List of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players

Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{".This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Tottenham Hotspur since its foundation as Hotspur F.C. in 1882.

Steve Perryman holds the record of 854 appearances for Spurs.

The list comprises those who have: -

  • made 100 or more first-team appearances for the club including substitutions, and/or
  • made 50 or more first-team and represented their country at full International level while on the club's books, and/or
  • achieved notability through making a major contribution to the club as a player, e.g. club captain, founder member or achieved notability in other ways, e.g Tony Parks.

Records for some players vary from one data source to another and where possible these have been verified with reference to more than one such source. Corrections and updates should include a reference to source in the edit summary or on the Talk Page. To see a list of all Tottenham players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article Category:Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players.

List of players

Key

Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. First team appearances include, Football League, Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, FA Community Shield, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and UEFA Cup. Substitute appearances are included. Wartime matches are excluded.

International appearances are those at Full International level, including substitutions while on the club's books.

Positions
GK Goalkeeper DF Defender RB Right back MF Midfielder RW Right winger
CB Central back FB Fullback LB Left back FW Forward LW Left winger
  Tottenham Hotspur Greats or have been inducted into the club's Hall of Fame.[1][2][3]
  Players who have achieved notability through a major contribution to the club.
  Club captains who have won a major senior competition.
  Club record holder.

An asterisk (*) next to a name denotes that the player is still a current player at the club.

This is a list of notable players for Tottenham Hotspur. Please do not add the names and details of the current squad unless it meets the notability criteria above.

