Batty, D

David Batty (born 2 December 1968) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Batty played for Leeds United, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United. Whilst with Leeds he was part of the team that won the old Football League Second Division and the Football League First Division in its final year before the formation of the Premier League. He would go on to lift that title itself when he was part of the Blackburn team that won the League in 1995, but did not get a medal. In total he made 438 league appearances during a 17-year career, scoring eight goals. He was capped 42 times by the England national team, and represented the nation at UEFA Euro 1992 and the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Following retirement in 2004, Batty has lived his life away from the media spotlight and very rarely gives interviews about his career. It is well publicised by some of his former teammates that he cared very little for football and merely saw it as a job he did because he was good at it, as opposed to loving the sport. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article

Statistics for Batty

The fields shows the games loaded in the database. Reference: X: Average x: Starting .: Substitute o: Yellow dots are team default formation FW: 12 = Twelve times in Starting Lineup as Forward

Euro 1992 Team             Lineups posted This player England 3 2 RB: 1 CM: 1 1 FA Premier League 1995/1996 Team             Lineups posted This player Blackburn Rovers 15 15 CM: 15 4 1 Champions League 1995/1996 Team             Lineups posted This player Blackburn Rovers 6 5 RM: 2 CM: 2 LM: 1 2 FA Premier League 1996/1997 Team             Lineups posted This player Newcastle United 38 32 CM: 32 OUTs: 2 12 1 1 FA Premier League 1997/1998 Team             Lineups posted This player Newcastle United 38 32 RB: 1 RM: 1 CM: 23 LM: 7 OUTs: 1 9 3 1 Champions League 1997/1998 Team             Lineups posted This player Newcastle United 6 5 CM: 5 2 1 World Cup 1998 Team             Lineups posted This player England 4 4 CM: 2 Subst: 2 1 FA Premier League 1998/1999 Team             Lineups posted This player Newcastle United 38 8 Leeds United 38 10 RM: 1 CM: 6 LM: 9 Subst: 2 OUTs: 1 8 FA Premier League 1999/2000 Team             Lineups posted This player Leeds United 38 16 CM: 2 LM: 14 OUTs: 1 4 FA Premier League 2000/2001 Team             Lineups posted This player Leeds United 38 16 CM: 2 LM: 7 FW: 4 Subst: 3 2 1 Champions League 2000/2001 Team             Lineups posted This player Leeds United 16 8 CM: 5 LM: 2 Subst: 1 2 1 FA Premier League 2001/2002 Team             Lineups posted This player Leeds United 38 35 RM: 1 CM: 29 Subst: 5 OUTs: 4 8 2 FA Premier League 2003/2004 Team             Lineups posted This player Leeds United 38 12 LB: 1 CM: 9 Subst: 2 OUTs: 3 5