Graeme Sharp

Quick Facts

Full Name	Graeme Sharp
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Oct 16, 1960(1960-10-16)
Age	64
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Glasgow
Horoscope	Libra

Graeme Sharp Biography

Graeme Sharp is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on October 16, 1960 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. Graeme Marshall Sharp (born 16 October 1960 in Glasgow) is a Scottish former player in football and manager. Sharp was an attacking player with Dumbarton, Everton, Oldham Athletic and Bangor City. Sharp had great success at Everton and helped them win English League championships between 1987 and 1985, the FA Cup in 1984 and the European Cup Winners’ Cup in the year 1985. He was a part of 12 international matches for Scotland and was included for their 1986 World Cup squad.

Sharp was a player in Scotland between 1985 until 1988. The most notable of these was the 1986 World Cup, in a goalless draw against Uruguay. Sharp scored a goal for the international team during a 1-1 draw against Malta.

Oldham Athletic paid £500,000 for Sharp just after their promotion to the First Division after a 68-year exile. He helped them finish 17th in 1991–92, ensuring that they would be members of the new Premier League. He helped them avoid relegation on goal difference in 1992–93, and reach the FA Cup semi- final a year later, although they were finally relegated to the new Division One at the end of the 1993–94 season.

Sharp moved to Oldham Athletic in 1991, and helped the newly-promoted club stay in the top flight for three seasons. He was appointed player/manager of Oldham in November 1994, but he left the club in March 1997 with them on the verge of being relegated to the third tier. Sharp was then player/manager of Welsh club Bangor City for a year. He has since worked in media coverage of football and as a club ambassador for Everton.

Sharp’s most notable achievements were his part of an Everton team that in 1984 took home the FA Cup (he scored the first goal in the final) In 1985 and 1987, the team won his place in the Football League First Division and in 1985 also The European Cup Winners Cup. In the month of October, 1984 Sharp scored the only goal in the team’s first win on the pitch at Anfield in the last decade. The team was on the loser’s team of both the FA Cup finals of 1986 and 1989, each of the finals taken by Everton’s local rivals Liverpool. His crucial role during the golden era of football was the reason for his inclusion in the Everton’s “Greatest Ever Team”, as a result of a poll during the club’s year-long celebration of its 125th anniversary.

Graeme Sharp Net Worth

Graeme Sharp is one of the richest Association Football Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Graeme Sharp 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Sharp began his profession at Dumbarton before he joined Everton for a fee of £120,000 in the year 1980. Sharp did not make it in the team’s first game in the first team at Goodison Park, and by the close of the 1980-81 season, he Sharp had made only 6 league games for Everton. However, the manager was replaced by Howard Kendall, who soon chose Sharp as an everyday striker. He was awarded a hefty sum when Sharp scored 15 goals over 29 league matches. The goals continued to stream through the following nine seasons.

Sharp was considered to be a good player in the air, and was able to control the ball effectively and spread it out to create greater scoring opportunities to others than for him. Sharp was a successful scorer along with Andy Gray, Adrian Heath and Gary Lineker. In the 1984-85 campaign, Sharp was able to score 30 goals across 54 games. In 426 matches with Everton (21 as a substitute), Sharp scored 159 goals, setting a post-war record for goalscoring at Everton that has not yet been matched. The only other player, Dixie Dean (pre Second World War) has had more points for Everton in the same amount of time as Sharp did. In addition to winning two league championships as well as an Europe Cup Winners’ Cup , and the FA Cup with Everton (and winning three runners-up medals during the FA Cup and another in the League Cup), Sharp’s achievements also included a four-goal result in a 4-0 league victory against Southampton during October of 1987. Sharp’s first Everton goal in a 5-2 home victory against Newcastle United in December 1986 Sharp also scored a hat- trick in an FA Cup fourth round win against Sheffield Wednesday in January 1988 and a hat trick against Wrexham at the League Cup during his final season on Merseyside.

After Gary Lineker’s departure to FC Barcelona in the 1986 close season, Sharp had a succession of strike partners. First he played alongside Paul Wilkinson, Adrian Heath (also a midfielder) and then Wayne Clarke before the arrival of £2million Tony Cottee for the start of the 1988–89 season. This was the season where Everton were on the losing side in two Wembley finals – first they lost 4–3 to Nottingham Forest in the Full Members Cup final (in which Sharp scored a goal) and then they were beaten 3–2 by Liverpool in the second all Merseyside FA Cup final in four seasons.

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Top Facts about Graeme Sharp

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1. Graeme Sharp was born in Glasgow on 16 October 1960.
2. He started his playing career at Dumbarton, before signing for Everton for £120,000 in 1980.
3. Sharp helped Everton win English league championships in 1985 and 1987, the FA Cup in 1984 and the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1985.
4. He was selected in the Scotland national team squad for the 1986 World Cup.
5. In 2018, Robbie Fowler described Sharp as one of his heroes growing up.
6. Sharp was appointed player-manager of Oldham Athletic in November 1994, and player-manager of Welsh club Bangor City for a year.
7. Between 1980 and 1991, Sharp scored 159 goals in 426 appearances for Everton.
8. Sharp scored 30 goals in 54 matches for Everton in the 1984-85 season.
9. He achieved a four-goal yield in a 4–0 league win at Southampton in October 1987, his first Everton hat-trick in a 5–2 home win over Newcastle United in December 1986, a hat-trick in an FA Cup fourth round win at Sheffield Wednesday in January 1988, and a hat-trick against Wrexham in the League Cup during his final season with Everton.
10. Sharp paid Oldham Athletic £500,000 after their promotion to the First Division.
11. He scored one international goal for Scotland in a 1–1 draw with Malta in

1985. 12. Sharp worked in media coverage of football and as a club ambassador for Everton after his managerial career.
      13. In January 2022, Sharp was appointed as one of Everton’s directors.
      14. He was included Everton’s “Greatest Ever Team”, following a poll in the club’s 125th anniversary.
      15. Sharp was regarded as good in the air and able to hold the ball well and distribute it to provide more scoring opportunities for others than for himself.