Peter Shilton

Peter Shilton
CBE
Shilton in 2008
Personal information
Full name Peter Leslie Shilton
Date of birth (1949-09-18) 18 September 1949 (age 75)
Place of birth Leicester, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1963–1966 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1974 Leicester City 286 (1)
1974–1977 Stoke City 110 (0)
1977–1982 Nottingham Forest 202 (0)
1982–1987 Southampton 188 (0)
1987–1992 Derby County 175 (0)
1992–1995 Plymouth Argyle 34 (0)
1995 Wimbledon 0 (0)
1995 Bolton Wanderers 1 (0)
1995–1996 Coventry City 0 (0)
1996 West Ham United 0 (0)
1996–1997 Leyton Orient 9 (0)
Total 1,005 (1)
International career
1965 England U16 1 (0)
1967 England U18 9 (0)
1968–1972 England U23 13 (0)
1970–1990 England[2] 125 (0)
Managerial career
1992–1995 Plymouth Argyle
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Leslie Shilton CBE (born 18 September 1949) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

His 31-year career included spells at 11 clubs and he has the unique distinction of playing over 1,000 English league games, including in excess of 100 for five different clubs. During his time at Nottingham Forest, Shilton won many honours, including two European Cups, a UEFA Super Cup, the First Division championship, and the Football League Cup.

Shilton represented England at the FIFA World Cup in 1982, 1986 (where Diego Maradona scored two famous goals against him) and 1990, and the UEFA European Championship in 1980 and 1988. Despite not making his World Cup finals debut until the age of 32, Shilton has played in 17 finals matches, and shares the record of 10 clean sheets in World Cup finals matches with French goalkeeper Fabien Barthez.[3]

He holds the all-time record for the most competitive appearances in world football (1,396), and, with 125 caps, Shilton is also the England national team's most-capped player.[4][5][6] The IFFHS ranked Shilton among the top ten goalkeepers of the 20th century in 2000.[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference England Football Online was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ McCarra, Kevin (25 March 2008). "Guardian – Beckham takes aim at Shilton's record". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Behind the World Cup record: Fabien Barthez". FIFA. 10 July 2017. Archived from the original on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  4. ^ Kolos, Vladimir (3 April 2009). "List of Official Appearances Records". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Peter Shilton Playing Record". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Paul Bastock breaks Peter Shilton record in Wisbech's FA Vase victory". BBC. 11 November 2017. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  7. ^ Stokkermans, Karel (30 January 2000). "IFFHS' Century Elections". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2015.