Frank McAvennie

Quick Facts

Full Name	Frank McAvennie
Occupation	Soccer Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 22, 1959(1959-11-22)
Age	65
Birthplace	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Frank McAvennie Biography

Frank McAvennie is one of the most popular and richest Soccer Player who was born on November 22, 1959 in Glasgow, Scotland. Striker who played for Scotland’s national team from 1985-1988 and won a Scottish Football League Premier Division championship in 1988 with Celtic.

Defender Alvin Martin was his teammate on West Ham United.

McAvennie started his playing career in Scottish Junior League football. In 1979 during an amateur game with a local side, the 200 Club, in Kirkintilloch, McAvennie, playing well, came to the attention of local scouts. He was recommended to local junior side Johnstone Burgh signing for them for a £500 fee. He completed a trial for Partick Thistle playing in a single game where he was sent on as a substitute only to be substituted off in the same game and be told by manager Bertie Auld that he would never make a career in the game of football. Before turning professional, he had joined the Territorial Army and later had trials with the British Army but was not accepted for a role with them due to his inability to hit the target during shooting practices. He also had a spell working as a road sweeper. He did not move into professional football until he joined St Mirren in 1980, at the age of 20. His league debut came in the 1981-82 season in a 4-3 defeat of Airdrieonians. Playing as a Midfielder, McAvennie scored two goals. In 1982, he was named Scottish PFA Young Player of the Year. He would make 135 league appearances for them over the next five years, scoring 48 goals.

McAvennie was called into the Scotland national team late 1985 for the World Cup qualifying play-off with Australia at Hampden Park on 20 November. Following a 58th-minute goal by Davie Cooper, McAvennie scored in the 60th minute on what was his international debut. The game finished 2–0 to Scotland. In the return leg in Melbourne on 4 December 1985, which was McAvennie’s 2nd international appearance, the game finished 0-0 resulting in Scotland qualifying for the 1986 FIFA World Cup. Having travelled with Scotland to Australia he returned to the UK and only three days later scored the only goal for West Ham in a 1-0 win at Loftus Road against Queens Park Rangers.

He was born in Glasgow, Scotland.

Frank McAvennie Net Worth

Frank McAvennie is one of the richest Soccer Player from Scotland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Frank McAvennie 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He played youth soccer for Johnstone Burgh in 1979-1980.

He had two stints with West Ham United, one from 1985-1987 and a second from 1989-1992.

Francis McAvennie (born 22 November 1959) is a Scottish former footballer, who played as a striker for St Mirren, West Ham United and Celtic, having had two spells with each of these clubs. With Celtic he won the Scottish Premier Division in 1987–88 and the Scottish Cup in 1988. He was capped five times at senior level for Scotland during the 1980s, scoring one goal.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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McAvennie played eight games for the Hammers at the start of 1987–88, failing to score, before he moved to Celtic for a then club record fee of £750,000 on 2 October 1987. Graeme Souness had approached him to join rival club Rangers at the 1986 FIFA World Cup which would have made him the first Catholic player to play for the Protestant club, but he refused, being a supporter of Celtic. He made his debut for Celtic the following day in a 1–1 draw at home against Hibernian.

Facts & Trivia

Frank Ranked on the list of most popular Soccer Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Scotland. Frank McAvennie celebrates birthday on November 22 of every year.

The following season, 1988–89, was not a happy one for Celtic and the team finished in third place in the league behind winners Rangers and second-placed Aberdeen. McAvennie, however, was one of Celtic’s few form players that season and he’d scored 11 goals by Christmas time. However, a broken arm sustained in the New Year game at Ibrox against Rangers curtailed his goalscoring. McAvennie also wished to return to London to enable him to spend more time with then girlfriend, glamour model Jenny Blyth. After a public row with manager Billy McNeill over being dropped for a league match at Tynecastle in March 1989 against Hearts, Celtic relented to McAvennie’s repeated requests for a transfer and sold him back to West Ham.

How many goals did Frank McAvennie scored for West Ham?

He played 34 league games and scored 10 goals , now partnering Trevor Morley up front (his previous West Ham strike partner Tony Cottee had departed to Everton in August 1988). The 1991–92 season was a disappointing one for both West Ham and McAvennie.

How many goals did Frank McAvennie score for Celtic?

Frank McAvenie McAvennie left Celtic and returned to West Ham in March 1989 but returned to Celtic for a second stint with The Hoops in January 1993. In his two spells at the club, Frank McAvennie made 106 appearances and scored 50 goals for Celtic.

What age is Frank McAvennie?

62 years (November 22, 1959)

What height is Frank McAvennie?

5′ 10″

Did ally McCoist manage Rangers?

RANGERS hero Ally McCoist has opened up on his spell as manager at Ibrox – which he described as a ‘dream job at a nightmare time’. The popular former striker served as Walter Smith’s assistant for three-and-a-half years before being handed the reins himself at the beginning of the 2011-12 season.