David Seaman

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David Andrew Seaman, MBE ( bear 19 September 1963 ) is an english erstwhile football player who played as a goalkeeper. In a career lasting from 1981 to 2004, he is well known for his time playing for Arsenal. He won 75 caps for England, and is the country ‘s second-most capped goalkeeper, after Peter Shilton. [ 4 ] In 1997, he was awarded the MBE for services to football.

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The peak of Seaman ‘s career was during his period as Arsenal and England goalkeeper in the 1990s and early on 2000s. During his clock at Arsenal, he won three league championships ( 1991, 1998, 2002 ), four FA Cups ( 1993, 1998, 2002, 2003 ), the League Cup in 1993 and the european Cup Winners Cup in 1994. During this time he besides played for England in the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cups, and Euro 96 and Euro 2000. american samoa well as Arsenal, he besides played in the Premier League for Manchester City, american samoa well as making appearances in the Football League for Peterborough United, Birmingham City and Queens Park Rangers. His salvage from Paul Peschisolido of Sheffield United in the 2002–03 FA Cup semi-final was described in the media as one of the best always. noteworthy lows came with two costly errors, both from long-range efforts—conceding a last-minute goal in the 1995 UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup Final to Nayim of Real Zaragoza, and conceding to a Ronaldinho dislodge bang against Brazil in the 2002 FIFA World Cup quarter-final. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Seaman is left-handed, [ 12 ] but threw the ball with his properly arm [ 13 ] and kicked with his correct foot. He retired in 2004 due to a recurring shoulder injury. In June 2012, he was appointed goalkeeping coach of aggregate Counties League club Wembley .

Club career [edit ]

early career [edit ]

Seaman was born in Rotherham, West Riding of Yorkshire. He attended Kimberworth Comprehensive School. [ 14 ] He began his career at Leeds United, the club he supported as a boy. however ( much to his disappointment ), he was not wanted by then-manager Eddie Gray, who had been his favorite musician. Seaman went to Division 4 club Peterborough United for a £4,000 fee in August 1982, where he began to make a name for himself. just over two years subsequently, in October 1984, Second Division Birmingham City paid £100,000 for Seaman ‘s services. They ended up acquire forwarding at the end of that season, but were relegated again at the end of the follow season. Seaman was not to follow them back to Division Two, however. In August 1986, Seaman moved to Queens Park Rangers for £225,000. Playing in a higher visibility club on a plastic pitch, he earned his first England cap, which came under Bobby Robson in a friendly against Saudi Arabia in November 1988. Whilst at QPR, Seaman was coached by Arsenal double-winner ( of 1971 ) Bob Wilson, who was to work with him for more than a decade .

arsenal [edit ]

