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Football player David Giles

David Charles Giles

David Giles

Born on 21 September 1956 (age 67)

National team appearances of David Giles

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Wales	1980 - 1983	12		5	1	2		0.167
Total:		12		5	1	2		0.167

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Swansea City AFC, Swansea	17 May 1980 - 30 May 1981	9		3		2		0.222
Crystal Palace FC, London	24 Mar 1982 - 12 Jun 1983	3		2	1

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Sub. in

Sub. off

Goals

Goals/ Caps

British Championship (BC)

World Cup qualifiers (QW)

0.400

Friendly matches and other tournaments

Total:

0.167

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
17 May 1980	England	debut	23 years 7 months 26 days
2 Jun 1980	Iceland	first goal	23 years 8 months 12 days
12 Jun 1983	Brazil	last appearance	26 years 8 months 22 days

Record of David Giles's goals by opponent team

Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	Matches by goals in a match				Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	1	2	3	>3	Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Iceland	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000
Czechoslovakia	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000
(+) other teams									10
Total:	2		2	2	0	0	0	1.000	12	0.167

Record of national team matches played by David Giles

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Wales football team	12	6	4	2	17	5	66.7

David Giles's international caps

as player of Swansea City AFC, Swansea:

debut age - 23 years 7 months 26 days

17 May 1980 15:00 (+1:00)

Wrexham, The Racecourse

4-1

Wales vs England

British Championship 1980

21 May 1980 20:00 (+1:00)

Glasgow, Hampden Park

1-0

Scotland vs Wales

British Championship 1980

23 May 1980 19:30 (+1:00)

Cardiff, Ninian Park

0-1

Wales vs Northern Ireland

British Championship 1980

age when scoring first goal - 23 years 8 months 12 days

02 Jun 1980 20:00

Reykjavík, Laugardalsvöllur

0-4

Iceland vs Wales

1982 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 3

1х

15 Oct 1980 19:30 (+1:00)

Cardiff, Ninian Park

4-0

Wales vs Turkey

1982 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 3

19 Nov 1980 19:30

Cardiff, Ninian Park

1-0

Wales vs Czechoslovakia

1982 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 3

1х

25 Mar 1981 15:00 (+3:00)

Ankara, 19 Mayıs Stadı

0-1

Turkey vs Wales

1982 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 3

20 May 1981 19:45 (+1:00)

London, British Empire Exhibition Stadium (Wembley)

0-0

England vs Wales

British Championship 1981 (Not finished)

30 May 1981 15:00 (+1:00)

Wrexham, The Racecourse

0-0

Wales vs Soviet Union

1982 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 3

as player of Crystal Palace FC, London:

24 Mar 1982 20:30 (+1:00)

Valencia, Estadio Luís Casanova

1-1

Spain vs Wales

Friendly International

31 May 1983 20:00 (+1:00)

Belfast, Windsor Park

0-1

Northern Ireland vs Wales

British Championship 1983

12 Jun 1983 15:00 (+1:00)

Cardiff, Ninian Park

1-1

Wales vs Brazil

Friendly International

Comments

Welsh international football players by name

Footballer

Born

Died

Team, period

Caps

First match

Last match

Sam Gillam

1867

13 Oct 1938

1889 - 1894

15 Apr 1889

24 Mar 1894

George Glasscodine

07 Aug 1856

15 Dec 1943

1879 - 1879

18 Jan 1879

Pat Glover

09 Sep 1910

09 Sep 1971

1931 - 1939

31 Oct 1931

15 Mar 1939

George Godding

03 May 1896

18 Nov 1960

1923 - 1923

17 Mar 1923

14 Apr 1923

Brian Godfrey

01 May 1940

11 Feb 2010

1964 - 1965

15 Apr 1964

01 May 1965

Welsh national team players

Other international football players who were born on 21 September

Footballer

Born

Died

Team, period

Caps

First match

Last match

Tony Grealish

21 Sep 1956

23 Apr 2013

1976 - 1985

24 Mar 1976

13 Nov 1985

Vasil Tinchev

21 Sep 1958

1982 - 1989

14 Oct 1982

15 Nov 1989

Andrzej Buncol

21 Sep 1959

1980 - 1986

17 Feb 1980

11 Jun 1986

Ivan Gudelj

21 Sep 1960

1980 - 1986

10 Sep 1980

19 May 1986

Philippe Anziani

21 Sep 1961

1981 - 1987

15 May 1981

14 Oct 1987

international footballers born on 21 September

Wales upcoming fixtures

Friendly International

Gibraltar vs Wales

Loulé, Thursday 6 June 2024

Friendly International

Slovakia vs Wales

Trnava, Sunday 9 June 2024

Wales vs Turkey

Friday 6 September 2024

Montenegro vs Wales

Monday 9 September 2024

Wales football fixtures

David Giles's most often teammates

Peter Nicholas (1980 - 1983) - 11 games
Joey Jones (1980 - 1983) - 11 games
Paul Price (1980 - 1983) - 11 games
Brian Flynn (1980 - 1983) - 11 games
Dai Davies (1980 - 1982) - 10 games

Wales players born on 1 May

Bert Williams (1905) - 1 cap
Brian Godfrey (1940) - 3 caps, 2 goals
Trevor Hockey (1943) - 9 caps, 1 goal
Andy Dorman (1982) - 3 caps