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Lineker made his England debut in 1984, earning 80 caps and scoring 48 goals over an eight-year international career, which made him England's second-highest goalscorer on his retirement. He remains England's fourth-highest scorer, behind Harry Kane, Wayne Rooney and Bobby Charlton, and his goals-to-games ratio remains one of the best for the ...
Most Premier League goals scored by a player in a calendar year: ... scoring an average 2.1 goals per game; ... Gary Lineker: 35: 28: 5: 2 1990–91: Gary Lineker: 19 ...
The top tier in English football today is the Premier League, replacing the Football League First Division for the 1992–93 inaugural season. Since the 1888–89 season, the first year of top flight football, three players have scored over 300 goals with a further 25 players scoring over 200 goals.
Lineker scored 48 goals in 80 appearances for England, playing in the 1986 and 1990 World Cups.
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The former footballer will be stepping down from his role on Match Of The Day at the end of the season, according to the BBC.
Gary Lineker finished second in the Ballon d'Or while at Everton in 1986. European Footballer of the Year (Ballon d'Or) 1986: Gary Lineker (2nd) African Footballer of the Year 1994: Daniel Amokachi (3rd) 1995: Daniel Amokachi (3rd) Oceania Footballer of the Year 2004: Tim Cahill (Winner) Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year 1985 ...
Among players still active at international level, Lionel Messi has the most goals at FIFA World Cups, with thirteen goals to his name, including two in the 2022 final. Gary Lineker is the top scorer for England at the World Cup, with ten goals.