Paul Gascoigne, football player: biography, personal life, sports career

Paul Gascoigne is a footballer from the UK, famous for his talent and unbridled temper. In football, he received the nickname Gazza. Acted as a midfielder, for about 10 years was a key player in England (1988-1998). But not only a terrific game famous Paul Gascoigne. The antics of the player on and off the pitch are known to many football fans.

From the football field to the clinic

The story of Gazza should not begin from the day of his birth, but from the moment he turned from a hero of the nation into a captive of the white walls of one of the clinics of Arizona. How did a nice guy from England find himself in a US hospital? The blame for everything was the way of life that the football player adhered to. Constant parties, nights without sleep, many women, easy drugs. And most importantly - alcohol, a lot of alcohol.

"Paul Gascoigne - alcoholic," - a frequent headline of English newspapers of that time. "Gazza" drank a lot, which is really there to hide. Often binges were replaced by deep depressions, which required even more alcohol. However, the body, exhausted by the parties, was already beginning to rebel. Saving the pill. And he really was not up to football.

Despite this, Gascoigne can be called a lucky one. He is not from that class of famous personalities, from whom friends turned away during a serious problem. It was the relatives who came to the aid of the lowered midfielder, who needed support, more than ever.

And not only the most relatives tried to help this cheerful and sympathetic fellow from the Foggy Albion. Even the fans did not stand aside, trying to support their idol. Paul Gascoigne does not agree to treatment, convinces others that he can handle himself. However, in the end, surrenders and goes to distant Arizona. It was the beginning of the 2000s, Gazza's career was moving quickly to the sunset ...

The namesake of McCartney and Lennon

Many believed that Paul Gascoigne was crazy because of his difficult childhood. Gazza's family was poor, money appeared very rarely. Due to the difficult financial situation, the brother of the future football star was sent to a boarding school.

Full name of the midfielder is Paul John. The light appeared in the popularity period of "Beatles", and therefore was named in their honor. Paul Gascoigne now boasts a beautiful life. At that time, the Gascoigne family had to wriggle out of all their strength. My father worked at the construction site, performing the dirty errands. Mother did work in three jobs. Money was never. But there were four children in the family.

First steps in football

Initially, the boy kicked the ball to distract from the gray poor life. At that time in England there was little entertainment, and many began to apply to the glass. However, Paul already in his childhood was determined to play football at a professional level. The dream began to come true at age 17, when he joined Newcastle, which at that time was not the last club in the UK. Soon he is in the youth team.

His nickname was, playing for a duplicate composition. However, there is a legend that it appeared after one of the commentators pronounced the phrase: "This player turned the field into the Gaza Strip".

An outstanding footballer with one "but"

Paul Gascoigne is a talented football player, and it's hard to argue with that. He is very good, despite the fact that he can not boast a mountain of cups and titles. Many current football fans will laugh, indicating the number of trophies Ronaldo or Rooney. Paul Gascoigne could become a superstar and conquer the best stadiums in the world, but frequent injuries and booze did not allow him to climb to the top.

Already in his childhood he began to be injured, breaking his hands twice and breaking his head. One day, while researching the construction site, he stepped on a rusty nail, after which he did not lose his foot by a miracle. He attracted injuries like a magnet. Being a professional football player in total missed about 4.5 years, more than 20 times visited the surgeon's desk.

All this unpleasant picture was supplemented by stresses, violation of the regime, alcohol, problems with excess weight. It's amazing how this guy managed to get to the European and World Championships. And not just to get there, but to play at a high level.

Addiction to alcohol

It is for certain unknown when Gazza began to apply to the glass. And it was difficult to find in England, the period 60-80-ies of a non-drinking football player. Many legends of the English league could calmly get drunk in the evening, and in the morning go out on the field in an important match.

Of this number of players was also Gazza. The midfielder did not miss a chance to "pour his eyes." He drank before training, after them, before the matches and after their completion. There are cases when Paul "rolled" and in the breaks of fights. In 1996, he played for the Scottish "Rangers". Passed the first half of the game for the Cup of the country. The game is not very successful for the "Rangers", in which there is a certain fault Gazza. Midfielder, without thinking twice, goes to the bar, where he drinks, and then goes to the field. Surprisingly, in the second half he scored twice. He did more than once.

European Championship in England

In 1996, to lead the European championship was entrusted to the ancestor of football. The English national team collected the best players of the time, including Paul Gascoigne. The midfielder was sure that this was his chance to shine around the world, and even stopped drinking. However, he breaks off just before the start, when he goes to the camps in Hong Kong. Gazza has a birthday, why not take a feast directly on the plane? It all ends not very well: broken TVs, pestering flight attendants ...

Despite this, England became one of the favorites of the European Championship-1996, and Paul scored his most famous goal. However, in the semi-finals the British could not beat the German penalty shoot-out series. Result - Gazza gets drunk and cries in her room.

The last years Gascoigne-football player

The 1998 mundial is the main goal of Paul. He understands that his career is on the way to the sunset, and he has already gone to the fourth decade. Gascoigne is good at qualifying, but before leaving he finds out that he did not get on the list of the main line-up. This news shock Gazza and becomes the beginning of the end. He did not follow the games of the national team, only occasionally recognizing the news in the bar, where he spent most of the time.

For several years he grabbed for any opportunity to linger in football. He played in China and the United States, but for a long time he was not enough. In 2005 he tries himself as a coach, but here he is disappointed. In the end, Paul just waved his hand and gradually began to sink in his experiences and alcohol.

Then there were clinics that pulled out the former star from the other world. In the football environment, he did not appear, but the fans did not forget about him. Often he attended various shows, where he became, rather, a comedian than a football player. And he made people laugh. Despite leaving from football, he remained the same simple guy.

Sexual antics

Of course, Gazza was famous as an alcoholic of world football, but do not forget about his gay antics, which made fans laugh with laughter on the floor:

• Winnie Jones and Paul Gascoigne once quarreled in the field. Vinnie grabbed Paul for male dignity, for which he received a rose in the locker room, in return sent a toilet brush.
• There was a case when Gazza showed up at the bar in the form of a national team.
• I ripped the hammer from the worker and began to pound the asphalt in one of the streets of Great Britain, wildly laughing at the same time.
• He joked over Brotherton, sending a transvestite to his room.
• In one of the matches I picked up a yellow card, which the referee dropped, and showed him the same. For this he received the same card in return.
• Once he sniffed at the judge's armpit when he raised his hand.
• He treated his comrades to a pie filled with feces of a football player.