Shaun Close

Football player infobox
playername = Shaun Close


fullname = Shaun Charles Close
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1966|9|8
cityofbirth = Islington
countryofbirth = England
height =
position = Centre-forward
youthyears = ??–1986
youthclubs = Tottenham Hotspur
years = 1986–1988 1988 1988–1989 1989–1993 1993–1994 1994–??
clubs = Tottenham Hotspur Halmstad Bournemouth Swindon Town Barnet Bishop's Stortford
caps(goals) = 09 (0) 0? (?) 39 (8) 44 (1) 27 (2) 0? (?)

Shaun Charles Close (born September 8, 1966 in Islington, England) is a former football (soccer) centre-forward. He started his career as a youth player for Tottenham Hotspur, then had a spell with Halmstad in Sweden and after that, spent a season at Bournemouth. In 1989 he was signed by Swindon Town manager Osvaldo Ardiles, but had a mostly disappointing time at the club, managing to score just 2 goals in 53 appearances in all competitions and just 1 league goal. In 1993 he spent a season with Barnet, before moving down to non-league with Bishop's Stortford.

References / External Links

* [http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Person.asp?PersonID=CLOSESHA Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk - Shaun Close]
* [http://home.c2i.net/barnetfc/ShaunClose.html Barnet Fan Club of Norway]
* [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/bournemouth/bournemouth.htm]
* [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/barnet/barnet.htm]