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David Platt
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English footballer and manager (born 1966)
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- Works
- 120
Top works
- How to Read the Bible
- Expected One, Revised and Updated
- Matthew
- Adventures of Scrappy the Cat
- A Compassionate Call to Counter Culture in a World of Unreached People Groups
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Key facts
- 1988
- England U21
- 2015
- Pune City
- Full name
- David Andrew Platt
- Date of birth
- ( 1966-06-10 ) 10 June 1966 (age 60)
- Place of birth
- Chadderton , Lancashire , England
- Height
- 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
- Position
- Midfielder
- 0000 1982
- Chadderton
- 1982 1985
- Manchester United
- Years
- Team
- 1985 1988
- Crewe Alexandra
- 1988 1991
- Aston Villa
- 1991 1992
- Bari
- 1992 1993
- Juventus
- 1993 1995
- Sampdoria
- 1995 1998
- Arsenal
- 1999 2001
- Nottingham Forest
- 1989 1996
- England B
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Midfielder
- Nationality
- England
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Andrew
- Family name
- Platt
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Chadderton
- Occupation
- sports commentator
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 1990 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- England men's national association football team
- Position played
- midfielder
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- England
- Mass
- 72
- Image
- DavidPlatt.jpg
- Height
- 180
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- Commons category
- David Platt (association football player)
- date of birth
- 1966-06-10
- different from
- David Platt
- birth name
- David Andrew Platt
- coach of sports team
- Nottingham Forest F.C.
- start of work period
- 1985-00-00
- name in native language
- David Platt
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Encyclopedic overview
David Andrew Platt (born 10 June 1966) is an English retired football coach and player who played as a midfielder.
Born in Chadderton, Lancashire, Platt began his career as an apprentice at Manchester United before moving to Crewe Alexandra, where he began building a reputation as a goal-scoring midfielder. At the age of 22, he signed for Aston Villa and gained the attention of the England manager Bobby Robson, with whom he soon made his debut. At the 1990 World Cup, Platt increased his reputation with his performances, and by scoring goals with his head and feet. According to Rob Bagchi in The Guardian, Platt "seized Bryan Robson's role with riveting aplomb." His performances in the World Cup earned him a move to Serie A club Bari in 1991.
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