Crouch spent seven-and-a-half years with Stoke, scoring 62 goals before joining Burnley in January He retired in July after the end of his contract.

Crouch was born in Macclesfield , Cheshire, [1] but his family moved to Singapore when he was one year old. Crouch's family were Chelsea supporters, and he became a ball boy at Stamford Bridge at the age of ten.

Crouch signed a professional contract with Tottenham Hotspur on 2 July , after having played for their youth team. At the end of the three-month loan, he returned to Aston Villa, and scored a brace against Leicester City , a late winner at Middlesbrough and the opener at Bolton Wanderers.

Despite initially being back-up to first choice strikers James Beattie and Kevin Phillips , Crouch became the main attacking focus of the Southampton team upon the arrival of Harry Redknapp and the sale of Beattie.

Crouch underwent intense media scrutiny because of a goal drought during his first months at Liverpool. For 19 matches—the span of four months—he was unable to score.

Crouch was praised for other facets of his game, such as his touch on the ball, but his first goal for the club evaded him.

The drought finally ended on 3 December when he scored against Wigan Athletic. Although this first goal was originally given as an own goal , it was later awarded to Crouch on appeal; he went on to score a second goal in the same match.

In addition to this, he also had to deal with unpleasant taunts from crowds at matches, as he had throughout his footballing career, who often chanted " freak " at him due to his unusual height.

Three months later, in the curtain-raiser to the —07 season , he headed the winning goal for Liverpool in the club's 2—1 victory over Chelsea in the FA Community Shield.

Crouch passed his medical the following day, [47] and, on 11 July, Crouch's transfer was officially unveiled at a Portsmouth news conference.

On 2 January , against Blackburn, Crouch scored both goals in a 2—1 victory. Crouch began the —13 season well, scoring five goals in seven matches, against Swindon Town , Wigan Athletic, Manchester City and a brace against Swansea City.

Mark Hughes replaced Tony Pulis as manager in May and despite starting the first two matches of the —14 season , Hughes dropped Crouch to the bench.

Crouch signed for Premier League club Burnley on 31 January on a contract until the end of the —19 season in a player-exchange deal with Sam Vokes.

However, the team finished bottom at the group stage, with three losses and having scored no goals. In May he was handed his first call-up to the England senior squad by manager Sven-Göran Eriksson for the team's tour of the United States, making his debut against Colombia.

In the latter appearance, Crouch's introduction as a second-half substitute was booed by England's own supporters.

England won the match 1—0 and Crouch kept his place in the starting line-up for the following match against Trinidad and Tobago , against whom he scored his first competitive international goal.

The goal provoked some controversy as replays showed Crouch to be pulling on Brent Sancho 's long hair, holding the defender down, to gain an advantage.

Crouch was rested for England's third group match against Sweden as Rooney returned from injury to join the starting line-up. However, Owen suffered a serious knee injury in the opening minute of the match and Crouch replaced him, playing the remainder of the match.

Crouch remained a part of the England set-up under Eriksson's successor as manager, Steve McClaren , and started McClaren's first match in charge, a friendly against Greece in August He scored twice in England's 4—0 victory.

Contemporary reports suggested that Crouch was the first player ever to reach ten goals for England within a single calendar year. He scored England's first goal in their 2—1 victory.

Crouch was named in Capello's final man squad for the World Cup and was given the number 9 shirt. Crouch came on as a substitute in the home friendly against France for the injured Steven Gerrard on 17 November He scored quickly from an Ashley Young corner to make the score 1—2 with an angled side-footed volley.

It was his second touch of the ball. During a run of good form in September , Crouch said in a television interview that he was not officially retired from international football.

A tall forward , with a slender physique, Crouch was known for possessing a good first touch, despite his stature, [] [] as well as an eye for goal; [] [] however, he was also known for his lack of significant pace, strength, power, and athleticism, while his movement occasionally came under criticism in the media.

Although generally known as "Crouchy," other nicknames he has been given by fans and the media in England have included "RoboCrouch" [] and "Crouchinho" an ironic use of the "- inho " suffix, meaning "little" in Portuguese and used by many Brazilian footballers.

In the summer of , Crouch adopted a robotic dancing goal celebration. He again performed the dance after both of his first two goals against Jamaica on 3 June.

On 12 June, Crouch announced he would perform his robotic dance again only if England were to win the World Cup, saying, "It's not about robotic dancing.

It is about scoring goals and winning matches. It's an important time for everyone now. I've stopped doing it for the time being, but if I ever score a really big goal you never know.

On 1 February , Crouch gave the dance a final outing to celebrate his th Premier League goal. Here's a completely un-photoshopped pic of Peter Crouch playing golf.

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