In 1990, retentive before the stream transplant windowpane system had come to English football, there was still a transfer deadline a few weeks before the end of the temper. Arsenal, who had won the league in 1989, wanted to sign Seaman, but the manage involved Arsenal ‘s keeper John Lukic heading the inverse way on loan. Lukic did not want to do this, and the deal broke down and remained open when the deadline passed. deoxyadenosine monophosphate soon as the season ended and clubs were allowed to buy players again, Arsenal director George Graham came back for Seaman, with £1.3 million ( at the fourth dimension a british record for a goalkeeper ) [ 15 ] being the agreed fee. Lukic, who was highly popular amongst Arsenal fans, left to rejoin Leeds. Seaman ‘s fourth dimension at Arsenal coincided with one of the most successful periods in the club ‘s history. The 1990–91 season saw Seaman concede lone 18 goals when playing in every equal of the 38-game season as Arsenal regained the league title. Arsenal won both the FA Cup and the League Cup in 1993 and supplemented this a year late with the european Cup Winners ‘ Cup. Arsenal began their victorious League Cup campaign against Millwall and after two legs the game went to a punishment gunfight. Seaman saved three of the four Millwall penalties from Malcolm Allen, Jon Goodman and Colin Cooper to help his side progress. [ 16 ] In 1995, George Graham was sacked, and Arsenal came airless to becoming the first club to retain the Cup Winners ‘ Cup, with Seaman earning a reputation as a penalty -saving specialist after saving from Siniša Mihajlović, Vladimir Jugović and Attilio Lombardo in Arsenal ‘s semi-final shoot-out against U.C. Sampdoria, all the while playing with two snap ribs. [ 17 ] however, Arsenal lost in the concluding to Real Zaragoza, at the Parc des Princes in Paris, when Nayim scored a goal in the final examination minute of supernumerary prison term with a 40-yard lob over Seaman. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] In August 1996, Arsène Wenger became the modern coach of Arsenal. Wenger rated Seaman highly and in 1998, Seaman helped the team to the Premier League and FA Cup double. In 1998–99, Seaman played all 38 league matches, conceding lone 17 league goals as Arsenal came within one period of retaining the Premier League and lost in the FA Cup semi-finals to Manchester United. The pursue season Seaman managed to reach the 2000 UEFA Cup Final, which Arsenal drew 0–0 with Galatasaray, but lost on penalties. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] In 2002, Seaman won the Premier League and the FA Cup again to complete his second base career double, although Arsenal ‘s other goalkeepers Stuart Taylor ( 10 appearances ) and Richard Wright ( 12 appearances ) besides won backing medals, due chiefly to Seaman ‘s absence through injuries. A foreground of this season was when Seaman dramatically saved a Gareth Barry penalty as Arsenal won 2–1 at Aston Villa. [ 22 ] Despite his external career ending so flatly and accusations his mobility had faded with age, the 2002–03 season —Seaman ‘s survive at Arsenal—ended on a gamey eminence. He began the season with saving a Freddie Kanoute penalty in a describe at Upton Park. [ 23 ] In the FA Cup, he made a spare against Sheffield United ‘s Paul Peschisolido in the semi-finals, which early Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel, a initiate for the BBC on the day, dubbed “ the best keep open I ‘ve ever seen ”. [ 24 ] Arsenal were defending a 1–0 run, when with less than ten minutes to go, Peschisolido had a header towards an apparently clear goal from six yards out with Seaman apparently stranded at the dear post. however, the goalkeeper jump sideways and backwards, managing to stretch his right arm behind him and scoop the ball back and away from both his finish and the opposing players ready to pounce on a rally. The peer was Seaman ‘s 1,000th professional career game. Seaman went on to captain the team during the 2003 FA Cup Final in the absence of injure Patrick Vieira [ 25 ] and keep another clean sheet at the Millennium Stadium as they defeated Southampton 1–0. [ 26 ] His concluding act with Arsenal was to lift the FA Cup, which was his one-eighth major trophy with his team. Seaman played in goal for Arsenal more times than anyone else, and is second after Ray Parlour in the all-time Premier League appearances graph for Arsenal, with 325 to his name. In June 2008 he was voted seventh in the list of 50 Gunners ‘ Greatest Players. [ 27 ]

Manchester City [edit ]

Released by Arsenal, Seaman joined up with Kevin Keegan at Manchester City in the summer of 2003, but Seaman ‘s career at the City of Manchester Stadium did not last retentive. Whilst out of action due to injury, Seaman announced his contiguous retirement in January 2004 at the old age of 40. His last dissemble at City was to help Keegan select his successor in goal, David James — the man who had ousted him as England ‘s first-choice goalkeeper a little over a year earlier. In November 2005, Paul Merson and Walsall approached Seaman, and by and by ex- Wales goalkeeper Neville Southall and Chris Woods, to play in an FA Cup game at Merthyr Tydfil as their two first-choice keepers, Joe Murphy and Andy Oakes, were unavailable. however, Seaman was forced to turn this offer devour, as it would have constituted a gap in the terms of his retirement insurance pay-out for his recurring shoulder injury. [ 28 ]

International career [edit ]

Seaman made his England debut in 1988 and appeared for the side in fifteen consecutive years, a home record, since equalled by Rio Ferdinand. He earned his first base England cap under Bobby Robson in a friendly against Saudi Arabia in November 1988. Robson selected him as England ‘s third-choice goalkeeper behind Peter Shilton and Chris Woods at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, but after arriving in Italy he had to pull out of the squad due to injury and was replaced by Dave Beasant. Seaman remained a penis of the England team under fresh coach Graham Taylor, although he was not selected for Euro 92. During qualification for the 1994 World Cup, Seaman played in the all-important bet on against the Netherlands, which England lost 2–0 ; [ 29 ] he besides played in the final catch against San Marino, in which Davide Gualtieri scored after 8.3 seconds before England recovered to win 7–1. England ultimately failed to qualify for the tournament. Seaman cemented his place as the undisputed number-one custodian with the arrival of Terry Venables as director, and played every minute of every equal during Euro 96. Seaman saved two spot-kicks in the tournament ; the first a penalty in normal play from Scotland ‘s Gary McAllister in a group match, while England were 1–0 improving ( Paul Gascoigne scored soon after to make it 2–0 ). then, after England ‘s quarter-final against Spain ended scoreless, Seaman saved Miguel Angel Nadal ‘s kick in the gunfight to knock Spain out of the tournament. England finally were eliminated in the semi-final by Germany on penalties, after Andreas Köpke saved the penalty taken by Gareth Southgate. [ 30 ] Seaman was named aboard Golden Boot winner Alan Shearer and winger Steve McManaman in the UEFA “ Team of the Tournament ”. [ 31 ] Euro 96 patronize Philips named him “ Player of the Tournament ”. Seaman remained the first choice under the management of Glenn Hoddle for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. Seaman kept two clean sheets in the group stagecoach as England finished second behind Romania. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] In the round of 16 England faced Argentina. Seaman conceded a penalty as the game finished 2–2, before England lost on penalties. [ 34 ] Kevin Keegan selected him for UEFA Euro 2000, [ 35 ] where he started against both Portugal and Germany but sustained an injury in his warm-up exercises for the third game against Romania and was replaced by Nigel Martyn. England lost the couple and went out in the foremost round.

