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David James	Liverpool FC, Aston Villa FC, West Ham United FC, Manchester City FC, Portsmouth FC 53 appearances, 46 goals against 21 clean sheets, one penalty shoot-out, seven penalties against (five conceded) P 53 W 29 D 11 L 13 F 100: A 58 (actual F 75: A 46) 65%* successful 1997-2010 disciplined: 4 captain: none minutes played: 3846

Profile
Full name	David Benjamin James MBE	(*Actual for and against are the goals scored while the player was on the field.)
Born	1 August 1970 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire [registered in Hatfield, September 1970]. Attended Ryde School, Hatfield and Sir John Newsome's School, Welwyn Garden City.
Married	To Tanya S. Frayne [registered in South Glamorgan, Glamorganshire, June 1992], four children.
Height/Weight	6'5", 14st. 5lbs. [1998 & 2004]
Source	Barry Hugman's PFA Yearbook [various years] & FindMyPast.com.
Biographies	x
	x. - A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999).
Club Career
Club(s) 5th MOST PL APPS 572 2nd MOST PL CLEAN SHEETS 169	Began as a Watford FC trainee, signing professionally on his eighteenth birthday. Soon made a name for himself, and after 89 league matches, he was signed by Liverpool FC on 6 July 1992 for £1m. He would go on to play 314 Premier League matches with The Reds before joining Aston Villa FC on 17 June 1999 for £1.8m. Another 67 Premier League matches followed. West Ham United FC then signed the England number one on 17 July 2001 for £3½m, and although The Hammers dropped out of the Premier League, James played 91 league matches for them, before Manchester City FC signed him on 14 January 2004 for £1.3m plus a player, he played 93 Premier League matches. On 12 August 2006, James signed for Portsmouth FC for a £1.2m fee, and after 134 Premier League matches, left at the end of his contract, and joined Bristol City FC on 30 July 2010. He was released on 1 May 2012 after 81 league appearances. He was released after amassing an incredible 769 league appearances. On 28 September 2012, he signed with AFC Bournemouth until the end of the season.
Club honours	FA Youth Cup winner 1988-89; Football League Cup winner 1994-95; FA Cup winner 2007-08;
Individual honours	PFA Division Two Team of the Year 1991-92; Premier League Team of the Year 1995-96, 2007-08;
Distinctions	None
Source	Barry Hugman's PFA Yearbook [various years].
England Career
Player number	1080th player to appear for England. 99th goalkeeper to appear.
BME number	The 32nd BME player at Senior level, the first and only goalkeeper. The first new BME player under Glenn Hoddle.
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
First match	No. 731, 29 March 1997, England 2 Mexico 0, a friendly match at Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 26 years 240 days.
Last match	No. 888, 27 June 2010, Germany 4 England 1, a World Cup Finals second phase match at Vodacom Park, Willows, Bloemfontein, Manguang, South Africa, aged 39 years 330 days.
Major tournaments	European Championship Finals 2004; World Cup Finals 2006, 2010;
Team honours	Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon (U21) Champions 1991;
Individual honours	England B (two appearances), England U21 (ten appearances); Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon (U21) Goalkeeper of the Tournament 1991;
Distinctions	The ninth Hertfordshirian to represent England.
Beyond England
Released by his final club, Bristol City FC in the summer of 2012, whereupon James took up various media work for the duration of Euro 2012 tournament. - Various Media

David James - Career Statistics

Squads

Apps

Comp
Apps

Starts

Sub on

Sub
off

Mins.

GA Av.
min

Comp GA

Clean
Sheets

Cln
Sht Av

Capt.

Disc.

96+

3846

84 min

65%

none

minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.

