Peter James Crouch born 30 January 1981 in Macclesfield, England is an English footballer who currently plays as a striker for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the England national team.Crouch started his career as a trainee with Tottenham. However he failed to make a first team appearance for the club, leaving it in 2000 and playing for several teams including four Premier League clubs — Portsmouth, Aston Villa, Southampton and Liverpool — before returning and finally making his senior Tottenham debut in 2009. He was the second top-scorer in the 2006–07, Champions League season, behind AC Milan's Kaká.
Club career
Early life
Crouch was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, but his family moved to Singapore when he was one year old, where they stayed for three years before returning to Great Britain and settling in London. A keen footballer from an early age, he became a ball boy at the age of ten. As a child, he attended some Chelsea games.Later, he told the Liverpool official website that despite this, he and his friends at the time were fans of Queens Park Rangers.
After attending North Ealing Primary School, and Drayton Manor High School in Hanwell, Crouch signed a professional contract with Tottenham Hotspur on 2 July 1998, after having played for their youth side.However, he did not make any appearances for their first team and was loaned out to other clubs, having brief spells at Dulwich Hamlet in the Isthmian League and, in the summer of 2000, IFK Hässleholm in Sweden.
Personal life
Crouch had dated Abigail Clancy for a period before Crouch announced in 2007 that the two were not a couple.[60] Subsequently, Clancy and Crouch announced their engagement on 15 July 2009[61] and Clancy's pregnancy with their first child on 16 September 2010.
Personal information
Full name: Peter James Crouch
Date of birth: 30 January 1981 (1981-01-30) (age 30)
Place of birth: Macclesfield, England
Height: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)[1]
Playing position: Striker
Club information
Current club: Tottenham Hotspur
Number: 15
Youth career
1995–1998 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
1998–2000 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
2000 → Dulwich Hamlet (loan) 6 (1)
2000 → IFK Hässleholm (loan) 8 (3)
2000–2001 Queens Park Rangers 42 (10)
2001–2002 Portsmouth 37 (18)
2002–2004 Aston Villa 37 (6)
2003 → Norwich City (loan) 15 (4)
2004–2005 Southampton 27 (12)
2005–2008 Liverpool 85 (22)
2008–2009 Portsmouth 38 (11)
2009– Tottenham Hotspur 62 (10)
National team‡
2002–2003 England U21 6 (1)
2006 England B 1 (0)
2005– England 42 (22)
Honours
Norwich City
* Football League First Division champions: 2003–04
Liverpool
* FA Cup winners: 2006
* Community Shield winners: 2006
* FIFA Club World Cup runners up: 2005
* UEFA Champions League runners up: 2007
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