 Le Saux in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Graeme Pierre Le Saux[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 October 1968[1] | ||
| Place of birth | St Helier, Jersey | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1987 | St. Paul's | ||
| 1987–1989 | Chelsea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1993 | Chelsea | 90 | (8) |
| 1993–1997 | Blackburn Rovers | 129 | (7) |
| 1997–2003 | Chelsea | 140 | (4) |
| 2003–2005 | Southampton | 44 | (1) |
| 2012 | Wembley | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 403 | (20) | |
| International career | |||
| 1990 | England U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | England B | 2 | (0) |
| 1994–2000 | England | 36 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Graeme Pierre Le Saux (/lə ˈsoʊ/ lə SOH; born 17 October 1968) is an English former professional footballer and television pundit.
As a versatile left sided player he played most of his career at left back with two spells at Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers, Southampton, and for the England national football team.
Le Saux started his career in his native Jersey before moving to England when he signed for Chelsea in 1987. He made his debut in 1989 and played initially as a left winger before transitioning to an attacking fullback role for the club. He left Chelsea in 1993 to join the newly promoted Blackburn side being built by wealthy benefactor Jack Walker and was a regular fixture in their 1994–95 Premier League winning side. In 1997, he became the most expensive defender in English footballing history when he returned to Chelsea for £5 million, staying there for six seasons before finishing his career with a move to Southampton in 2003. He announced his retirement from football upon Southampton's relegation from the Premier League in 2005.
In his club playing career, he scored 20 goals from 403 club appearances. He was twice named in the Professional Footballers' Association Team of the Year, in 1995 with Blackburn and in 1998 with Chelsea. As an England international, he made 36 senior appearances from 1994 until 2000, including starting all four England games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, and scoring one international goal, against Brazil.
- ^ a b "Graeme Le Saux". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
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