David James - Match Record - All Matches
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
Home	24	15	4	5	54	23	+31	1	9	2.25	0.958	70.8	+10
Away	19	9	4	6	27	20	+7	6	4	1.421	1.053	57.9	+3
Neutral	10	5	3	2	19	15	+4	1	3	1.90	1.50	65.0	+3
All	53	29	11	13	100	58	+42	8	16	1.887	1.094	65.1	+16

David James - Match Record - By Colour of Shirt
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Blue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yellow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Black	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All	53	29	11	13	100	58	+42	8	16	1.887	1.094	65.1	+16

David James - Match Record - By Type of Match
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
*WCP*	7	5	1	1	18	7	+11	1	1	2.571	1.00	78.6	+4
*WCF*	3	1	1	1	2	4	-2	1	2	0.667	1.333	50.0	=0
World Cup	10	6	2	2	20	11	+9	2	3	2.00	1.10	70.0	+4
*ECP*	6	5	1	0	10	2	+8	1	4	1.667	0.333	91.7	+5
*ECF*	4	2	1	1	10	6	+4	0	1	2.50	1.50	62.5	+1
European Championship	10	7	2	1	20	8	+12	1	5	2.00	0.80	80.0	+6
Minor Tournament	1	0	1	0	1	1	=0	0	0	1.00	1.00	50.0	=0
Friendly	32	16	6	10	59	38	+21	5	8	1.844	1.188	59.4	+6
All	53	29	11	13	100	58	+42	8	16	1.887	1.094	65.1	+16

David James - Match Record - Tournament Matches
World Cup Preliminary Competition
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
WCP 2004-06	1	0	1	0	2	2	=0	0	0	2.00	2.00	50.0	=0
WCP 2008-10	6	5	0	1	16	5	+11	1	1	2.667	0.833	83.3	+4
WCP All	7	5	1	1	18	7	+11	1	1	2.571	1.00	78.6	+4
World Cup Final Tournaments
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
WCF 2010	3	1	1	1	2	4	-2	1	2	0.667	1.333	50.0	=0
WCF All	3	1	1	1	2	4	-2	1	2	0.667	1.333	50.0	=0
World Cup
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
WC 2004-06	1	0	1	0	2	2	=0	0	0	2.00	2.00	50.0	=0
WC 2008-10	9	6	1	2	18	9	+9	2	3	2.00	1.00	72.2	+4
WC All	10	6	2	2	20	11	+9	2	3	2.00	1.10	70.0	+4
European Championship Preliminary Competition
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
ECP 2002-04	6	5	1	0	10	2	+8	1	4	1.667	0.333	91.7	+5
ECP All	6	5	1	0	10	2	+8	1	4	1.667	0.333	91.7	+5
European Championship Final Tournaments
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
ECF 2004	4	2	1	1	10	6	+4	0	1	2.50	1.50	62.5	+1
ECF All	4	2	1	1	10	6	+4	0	1	2.50	1.50	62.5	+1
European Championship
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
EC 2002-04	10	7	2	1	20	8	+12	1	5	2.00	0.80	80.0	+6
EC All	10	7	2	1	20	8	+12	1	5	2.00	0.80	80.0	+6
Minor Tournaments/Competition
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
FA Summer 2006	1	0	1	0	1	1	=0	0	0	1.00	1.00	50.0	=0
TC All	1	0	1	0	1	1	=0	0	0	1.00	1.00	50.0	=0
All Competition
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
WC	10	6	2	2	20	11	+9	2	3	2.00	1.10	70.0	+4
EC	10	7	2	1	20	8	+12	1	5	2.00	0.80	80.0	+6
TC	1	0	1	0	1	1	=0	0	0	1.00	1.00	50.0	=0
All	21	13	5	3	41	20	+21	3	8	1.952	0.952	73.8	+10

David James - Match History

Club: Liverpool F.C. - 1 full cap
Coach: Glenn Hoddle - 1 full capx

Age 26

- 730 12 February 1997 - England 0 Italy 1, Wembley Stadium, Wembley WCP HL unused sub 13

1 731 29 March 1997 - England 2 Mexico 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley Fr HW Start 1

Club: Aston Villa F.C. - 3 full appearances
Coach: Kevin Keegan - 0 full capsx

Age 29

- 766 27 May 2000 - England 1 Brazil 1, Wembley Stadium, Wembley Fr HD squad member

- 767 31 May 2000 - England 2 Ukraine 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley Fr HW

On May 15, Kevin Keegan named a 28-man squad for two Wembley friendlies against Brazil and Ukraine. A final squad of 22 was announced on May 28, before England defeated Ukraine. Four more players missed out including David James.

