Peter Shilton

Peter Shilton
OBE
	Shilton in December 2008
Personal information
Full name	Peter Leslie Shilton
Date of birth	18 September 1949 (age 72)
Place of birth	Leicester, England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1963–1966	Leicester City
Senior career*
Years	Team
1966–1974	Leicester City
1974–1977	Stoke City
1977–1982	Nottingham Forest
1982–1987	Southampton
1987–1992	Derby County
1992–1995	Plymouth Argyle
1995	Wimbledon
1995	Bolton Wanderers
1995–1996	Coventry City
1996	West Ham United
1996–1997	Leyton Orient
Total
National team
1968–1972	England U23
1970–1990	England
Teams managed
1992–1995	Plymouth Argyle
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Peter Leslie Shilton OBE (born 18 September 1949) is an English former footballer. He has played for England national team. He has 125 caps for the England national team. This is more than any other player.

Shilton was a contestant in the 2010 series of Strictly Come Dancing.

Shilton remains England’s most capped player and the world record holder having played the most competitive games.

Peter and his wife Steph Shilton run a successful consulting company.

Club career statistics[change | change source]

Leicester City

Nottingham Forest

England

IOC European Footballer of the Season: 1979–80^[5]
PFA First Division Team of the Year: 1974–75, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86
PFA Team of the Century (1977–1996): 2007^[6]
PFA Players' Player of the Year: 1977–78^[7]
Nottingham Forest Player of the Season: 1981–82
Southampton Player of the Season: 1984–85, 1985–86
FWA Tribute Award: 1991
English Football Hall of Fame: Inducted 2002
Football League 100 Legends

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↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Peter Shilton". www.national-football-teams.com.
↑ "Peter Leslie Shilton - International Appearances". www.rsssf.com.
↑ Anatolii Skorobahatko (25 August 2015). "Best European footballers by season" (PDF). Ukrainian Football. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017. (ukr.)
↑ "Team of the Century: 1977-1996 - Souness, Robson & Hoddle...not a bad midfield trio!". GiveMeFootball.com. Give Me Football. 30 August 2007. Archived from the original on 22 October 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
↑ Seb Stafford-Bloor (16 April 2015). "De Gea's saves may well catch the eye, but there's so much more to his triumphant rise". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 28 January 2018.