Michael Gray (footballer)
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Michael Gray (born 3 August 1974) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left-back or left winger for 18 years.
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Full name | Michael Gray | ||
Date of birth | (1974-08-03) 3 August 1974 (age 49) | ||
Place of birth | Sunderland, England | ||
Position(s) |
Left-back left winger | ||
Youth career | |||
1988–1990 | Manchester United | ||
1990–1992 | Sunderland | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–2004 | Sunderland | 363 | (16) |
2003 | → Celtic (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2004–2007 | Blackburn Rovers | 64 | (0) |
2005 | → Leeds United (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2007 | → Leeds United (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2007–2009 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 41 | (4) |
2009 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Sheffield Wednesday | 39 | (2) |
Total | 534 | (22) | |
International career | |||
1999 | England | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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He is mostly remembered for his 12-year stay with his hometown club Sunderland, where he made 363 league appearances between 1992 and 2004. While with Sunderland, he spent a brief loan spell with Scottish side Celtic. In 2004, he moved to Blackburn Rovers and later had spells with Leeds United, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Sheffield Wednesday. In 1999, Gray earned three caps for England.[1]