Ledley King

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Ledley King
King in 2008
Personal information
Full name Ledley Brenton King[1]
Date of birth (1980-10-12) 12 October 1980 (age 43)[1]
Place of birth Bow, England[2]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
Tottenham Hotspur (club ambassador)
Youth career
0000–1996 Senrab
1996–1999 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2012 Tottenham Hotspur 268 (10)
National team
1996–1997 England U16 5 (0)
1999 England U18 3 (0)
1999–2001 England U21 12 (1)
2002–2010 England 21 (2)
Teams managed
2020–2021 Tottenham Hotspur (assistant coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ledley King (born 12 October 1980) is an English football player. He played for Tottenham Hotspur.

Career statistics[change | change source]

Club[change | change source]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[4]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tottenham Hotspur 1998–99 Premier League 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1999–2000 Premier League 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2000–01 Premier League 18 1 5 1 0 0 23 2
2001–02 Premier League 32 0 3 0 7 1 42 1
2002–03 Premier League 25 0 1 0 0 0 26 0
2003–04 Premier League 29 1 3 1 3 0 35 2
2004–05 Premier League 38 2 5 1 4 0 47 3
2005–06 Premier League 26 3 0 0 1 0 27 3
2006–07 Premier League 21 0 0 0 0 0 6[a] 0 27 0
2007–08 Premier League 4 0 1 0 3 0 2[a] 0 10 0
2008–09 Premier League 24 1 0 0 2 0 3[a] 0 29 1
2009–10 Premier League 20 2 1 0 0 0 21 2
2010–11 Premier League 6 0 0 0 0 0 3[b] 0 9 0
2011–12 Premier League 21 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
Career total 268 10 21 3 20 1 14 0 323 14
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International[change | change source]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
England[5] 2002 1 0
2003 1 0
2004 9 1
2005 4 0
2006 2 0
2007 2 0
2008 0 0
2009 0 0
2010 2 1
Total 21 2
Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each King goal.
List of international goals scored by Ledley King[6][7][8]
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 18 February 2004 Estádio Algarve, Algarve, Portugal 3  Portugal 1–0 1–1 Friendly
2 24 May 2010 Wembley Stadium, London, England 20  Mexico 1–0 3–1 Friendly

Honours[change | change source]

Tottenham Hotspur

Individual

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 350. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
  2. Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline Publishing Group. p. 543. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
  3. Ledley King at Soccerbase Edit this at Wikidata
  4. "Ledley King". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  5. "Ledley King". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  6. Sven Goran Eriksen's recordThe FA, 3 July 2006
  7. Rivals content with close contest – UEFA.com, 18 February 2004
  8. Portugal 1–1 England – BBC, 18 February 2004
  9. "Ledley King: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 28 September 2018.