subsequently career [edit ]

Seaman began working on his coaching badge with a view to coaching goalkeepers but decided to pause after learning that he would first need a badge in outfield coaching in which he had no interest. [ 39 ] His on-screen bearing made him a popular choice for old world chat shows and telecast appearances during his sporting career, and he can occasionally be spotted on british television. Whilst still a player, he acted in a cameo character in a BBC film based around the events of England ‘s successful Euro 96 tournament, starring Rachel Weisz and Neil Morrissey, entitled My Summer with Des. He besides became the spokesman for Yorkshire Tea during the early 1990s. He briefly replaced Gary Lineker as team master on the television quiz They Think It’s All Over before producers decided to drop him in privilege of former Arsenal teammate Ian Wright. In December 2004, following his retirement from professional football, he became one of the celebrities to take function in Strictly Ice Dancing, an ice dance translation of Strictly Come Dancing, in which celebrities are paired with professional dancers. He joined the show at late notice, replacing Paul Gascoigne. With equitable eight days to prepare for the show, broadcast on BBC One on 26 December, Seaman and his professional collaborator Zoia Birmingham managed to win the competition. The other competitors spent a calendar month in prepare for the show. In recently 2005 he had his trademark ponytail cut off on know television receiver for charity, which ended negotiatory talks with such companies as L’Oréal who wanted to sponsor his hair as they had with David Ginola. He returned to the ice for another ice-dancing series, Dancing on Ice, broadcast on ITV. The series started on 14 January 2006, and Seaman ended in fourth invest. He has besides appeared on All Star Family Fortunes. Seaman besides hosts a “ safe Hands ” charity golf event per annum, and has released two football-themed DVDs entitled David Seaman’s Goalkeeping Nightmares in 2003 and Jeepers Keepers in 2004. Seaman has besides played in all six Soccer Aid matches for England. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] [ 42 ] In 2008 The Lobbing of David Seaman, a poem in ballad form by Murray Lachlan Young about Nayim ‘s 1995 goal, was included in the radio receiver program The Loneliness of the Goalkeeper. [ 43 ] It began with these lines :

Ah, come all ye adolescent goalkeepers
And listen unto me,
I ‘ll tell you of a goalkeeper
Who went out to gay Paree ;
The Gunners called him ‘Safe Hands ‘,
David Seaman was his name,
But that lone night in Paris
Was his universe consumed in flames … .

In June 2012, Seaman joined combine Counties League clubhouse Wembley as goalkeeping bus for their 2012–13 FA Cup crusade, as part of a television documentary following the club ‘s attempt to play at Wembley Stadium. Former international players Graeme Le Saux, Ray Parlour, Martin Keown, Claudio Caniggia and Brian McBride joined the act police squad, with former England coach Terry Venables as technical adviser. [ 44 ] In 2021, he began presenting his own podcast series Seaman Says. The series followed England throughout Euro 2020 with a second series starting at the beginning of the new season in August .

style of bet [edit ]

