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#4 Gary Winston Lineker
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Gary Winston Lineker, born in Leicester in 1960, is unquestionably one of the best footballers England has ever had.
Lineker rose up in his ranks at the Leicester City club and scored 19 goals in the 1981-82 season. By 1985, he was attracting the attention of bigger clubs and was bought by Everton.
He emerged as the top goal scorer in the English League, with 30 goals in hand. In 1986, he led the English team in the World Cup at Mexico and ended as the highest goal scorer (6) of the tournament, for which he was awarded the Golden Boot.
Seeing his exceptional performance, Barcelona signed him up for £2.8 million. He helped the team win the Copa del Ray in 1988 and the European Cup Winner’s Cup in 1989. Lineker scored 48 goals in the 80 games that he played for England. Then he moved to Tottenham Hotspur, followed by Japanese club Nagoya Grampus Eight.
After retiring from professional football in 1994, he has had a glorious media career.