Age 30

- 772 2 September 2000 - France 1 England 1, Stade de France, Saint-Denis Fr AD unused sub 22

- 773 7 October 2000 - England 0 Germany 1, Wembley Stadium, Wembley ECP HL squad member

Coach: Howard Wilkinson - 0 full capsx

- 774 11 October 2000 - Finland 0 England 0, Olympiastadion, Helsinki ECP AD squad member

Coach: Peter Taylor - 1 full capx

2 775 15 November 2000 - Italy 1 England 0, Stadio delle Alpi, Torino Fr AL Start 1

Coach: Sven Göran-Eriksson - 32 full capsx

3 776 28 February 2001 - England 3 Spain 0, Villa Park, Birmingham Fr HW Start off ht 1

1-0 when substituted

- 777 24 March 2001 - England 2 Finland 1, Anfield Road, Liverpool ECP HW squad member

- 778 28 March 2001 - Albania 1 England 3, Stadiumi Kombetar, Tiranë ECP AW

4 779 25 May 2001 - England 4 Mexico 0, Pride Park Stadium, Derby Fr HW sub ht 65 22

3-0 when substituting

- 780 6 June 2001 - Greece 0 England 2, Olympiakó Stádio Spiros Louis, Athína ECP AW squad member

Club: West Ham United FC - 17 full appearances

Age 31

5 781 15 August 2001 - England 0 Netherlands 2, White Hart Lane, Tottenham Fr HL sub ht off 48 13

0-2 when substituting
0-2 when substituted

6 786 13 February 2002 - Netherlands 1 England 1, Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Fr AD sub ht 13

1-0 when substituting

7 787 27 March 2002 - England 1 Italy 2, Elland Road, Leeds Fr HL sub ht
9192 13

0-0 when substituting

- 788 17 April 2002 - England 4 Paraguay 0, Anfield Road, Liverpool Fr HW unused sub 22

8 789 21 May 2002 - Korea Republic 1 England 1, Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo-si Fr AD sub ht 22

0-1 when substituting

9 790 26 May 2002 - Cameroon 2 England 2, Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe City Fr ND sub ht 22

1-1 when substituting

- 791 2 June 2002 - England 1 Sweden 1, Saitama Sutajiamu Niimarumarunii, Saitama-shi WCF ND unused sub 22

- 792 7 June 2002 - Argentina 0 England 1, Sapporo Dōmu, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo-shi NW

- 793 12 June 2002 - Nigeria 0 England 0, Ōsaka-shi Nagai Rikujō Kyōgijō, Ōsaka-shi ND

- 794 15 June 2002 - Denmark 0 England 3, Niigata Sutajiamu, Niigata-shi NW

- 795 21 June 2002 - England 1 Brazil 2, Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa, Fukuroi-shi NL

Age 32

10 796 7 September 2002 - England 1 Portugal 1, Villa Park, Birmingham Fr HD Start 1

- 797 12 October 2002 - Slovakia 1 England 2, Tehelné pole, Bratislava ECP AW unused sub 13

- 798 16 October 2002 - England 2 FYR Macedonia 2, The Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium, Southampton HD unused sub 13

11 799 12 February 2003 - England 1 Australia 3, Boleyn Ground, Upton Park Fr HL Start off ht 1

0-2 when substituted

12 800 29 March 2003 - Liechtenstein 0 England 2, Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz ECP AW Start 1

13 801 2 April 2003 - England 2 Turkey 0, Stadium of Light, Sunderland HW Start 1

14 802 22 May 2003 - South Africa 1 England 2, ABSA Stadium, Durban Fr AW Start 18 off ht 1

