This article is about the England international footballer. For other people, see Trevor Francis (disambiguation).
Trevor Francis
Francis in Amsterdam, 1980
Personal information
Full name
Trevor John Francis
Date of birth
(1954-04-19)19 April 1954
Place of birth
Plymouth, England
Date of death
24 July 2023(2023-07-24) (aged 69)
Place of death
Marbella, Spain
Height
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s)
Forward
Youth career
1969–1970
Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1970–1979
Birmingham City
280
(118)
1978
→ Detroit Express (loan)
19
(22)
1979–1981
Nottingham Forest
70
(28)
1979
→ Detroit Express (loan)
14
(14)
1981–1982
Manchester City
26
(12)
1982–1986
Sampdoria
67
(17)
1986–1987
Atalanta
21
(1)
1987–1988
Rangers
18
(1)
1988–1990
Queens Park Rangers
32
(12)
1988
→ Wollongong City (loan)
3
(2)
1990–1994
Sheffield Wednesday
76
(5)
Total
626
(231)
International career
1977–1986
England[2]
52
(12)
Managerial career
1988–1989
Queens Park Rangers
1991–1995
Sheffield Wednesday
1996–2001
Birmingham City
2001–2003
Crystal Palace
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Trevor John Francis (19 April 1954 – 24 July 2023) was an English footballer who played as a forward for a number of clubs in England, the United States, Italy, Scotland and Australia. In 1979 he became Britain's first £1 million player following his transfer from Birmingham City to Nottingham Forest. He scored the winning goal for Forest in the 1979 European Cup final against Malmö. He won the European Cup again with the club the following year.[3] At international level, he played for England 52 times between 1976 and 1986, scoring 12 goals, and played at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
Between 1988 and 2003, Francis was manager of Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield Wednesday, Birmingham City and Crystal Palace.
^"Trevor Francis: Profile". worldfootball.net. Heim:Spiel Medien. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
^Arnhold, Matthias (11 February 2006). "Trevor John Francis – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 24 July 2018.
^Cite error: The named reference European Cup was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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