Ray Houghton

Born on : January 09, 1962 (62 years) at Glasgow

Nationality : Republic of Ireland Scotland

Height : 1m70

Weight : 67 kg

Number of international caps : 73 (6 goals)

First cap : vs Wales 26/03/1986

First international goal : vs England 12/06/1988

Main position
Centre Midfield	42%

Identities

Ray Houghton

Raymond James Houghton

Houghton's career statisticsLast updated on 20/11/2024 at 22:33

Offense

Defense

Playing time

Presence

discipline

V D L

Results

Season

Club

League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

Total

tier

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

1999/2000

Boro

1998/1999

Reading

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Reading	League Cup	3						1	178	0	67%	1	75%			33%	67%	0%

1997/1998

Reading

312

1019

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Reading	League Cup	6			5	3	448	83%	1	86%	67%	33%	0%
Reading	FA Cup	4			2		259	50%	2	80%	25%	50%	25%
Ireland	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	2			1	1	180	100%		50%	0%	100%	0%
Ireland	World Cup Qualifying	2	1	132	2		132	50%	1	100%	0%	50%	50%

1996/1997

Palace

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Ireland	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	3	1	2	232	100%	50%	67%	0%	33%
Palace	League Cup	2	1	1	140	100%	67%	100%	0%	0%
Palace	Championship Play-Off	1			62	100%	33%	100%	0%	0%

1995/1996

Palace

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Ireland	Euro Qualifying	1	2		66	100%	25%	0%	0%	100%
Ireland	Friendlies	1	2		90	100%	13%	0%	0%	100%
Palace	League Cup	4	6	1	315	100%	100%	25%	50%	25%
Palace	FA Cup	2	4	1	210	100%	100%	0%	50%	50%
Palace	Championship Play-Off	1	2		120	100%		0%	0%	100%

1994/1995

Club	Competition											V	D	L
Palace	Premier League	10	2	449	15	3	897	20	100%	100%	1	30%	20%	50%
Palace	FA Cup	2			4		180	0	100%	100%		0%	50%	50%
Ireland	Euro Qualifying	2	1	173	3	1	173	0	100%	50%		50%	0%	50%

1994/1995

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Aston Villa	Premier League	26	1	1793	25	6	1793	7	73%	7	76%	1	19%	42%	38%
Aston Villa	(C3) UEFA Cup	4	1	312	2	1	312	7	75%	1	100%		50%	0%	50%
Aston Villa	League Cup	2			4	1	180	0	100%		50%		50%	0%	50%

1993/1994

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Aston Villa	Premier League	30	2	1135	35	6	2270	7	83%	5	71%		37%	27%	37%
Aston Villa	(C3) UEFA Cup	1				1	90	7	100%				0%	100%	0%
Aston Villa	League Cup	6	2	210	6	2	420	0	67%	2	75%		83%	0%	17%
Aston Villa	FA Cup	3	1	270	2	1	270	0	100%		100%		67%	0%	33%
Ireland	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	3			3	1	249	0	100%		100%		33%	33%	33%
Ireland	Friendlies	2				2	62	0	50%	1	40%		100%	0%	0%
Ireland	World Cup	4	1	337	4	2	337	8	100%		100%	1	25%	25%	50%

1992/1993

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Aston Villa	Premier League	39	3	1166	36	15	3499	100%	93%	1	49%	28%	23%
Aston Villa	League Cup	5			4	1	439	100%	100%		60%	20%	20%
Aston Villa	FA Cup	4	1	390	2	2	390	100%	100%		25%	75%	0%
Ireland	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	7			2	5	630	100%	88%	1	57%	43%	0%

1991/1992

Club	Competition									V	D	L
Liverpool	Division 1	36	8	396	38	12	3165	100%	86%	39%	36%	25%
Liverpool	(C3) UEFA Cup	4	2	180	5	1	360	100%	50%	50%	0%	50%
Liverpool	League Cup	3	1	245	4		245	100%	60%	67%	0%	33%
Liverpool	FA Cup	8	1	702	4	4	702	100%	89%	63%	38%	0%
Ireland	Friendlies	1			1		90	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
Ireland	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	1				1	90	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
Ireland	Friendlies	3			5	1	270	100%	50%	33%	0%	67%

1990/1991

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Liverpool	Charity Shield	1			1		90	100%		100%	0%	100%	0%
Liverpool	Division 1	32	7	396	32	13	2775	97%	1	84%	63%	13%	25%
Liverpool	League Cup	3	2	135	5		270	100%		100%	67%	0%	33%
Liverpool	FA Cup	3	1	227	2	1	227	100%		43%	33%	33%	33%
Ireland	Friendlies	1				1	90	100%		100%	100%	0%	0%
Ireland	Euro Qualifying	4			2	2	360	100%		100%	25%	75%	0%
Ireland	Friendlies	2			1		152	100%		67%	0%	100%	0%