1-1 when substituted

15 803 3 June 2003 - England 2 Serbia & Montenegro 1, Walkers Stadium, Leicester Fr HW Start 1

16 804 11 June 2003 - England 2 Slovakia 1, The Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough ECP HW Start 1

Age 33

17 805 20 August 2003 - England 3 Croatia 1, Portman Road, Ipswich Fr HW Start off ht 1

1-0 when substituted

18 806 6 September 2003 - FYR Macedonia 1 England 2, Gradski Stadion, Skopje ECP AW Start 1

19 807 10 September 2003 - England 2 Liechtenstein 0, Old Trafford, Manchester HW Start 1

20 808 11 October 2003 - Turkey 0 England 0, Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadyumu, İstanbul AD Start 1

21 809 16 November 2003 - England 2 Denmark 3, Old Trafford, Manchester Fr HL Start 13
30 off ht 1

2-2 when substituted

Club: Manchester City FC - 13 full appearances

22 810 18 February 2004 - Portugal 1 England 1, Estádio Algarve, Caliços Fr AD Start 1

23 811 31 March 2004 - Sweden 1 England 0, Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg Fr AL Start 1

24 812 1 June 2004 - England 1 Japan 1, City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester TC HW Start 1

- 813 5 June 2004 - England 6 Iceland 1, City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester HW unused sub 13

25 814 13 June 2004 - France 2 England 1, Estádio do SL e Benfica, Lisboa ECF NL Start
92 93 1

26 815 17 June 2004 - England 3 Switzerland 0, Estádio Municipal de Coimbra, Coimbra NW Start

27 816 21 June 2004 - Croatia 2 England 4, Estádio do SL e Benfica, Lisboa NW Start

28 817 24 June 2004 - Portugal 2 England 2, Estádio do SL e Benfica, Lisboa AD Start

Age 34

29 818 18 August 2004 - England 3 Ukraine 0, St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne Fr HW Start 1

30 819 4 September 2004 - Austria 2 England 2, Ernst Happel Stadion, Wien WCP AD Start 1

- 820 8 September 2004 - Poland 1 England 2, Stadion Śląski, Chorzów AW unused sub 13

- 821 9 October 2004 - England 2 Wales 0, Old Trafford, Manchester HW unused sub 13

- 822 13 October 2004 - Azerbaijan 0 England 1, Tofiq Bəhramov adına Respublika Stadionu, Baku AW unused sub 13

- 823 17 November 2004 - Spain 1 England 0, Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Fr AL unused sub 13

- 824 9 February 2005 - England 0 Netherlands 0, Villa Park, Birmingham Fr HD unused sub 13

- 825 26 March 2005 - England 4 Northern Ireland 0, Old Trafford, Manchester WCP HW unused sub 13

- 826 30 March 2005 - England 2 Azerbaijan 0, St. James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne HW unused sub 13

31 827 28 May 2005 - United States 1 England 2, Soldier Field, Chicago Fr AW Start 1

32 828 31 May 2005 - Colombia 2 England 3, Giants Stadium, East Rutherford Fr NW Start off ht 1

1-2 when substituted

Age 35

33 829 17 August 2005 - Denmark 4 England 1, Parken Stadion, Kobenhavn Fr AL sub ht 13

0-0 when substituting

- 834 12 November 2005 - Argentina 2 England 3, Stade de Genève, Genève Fr NW unused sub 13

- 835 1 March 2006 - England 2 Uruguay 1, Old Trafford, Manchester Fr HW unused sub 13

2 b 25 May 2006 - England B 1 Belarus 2, Madejski Stadium, Reading Fr HW Start off ht 1

- 836 30 May 2006 - England 3 Hungary 1, Old Trafford, Manchester Fr HW unused sub 13

34 837 3 June 2006 - England 6 Jamaica 0, Old Trafford, Manchester Fr HW sub ht 13

4-0 when substituting

- 838 10 June 2006 - England 1 Paraguay 0, Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt WCF NW unused sub 13

