Estonia 0 England 3, A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn(357 minutes to score twelfth) ECP AW Start
England Players - Peter Crouch (22)54 England Players - Peter Crouch (23)81		 9
20 854 22 August 2007 - England 1 Germany 2, The National Stadium, Wembley (⮀1-2) Fr HL ▲sub 83 21
855 8 September 2007 - England 3 Israel 0, The National Stadium, Wembley ECP HW suspended
21 856 12 September 2007 - England 3 Russia 0, The National Stadium, Wembley (⮀2-0) HW ▲sub 80 18
857 13 October 2007 - England 3 Estonia 0, The National Stadium, Wembley ECP HW unused sub 17
22 858 17 October 2007 - Russia 2 England 1, Olimpiyskiy Kompleks Luzhniki Stadion, Moskva (⮀2-1) AL ▲sub 80 18
23 859 16 November 2007 - Austria 0 England 1, Ernst-Happel Stadion, Wien (107 minutes to score thirteenth) (⮀0-1) Fr AW Start England Players - Peter Crouch (24)44 ▼72 9
24 860 21 November 2007 - England 2 Croatia 3, The National Stadium, Wembley (93 minutes to score fourteenth) ECP HL Start England Players - Peter Crouch (25)65 9

manager: Fabio Capello - eighteen full appearances (699 min), eight goalsx


Age 27
25 861 6 February 2008 - England 2 Switzerland 1, The National Stadium, Wembley (⮀1-0) Fr HW ▲sub 57 21
26 862 26 March 2008 - France 1 England 0, Stade de France, Saint-Denis (⮀1-0) Fr AL ▲sub ht 19
27 863 28 May 2008 - England 2 United States 0, The National Stadium, Wembley (⮀2-0) Fr HW ▲sub 68 25
28 864 , Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain (⮀0-2) AW ▲sub ht 19
Club: Portsmouth F.C. - six full appearances (273 min), two goals
868 11 October 2008 - England 5 Kazakhstan 1, The National Stadium, Wembley WCP HW unused sub 18
29 869 15 October 2008 - Belarus 1 England 3, Dinamo Stadion, Minsk (⮀1-2) AW ▲sub 70 18
30 870 19 November 2008 - Germany 1 England 2, Olympiastadion, Berlin (⮀1-2) Fr AW ▲sub 90+3 20

Age 28
31 871 11 February 2009 - Spain 2 England 0, Estadio Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán, Sevilla (⮀1-0) Fr AL ▲sub ht 20
32 872 28 March 2009 - England 4 Slovakia 0, The National Stadium, Wembley (⮀1-0) (⮀ 2-0) Fr HW ▲sub 35
▼74		 20
33 873 1 April 2009 - England 2 Ukraine 1, The National Stadium, Wembley (⮀1-1) (303 minutes to score fifteenth) WCP HW Start England Players - Peter Crouch (26)29
▼79		 9
874 6 June 2009 - Kazakhstan 0 England 4, Ortalyk Tsentralnyi Stadium, Almaty WCP AW unused sub 18
34 875 10 June 2009 - England 6 Andorra 0, The National Stadium, Wembley (130 minutes to score sixteenth) HW Start England Players - Peter Crouch (27)80 9

Club: Tottenham Hotspur F.C. - eight full appearances (326 min), six goals

877 5 September 2009 - England 2 Slovenia 1, The National Stadium, Wembley Fr HW unused sub 24
878 9 September 2009 - England 5 Croatia 1, The National Stadium, Wembley WCP HW unused sub 18
879 10 October 2009 - Ukraine 1 England 0, Stadion Dnepr-Arena, Denepropetrovsk AL squad
member
35 880 14 October 2009 - England 3 Belarus 0, The National Stadium, Wembley(14 minutes to score seventeenth) WCP HW Start England Players - Peter Crouch (28)England Players - Peter Crouch (29) 4,75 9
36 881 14 November 2009 - Brazil 1 England 0, Istād Khalīfah, ad-Dawha (⮀1-0) Fr NL ▲sub 82 16

Age 29
37 882 3 March 2010 - England 3 Egypt 1, The National Stadium, Wembley (⮀0-1) (34 minutes to score nineteenth) Fr HW ▲sub ht
 England Players - Peter Crouch (30)England Players - Peter Crouch (31)56,80		 20
38 883 24 May 2010 - England 3 Mexico 1, The National Stadium, Wembley (⮀2-1)(44 minutes to score 21st) Fr HW Start England Players - Peter Crouch (32)34 ▼ht 9
884 30 May 2010 - Japan 1 England 2, UPC Arena, Graz NW unused sub 26
39 885 12 June 2010 - England 1 United States 1, Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace, Rustenburg (⮀1-1) WCF ND ▲sub 79 9
40 886 18 June 2010 - England 0 Algeria 0, Kaapstad-stadion, Green Point (⮀0-0) ND ▲sub 84 9
887 23 June 2010 - Slovenia 0 England 1, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Die Baai NW unused sub 9
888 27 June 2010 - Germany 4 England 1

,

Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein

 NL
890 3 September 2010 - England 4 Bulgaria 0, The National Stadium, Wembley ECP HW withdrawn
squad member
891 7 September 2010 - Switzerland 1 England 3, Sankt-Jakob Park, Basel AW
41 892 12 October 2010 - England 0 Montenegro 0, The National Stadium, Wembley (⮀0-0) ECP HD Start ▼70 9
42 893 17 November 2010 - England 1 France 2, The National Stadium, Wembley (⮀0-2) (145 minutes to score 22nd) Fr HL ▲sub 84
England Players - Peter Crouch (33)86		 21

Age 30
894 9 February 2011 - Denmark 1 England 2, Parken Stadion, København Fr AW withdrawn
squad member
895 26 March 2011 - Wales 0 England 2, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff ECP AW squad member
896 29 March 2011 - England 1 Ghana 1, The National Stadium, Wembley Fr HD unused sub 18
897 4 June 2011 - England 2 Switzerland 2, The National Stadium, Wembley ECP HD squad member
898 10 August 2011 - England vs. Netherlands, The National Stadium, Wembley - match postponed Fr Hpp squad member

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