The England International Database

Full Name:: James Peter Greaves
Born:: 20th February 1940, Poplar, London
Died:: 19th September 2021, aged 81
England Career:: 1959 - 1967
Positions:: Inside Right, Inside Left, Centre Forward and Right Forward
Clubs (and caps):: Chelsea (15) & Tottenham Hotspur (42)
FA Legacy Number:: 780
Career Summary:: Jimmy Greaves (20th February 1940 - 19th September 2021) was an international footballer who represented England 57 times scoring 44 goals. His first cap was against Peru on 17th May 1959 at 19 years old, and his last was vs Austria on 27th May 1967 aged 27. Greaves, born on 20th February 1940, in Poplar, London, has a FA Legacy Number of 780 and played as a Inside Right, Inside Left, Centre Forward and Right Forward for his country.

England Career Statistics

Debut:: v Peru (FR) on 17th May 1959 aged 19 years, 2 months, 26 days
Last Cap:: v Austria (FR) on 27th May 1967 aged 27 years, 3 months, 7 days
First Goal:: v Peru (FR) on 17th May 1959 aged 19 years, 2 months, 26 days
Career Length:: 8 years, 10 days
Starts:: 57
Substitute:: 0
Withdrawn:: 0
Full Games:: 57

England Match Statistics

FriendlyFR 29 20 0 0 0
British Home ChampionshipHC 13 19 0 0 0
World Cup QualifierWCQ 2 3 0 0 0
World Cup FinalsWCF 7 1 0 0 0
European Championship QualifierECQ 3 0 0 0 0
Nations Cup (Taça das Nações)TDN 3 1 0 0 0
Competitive 28 24 0 0 0

Home, Away or Neutral
Caps
Goals
Captaincies

Away 28 26 0 0 0
Home 23 17 0 0 0
Neutral 6 1 0 0 0

Match Results
Caps
Goals
Captaincies

Lost 14 3 0 0 0
Won 30 37 0 0 0
Drawn 13 4 0 0 0

Playing Positions
Caps
Goals
Captaincies

Centre Forward 36 34 0 0 0
Inside Right 11 6 0 0 0
Inside Left 6 3 0 0 0
Right Forward 4 1 0 0 0

Managers
Caps
Goals
Captaincies

Alf Ramsey 32 22 0 0 0
Walter Winterbottom 25 22 0 0 0

Totals
57
44
0
0
0

England Team Mates (Top 10)

Bobby Charlton
47 Matches

Bobby Moore
38 Matches

Ray Wilson
35 Matches

Ron Flowers
32 Matches

Jimmy Armfield
31 Matches

Ron Springett
24 Matches

George Cohen
20 Matches

Gordon Banks
20 Matches

Johnny Haynes
20 Matches

Maurice Norman
20 Matches

Sources

An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)
England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
162 sources from 57 matchesSelect from match list to see sources.