1989/1990

Club	Competition											V	D	L
Liverpool	League Cup	2			1	1	180	0	100%		67%	50%	0%	50%
Liverpool	Division 1	19	1	1584	20	4	1584	0	84%	3	50%	63%	11%	26%
Liverpool	FA Cup	4			6	2	295	0	75%	1	50%	50%	25%	25%
Ireland	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	2	1	180		2	180	0	100%		100%	100%	0%	0%
Ireland	Friendlies	1			1		90	0	100%		20%	0%	100%	0%
Ireland	World Cup	5			3	2	480	8	100%		100%	0%	80%	20%

1988/1989

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Liverpool	Charity Shield	1				1	90	100%	100%		100%	0%	0%
Liverpool	Division 1	38	7	489	28	17	3420	100%	100%		58%	26%	16%
Liverpool	Mercantile Credit Centenary Trophy	2	1	180	3		180	100%	100%		50%	0%	50%
Liverpool	League Cup	6			7	2	570	100%	100%		50%	33%	17%
Liverpool	FA Cup	5			5	2	480	100%	83%		100%	0%	0%
Ireland	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	6	1	518	2	5	518	100%	100%	1	50%	33%	17%
Ireland	Friendlies	1				1	45	100%	100%		100%	0%	0%
Ireland	Friendlies	1				1	90	100%	100%		0%	100%	0%

1987/1988

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Liverpool	Division 1	28	5	474	14	16	2372	93%	2	90%	57%	36%	7%
Liverpool	FA Cup	7	2	311	2	5	621	100%		100%	71%	14%	14%
Ireland	Friendlies	1				1	73	100%		100%	100%	0%	0%
Ireland	Friendlies	2				2	180	100%		50%	50%	50%	0%
Ireland	Euro	3	1	270	2	1	270	100%		100%	33%	33%	33%

1987/1988

Oxford United

945

1125

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Oxford	Division 1	11	1		945		18	3	945	0	100%		100%			36%	18%	45%
Ireland	Euro Qualifying	2					1	1	180	0	100%		100%			100%	0%	0%

1986/1987

Oxford United

648

756

Club	Competition									V	D	L
Oxford	Division 1	37	5	648	59	9	3240	100%	88%	27%	32%	41%
Ireland	Euro Qualifying	5			2	4	450	100%	83%	40%	60%	0%
Ireland	Friendlies	1			1		90	100%	100%	0%	0%	100%

1985/1986

Oxford United

788

720

Club	Competition									V	D	L
Oxford	Division 1	35	4	788	66	5	3150	100%	100%	26%	29%	46%
Oxford	League Cup	1	1	90		1	90	100%		100%	0%	0%
Ireland	Friendlies	4			3	1	360	100%	100%	50%	25%	25%

1984/1985

1983/1984

1982/1983

1981/1982

Club	Competition															V	D	L
West Ham	Division 1	1							45	0	0%	1	2%			0%	0%	100%

1980/1981

1979/1980

Total

The data represented with this background color are not complete. The figures may not reflect reality.

Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

/20

Offense

/20

Defense

/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Victories

Premier League	2	19881990
FA Cup	2	19891992
Community Shield	2	19881990
League Cup	2	19861994

Runner-ups

Premier League	3	198919911993
FA Cup	1	1988

Transfers

01/06/00 >	Retired
24/09/99 > 31/05/00	Boro	Free
15/07/97 > 11/05/99	Reading	Free
23/03/95 > 15/07/97	Crystal Palace	450 k€
28/07/92 > 23/03/95	Aston Villa	1.4 M€
19/10/87 > 28/07/92	Liverpool	1.2 M€
13/09/85 > 19/10/87	Oxford United	210 k€
07/07/82 > 13/09/85	Fulham	Free
05/07/79 > 07/07/82	West Ham

Suggest a transfer for this player

Player career by clubLast updated on 20/11/2024 at 22:33

Club	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
Aston Villa	120	11	878	9663	2	88%105	41%49	30%36
Palace	22	2	962	1924	1	100%22	32%7	41%9
Ireland	73	6	1035	6209	3	97%71	42%31	21%15
Liverpool	202	38	464	17626		97%195	56%114	20%40
Oxford	84	11	675	7425		100%84	29%24	43%36
Reading	13			885		69%9	46%6	8%1
West Ham	1			45		0%0	0%0	100%1

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
Arsenal	25	9	3
QPR	23	12	4
Coventry	15	5	2
Man United	20	7	1
Tottenham	19	10	2
West Ham	15	6	3
Nottingham	20	11	3
Everton	18	6	4
Man City	14	7	2
Norwich City	14	5	4
Derby County	7	6	2
Aston Villa	13	5	1
Luton Town	12	6	0
Leeds United	10	4	1
Charlton	5	4	0
Southampton	19	7	3
Wimbledon FC	17	6	2
Chelsea	15	7	2
S Wednesday	15	6	2
Middlesbrough	7	5	1

