LEDLEY KING

Position

 Defender

Club

 Tottenham H

D.O.B

 12.10.80

P.O.B

 East London

Start

 7

Subs

 9

Caps

 16

Goals

 1

Debut

 v Ita, 03.02

Full Debut

 v Por, 02.04

First Goal

 v Por, 02.04

Having made his Spurs debut at 18, Ledley became a first-team regular in the 2000-01 season under the tutelage of first George Graham and then Glenn Hoddle. He was tipped for the top by the former England manager, and duly won his first full England cap in 2002 against Italy.

He subbed in that match but was given his first England start by Sven early in 2004. Ledley excelled in the heart of England’s defence, scored his first international goal and was subsequently called up to the Euro 2004 squad. There he started England's opening match of the tournament against France, and was highly commended for his performance.

More recently, Ledley has slotted in to England's midfield, showing the touch and physical strength that mark him out as one of the best of his generation.


King's England Caps

Uruguay +

Home

2-1

1 March 2006

Argentina

Neutral

3-2

12 November 2005

Poland

Home

2-1

12 October 2005

Austria +

Home

1-0

08 October 2005

Azerbaijan +

Home

2-0

30 March 2005

Wales +

Home

2-0

09 October 2004 

Poland

Away

2-1

09 September 2004

Austria

Away

2-2

04 September 2004

Ukraine 

Home

3-0

18 August 2004

Croatia +

Neutral

4-2

21 June 2004

France

Neutral

1-2

13 June 2004

Iceland +

Home

6-1

05 June 2004

Japan +

Home

1-1

01 June 2004

Portugal 1

Away

1-1

18 February 2004

Australia +

Home

1-3

12 February 2003

Italy +

Home

1-2

27 March 2002


+ denotes substitute appearance
Number denotes goals

Last updated 1 March 2006

Ledley King video vault

14 June 2004
Ledley's big test

England centre-half Ledley King talks about the biggest game of his career.