Tony Cottee

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Tony Cottee
Full name	Anthony Cottee
Date of birth	July 11, 1965 (age 41)
Place of birth	West Ham, England
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1982-1988 1988-1994 1994-1996 1996-1997 1997-2000 1997 2000 2000-2001 2001	West Ham United Everton West Ham United Selangor Leicester City → Birmingham City (loan) Norwich City Barnet Millwall	212 (92) 184 (72) 68 (24) 24 (14) 85 (27) 5 (1) 7 (1) 16 (9) 2 (0)
National team
1986-1989	England	7 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1/4/2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Anthony Richard Cottee (born July 11, 1965 in Plaistow, London) is an English former football player.

During his career Cottee played for a number of sides, including West Ham United, Everton and Leicester City. A prolific goalscorer especially in his West Ham days, where he was voted the PFA Young Player of the Year in 1986, which encouraged Everton to smash the British transfer record in 1988, paying West Ham £2.2 million for his services. Cottee remained at Everton until 1994, when he returned to West Ham in exchange for David Burrows. He remained at Upton Park for another two years, until 1996, when he was given a free transfer and moved to Selangor of Malaysia, winning the Malaysian FA Cup and the Malaysia Cup. He remained there for only ten months before returning to England with Leicester City in 1997, where he continued until 2000.

In September 2000 Cottee was given a free transfer by Leicester so that he could take up a player-coaching role at Norwich City, however this did not last long as Cottee struggled to meet the demands placed on him. After being released by Norwich on October 31 of that year he took over as player-manager of Barnet, a team closer to his home in London. After winning his first game with the club 7-0, Barnet hit a run of poor form which left them facing relegation from the Football League. Cottee resigned on March 16, 2001, however his replacement, John Still, was unable to rescue the team from relegation. A week after resigning from Barnet, Cottee signed for Millwall on transfer deadline day. During this remarkable season, which was his last as a player, Cottee played for a different team in each of the top four divisions of English football in the same season, a rare achievement last performed by goalkeeper Eric Nixon in the late 1980s.

Cottee gained seven England caps, played in the 1989 FA Cup Final for Everton and won the League Cup with Leicester City in the late 1990s. He is now a commentator with Sky Sports.