- Tony Agana
Football player infobox
playername = Tony Agana
fullname = Patrick Anthony Olozinka Agana
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1963|10|2|df=y
cityofbirth =Bromley
countryofbirth =England
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
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height =
nickname =
position =Striker
youthyears =
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years = 1983
1983–1987
1987–1988
1988–1991
1991–1997
1992
1997–1998
1998
1998–1999
1999–2001
2001–2002
clubs = Welling United
Weymouth
Watford
Sheffield United
Notts County
→ Leeds United (loan)
Hereford United
Cliftonville
Leek Town
Guiseley
Alfreton Town
caps(goals) = 00? 0(?)
137 (35)
015 0(1)
118 (42)
145 (15)
002 0(0)
022 0(7)
00? 0(?)
023 0(2)
00? 0(?)
00? 0(?)
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nationalcaps(goals) =Patrick Anthony Olazinka "Tony" Agana (born 2 October 1963 in
Bromley ) is an English former professional footballer who played as astriker . After starting his career in non-league football, he became a professional with Watford. He late made over 100 appearances for both Sheffield United and Notts County. He played in the position ofstriker .Career
Agana started his football career with
non-league side Welling United, before joining Weymouth for £4,500 in March 1984.Jones, pp21] He made over 100 appearances for the south coast club. He also represented the England national game XI.In August 1987 Agana moved into professional football with First Division club Watford. He scored once from 15 appearances for the
Hertfordshire side.Dave Bassett , the manager who had singed Agana, had been sacked by Watford in January 1987 and joined Sheffield United in February. On 19 February 1998 he soldMartin Kuhl to Watford for £40,000, with Agana andPeter Hetherston moving toBramall Lane as part of the deal. [Jones, pp140]He made his debut for United on 20 February 1988, scoring in a 1–0 home win against Barnsley. In the 1989–90 season he scored 24 goals in 46 appearances, forming a strong partnership with
Brian Deane which helped United win promotion from the Second Divsion. In three years with the club he scored 42 goals in 118 matchesIn November 1991 he signed for Notts County for a fee of £685,000 - still a club record. Although he was loaned to Leeds United in February 1992 he went on to play 145 times for the club, scoring 15 goals.
He went on to play for Hereford United, Cliftonville, Leek Town and was
player-manager at Guiseley.After retiring from football he studied computer visualisation at
Sheffield Hallam University , graduating in 2004. He now works for theUniversity of Manchester as a distance learning technology officer, as well as working for Sheffield United's matchday hospitality team. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/4908494.stm Yesterday's Blades] BBC Sport, 15 April 2006. Accessed on 30 August 2007.]
=Sheffield United career statistics=References
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Persondata
NAME= Agana, Patrick Anthony Olozinka
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Agana, Tony
SHORT DESCRIPTION=
DATE OF BIRTH= 2 October 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH=Bromley ,England
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=
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