Ledley King

Ledley King embodies a kind of loyalty that feels almost extinct in modern football. Spending his entire career at Tottenham Hotspur, 323 matches across thirteen years, is a quiet act of devotion in an era of constant transfers. Beyond the loyalty, he was a genuinely elite central defender, ranked among the club's greatest, and his transition into a club ambassador feels entirely natural. I have a soft spot for one-club men because their stories are about belonging, not just performance. King chose roots over restlessness, and that choice is exactly why supporters still cherish him.

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Name (English)

Ledley King

Name (Japanese)

レドリー・キング

Reading

れどりー・きんぐ

Born

October 12, 1980 (age 46)

Origin

Bow, United Kingdom

Height

188 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Monkey

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ledley%20King
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%83%89%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207401

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

October 12, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.