Tony Adams

Tony Adams
	Tony Adams
Personal information
Full name:	Tony Alexander Adams
Date of birth:	10 October 1966 (age 59)
Place of birth:	Romford, England
Height:	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position:	Defender
Youth clubs
1980–1983	Arsenal
Senior clubs
National team
Teams managed
2003–2004; 2008–2009; 2010–2011; 2017	Wycombe Wanderers; Portsmouth; Gabala; Granada

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Tony Alexander Adams, MBE (born 10 October 1966) is an English football manager and former player.

Adams spent his entire playing career of 22 years as a defender at Arsenal. He is considered one of the greatest Arsenal players of all time by the club's own fans and was included in the Football League 100 Legends. With Arsenal, he won four top flight division titles, three FA Cups, two Football League Cups, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and three FA Community Shields. A statue honouring Adams was unveiled at Emirates stadium on 9 December 2011, along with statues of Thierry Henry and Herbert Chapman.

When his playing career finished Adams went into football management, spending periods in charge of Wycombe Wanderers, Portsmouth and Azerbaijan side Gabala.

Honours[]

Club[]

Arsenal

First Division/Premier League: 1988–89, 1990–91, 1997–98, 2001–02
FA Cup: 1992–93, 1997–98, 2001–02
Football League Cup: 1986–87, 1992–93
FA Community Shield: 1991 (shared), 1998, 1999
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1993–94

Individual[]

PFA Young Player of the Year: 1987
PFA Premier League Team of the Year: 1994, 1996, 1997
PFA Team of the Century (1907–2007):
- Team of the Century 1997-2007
- Overall Team of the Century
Premier League 10 Seasons Awards: (1992-93 – 2001-02)
- Overseas Team of the Decade
- Overall Team of the Decade
Premier League 20 Seasons Awards: (1992-93 - 2011-12)
- Public choice Fantasy Teams of the 20 Seasons
- Panel choice Fantasy Teams of the 20 Seasons

Orders[]

Member in The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE): (1999 Birthday Honours)

External links[]

Tony Adams FIFA competition record
Tony Adams profile at Soccerbase
Tony Adams management profile at Soccerbase
Tony Adams England profile at Englandstats
Sporting Chance
Tony Adams at The Highbury Inn

Wycombe Wanderers Football Club - Managers
McCormick (1951–52) · Cann (1952–61) · McDonald (1961) · G. Adams (1961–62) · Welsh (1962–64) · Darvill (1964–68) · Lee (1968–76) · Powell (1976–77) · Reardon (1977–78) · Williams (1978–80) · Keen (1980–84) · Bence (1984–86) · Gane (1986–87) · Suddaby (1987–88) · Kelman (1988–90) · O'Neill (1990–95) · Smith (1995–96) · Gregory (1996–98) · Smillie (1998–99) · Evans (1999^c) · Sanchez (1999–2003) · T. Adams (2003–04) · Gorman (2004–06) · Lambert (2006–08) · Taylor (2008–09) · Waddock (2009–12) · Ainsworth (2012–23) · Bloomfield (2023–25) · Dodds (2025–)

Portsmouth Football Club - Managers
Brettell (1898–01) · Blyth (1901–04) · Bonney (1904–08) · Brown (1911–20) · McCartney (1920–27) · Tinn (1927–47) · Jackson (1947–52) · Lever (1952–58) · Cox (1958–61) · G. Smith (1961–70) · Tindall (1970–73) · Mortimore (1973–74) · St John (1974–77) · Dickinson (1977–79) · Burrows (1979–82) · Campbell (1982–84) · Ball (1984–89) · Gregory (1989–90) · Burrows (1990–91) · Barton^c (1991) · J. Smith (1991–95) · Fenwick (1995–98) · Waldon^c (1998) · Ball (1998–99) · McNab^c (1999–00) · Pulis (2000) · Claridge (2000–01) · Rix (2001–02) · Redknapp (2002–04) · Zajec (2004–05) · Perrin (2005) · Jordan^c (2005) · Redknapp (2005–08) · Adams & Jordan^c (2008) · Adams (2008–09) · Hart (2009) · Groves & Woan^c (2009) · Grant (2009–10) · Cotterill (2010–11) · Whittingham & Gray^c (2011) · Appleton (2011–12) · Whittingham (2012–13) · Awford^c (2013) · Barker (2013–14) · Awford (2014–15) · Waddock^c (2015) · Cook (2015–17) · Jackett (2017–21) · Cowley (2021–23) · Mousinho (2023–)

Template:Gabala FC managers Template:Granada CF managers

England
English competitions English coaches English players English stadiums

England – UEFA Euro 1988
1. Shilton 2. Stevens 3. Sansom 4. Webb 5. Watson 6. Adams 7. Robson 8. Steven 9. Beardsley 10. Lineker 11. Barnes 12. Waddle 13. Woods 14. Anderson 15. McMahon 16. Reid 17. Hoddle 18. Hateley 19. Wright 20. Dorigo Manager: Robson

England – UEFA Euro 1996
1. Seaman 2. G. Neville 3. Pearce 4. Ince 5. Adams 6. Southgate 7. Platt 8. Gascoigne 9. Shearer 10. Sheringham 11. Anderton 12. Howey 13. Flowers 14. Barmby 15. Redknapp 16. Campbell 17. McManaman 18. Ferdinand 19. P. Neville 20. Stone 21. Fowler 22. Walker Manager: Venables

England – 1998 FIFA World Cup
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: Glenn Hoddle

England – UEFA Euro 2000
1. Seaman 2. G. Neville 3. P. Neville 4. Campbell 5. Adams 6. Keown 7. Beckham 8. Scholes 9. Shearer 10. Owen 11. McManaman 12. Southgate 13. Martyn 14. Ince 15. Barry 16. Gerrard 17. Wise 18. Barmby 19. Heskey 20. Phillips 21. Fowler 22. Wright Manager: Keegan

Personal information
Tony Adams

Full name:	Tony Alexander Adams
Date of birth:	10 October 1966 (1966-10-10) (age 59)
Place of birth:	Romford, England
Height:	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position:	Defender
Youth clubs
1980–1983	Arsenal
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
1983–2002	Arsenal	504 0(32)
National team
1985–1986 1989–1990 1987–2000	England U-21 England B England	005 00(1) 015 00(7) 066 00(5)
Teams managed
2003–2004 2008–2009 2010–2011 2017	Wycombe Wanderers Portsmouth Gabala Granada