At his acme, Seaman was regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the earth during the 1990s, earning praise from other goalkeepers such as Sepp Maier and Francesco Toldo. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] A tall and well–rounded keeper, with a bombastic frame, he was known for his courage, quick reflexes, agility, and excellent positional sense, adenine well as his dependable wield and ability to judge the ball, which allowed him to come out and collect crosses and command his area effectively, earning him the nickname “ dependable hands ” in the media ; [ 47 ] [ 48 ] [ 49 ] [ 50 ] [ 51 ] [ 52 ] [ 53 ] although he was not particularly flashy in his stylus of goalkeeping, he was regarded as an efficient and broadly reliable goalkeeper, who was known for his cool demeanor, authoritative presence, and calm air composure in goal, a well as his leadership and ability to organise his back–line, which inspired a sense of confidence in his teammates. [ 45 ] [ 52 ] [ 53 ] [ 54 ] [ 55 ] [ 56 ] [ 57 ] He was besides ace at stopping penalties. [ 58 ] however, despite his ability in his premier, and his overall longevity, he was besides known for being discrepant and prone to errors on occasion, in particular in his belated career, following a series of injuries, and besides ascribable to his own advance age, which ultimately led to his physical worsen and a series of less convincing performances ; [ 46 ] [ 54 ] [ 50 ] [ 59 ] [ 60 ] [ 61 ] he besides frequently struggled to deal with long–range shots throughout his career. [ 62 ] [ 63 ] In 2014, when recounting his celebrated lob goal against Seaman in the 1995 Cup Winners ‘ Cup concluding, Nayim stated that his undertake was premidated, as during his time in England, he came to learn that Arsenal normally played with a senior high school defensive line, with Seaman basically acting as a sweeper-keeper ascribable to his tendency to stay off his occupation. [ 19 ] In 2006, The Irish Times described Seaman as a “ serial garroter, ” ascribable to several high-profile errors he committed in key matches, in finical at international flush, and described him as one of respective treacherous keepers that played for England since the conclusion of the “ tradition of solid goalkeeping which seemed unbreakable through the earned run average of Banks, Clemence, Shilton, etc. “, [ 64 ] a notion with which Sriram Ilango of Bleacher Report concurred in 2009. [ 65 ] In 2018, Eurosport noted that : “ Since the retirement of Peter Shilton, the position of England ‘s goalkeeper has claimed batch of casualties. tied the most stable of its occupants, David Seaman, will be remembered for the embarrassment caused when Ronaldinho sent a free-kick float over his mind at the 2002 World Cup. ” [ 66 ] furthermore, while Seaman possessed a deep finish bang and a long project, which suited Arsenal ‘s quick counter–attacking style of play under director Arsène Wenger, he was not particularly adept with the ball at his feet, and his distribution was besides not constantly dependable ; as such he preferred to clear the ball off when receiving back-passes, rather than attempting to play it out from the back. [ 48 ] [ 56 ] Considered to be one of the greatest english goalkeepers of all time, [ 63 ] [ 67 ] [ 68 ] vitamin a well as one of the best shot-stoppers in Premier League and English football history, [ 51 ] [ 56 ] he placed second in the IFFHS World ‘s Best goalkeeper of the Year prize in 1996, behind Andreas Köpke, [ 69 ] while he placed 32nd, aboard Enrico Albertosi, in the European Keeper of the Century vote, which was organised by the same organization, the fourth–highest graded english goalkeeper. [ 70 ] In 2013, James McNicholas of Bleacher Report described Seaman as : “ the greatest goalkeeper in Arsenal ‘s history. ” [ 71 ] Seaman is levorotary, [ 12 ] but threw the ball with his veracious arm, and besides kicked with his right field foot. [ 13 ] In summation to his goalkeeping ability, Seaman was besides a highly recognizable visualize on the flip due to his mustache and the ponytail hairdo he wore for part of his career. [ 49 ]

personal life [edit ]

Seaman met his second wife, Debbie Rodgers, in 1995. [ 72 ] They were married at Castle Ashby House in Castle Ashby in Northamptonshire on 15 July 1998 ; the couple separated in 2009 and were divorced in 2010. [ 73 ] On 7 February 2015, Seaman married his Dancing on Ice spouse Frankie Poultney. [ 74 ] Seaman announced their engagement in December 2013 ; the pair met in 2008, and had been in a kinship since 2009. [ 75 ] [ 76 ] It was his third marriage. He has four children. [ 77 ] Seaman ‘s autobiography – Safe Hands – was released in 2000, published by Orion. [ 72 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

International [edit ]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[79][80]

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

England

1988
1
0

1989
1
0

1990
1
0

1991
4
0

1992
2
0

1993
3
0

1994
4
0

1995
5
0

1996
11
0

1997
6
0

1998
9
0

1999
8
0

2000
7
0

2001
5
0

2002
8
0

Total
75
0

Honours [edit ]

Arsenal
Individual

See besides [edit ]

References [edit ]

bibliography [edit ]

Seaman, David (2000). Safe Hands: My Autobiography. London: Orion. p. 256. ISBN 07-52831-83-6.