Table of notable players

NameNationalityPositionTottenham Hotspur careerClub AppsGoalsInt. Apps (at club)Int. Apps (all)Notes
Bobby Buckle  England MF1882–18955325[4]
Jack Jull  England FB1882–189415924[5]
Charles Ambler  England GK1894–1895
1896–1900
1330
Jack L. Jones  Wales MF1897–1904226131517[6]
John Cameron  Scotland FW1898–190729313901
Ted Hughes  Wales DF1899–19051488614
Jack Kirwan  Ireland LW1899–190534797121
Tom Morris  England MF1899–19125233
Sandy Brown  Scotland FW1900–19015745
Vivian Woodward  England FW1901–1909197632128
John Brearley  England FW1903–190713324
Charlie O'Hagan  Ireland FW1903–1907367511
Danny Steel  Scotland CB1908–19121414
Bobby Steel  Scotland FW1908–191524545
Jabez Darnell  England CB1908–19191603
Bert Middlemiss  England LW1908–192026155
Billy Minter  England FW1908–1920334101
Walter Tull  England FW1909–1911102
Tom Collins  Scotland FB1910–19151221
Charlie Rance  England CB1910–19211101
Findlay Weir  Scotland MF1912–19171012
Bert Bliss  England FW1912–192221510611
Jimmy Cantrell  England FW1912–192317684
Arthur Grimsdell  England MF1912–19273602766[7]
Fanny Walden  England RW1913–19242372422
Bill Jaques  England GK1914–19221380
Thomas Clay  England FB1914–19293512444
Jimmy Archibald  Scotland MF1919–1921241
Charlie Walters  England MF1919–19251170
Jimmy Dimmock  England LW1919–193143811233
Alex Lindsay  Scotland FW1919–193022448
Bob McDonald  Scotland CB1920–19231250
Jimmy Seed  England FW1920–19272547755
Charlie Handley  England FW1921–192814129
Matt Forster  England FB1921–19302440
Andy Thompson  England MF1921–193016622
Bert Smith  England MF1921–19313191022
Jack Elkes  England MF1923–192920050
Cecil Poynton  England FB1923–19331583
Frank Osborne  England FW1924–19312208224
Harry Skitt  England MF1924–19312290
Cyril Spiers  England GK1927–19321690
Taffy O'Callaghan  Wales FW1927–1935263991111
Joe Nicholls  England GK1927–19361290
Tommy Meads  England MF1929–19351896
Tom Evans  Wales MF1929–19361014
Willie Davies  Wales RW1930–193311519
Walter Alsford  England LW1930–193690011
George Hunt  England FW1930–193719813833
Les Howe  England MF1930–193918228
Willie Evans  Wales FW1931–19361958666
Arthur Rowe  England MF1931–1938201011
Willie Hall  England FW1932–1939222291010
Bill Whatley  Wales FB1932–1939254233
Johnny Morrison  England CF1932–1946154101
Jimmy McCormick  England RW1932–194615028
Fred Channell  England FB1933–19361091
Andy Duncan  Scotland FW1934–194310326
Percy Hooper  England GK1934–19451080
Fred Sargent  England RW1934–194610931
Vic Buckingham  England FB1935–19492301
Ralph Ward  England FB1936–194613211
Freddie Cox  England RW1938–194910518
Bill Nicholson  England MF1938–1954341611
Les Medley  England LW1939–19531644666
Ron Burgess  Wales MF1939–1954324163232[8]
Sid Tickridge  England FB1946–19511010
Les Bennett  England FW1946–1954294117
Arthur Willis  England FB1946–1954160111
Ted Ditchburn  England GK1946–1958452066
Ernie Jones  Wales FW1947–19495714?4
Eddie Baily  England FW1947–19553256999
Len Duquemin  Guernsey FW1947–1957307134
Sonny Walters  England MF1947–195723471
Charlie Withers  England FB1948–19561642
Alf Ramsey  England FB1949–1955250253132
Harry Clarke  England CB1949–1956322411
Tony Marchi  England MF1949–1957
1959–1965
2327
Tommy Harmer  England FW1951–196022251
George Robb  England LW1952–19582005811
Mel Hopkins  Wales LB1952–196424003434
Johnny Brooks  England FW1953–19591795133
John White  Scotland FW1959–1964183402222
Peter Baker  England RB1953–19653423
Danny Blanchflower  Northern Ireland MF1954–1963382214156[9][10][11][12]
Bobby Smith  England FW1955–19643172081515
Terry Dyson  England FW1955–196520955
Eddie Clayton  England MF1954–196710220
Ron Henry  England LB1955–1965287111
Maurice Norman  England MF1955–1965411192323
Terry Medwin  Wales FW1956–196321572?30
Cliff Jones  Wales LW1958–1968378159?58
Les Allen  England FW1959–196513761
Bill Brown  Scotland GK1959–196626202929
Dave Mackay  Scotland MF1959–1968318512222[13]
Frank Saul  England FW1960–196712944
Jimmy Greaves  England FW1961–1970379266[14]4257
Phil Beal  England DF1963–19754201
Jimmy Robertson  Scotland RW1964–19681813111
Alan Mullery  England MF1964–1972374303535[15][16]
Alan Gilzean  Scotland FW1964–19744391331722
Cyril Knowles  England LB1964–19755061744
Pat Jennings  Northern Ireland GK1964–1977590171119
Terry Venables  England MF1966–1969141902
Mike England  Wales CB1966–197539719?44
Joe Kinnear  Ireland RB1966–197525822626
Peter Collins  England CB1968–19721015
Jimmy Pearce  England FW1968–197319335
Martin Chivers  England FW1968–19763671742424
Ray Evans  England FB1969–19751814
John Pratt  England MF1969–198041549
Steve Perryman  England MF1969–1986854[17]3911[18][19][20]
Martin Peters  England MF1970–1975260763467[21]
Jimmy Neighbour  England FW1970–197615611
Terry Naylor  England DF1970–19803014
Ralph Coates  England MF1971–19772482342
Barry Daines  England GK1971–19811730
John Duncan  Scotland FW1974–197812062
Keith Osgood  England CB1974–197812714
Chris Jones  Jersey FW1974–198218542
Don McAllister  England DF1975–198120210
Glenn Hoddle  England MF1975–19874901104453
Gerry Armstrong  Northern Ireland FW1976–198098162763
Peter Taylor  England LW1976–198014033
Jimmy Holmes  Ireland LB1977–19819221330
Ricardo Villa  Argentina MF1978–198317925?25
John Lacy  England CB1978–19831523
Ossie Ardiles  Argentina MF1978–1982
1983–1988
31125?53
Terry Yorath  Wales MF1979–1981621659
Mark Falco  England FW1979–198623689
Tony Galvin  Ireland MF1979–1987273311929
Paul Miller  England DF1979–198728510
Chris Hughton  Ireland FB1979–1990398194453
Steve Archibald  Scotland FW1980–1984189771927
Garth Crooks  England FW1980–198518275
