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John Salako

Crystal Palace FC, Coventry City FC

5 appearances, 0 goals

P 5 W 4 D 0 L 1 F 8: A 3
*(actual F x: A x)
80% successful

1991-95

disciplined: none
captain:
none
minutes played:
312

Profile

Full name John Akin Salako (*Actual for and against are the goals scored
while the player was on the field.)
Born 11 February 1969 in Ibadan, Nigeria [not registered in UK].
Married to Joanne L. Parsons [registered in Mid-Warwickshire, May 1997].
Height/Weight x' x½", xst. xlbs [x].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com

Club Career

Club(s) x
Club honours x
Individual honours x
Distinctions x

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

England Career

Player number 1028th player to appear for England.
BME number The seventeenth BME player at Senior level.
Position(s) Outside-left
First match No. 673, 1 June 1991, Australia 0 England 1, an end-of-season tour match at Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, substitute (ht), aged 22 years 110 days.
Last match No. 677, 11 September 1991, England 0 Germany 1, a friendly match at Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, substituted (67), aged 22 years 212 days.
Major tournaments None
Team honours None
Individual honours x
Distinctions Had turned down approaches from Nigeria FC and the Welsh FA before his first England appearance.

Beyond England

x.  - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x.

 

John Salako - Career Statistics
Squads Apps comp. apps Starts Sub on Sub off Mins. Goals goals ave.min comp. goals Capt. Disc.
- 5 0 3 2 2 312 0 0 min 0 none none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.

 

John Salako - Match Record - All Matches - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 -1
Away 4 4 0 0 8 2 +6 0 3 2.00 0.50 100.0 +4
All - Friendly 5 4 0 1 8 3 +5 1 3 1.60 0.60 80.0 +3

 

John Salako - Match Record - By Colour of Shirt
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
White 4 4 0 0 8 2 +6 0 3 2.00 0.50 100.0 +4
Red 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 -1
All 5 4 0 1 8 3 +5 1 3 1.60 0.60 80.0 +3

 

John Salako - Match History
 Club: Crystal Palace F.C. - 5 full appearances

manager: Graham Taylor - 5 full capsx

Age 22
1 673 1 June 1991 - Australia 0 England 1, Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney tour AW sub 45 16
2 674 3 June 1991 - New Zealand 0 England 1, Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland AW sub 70 16
3 675 8 June 1991 - New Zealand 0 England 2, Athletic Park, Wellington AW Start 11
4 676 12 June 1991 - Malaysia 2 England 4, Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur AW Start 11
5 677 11 September 1991 - England 0 Germany 1, Wembley Stadium, Wembley Fr HL Start off 67 11
 Club: Coventry City F.C. - 0 full appearances

Coach: Terry Venables - 0 full capsx

Age 26
- 714 6 September 1995 - England 0 Colombia 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley Fr HD squad member

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