Terry Venables

English football player and manager (1943–2023)

Terry Venables (6 January 1943 – 25 November 2023) was an English football player. He played for England national team.

Terry Venables
Venables in 1964
Personal information
Full name Terence Frederick Venables
Date of birth (1943-01-06)6 January 1943
Place of birth Dagenham, Essex, England
Date of death 25 November 2023(2023-11-25) (aged 80)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1958–1960 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1966 Chelsea 202 (26)
1966–1969 Tottenham Hotspur 115 (5)
1969–1974 Queens Park Rangers 177 (19)
1974–1975 Crystal Palace 14 (0)
1974Canterbury-Marrickville Olympic (loan) 18 (0)
1976St Patrick's Athletic (loan) 2 (0)
Total 528 (50)
National team
England Schoolboy
England Youth
1960 England Amateur 1 (0)
1962–1964 England U23 4 (0)
1964 England 2 (0)
The Football League XI 1 (0)
Teams managed
1976–1980 Crystal Palace
1980–1984 Queens Park Rangers
1984–1987 Barcelona
1987–1991 Tottenham Hotspur
1994–1996 England
1997–1998 Australia
1998–1999 Crystal Palace
2000–2001 Middlesbrough (joint with Bryan Robson)
2002–2003 Leeds United
2006–2007 England (assistant)
Honours
Men's Football
Representing  Australia (as manager)
FIFA Confederations Cup
Runner-up 1997
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Death change

Venables died after a long illness, aged 80, on 25 November 2023.[1][2]

Career statistics change

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chelsea 1959–60 First Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1960–61 First Division 36 0 1 0 3 0 40 0
1961–62 First Division 12 1 0 0 0 0 12 1
1962–63 Second Division 42 2 4 1 0 0 46 3
1963–64 First Division 38 8 3 0 0 0 41 8
1964–65 First Division 39 7 5 0 5 1 49 8
1965–66 First Division 34 8 6 0 8 3 48 11
Total 202 26 19 1 16 4 237 31
Tottenham Hotspur 1965–66 First Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1966–67 First Division 41 3 8 2 1 0 50 5
1967–68 First Division 36 2 4 0 5 1 45 3
1968–69 First Division 37 0 4 0 5 1 46 1
Total 115 5 16 2 11 2 142 9
Canterbury-Marrickville Olympic (loan)[3] 1974 NSW 1st Division 18 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
Queens Park Rangers 1969–70 Second Division 34 5 4 1 4 1 42 7
1970–71 Second Division 38 10 1 0 2 1 41 11
1971–72 Second Division 27 1 2 0 4 0 33 1
1972–73 Second Division 37 1 1 0 1 0 39 1
1973–74 First Division 36 2 6 0 3 0 45 2
1974–75 First Division 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
Total 177 19 14 1 15 2 206 22
Crystal Palace 1974–75 Third Division 14 0 2 0 0 0 16 0
Career total[a] 526 50 51 4 42 8 619 62
  1. Statistics for St Patrick's Athletic not recorded.

Managerial statistics change

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Crystal Palace[4] 16 June 1976 1 October 1980 208 76 74 58 036.5
Queens Park Rangers[4] 1 October 1980 24 May 1984 184 90 38 56 048.9
Barcelona June 1984 September 1987 168 86 53 29 051.2
Tottenham Hotspur[4] 28 November 1987 30 June 1991 165 67 46 52 040.6
England[4] 28 January 1994 30 July 1996 23 11 11 1 047.8
Australia November 1996 1998 23 15 3 5 065.2
Crystal Palace[4] 4 June 1998 15 January 1999 31 11 8 12 035.5
Middlesbrough[4] 6 December 2000 12 June 2001 25 8 11 6 032.0
Leeds United[4] 8 July 2002 21 March 2003 42 16 7 19 038.1
Total 869 380 251 238 043.7

Honours change

Player change

Chelsea

Tottenham Hotspur

Queens Park Rangers

Manager change

Crystal Palace

Queens Park Rangers

Barcelona

Tottenham Hotspur

Australia

Individual

Sources change

  • Venables, Terry; Hanson, Neil (1994), Venables: The Autobiography, Michael Joseph, ISBN 0-14-024077-2
  • Venables, Terry (1996), Venables' England: The Making of the Team, Boxtree, ISBN 0-7522-1664-3
  • Venables, Terry (1997), The Best Game in the World, Century, ISBN 0-09-918562-8
  • Venables, Terry; Alex, Montgomery (2014), Born to Manage: The Autobiography, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 978-1-47112-991-9

References change

  1. "Terry Venables: Former England manager dies aged 80". Sky Sports. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  2. "Terry Venables, former England, Spurs and Barcelona manager, dies aged 80". The Guardian. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  3. "Terry Venables". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Terry Venables management career statistics at Soccerbase
  5. 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 "England Team Coach - Terry Venables". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  6. Venables 2014, p. 119
  7. "1967/68 Charity Shield". footballsite.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  8. "Manager profile: Terry Venables". Premier League. Retrieved 18 September 2018.