| General |
| Sir Stanley Matthews CBE | ||
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| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name: | Stanley Matthews | |
| Date of birth: | 1 February 1915 | |
| Place of birth: | Hanley,  England
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| Date of death: | 23 February 2000 (aged 85) | |
| Place of death: | Newcastle-under-Lyme, England
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| Playing position: | Outside right | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1930–1932 | Stoke City
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| Senior clubs | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls) |
| 1932–1947 1947–1961 1961 1961–1965 1965 Total |
Stoke City Blackpool → Toronto City (loan) Stoke City → Toronto City (loan)
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259 (51) 379 (17) 14 (0) 59 (3) 6 (0) 717 (71) |
| National team | ||
| 1929 1934–1956 1934–1957 1947–1965 |
England Schoolboys The Football League XI England United Kingdom
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1 (0) 13 (2) 54 (11) 3 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1967–1968 | Port Vale
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Sir Stanley Matthews CBE (1 February 1915 – 23 February 2000) was an English footballer who played as an outside right.
Often regarded as one of the greatest players of the English game and one of the greatest players of all time, he is the only player to have been knighted while still playing football, as well as being the first winner of both the European Footballer of the Year and the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year awards. His nicknames included "The Wizard of Dribble" and "The Magician"
External links[]
- Sir Stanley Matthews - Career stats at Transfermarkt
| Port Vale Football Club - Managers |
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Gleaves (1896–1905) · Clare (1905–1906) · Sam Bennion (1906–1907) · Myatt (1913–1914) · Holford (1914–1918) · Cameron (1918–1919) · Schofield (1920–1929) · Morgan (1929–1932) · Holford (1932–1935) · Cresswell (1936–1937) · Morgan (1937–1939) · Diffin (1944) · Pratt (1944–1945) · Frith (1945–1946) · Hodgson (1946–1951) · Powell (1951) · Fish (1951c) · Steele (1951–1957) · Low (1957–1962) · Steele (1962–1965) · Mudie (1965–1967) · Matthews (1967–1968) · Lee (1968–1974) · Sproson (1974–1977) · Harper (1977c) · Smith (1977–1978) · Butler (1978–1979) · Bloor (1979) · Bentley (1979c) · McGrath (1979–1983) · Rudge (1983–1999) · Horton (1999–2004) · Foyle (2004–2007) · Glover (2007c) · Sinnott (2007–2008) · Glover & Porter (2008c) · Glover (2008–2009) · Adams (2009–2010) · Grew & Horsfield (2010–2011c) · Gannon (2011) · Grew (2011c) · Adams (2011–2014) · Page (2014–2016) · Ribeiro (2016) · Brown (2016–2017) · Kelly & Morgan (2017c) · Aspin (2017–2019) · Askey (2019–2021) · Pugh (2021c) · Clarke (2021–2023) · Crosby (2022c) · Crosby (2023–2024) · Moore (2024–) |
| Ballon d'Or winners |
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1956: Matthews · 1957: Di Stéfano · 1958: Kopa · 1959: Di Stéfano · 1960: Suárez · 1961: Sívori · 1962: Masopust · 1963: Yashin · 1964: Law · 1965: Eusébio · 1966: Charlton · 1967: Albert · 1968: Best · 1969: Rivera · 1970: Müller · 1971: Cruyff · 1972: Beckenbauer · 1973: Cruyff · 1974: Cruyff · 1975: Blokhin · 1976: Beckenbauer · 1977: Simonsen · 1978: Keegan · 1979: Keegan · 1980: Rummenigge · 1981: Rummenigge · 1982: Rossi · 1983: Platini · 1984: Platini · 1985: Platini · 1986: Belanov · 1987: Gullit · 1988: van Basten · 1989: van Basten · 1990: Matthäus · 1991: Papin · 1992: van Basten · 1993: Baggio · 1994: Stoichkov · 1995: Weah · 1996: Sammer · 1997: Ronaldo · 1998: Zidane · 1999: Rivaldo · 2000: Figo · 2001: Owen · 2002: Ronaldo · 2003: Nedvěd · 2004: Shevchenko · 2005: Ronaldinho · 2006: Cannavaro · 2007: Kaká · 2008: C. Ronaldo · 2009: Messi · 2010: Messi · 2011: Messi · 2012: Messi · 2013: Ronaldo · 2014: Ronaldo · 2015: Messi · 2016: Ronaldo · 2017: Ronaldo · 2018: Modrić · 2019: Messi · 2020: not awarded · 2021: Messi · 2022: Benzema · 2023: Messi · 2024: Rodri · 2025: Dembele · |
| England – 1950 FIFA World Cup |
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1. Ditchburn
2. Williams
3. Aston
4. Eckersley
5. Ramsey
6. Scott
7. Taylor
8. Wright
9. Baily
10. Cockburn
11. Dickinson
12. Hughes
13. Nicholson
14. Watson
15. Bentley
16. Finney
17. Mannion
18. Matthews
19. Milburn
20. Mortensen
21. Mullen
Manager: |
| England – 1954 FIFA World Cup |
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1. Merrick
2. Staniforth
3. Byrne
4. Wright
5. Owen
6. Dickinson
7. Matthews
8. Broadis
9. Lofthouse
10. Taylor
11. Finney
12. Burgin
13. Green
14. McGarry
15. Wilshaw
16. Quixall
17. Mullen
18. Chilton
19. Armstrong
20. Jezzard
21. Haynes
22. Hooper
Manager: |
| England
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