Gary Lineker
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 Gary Lineker facts

• He holds England's record for goals in FIFA World Cup finals, with 10 scored
• Lineker's media career began with the BBC, where he has presented the flagship programme Match of the Day since the late 1990s
• He has also worked for Al Jazeera Sports, Eredivisie Live, NBC Sports Network and currently hosts BT Sport's coverage of the UEFA Champions League
• Lineker began his football career at Leicester City
• and finished as the First Division's joint top goalscorer in 1984–85
• He then moved to League Champions Everton where he developed as a clinical finisher, scoring 30 goals in 41 games
• His first team honours came at Barcelona, where he won the Copa del Rey in 1988 and the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1989
• He returned to England in 1989, joining Tottenham Hotspur, and over three seasons he scored 67 goals in 105 games and won the FA Cup
• Lineker's final club was Nagoya Grampus Eight and he retired in 1994 after two seasons at the Japanese side
• Lineker made his England debut in 1984, earning 80 caps and scoring forty-eight goals over an eight-year international career, finishing as England's second highest scorer behind Bobby Charlton, before he was overtaken by Wayne Rooney