| General |
| Paul Merson | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name: | Paul Charles Merson | |
| Date of birth: | 20 March 1968 | |
| Place of birth: | Harlesden,  England
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| Height: | 1.82 m (5 ft 111⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position: | Winger | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1982–1985 | Arsenal
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| Senior clubs | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls) |
| 1985–1997 1987 1997–1998 1998–2002 2002–2003 2003–2006 2006 2012 2012 Total |
Arsenal → Brentford (loan) Middlesbrough Aston Villa Portsmouth Walsall Tamworth Whitton Athletic Welshpool Town |
327 (78) 6 (0) 48 (12) 101 (18) 44 (12) 68 (6) 1 (0) 3 (1) 1 (1) 599 (128) |
| National team | ||
| 1988–1990 1991–1998 1991–1998 |
England U21 England B England
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4 (0) 4 (3) 21 (3) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2004–2006 | Walsall
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Paul Charles Merson (born 20 March 1968) is an English football pundit and former professional footballer and manager who played as a winger, most notably for Arsenal.
He notably played in the Premier League for Arsenal, Middlesbrough and Aston Villa, as well as appearing in the Football League for Brentford and Portsmouth. He also played for Walsall where he spent two years as player-manager before finishing his career in Non-League football with Tamworth. He briefly came out of retirement in 2012 for Welshpool Town where he played in a one-off game. Merson earned 21 caps for England, scoring 3 times.
Honours[]
Arsenal
- Football League Cup, 1993
- Football League Cup Finalist, 1988
- Football League First Division , 1988–89, 1990–91
- FA Cup, 1993
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, 1994
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Finalist, 1995
- FA Charity Shield, 1991 (shared with Tottenham Hotspur)
- FA Charity Shield Runner-Up, 1993
Aston Villa
- FA Cup Finalist, 2000
Individual
- PFA Young Player of the Year, 1989
External links[]
Paul Merson profile at Soccerbase- Paul Merson management profile at Soccerbase
- Paul Merson at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile at sporting-heroes.net
Template:Walsall F.C. managers
| England
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| England – UEFA Euro 1992 |
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1. Woods
2. Curle
3. Pearce
4. Keown
5. Walker
6. Wright
7. Platt
8. Steven
9. Clough
10. Lineker
11. Sinton
12. Palmer
13. Martyn
14. Dorigo
15. Webb
16. Merson
17. Smith
18. Daley
19. Batty
20. Shearer
Manager: |
| England – 1998 FIFA World Cup |
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1. Seaman
2. Campbell
3. Le Saux
4. Ince
5. Adams
6. Southgate
7. Beckham
8. Batty
9. Shearer (c)
10. Sheringham
11. McManaman
12. Neville
13. Martyn
14. Anderton
15. Merson
16. Scholes
17. Lee
18. Keown
19. L. Ferdinand
20. Owen
21. R. Ferdinand
22. Flowers
Manager: |