LeSaux

Full Name	Graeme Le Saux
Date of Birth	17.10.1968 or is it 17.4.68?
Birthplace	Jersey
Nationality	English
Height	5ft 10ins
Weight	76 kg (11st 2lb, 12 stones)
Position	Defender, Left Back
Previous Clubs	Blackburn Rovers,Chelsea
Date Signed	8.8.1997

Signed with Chelsea 1st time: In December 1989 on free-transfer
Signed with Chelsea 2nd time: In July 1997 for � 5,000,000 Chelsea-number: 14
Chelsea debut: Away against Portsmouth the 13th of May 1989.
Previous clubs: St Pauls Jersey, Blackburn Rovers.
International caps: 20 caps and 1 goal.
Squad Number: 3

France '98 Squad Number	3
World Cup Finals Experience	None
Position in your squad selections (out of 92)	10th
Chances of making the first eleven	A Certain to wear the number 3 shirt

Current Form	Missed the end of the league season due to injury but appears to have recovered in time for the finals. One of the few plus points for England in recent friendlies.
Strong Points	Has pace and a good crosser of the ball. Get's forward often and has a decent shot as Brazil found out three years ago. Works well along the flanks.
Weak Points	Can get caught out at the back.
Penalty Taking Ability	Seems a fairly confident striker of the ball. Could be one of the main five.

The 29 year-old defender was born in Jersey the 17th of October 1968 and he started his football career at St Pauls Jersey.

The talented left-sided defender or midfielder whose pace and all-round skills were first noticed by Chelsea Le Saux signed for the first time with Chelsea in December in 1987 when he came from St Pauls Jersey on a free-transfer. Le Saux first years in Chelsea were very rough and Le Saux couldn't really establish and he was very unhappy at the club. But he became disaffected there and Kenny Dalglish lured him to Ewood Park in March '93. He asked to leave when Blackburn came with an offer that Le Saux and Chelsea couldn't refuse.

In July 1997, Ruud Gullit added to the wealth of talent at his disposal with the sensational re-signing of Graeme Le Saux. Chelsea splashed out �5million to bring England wingback Graeme Le Saux back to London. Finally Greame Le Saux is back at Stamford Bridge where he belongs!!! Now he is a very important part of the Chelsea defense and together with the rest of the team Le Saux is a big threat to the opponents team.

The 28-year-old, who has signed a four-year contract, made a sensational return to Stamford Bridge four years after he moved to Blackburn for �650,000 in March 1993.

Le Saux, who has made an excellent comeback from career-threatening knee ligament damage, winning back his regular England place, had made no secret of his desire to leave Ewood Park this summer.

But he was constantly linked with Chelsea's London rivals Arsenal, rather than a return to the club he joined on a free transfer before making his debut in the 1988-89 season and going on to record almost 100 league appearances for Chelsea.

Gullit had also shared that line, buying five more foreigners this summer and selling two Brits, but was tempted by Le Saux's credentials.

After a superb 1994-5 season in which Le Saux secured a regular place as England's left-back, the new season took a turn for the worse when he suffered an injury against Coventry in September.

Played his part in Dalglish's championship-winning team of '95 and made his way into the England team under Terry Venables, culminating in a notable performance against Brazil at Wembley when he opened the scoring with a spectacular volley.

But things started to go wrong in the '95-6 season. First there was the notorious on-field bust-up with David Batty during Rovers' diabolical European Cup campaign, then an awful injury when he broke his ankle and ruptured tendons.

That meant he missed out on Euro 96 and the start of the '96-7 season but he returned to an improving Rovers team and regained his England place after Andy Hinchcliffe's injury.

One of football's more intelligent players on and off the pitch, Le Saux also dabbles with some effect in the field of journalism.

He returned against Legia Warsaw in the Champion's League in November still looking short of full fitness. His form was so good in the Championship-winning side that his understudy Alan Wright was happy to seek some first team football at struggling Aston Villa.

Le Saux suffered another terrible injury in December 1995 when he broke his ankle and ruptured tendons in a Premiership game against Middlesbrough.

He started his comeback in September 1996 and won back his England place last season.