Gary Shaw (footballer, born 1961)

Gary Shaw
	Shaw in 1982
Personal information
Full name	Gary Robert Shaw
Date of birth	21 January 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth	Solihull, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1977–1978	Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years	Team
1978–1988	Aston Villa
1987	→ Blackpool (loan)
1988	Kjøbenhavns Boldklub
1988–1990	SK Austria Klagenfurt
1990	Walsall
1990	Kilmarnock
1990–1991	Shrewsbury Town
1991–1992	Ernest Borel
Total
International career
1981–1982	England U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gary Robert Shaw (born 21 January 1961) is an English former football striker who played for Aston Villa in the early 1980s.

Club career

During the 1980s, Shaw's goals helped Aston Villa win the First Division championship in 1980–81 and the European Cup the following year - the only Solihull-born player in the team. In 1981, he was voted PFA Young Player of the Year, and was awarded the Bravo Award the following year, as the best under-23 player in European Competitions.

His promising Villa career was hindered after sustaining a knee injury in an away game at Nottingham Forest in September 1983.^[3] After a heavy tackle, he was helped to his feet by Ian Bowyer and, in Shaw's words, something in his knee 'clicked'. After his recovery, he continued to play for Villa until the conclusion of the 1987–88 season.

In July 1988 he made his debut for Copenhagen-based Kjøbenhavns Boldklub in Denmark, moving to SK Austria Klagenfurt in Austria in 1989. He finished his career off at Walsall, Kilmarnock, Shrewsbury Town and the Hong Kong-based Ernest Borel FC.

International career

Shaw gained seven caps for the England under-21 team. Following a successful European Cup campaign with Aston Villa, he was also included in the 40-strong preliminary England squad for the 1982 FIFA World Cup finals; however, he was not picked in the final 22.

Honours

Club

Aston Villa

Individual

Bravo Award (Awarded to the Most Outstanding Young Footballer in Europe): 1982^[4]
PFA Young Player of the Year: 1981
PFA Team of the Year: 1980–81

References

^ "Gary Shaw". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
^ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1980). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 54. ISBN 0362020175.
^ "Aston Villa Football Club | the official club website".
^ José Luis Pierrend (8 January 2015). "The "Bravo" Award". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2015.

External links

Gary Shaw at Soccerbase
Player profile at Aston Villa Player Database
Photo

[1] "Gary Shaw". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 April 2017.

[2] Rollin, Jack, ed. (1980). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 54. ISBN 0362020175.

[avfc-3] "Aston Villa Football Club | the official club website".

[4] José Luis Pierrend (8 January 2015). "The "Bravo" Award". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2015.

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