Graeme Le Saux
Graeme Le Saux Graeme Le Saux, 2011 Personal information Full name Graeme Pierre Le Saux Date of birth (1968-10-17) 17 October 1968 (age 46) Place of birth St. Helier, Jersey, CI Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Playing position Left back Youth career 1986–1987 St Paul's (Jersey) 1987–1989 Chelsea Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1989–1993 Chelsea 90 (8) 1993–1997 Blackburn Rovers 129 (7) 1997–2003 Chelsea 140 (4) 2003–2005 Southampton 44 (1) 2012 Wembley 0 (0) Total 403 (20) National team 1990 England U21 4 (0) 1991–1992 England B 2 (0) 1994–2000 England 36 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). Graeme Pierre Le Saux (/ləˈsoʊ/ lə-SOH; born 17 October 1968) is an English former professional footballer of French ancestry. He played as a left back from 1989 to 2005 for Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers and Southampton, and for the England national football team. He came out of retirement in 2012 by signing with Wembley in order to appear in the club's FA Cup fixtures. After beginning playing in Jersey, he moved to England and debuted for Chelsea in 1989. He left Chelsea in 1993 to join the Blackburn side being built by wealthy benefactor, Jack Walker, and was part of their 1994–95 Premier League winning team. In 1997 he returned to Chelsea, staying there for six seasons until moving to Southampton in 2003. He announced his retirement from football upon Southampton's relegation from the Premier League in 2005. In his club playing career, he scored 20 goals from 403 club appearances. He was twice named in the Professional Footballers' Association Team of the Year, in 1995 with Blackburn and in 1998 with Chelsea. His return to Chelsea in 1997 in a £5 million transfer made him the most expensive defender in English football. As an England international, he made 36 senior appearances from 1994 until 2000, including starting all four England games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, and scoring one international goal, against Brazil.