Tony Cottee

Tony Cottee is my kind of footballer. At 170 cm he was never the towering target man, yet he scored across nearly two decades in England's top flight for West Ham, Everton and Leicester. That tells me he hunted goals with instinct rather than physique, a poacher who lived on anticipation. What I find even better is his second act: coaching, then commentary. He has experienced the game as player, manager and analyst, and that complete view is exactly why his punditry carries weight. I always trust insight from someone who has actually felt the pressure of the penalty box, and Cottee clearly has.

Name (English)

Tony Cottee

Name (Japanese)

トニー・コッティ

Reading

とにー・こってぃ

Born

July 11, 1965 (age 61)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Snake

Origin

Forest Gate, United Kingdom

Height

170 cm

Occupation

association football player / sports commentator / association football coach

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Cottee
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q348642

Tags

• association football player
• sports commentator
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-21

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.