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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Spencer[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 September 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Rangers SABC[2] | |||
| 1982–1988 | Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1992 | Rangers | 13 | (2) |
| 1988–1989 | → Morton (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 1989–1990 | → Lai Sun (loan) | 24 | (20) |
| 1992–1997 | Chelsea | 103 | (36) |
| 1996–1997 | → Queens Park Rangers (loan) | 25 | (17) |
| 1997–1998 | Queens Park Rangers | 23 | (5) |
| 1998–1999 | → Everton (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Everton | 3 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | → Motherwell (loan) | 21 | (7) |
| 1999–2000 | Motherwell | 33 | (11) |
| 2001–2004 | Colorado Rapids | 88 | (37) |
| Total | 343 | (136) | |
| International career | |||
| 1990–1991 | Scotland U21 | 3 | (1) |
| 1994–1997 | Scotland | 14 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006–2010 | Houston Dynamo (assistant) | ||
| 2011–2012 | Portland Timbers | ||
| 2016 | Colorado Rapids (assistant) | ||
| 2017 | San Jose Earthquakes (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Spencer (born 11 September 1970) is a Scottish former professional footballer and coach.
As a player, he was a forward from 1988 until 2004, notably in the English Premier League for Chelsea and Everton and the Scottish Premier League for Motherwell. He also played in his native country for Rangers and Morton, in Hong Kong for Lai Sun and in the English Football League with Queens Park Rangers. He finished his career in the United States with a three-year spell with the Colorado Rapids. He also earned 14 caps for Scotland.
Since retiring from playing in 2004, Spencer has remained in America, and was assistant coach of Houston Dynamo before becoming head coach of the Portland Timbers in 2011 until being relieved of his coaching position on 9 July 2012. He returned to the Colorado Rapids as an assistant coach in 2016, before joining the San Jose Earthquakes in a similar role for the 2017 season, until both he and head coach Dominic Kinnear were let go on 25 June 2017.
- ^ "John Spencer". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "SABC continue to create stars for the future". Youth Football Scotland. 6 November 2013. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2017.