Terry Venables
Terence Frederick Venables (6 January 1943 – 25 November 2023), often referred to as El Tel, was an English football player and manager who played for clubs including Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Queens Park Rangers and won two caps for England.
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Venables in 1964 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Terence Frederick Venables | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 6 January 1943 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dagenham, Essex, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 25 November 2023 (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1958–1960 | Chelsea | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1960–1966 | Chelsea | 202 | (26) | ||||||||||||||
| 1966–1969 | Tottenham Hotspur | 115 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 1969–1974 | Queens Park Rangers | 177 | (19) | ||||||||||||||
| 1974–1975 | Crystal Palace | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 508 | (50) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| England Schoolboy | |||||||||||||||||
| England Youth | |||||||||||||||||
| 1960 | England Amateur | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1962–1964 | England U23 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1964 | England | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| The Football League XI | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1980 | Crystal Palace | ||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1984 | Queens Park Rangers | ||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1987 | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1991 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | England | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Crystal Palace | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Middlesbrough (joint with Bryan Robson) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Leeds United | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | England (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
As a manager, Venables won the Second Division championship with Crystal Palace in 1979. He reached the 1982 FA Cup Final with Queens Park Rangers and won the Second Division in 1983. With Barcelona, he won La Liga in 1985 and reached the 1986 European Cup Final. He guided Tottenham Hotspur to victory in the 1991 FA Cup Final. He also managed Middlesbrough and Leeds United.
As the England national team manager from 1994 to 1996, he reached the semi-finals of the 1996 European Championships. His tactical style was modern and innovative, which was a contrast to the rigid tactical style that dominated English football at the time. Venables also had good personal relationships with the squad. He managed Australia from 1996 to 1998.