Gary Lineker

In 1986, Lineker got married to Michelle Cockayne. The couple has for sons, George, Harry, Tobias and Angus. The marriage ended in 2006.

On 2 September 2009 he got married to Welsh model Danielle Bux. The marriage ended on 13 January 2016. They have no children.

Gary Lineker was born on 30 November 1960 in Leicester, England, to Barry Lineker and his wife Margaret P. He has a younger brother named Wayne and his father was a greengrocer in Leicester.

He studied at the Caldecote Road School and then attended the City of Leicester Boys’ Grammar School, since the school was a better prospect for students who were keen on football. He was a versatile sportsman at school and shone in both football and cricket. He captained the Leicestershire Schools cricket team for five years and even considered becoming a professional cricketer rather than a footballer.

After graduating from high school, he decided against going to university and started concentrating more on a potential career in football. In 1976, he joined the youth ranks of his local club Leicester City.

Gary Lineker rose through the youth ranks at Leicester City quickly and soon made it to the senior team as a striker. His prolific goal scoring was pivotal in helping the club to get promoted to the First Division in 1980.

In 1981–1982 season, he scored 19 goals the club and one season later he emerged as the top scorer in the English Second Division to help the club gain promotion to the First Division yet again.

Following Leicester City’s promotion to the First Division, he continued to score goals for the club in the First Division and in 1984, he ended up as the second highest goal scorer in the league. He also made his debut for the English national team that year.

In 1984–1985 season, he scored 24 goals to finish as the highest goal scorer. Following his exploits with Leicester, he moved to the defending league champions Everton for a fee of £800,000 after the season was over.

He played for Everton for one season and during that season he scored 30 goals and emerged as the top scorer in the English league. Everton reached the finals of the FA cup but lost to Liverpool.

He won the FIFA Golden Boot at the 1986 World Cup; he was the tournament’s highest goal scorer with for with 6 goals.

He is the England's third highest scorer behind Wayne Rooney & Bobby Charlton. He scored 48 goals for England.

He was included in ‘FIFA 100’—a list of the "greatest living footballers" compiled by Pele.