Tony Dorigo

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Tony Dorigo
Full name	Anthony Robert Dorigo
Date of birth	December 31, 1965 (age 41)
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Height	5'9"
Playing position	Defender
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1983-1987 1987-1991 1991-1997 1997-1998 1998-2000 2000-2001	Aston Villa Chelsea Leeds United Torino Derby County Stoke City	111 (1) 146 (11) 171 (5) 30 (2) 41 (1) 36 (0)
National team
1989-1993	England	15 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7/1/2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Anthony Robert Dorigo (born 31 December 1965 in Melbourne, Australia) is a retired footballer who played for Aston Villa, Chelsea, Leeds United and the England national side as a left-back. He is now a football pundit and appears on satellite television channel, Bravo, as part of their Serie A coverage.

He signed for Chelsea from Aston Villa for £475,000 and he won the club's player of the year award in his first season, though they were also relegated. He helped the club win promotion back to the First Division at the first attempt. He left Chelsea in somewhat acrimonious circumstances in the summer of 1991, having made and then withdrawn a transfer request, and then seemingly fallen out with manager Bobby Campbell after being dropped from the side. He was sold to Leeds for £1.3m. He made 180 appearances for Chelsea, scoring 11 goals.

Dorigo won the League Championship with Leeds in his first season at the club (its last as the old First Division) and stayed with the club until 1997, when he joined Italian side Torino. He later had short spells at Derby County and Stoke City.

He won 15 England caps and made his debut in 1989 against Yugoslavia. A year earlier he was a surprise inclusion in the squad for the European Championships as cover for Kenny Sansom, after regular deputy Stuart Pearce withdrew through injury. Dorigo was also part of the 1990 World Cup squad, this time as cover for Pearce. He made one appearance in the third place play-off defeat to Italy.

	England squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place
1 Shilton \| 2 Stevens \| 3 Pearce \| 4 Webb \| 5 Walker \| 6 Butcher \| 7 Bryan Robson \| 8 Waddle \| 9 Beardsley \| 10 Lineker \| 11 Barnes \| 12 Parker \| 13 Woods \| 14 Wright \| 15 Dorigo \| 16 McMahon \| 17 Platt \| 18 Hodge \| 19 Gascoigne \| 20 Steven \| 21 Bull \| 22 Beasant \| Coach: Bobby Robson