Graham Roberts  England CD1980–19862873566
Tony Parks  England GK1980–198837000[22]
Micky Hazard  England MF1980–1985
1993–1995
17025
Paul Price  Wales CD1981–19846201225
Ray Clemence  England GK1981–19873300561
Gary Mabbutt  England DF1982–1998611381616[23]
Gary Stevens  England DF1983–1987200877
Danny Thomas  England DF1983–1987116102
John Chiedozie  Nigeria RW1984–1986751429
Clive Allen  England FW1984–198813584[24]55
Chris Waddle  England LW1985–1989173423662
Paul Allen  England MF1985–199337028
Richard Gough  Scotland DF1986–1987652761
Nico Claesen  Belgium FW1986–198863231036
Steve Hodge  England MF1986–1988549424
Mitchell Thomas  England FB1986–19911576
Vinny Samways  England MF1987–199424717
Paul Gascoigne  England MF1988–1991112332057
Paul Stewart  England FW1988–19921713733
Paul Walsh  England FW1988–19921562105
Terry Fenwick  England DF1988–199311810120
Guðni Bergsson  Iceland DF1988–19948623480
Erik Thorstvedt  Norway GK1988–199621804597
David Howells  England MF1988–199833527
Gary Lineker  England FW1989–1992106672180
Pat Van Den Hauwe  Wales DF1989–19931450013
Nayim  Spain MF1989–199314418
Steve Sedgley  England CB1989–199421111
Justin Edinburgh  England FB1990–20002761
Gordon Durie  Scotland FW1991–199378171143
Ian Walker  England GK1991–2001313034
Nicky Barmby  England FW1992–199510827223
Dean Austin  England FB1992–19971500
Sol Campbell  England CB1992–2001315154073[25]
Teddy Sheringham  England FW1992–1997
2001–2003
2771252151
Darren Anderton  England RW1992–2004358483030
Colin Calderwood  Scotland DF1993–199919973236
Stephen Carr  Ireland RB1993–200427082744
Ronnie Rosenthal  Israel FW1994–1997100111960
Jürgen Klinsmann  Germany FW1994–1995
1997–1998
683810108
Ruel Fox  Montserrat RW1995–20001291502
Chris Armstrong  England FW1995–200217362
Andy Sinton  England MF1996–19991007012
Allan Nielsen  Denmark MF1996–200011518744
Steffen Iversen  Norway FW1996–2003176473479
David Ginola  France LW1997–200012722017
Stephen Clemence  England MF1997–20031093
Les Ferdinand  England FW1997–200314939417
Øyvind Leonhardsen  Norway MF1999–200272111886
Steffen Freund  Germany MF1999–20031310021
Chris Perry  England DF1999–20031464
Tim Sherwood  England MF1999–20031181633
Mauricio Taricco  Argentina DF1999–20041562
Ledley King  England CB1999–2012318122121[26]
Neil Sullivan  Scotland GK2000–20038101328
Gary Doherty  Ireland CB2000–20047782434
Sergei Rebrov  Ukraine FW2000–200476132975
Simon Davies  Wales MF2000–2005146182458
Anthony Gardner  England CB2000–2008144311
Gus Poyet  Uruguay MF2001–20049823026
Christian Ziege  Germany FB2001–200455101372
Kasey Keller  United States GK2001–200585025102
Jamie Redknapp  England MF2002–2005494017[27]
Robbie Keane  Ireland FW2002–2008
2009–2011
30612251146
Frédéric Kanouté  Mali FW2003–200573211139
Michael Carrick  England MF2004–2006752534
Paul Robinson  England GK2004–200817513741
Jermain Defoe  England FW2004–2008
2009–2014
3631434557
Mido  Egypt FW2005–200763201351
Teemu Tainio  Finland MF2005–20088331164
Lee Young-pyo  South Korea LB2005–200893030127
Tom Huddlestone  England MF2005–20132091533
Jermaine Jenas  England MF2005–201320226921
Michael Dawson  England CB2005–20143241044
Aaron Lennon  England RW2005–2015364302121
Dimitar Berbatov  Bulgaria FW2006–2008102461778
Pascal Chimbonda  France RB2006–2008
2009–2009
103401
Didier Zokora  Ivory Coast MF2006–2009134022123
Benoît Assou-Ekotto  Cameroon LB2006–201520041924
Darren Bent  England FW2007–20097925213
Gareth Bale*  Wales LW2007–2013
2020–present
214593685[28]
Younès Kaboul  France DF2007–2008
2010–2015
153846
Alan Hutton  Scotland RB2008–20116621150
Jonathan Woodgate  England CB2008–201165328
Vedran Ćorluka  Croatia DF2008–2012109111103
Niko Kranjčar  Croatia MF2008–20127111681
Luka Modrić  Croatia MF2008–20121591721120
Roman Pavlyuchenko  Russia FW2008–2012113421151
David Bentley  England RW2008–201362517
Heurelho Gomes  Brazil GK2008–20141300211
Andros Townsend  England RW2008–201693111013
Ryan Mason  England MF2008–201670411
Peter Crouch  England FW2009–20119324842
Wilson Palacios  Honduras MF2009–20118611597
Sébastien Bassong  Cameroon CB2009–20127131318
Kyle Walker  England RB2010–201722842546
Rafael van der Vaart  Netherlands MF2010–2012782813109
Sandro  Brazil MF2010–20149631517
Danny Rose*  England LB2010–present214102626
Scott Parker  England MF2011–20136301518
Emmanuel Adebayor  Togo FW2011–2015113421487
Harry Kane*  England FW2011–present3122053737
Gylfi Sigurðsson  Iceland MF2012–201483131566
Mousa Dembélé  Belgium MF2012–2018249104282
Hugo Lloris*  France GK2012–present346072110
Jan Vertonghen  Belgium CB2012–20203151480118
Harry Winks*  England MF2013–present159366
Paulinho  Brazil MF2013–201567101456
Christian Eriksen  Denmark MF2013–2020304694987
Nabil Bentaleb  Algeria MF2013–20166611935
Nacer Chadli  Belgium MF2013–2016119251856
Roberto Soldado  Spain FW2013–20157616112
Erik Lamela*  Argentina MF2013–present234352124
Eric Dier*  England MF2014–present261113939
Ben Davies*  Wales LB2014–present21353444
Toby Alderweireld*  Belgium CB2015–present21694390
Dele Alli*  England MF2015–present233643535
Son Heung-min*  South Korea FW2015–present2541012872
Kieran Trippier  England FB2015–201911421616
Moussa Sissoko*  France MF2016–present18351256
Victor Wanyama  Kenya MF2016–2020977752
Davinson Sánchez*  Colombia DF2017–present13211719
Serge Aurier*  Ivory Coast RB2017–present9671858
Lucas Moura*  Brazil MF2018–present13228135
Giovani Lo Celso*  Argentina MF2019–present567421
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg  Denmark DM 2020-present
  • Players correct up to the 2020 summer transfer window. Premier League and International statistics correct up to 13 May 2019


