Gary Vincent Mabbutt MBE (born 23 August 1961) is an English former professional footballer. Mabbutt is best remembered for his 16-year spell at Tottenham Hotspur, where he played from 1982 until 1998, and was the club captain for 11 years from 1987 to 1998.
With Spurs, he won the UEFA Cup in 1984 and the FA Cup in 1991 (as captain). In the 1987 FA Cup Final against Coventry City, Mabbutt had an eventful game where he scored Spurs' second goal to put them 2–1 up but, after Coventry had equalised to force extra time, he scored an own goal to give Coventry a 3–2 win. This incident lead to him being held as something of a folk hero at Coventry City, with a fanzine being named Gary Mabbutt's Knee.
Mabbutt won the inaugural Tottenham Hotspur Player of the Year award in 1987.
Having sustained a fractured skull and eye socket in November 1993 from Wimbledon striker John Fashanu's elbow in an aerial challenge, an injury which required him to wear a protective mask on the pitch even after a three-month absence, he suffered a broken leg on the opening day of the 1996–97 season and did not return until the following campaign, at the end of which he retired from playing after 16 years at White Hart Lane. By this stage, he was the club's second longest-serving player. His final appearance for the club came against Southampton on the last day of the 1997–98 season.
Honours[]
1983-84 - UEFA Cup (2)
1990-91 - FA Cup (8)
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| Preceded by | Tottenham Hotspur F.C. captain | Succeeded by |
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 Steve Perryman
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Gary Mabbutt
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Sol Campbell
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