Stanley Matthews
Stanley Matthews was an English footballer (1 February 1915 – 23 February 2000). Matthews played as an outside right for Blackpool and Stoke City. Matthews scored 93 goals in 874 games for club and country and won 15 trophies, including the Ballon d'Or and 2 league titles.
Matthews's career stats
| Games | Goals | |
|---|---|---|
| Clubs, all competitions | 803 | 80 |
| England | 71 | 13 |
| Total | 874 | 93 |
Goals per game: 0.11.
Matthews's trophies and awards
- Trophies with club and country: 15
- League titles: 2
- Domestic cups: 4
- Trophies with England: 9
- Ballon d'Or: 1
- Individual awards: 13
Stoke City
- Football League Second Division: 2 (1932–33, 1962–63)
- Staffordshire Senior Cup: 1 (1933–34)
Rangers
- Glasgow Charity Cup: 1 (1940–41)
Blackpool
- FA Cup: 1 (1952–53)
- Football League War Cup: 1 (1942–43)
England
- British Home Championship: 9 (1935, 1938, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957)
Individual
- FWA Footballer of the Year: 2 (1948, 1963)
- Ballon d'Or: 1 (1956)
- Pierre de Coubertin World Trophy: 1 (1986)
- PFA Merit Award: 1 (1987)
- FIFA Gold Order of Merit: 1 (1992)
- FWA Tribute Award: 1 (1995)
- Ontario Sports Hall of Fame: 1 (1995)
- Football League 100 Legends: 1 (1998)
- English Football Hall of Fame: 1 (2002)
- PFA Team of the Century (1907–1976): 1 (2007)
- IFFHS Legends: 1
- IFFHS men's All Time England dream team: 1
Clubs
League games and goals at each club.
- 1932–1947: Stoke City, 259 games, 51 goals
- 1947–1961: Blackpool, 379 games, 17 goals
- 1961: Toronto City (loan), 14 games, 0 goals
- 1961–1965: Stoke City, 59 games, 3 goals
- 1965: Toronto City (loan), 6 games, 0 goals
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