Image by Didgeman on Pixabay · Pixabay License
John Toshack
Sign in to saveWelsh footballer and manager (born 1949)
Key facts
- 1994
- Wales
- 1999
- Real Madrid
- 2000
- Saint-Étienne
- 2004
- Real Murcia
- 2013
- Khazar Lankaran
- 2018
- Tractor
- Full name
- John Benjamin Toshack
- Date of birth
- ( 1949-03-22 ) 22 March 1949 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Cardiff , Wales
- Height
- 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
- Position
- Striker
- Years
- Team
- 1965 1970
- Cardiff City
- 1970 1978
- Liverpool
- 1978 1984
- Swansea City
- 1968 1969
- Wales Under-23
- 1969 1980
- Wales
- 1978 1983
- Swansea City
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Cardiff
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Wales men's national association football team
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- Wales
- Image
- John Toshack 2011.jpg
- Height
- 185
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- John Toshack
- date of birth
- 1949-03-22
- coach of sports team
- Swansea City A.F.C.
- P12749
- Creuse
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
~30 min read
Encyclopedic overview
John Benjamin Toshack MBE (born 22 March 1949) is a Welsh former professional football player and manager.
He began his playing career as a teenager with his hometown club Cardiff City, becoming the youngest player to make an appearance for the side when he made his debut in 1965. After establishing himself in the first-team, he went on to make over 200 appearances and scored 100 goals in all competitions after forming a striking partnership with Brian Clark.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Toshack” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.