Match List

AUT, 1 - 0, 27th May 1967 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 57.
Age: 27 years, 3 months, 7 days.
ESP, 2 - 0, 24th May 1967 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 56.
Age: 27 years, 3 months, 4 days.
SCO, 2 - 3, 15th Apr 1967 (ECQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 55.
Age: 27 years, 1 month, 24 days.
FRA, 2 - 0, 20th Jul 1966 (WCF) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 54.
Age: 26 years, 5 months, 0 days.
MEX, 2 - 0, 16th Jul 1966 (WCF) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 53.
Age: 26 years, 4 months, 25 days.
URU, 0 - 0, 11th Jul 1966 (WCF) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 52.
Age: 26 years, 4 months, 20 days.
POL, 1 - 0, 5th Jul 1966 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 51.
Age: 26 years, 4 months, 14 days.
DEN, 2 - 0, 3rd Jul 1966 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 50.
Age: 26 years, 4 months, 12 days.
NOR, 6 - 1, 29th Jun 1966 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 49.
Age: 26 years, 4 months, 9 days.
YUG, 2 - 0, 4th May 1966 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 48.
Age: 26 years, 2 months, 13 days.
AUT, 2 - 3, 20th Oct 1965 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 47.
Age: 25 years, 8 months, 0 days.
WAL, 0 - 0, 2nd Oct 1965 (HC) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 46.
Age: 25 years, 7 months, 11 day.
YUG, 1 - 1, 9th May 1965 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 45.
Age: 25 years, 2 months, 18 days.
HUN, 1 - 0, 5th May 1965 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 44.
Age: 25 years, 2 months, 14 days.
SCO, 2 - 2, 10th Apr 1965 (HC) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 43.
Age: 25 years, 1 month, 19 days.
NED, 1 - 1, 9th Dec 1964 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 42.
Age: 24 years, 9 months, 18 days.
BEL, 2 - 2, 21st Oct 1964 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 41.
Age: 24 years, 8 months, 1 day.
NIR, 4 - 3, 3rd Oct 1964 (HC) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 40.
Age: 24 years, 7 months, 12 days.
ARG, 0 - 1, 6th Jun 1964 (TDN) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 39.
Age: 24 years, 3 months, 15 days.
POR, 1 - 1, 4th Jun 1964 (TDN) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 38.
Age: 24 years, 3 months, 13 days.
BRA, 1 - 5, 30th May 1964 (TDN) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 37.
Age: 24 years, 3 months, 10 days.
IRL, 3 - 1, 24th May 1964 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 36.
Age: 24 years, 3 months, 4 days.
POR, 4 - 3, 17th May 1964 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 35.
Age: 24 years, 2 months, 26 days.
URU, 2 - 1, 6th May 1964 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 34.
Age: 24 years, 2 months, 15 days.
NIR, 8 - 3, 20th Nov 1963 (HC) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 33.
Age: 23 years, 9 months, 0 days.
FIFA, 2 - 1, 23rd Oct 1963 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 32.
Age: 23 years, 8 months, 3 days.
WAL, 4 - 0, 12th Oct 1963 (HC) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 31.
Age: 23 years, 7 months, 21 day.
SUI, 8 - 1, 5th Jun 1963 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 30.
Age: 23 years, 3 months, 14 days.
TCH, 4 - 2, 29th May 1963 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 29.
Age: 23 years, 3 months, 9 days.
BRA, 1 - 1, 8th May 1963 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 28.
Age: 23 years, 2 months, 17 days.
SCO, 1 - 2, 6th Apr 1963 (HC) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 27.
Age: 23 years, 1 month, 15 days.
FRA, 2 - 5, 27th Feb 1963 (ECQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 26.
Age: 23 years, 0 months, 7 days.
WAL, 4 - 0, 21st Nov 1962 (HC) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 25.
Age: 22 years, 9 months, 1 day.
NIR, 3 - 1, 20th Oct 1962 (HC) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 24.
Age: 22 years, 8 months, 0 days.
FRA, 1 - 1, 3rd Oct 1962 (ECQ) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 23.
Age: 22 years, 7 months, 12 days.
BRA, 1 - 3, 10th Jun 1962 (WCF) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 22.
Age: 22 years, 3 months, 19 days.
BUL, 0 - 0, 7th Jun 1962 (WCF) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 21.
Age: 22 years, 3 months, 16 days.
ARG, 3 - 1, 2nd Jun 1962 (WCF) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 20.
Age: 22 years, 3 months, 11 day.
HUN, 1 - 2, 31st May 1962 (WCF) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 19.
Age: 22 years, 3 months, 11 day.
PER, 4 - 0, 20th May 1962 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 18.
Age: 22 years, 3 months, 0 days.
SUI, 3 - 1, 9th May 1962 (FR) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 17.
Age: 22 years, 2 months, 18 days.
SCO, 0 - 2, 14th Apr 1962 (HC) Tottenham Hotspur, Cap: 16.
Age: 22 years, 1 month, 23 days.
AUT, 1 - 3, 27th May 1961 (FR) Chelsea, Cap: 15.
Age: 21 years, 3 months, 7 days.
ITA, 3 - 2, 24th May 1961 (FR) Chelsea, Cap: 14.
Age: 21 years, 3 months, 4 days.
POR, 1 - 1, 21st May 1961 (WCQ) Chelsea, Cap: 13.
Age: 21 years, 3 months, 1 day.
SCO, 9 - 3, 15th Apr 1961 (HC) Chelsea, Cap: 12.
Age: 21 years, 1 month, 24 days.
WAL, 5 - 1, 23rd Nov 1960 (HC) Chelsea, Cap: 11.
Age: 20 years, 9 months, 3 days.
ESP, 4 - 2, 26th Oct 1960 (FR) Chelsea, Cap: 10.
Age: 20 years, 8 months, 6 days.
LUX, 9 - 0, 19th Oct 1960 (WCQ) Chelsea, Cap: 9.
Age: 20 years, 7 months, 28 days.
NIR, 5 - 2, 8th Oct 1960 (HC) Chelsea, Cap: 8.
Age: 20 years, 7 months, 17 days.
ESP, 0 - 3, 15th May 1960 (FR) Chelsea, Cap: 7.
Age: 20 years, 2 months, 24 days.
YUG, 3 - 3, 11th May 1960 (FR) Chelsea, Cap: 6.
Age: 20 years, 2 months, 20 days.
SWE, 2 - 3, 28th Oct 1959 (FR) Chelsea, Cap: 5.
Age: 19 years, 8 months, 8 days.
WAL, 1 - 1, 17th Oct 1959 (HC) Chelsea, Cap: 4.
Age: 19 years, 7 months, 26 days.
USA, 8 - 1, 28th May 1959 (FR) Chelsea, Cap: 3.
Age: 19 years, 3 months, 8 days.
MEX, 1 - 2, 24th May 1959 (FR) Chelsea, Cap: 2.
Age: 19 years, 3 months, 4 days.
PER, 1 - 4, 17th May 1959 (FR) Chelsea, Cap: 1.
Age: 19 years, 2 months, 26 days.
* Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.