Club captains

Dates Captain
1882–1883 Bobby Buckle [29]
1884–1896 Jack Jull [30]
1897–1904 Jack L. Jones [31]
1904–1907 Sandy Tait
1907–1908 Walter Bull [32]
1908–1912 Danny Steel [33]
1912–1914 Tom Collins [34]
1919 Billy Minter [35]
1919-1920 Thomas Clay [36]
1920–1929 Arthur Grimsdell [37]
1929–1930 Cecil Poynton [38]
1930–1932 Tommy Meads
1932–1933 Billy Felton [39]
1933–1935 Arthur Rowe [40]
1935–1936 Les Howe
1936–1937 Bill Whatley
1937–1939 Willie Hall
1946–1954 Ron Burgess [41]
1954–1955 Alf Ramsey [42]
1955–1956 Danny Blanchflower [43]
1956–1957 Tony Marchi
1957–1958 John Ryden
1958–1959 Bobby Smith [44]
1959–1964 Danny Blanchflower [45]
1964–1968 Dave Mackay [46]
1968–1972 Alan Mullery [47]
1972–1975 Martin Peters
1975–1986 Steve Perryman [48]
1986 Stephen Clemence
1987 Richard Gough[49]
1987–1998 Gary Mabbutt[50]
1998–2001 Sol Campbell
2001–2003 Teddy Sheringham
2003–2005 Jamie Redknapp
2005–2012 Ledley King
2012–2014 Michael Dawson
2014–2015 Younès Kaboul
2015–present Hugo Lloris

