Paul Goddard is a former professional footballer

Football (soccer)

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 and football manager.

During his playing career, he gained caps

Cap (sport)

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 for England U21s

England national under-21 football team

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 (scoring five times) and earned a single full cap for the England

England national football team

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 team against Iceland

Iceland national football team

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 in June 1982 (scoring once). In his fifteen year career as a centre forward

Striker

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, he played for Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers F.C.

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, West Ham United

West Ham United F.C.

West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...

, Newcastle United

Newcastle United F.C.

Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...

, Derby County

Derby County F.C.

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, Millwall

Millwall F.C.

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 and Ipswich Town

Ipswich Town F.C.

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, where he retired and was then temporarily caretaker-manager with old team mate John Wark

John Wark

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 between the departure of John Lyall

John Lyall

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 and the arrival of George Burley

George Burley

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.

A QPR youth, Goddard was West Ham's record signing when he moved to Upton Park

Boleyn Ground

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 for £800,000 in 1980. He was West Ham's top scorer in the 1982-83

1982-83 in English football

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 season, and scored 71 goals in 213 League and Cup matches for the club. One of these goals was in the replay of the 1981 Football League Cup Final

1981 Football League Cup Final

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 defeat to Liverpool. At the start of the 1985-86 season he partnered Tony Cottee in the West Ham front line, but injury ruled him out after one game. This led to Cottee being partnered by Frank MacAvennie, and the MacAvennie-Cottee partnership yielded 54 goals in one season, taking West Ham to 3rd place in the league.

He then moved to Newcastle United

Newcastle United F.C.

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 in October 1986. He then moved on to Derby County in 1988 before signing for Millwall

Millwall F.C.

Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the...

 for a club record transfer fee in December 1989.

After retiring, he worked as assistant manager at West Ham United

West Ham United F.C.

West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...

 for Glenn Roeder

Glenn Roeder

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, a former team mate when he played at Newcastle United. He left that post on 20 January 2004, shortly after the arrival of new manager Alan Pardew

Alan Pardew

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.

, Paul lives with his family in East Bergholt

East Bergholt

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, Suffolk

Suffolk

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and since 2005 has worked for the Stellar Group for their football agency.

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