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Pat Corbett

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Pat Corbett
Personal information
Full name Patrick Avalon Corbett[1]
Date of birth (1963-02-12)12 February 1963
Place of birth Hackney, England
Position(s) Central defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1983 Tottenham Hotspur 5 (1)
1983–1985 Orient 77 (2)
1986–1990 Kuopion Elo[2][3] 101 (9)
1991 MYPA 18 (0)
International career
1980–1981 England Youth 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Patrick Avalon Corbett (born 12 February 1963) is an English former professional footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur, Orient and represented England at youth level.[4]

Playing career

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Corbett joined Tottenham Hotspur as an apprentice and signed professional forms in October, 1980. The central defender made his senior debut against Southampton at The Dell on 31 October 1981–a match in which he scored the winning goal.[5] Corbett featured in five matches and scored the one goal between 1981–1983 for the Spurs.[6] He transferred to Orient in August, 1983 where he went on to make 77 appearances and netting two goals.

In 1986 Corbett moved to Finland where he played five seasons for Kuopion Elo and one season with MYPA.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Pat Corbett". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. ^ http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/leyton/leyton.html [bare URL]
  3. ^ "TP-Seinäjoki". tp-seinajoki.fi. Archived from the original on 10 December 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  4. ^ Hugman, B. J., (Ed) The PFA Premier& Football League Players' Records 1946-2005 (2005) ISBN 1-85291-665-6 p138. Retrieved 1 June 2010
  5. ^ Corbett's league debut Retrieved 1 June 2010
  6. ^ Tottenham Hotspur F.C A-Z of players Retrieved 29 November 2012 Archived 15 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Vuorinen, Juha & Kasila, Markku: Pelimiehet - Suomen jalkapallon pelaajatilastot 1930-2006, s. 387. Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiö, 2007. ISBN 978-952-99075-9-5.