Pat Corbett Explained

Pat Corbett
Fullname:Patrick Avalon Corbett
Birth Date:1963 2, df=y
Birth Place:Hackney, England
Position:Central defender
Years1:1980–1983
Years2:1983–1985
Years3:1986–1990
Years4:1991
Clubs3:Kuopion Elo[1] [2]
Caps1:5
Goals1:1
Caps2:77
Goals2:2
Caps3:101
Goals3:9
Caps4:18
Goals4:0

Patrick Avalon Corbett (born 12 February 1963) is an English former professional footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur, Orient and represented England at youth level.[3]

Playing career

Corbett joined Tottenham Hotspur as an apprentice and signed professional forms in October, 1980. The central defender made his senior debut against Southampton at The Dell on 31 October 1981–a match in which he scored the winning goal.[4] Corbett featured in five matches and scored the one goal between 1981–1983 for the Spurs.[5] He transferred to Orient in August, 1983 where he went on to make 77 appearances and netting two goals.

In 1986 Corbett moved to Finland where he played five seasons for Kuopion Elo and one season with MYPA.[6]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/leyton/leyton.html
  2. Web site: TP-Seinäjoki . tp-seinajoki.fi . 22 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071210083358/http://tp-seinajoki.fi/38.html . 10 December 2007 . dead.
  3. Hugman, B. J., (Ed) The PFA Premier& Football League Players' Records 1946-2005 (2005) p138. Retrieved 1 June 2010
  4. http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/onthisday271107.html Corbett's league debut
  5. http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/history_azofplayers.html Tottenham Hotspur F.C A-Z of players
  6. Vuorinen, Juha & Kasila, Markku: Pelimiehet - Suomen jalkapallon pelaajatilastot 1930-2006, s. 387. Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiö, 2007. .