Gary Lineker

Gary Lineker (born 30 November 1960) is an English retired footballer. He has played for the English national team. He scored 48 goals for the English national team. He then went on television on the BBC on Match of the Day. He was the highest paid presenter at the BBC. In 2020 he was paid £1.75 million.^[2]

Gary Lineker
OBE

Lineker in 2021
Personal information
Birth name	Gary Winston Lineker[1]
Date of birth	(1960-11-30) 30 November 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth	Leicester, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.77 m)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1976–1978	Leicester City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978–1985	Leicester City	194	(95)
1985–1986	Everton	41	(30)
1986–1989	Barcelona	103	(42)
1989–1992	Tottenham Hotspur	105	(67)
1992–1994	Nagoya Grampus	18	(4)
Total		461	(238)
National team
1984	England B	1	(0)
1984–1992	England	80	(48)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

In March 2023 he tweeted about the proposed Illegal Migration Bill: "This is just an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the '30s, and I'm out of order?". The BBC wanted him to apologise for making a political comment, but he wouldnt. They then took him off Match of the Day. The other people from the show all supported him.^[3] So did many other sport presenters.^[4]