- 839 15 June 2006 - England 2 Trinidad & Tobago 0, Frankenstadion, Nürnberg NW

- 840 20 June 2006 - Sweden 2 England 2, Rhein Energy Stadion, Köln ND

- 841 25 June 2006 - England 1 Ecuador 0, Gottlieb Daimler Stadion, Stuttgart NW

- 842 1 July 2006 - England 0 Portugal 0ᴭᵀ, Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen ND

Club: Portsmouth FC - 19 full appearances
Coach: Steve McClaren - 1 full capx

Age 37

35 854 22 August 2007 - England 1 Germany 2, The National Stadium, Wembley Fr AW sub ht 13

1-2 when substituting

- 855 8 September 2007 - England 3 Israel 0, The National Stadium, Wembley ECP HW unused sub 13

- 856 12 September 2007 - England 3 Russia 0, The National Stadium, Wembley HW unused sub 13

- 857 13 October 2007 - England 3 Estonia 0, The National Stadium, Wembley HW unused sub 13

- 858 17 October 2007 - Russia 2 England 1, Olimpiyskiy Kompleks Luzhniki Stadion, Moskva AL unused sub 13

- 859 16 November 2007 - Austria 0 England 1, Ernst-Happel Stadion, Wien Fr AW unused sub 13

- 860 21 November 2007 - England 2 Croatia 3, The National Stadium, Wembley ECP HL unused sub 13

manager: Fabio Capello - 18 full capsx

36 861 6 February 2008 - England 2 Switzerland 1, The National Stadium, Wembley Fr HW Start 1

37 862 26 March 2008 - France 1 England 0, Stade de France, Saint-Denis Fr AL Start 32 1

38 863 28 May 2008 - England 2 United States 0, The National Stadium, Wembley Fr HW Start 1

39 864 1 June 2008 - Trinidad & Tobago 0 England 3, Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain Fr AW Start off ht 1

0-2 when substituted

Age 38

40 865 20 August 2008 - England 2 Czech Republic 2, The National Stadium, Wembley Fr HD Start 1

41 866 6 September 2008 - Andorra 0 England 2, Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona WCP AW Start 1

42 867 10 September 2008 - Croatia 1 England 4, Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb AW Start 1

43 868 11 October 2008 - England 5 Kazakhstan 1, The National Stadium, Wembley HW Start 1

44 869 15 October 2008 - Belarus 1 England 3, Dinamo Stadion, Minsk AW Start 28 1

45 870 19 November 2008 - Germany 1 England 2, Olympiastadion, Berlin Fr AW Start off ht 1

0-1 when substituted

46 871 11 February 2009 - Spain 2 England 0, Estádio Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán, Sevilla Fr AL Start off ht 1

1-0 when substituted

47 872 28 March 2009 - England 4 Slovakia 0, The National Stadium, Wembley Fr HW Start off ht 1

1-0 when substituted

48 873 1 April 2009 - England 2 Ukraine 1, The National Stadium, Wembley WCP HW Start 1

Age 39

49 879 10 October 2009 - Ukraine 1 England 0, Stadion Dnepr-Arena, Dnepropetrovsk WCP AL On 12 16 12

0-0 when replacing Green, who was sent off

- 880 14 October 2009 - England 3 Belarus 0, The National Stadium, Wembley HW squad member

- 882 3 March 2010 - England 3 Egypt 1, The National Stadium, Wembley Fr HW unused sub 12

- 883 24 May 2010 - England 3 Mexico 1, The National Stadium, Wembley Fr HW unused sub 24

50 884 30 May 2010 - Japan 1 England 2, UPC Arena, Graz Fr NW Start off ht 1

1-0 when substituted

- 885 12 June 2010 - England 1 United States 1, Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace, Rustenburg WCF ND unused sub 1

51 886 18 June 2010 - England 0 Algeria 0, Kaapstad-stadion, Kaapstad ND Start

52 887 23 June 2010 - Slovenia 0 England 1, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Die Baai NW Start

53 888 27 June 2010 - Germany 4 England 1, Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein NL Start

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