57 Facts About David Platt

David Andrew Platt was born on 10 June 1966 and is an English retired football coach and player who played as a midfielder.

At the 1990 World Cup, David Platt increased his reputation with his performances, and by scoring goals with his head and feet.

In 1992, David Platt moved to Juventus, where he spent one season.

David Platt continued scoring goals for England, playing in Euro 1992 and Euro 1996 on home soil.

David Platt was at the London club for three years, featuring in the Arsenal side that won the Premier League and FA Cup Double in 1998.

David Platt went on to manage Sampdoria and Nottingham Forest, as well as England's Under-21 team.

David Platt signed for Manchester United as an apprentice on leaving school in 1982, having been spotted playing for Chadderton.

David Platt quickly established himself in the first team at Gresty Road as a strong-running, free-scoring midfielder.

David Platt played 134 games in the Fourth Division, scoring 55 goals, over the next three years.

David Platt helped his new club earn an instant return to the First Division that season, as runners-up in the Second Division.

David Platt played 29 games in his first season, scoring 11 goals.

In January 1992, during his time at Bari, David Platt received a phone call from Roberto Mancini, who pressed him to come to Sampdoria.

David Platt said: 'I know you've got a good relationship with your president, I'm sure you could push through a move to us.

In domestic competitions, David Platt struggled to maintain a first-team place in the Juventus team that season.

David Platt helped the Turin club win the UEFA Cup.

David Platt was involved in five matches, including one as an unused substitute.

David Platt played in both semi-final legs against Paris Saint-Germain.

David Platt was not listed on the substitutes bench, but he picked up a medal as part of the squad and lifted the trophy after the final.

David Platt won the Coppa Italia in 1994 under Sven-Goran Eriksson.

David Platt played for exactly two years, until 14 July 1995.

David Platt played 55 league games for Sampdoria, scoring 17 goals.

David Platt had been offered a two-year extension to his contract with Sampdoria, but his mind was made up after talking to Rioch in Sardinia, where he was on holiday.

David Platt is a great communicator with some exciting ideas on tactics and a definite view on how he sees me fitting into his plans.

In July 1999, David Platt signed a three-year contract to take over at Nottingham Forest as player-manager, a decision which saw him go back on his plan from a year earlier to retire from playing.

David Platt was given his first England cap by Bobby Robson in a friendly against Italy in November 1989, and was then included in the England squad when Robson named his 22-player squad for the 1990 World Cup.

David Platt came on as a substitute against the Irish and the Dutch but remained on the bench for the game against Egypt.

David Platt scored the opening goal from a header after a cross from Stuart Pearce on 25 minutes.

David Platt missed an opportunity to extend England's lead, shooting wide with seconds remaining.

David Platt kept his place in the semi-final against West Germany.

David Platt scored England's third penalty, despite Bodo Illgner, the German goalkeeper, getting a hand to the ball.

David Platt was captain for much of this period, though Tony Adams skippered the side.

David Platt liked to run from deep midfield positions, arriving late into the penalty area to pick up upon a pass, making it difficult for defenders to pick him up.

David Platt scored two goals against the USSR and one against Argentina during the 1991 England Challenge Cup, which England won.

David Platt scored against Brazil, and claimed another two against Finland in the lead-up to the tournament.

England dominated the game and David Platt carried the goal threat, with Alan Shearer and Ian Wright struggling to find form.

David Platt continued his drive from midfield in wins over Turkey at home and San Marino.

David Platt scored four goals and missed a penalty against the Sammarinese.

David Platt miscontrolled a pass from Gascoigne that would have put him one-on-one with the goalkeeper Erik Thorstvedt, which, had he scored, would have given England the lead.

Thereafter, the Norwegians outplayed the English, and David Platt had few chances to make a difference.

David Platt scored in the final game against Germany, equalising via a passing move with Paul Ince that allowed David Platt to tap into an empty net.

David Platt had scored seven of the 29 goals scored by England in the failed campaign.

David Platt scored the first England goal in the Venables era in March 1994 against Denmark, and netted against Greece and Nigeria.

David Platt was not helped by a string of injuries to his left knee.

David Platt appeared as a substitute in most of the Euro 1996 games, but he started the quarter-final against Spain, as Ince was suspended.

David Platt retired from international football soon afterwards, having been capped 62 times and scored 27 goals.

In July 1999, David Platt was appointed manager of Nottingham Forest, who had just been relegated from the Premier League.

David Platt was manager at the City Ground for two seasons, but had little success despite spending several million pounds on players who did not perform well and plunging the club into large sums of debt.

David Platt was appointed manager of the England U21 on 17 July 2001, which brought a little more success than his stint at Forest.

David Platt guided them to qualification for the U-21 European Championships in 2002.

David Platt left this role after failing to qualify for the 2004 tournament and was succeeded by Peter Taylor.

David Platt is seen as a media pundit often for England U21 matches.

On 1 July 2010, David Platt was hired as first-team coach at Manchester City alongside manager Roberto Mancini, a decision that was not well received by many City fans because of his perceived anti-City stance as a pundit.

David Platt has previously written a regular column for FourFourTwo, commenting on tactics.

On 14 May 2013, David Platt left his assistant-manager role at Manchester City following the departure of Mancini.

On 27 May 2015, David Platt was announced as the head coach of FC Pune City of the Indian Super League.

David Platt is fluent in Italian owing to his time playing there.

David Platt is married to Rachel, with whom he had a son in 2006.