Notes

  1. "GREAT PLAYERS". www.tottenhamhotspur.com. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  2. "HALL OF FAME - 41 LEGENDS". Tottenham Hotspur. 20 November 2014.
  3. "ROBERTS AND MILLER SET FOR HALL OF FAME". tottenhamhotspur.com. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  4. 'Founding player of Hotspur F.C "A Romance of Football p8" Retrieved March 23, 2008
  5. Founding player of Hotspur F.C. "A Romance of Football p8" Retrieved March 23, 2008
  6. FA Cup Winners 1901 Reported on www.mehst.com
  7. FA Cup Winners 1921 Reported on www.mehst.com
  8. First Division Champions 1951 Reported on Jim Duggan's www.topspurs.com
  9. First Division Champions 1961 Reported on Jim Duggan's www.topspurs.com
  10. FA Cup Winners 1961 Reported on www.mehst.com
  11. FA Cup Winners 1962 Reported on www.mehst.com
  12. European Cup Winners Cup 1963 Reported on www.mehst.com
  13. FA Cup Winners 1967 Archived 2008-07-20 at the Wayback Machine Reported on www.mehst.com
  14. Club Record - Most goals for club (266) 1961/70 Reported on THFC official Site "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2009-11-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. League Cup Winners 1971 Reported on THFC Official website
  16. UEFA Cup Winners 1972 Reported on www.mehst.com
  17. Club Record - Most appearances for club (854) 1969/86 Reported on THFC official Site
  18. FA Cup Winners 1981 Reported on www.mehst.com
  19. FA Cup Winners 1982 Reported on www.mehst.com
  20. UEFA Cup Winners 1984 Reported on www.mehst.com
  21. League Cup Winners 1972 Reported on www.THFC Official Website
  22. "Hero" of UEFA Cup Final 1984 Reported on BBC website
  23. FA Cup Winners 1991 Reported on www.mehst.com
  24. Club Record - Most goals (49) in one season 1986/87 Reported on THFC official Site
  25. League Cup Winners 1999 Reported on www.mehst.com
  26. League Cup Winners 2008 Reported on www.mehst.com
  27. "Redknapps set to link up at Spurs". 12 May 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  28. "Gareth Bale joins Real Madrid from Spurs in £85m world record deal". BBC Sport. 1 September 2013.
  29. Duggan, Jim (2012). The Glory of Spurs. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xvbkDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false.
  30. Duggan, Jim (2012). The Glory of Spurs.
  31. Duggan, Jim (2012). The Glory of Spurs.
  32. https://mehstg.co.uk/wp/thfc1907_08-2/
  33. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/onlyinbritain/tottenham-hotspur-football-club.jpg
  34. http://bellewaarde1915.co.uk/men/sgt
  35. https://www.spursodyssey.com/1920/giller_311.html
  36. http://archive.mehstg.com/fact_clay_tommy.htm
  37. http://archive.mehstg.com/fact_grimsdell.htm
  38. https://brownhillsbob.com/2013/09/15/from-brownhills-to-tottenham/
  39. Graham Betts (2006). England: Player by player. Green Umbrella Publishing. p. 99. ISBN 1-905009-63-1.
  40. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-arthur-rowe-1503440.html
  41. https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news-archive-1/obituary-ron-burgess/
  42. https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news-archive-1/class-of-51-alf-ramsey/
  43. http://spursforlife.com/the-double-1960-61/
  44. https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news-archive-1/obituary-bobby-smith/
  45. http://spursforlife.com/the-double-1960-61/
  46. Duggan, Jim (2012). The Glory of Spurs.
  47. Duggan, Jim (2012). The Glory of Spurs.
  48. Duggan, Jim (2012). The Glory of Spurs.
  49. https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2018/august/catching-up-with-richard-gough/
  50. Duggan, Jim (2012). The Glory of Spurs.

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