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Arsenal	25	10	26
Man United	20	7	24
Newcastle	11	7	22
Nottingham	20	7	22
Liverpool	10	6	26
West Ham	15	6	16
Southampton	19	6	29
Everton	18	5	19
Blackburn	8	5	9
Tottenham	19	5	24
Palace	8	5	13
QPR	23	5	24
Norwich City	14	5	13
Chelsea	15	4	23
Coventry	15	4	10
Wimbledon FC	17	4	21
S Wednesday	15	3	21
Luton Town	12	3	15
Spain	4	2	5
Italy	3	2	3

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
1999/2000	Boro	0%	0%	0	38%	40%	42	-
1998/1999	Reading	33%	0%	3	33%	41%	49	-
1997/1998	Reading	50%	10%	10	23%	56%	48	Very positive
1996/1997	Palace	100%	0%	3	39%	31%	51	-
1995/1996	Palace	14%	43%	7	46%	23%	48	Extremely negative
1994/1995	Palace	25%	50%	12	0%	0%	0	-
1994/1995	Aston Villa	25%	41%	32	58%	33%	12	Extremely negative
1993/1994	Aston Villa	45%	33%	40	41%	29%	17	Very slightly positive
1992/1993	Aston Villa	48%	21%	48	67%	33%	3	-
1991/1992	Liverpool	45%	24%	51	31%	23%	13	Positive
1990/1991	Liverpool	59%	26%	39	40%	0%	10	Positive
1989/1990	Liverpool	60%	28%	25	60%	0%	25	-
1988/1989	Liverpool	62%	15%	52	100%	0%	1	-
1987/1988	Liverpool	60%	9%	35	50%	25%	4	-
1987/1988	Oxford	36%	45%	11	50%	0%	2	-
1986/1987	Oxford	27%	41%	37	27%	55%	11	-
1985/1986	Oxford	28%	44%	36	71%	14%	14	Extremely negative
1984/1985	Fulham	0%	0%	0	46%	37%	46	-
1983/1984	Fulham	0%	0%	0	35%	35%	49	-
1982/1983	Fulham	0%	0%	0	45%	31%	49	-
1981/1982	West Ham	0%	100%	1	35%	27%	48	-
1980/1981	West Ham	0%	0%	0	61%	18%	61	-
1979/1980	West Ham	0%	0%	0	51%	27%	59	-

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
West Ham
01/05/1982	D1	Arsenal - West Ham	2 - 0	First match with the club, first loss
Oxford United
14/09/1985	D1	Oxford United - Liverpool	2 - 2	First match with the club, first start
21/09/1985	D1	Newcastle - Oxford United	3 - 0	First loss
28/09/1985	D1	Oxford United - Man City	1 - 0	First victory
26/10/1985	D1	Watford - Oxford United	2 - 2	First goal
Liverpool
24/10/1987	D1	Luton Town - Liverpool	0 - 1	First match with the club, first start, first victory
04/11/1987	D1	Wimbledon FC - Liverpool	1 - 1	First goal
20/03/1988	D1	Everton - Liverpool	1 - 0	First loss
23/05/1989	D1	Liverpool - West Ham	5 - 1	First time scoring 2 goals
Aston Villa
15/08/1992	PL	Ipswich Town - Aston Villa	1 - 1	First match with the club, first start
25/08/1992	PL	Everton - Aston Villa	1 - 0	First loss
29/08/1992	PL	Sheffield U - Aston Villa	0 - 2	First victory
28/11/1992	PL	Aston Villa - Norwich City	2 - 3	First goal
Crystal Palace
01/04/1995	PL	Crystal Palace - Man City	2 - 1	First match with the club, first start, first victory
12/04/1995	FAC	Crystal Palace - Man United	0 - 2	First loss
19/04/1995	PL	Blackburn - Crystal Palace	2 - 1	First goal
Reading
12/08/1997	LC	Reading - Swansea	2 - 0	First match with the club, first start, first victory
13/02/1998	FAC	Sheffield U - Reading	1 - 0	First loss

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 20/11/2024 at 22:33

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Match starts	Yellow cards	D Draws	L Losses
Premier League	Premier League	342	46	634	29155	94%323	42%145	28%95	30%102
FA Cup	FA Cup	42	6	606	3634	93%39	52%22	31%13	17%7
League Cup	League Cup	43	6	579	3475	91%39	60%26	21%9	19%8
Community Shield	Community Shield	2			180	100%2	50%1	50%1
MCCT	Mercantile Credit Centenary Trophy	2	1	180	180	100%2	50%1		50%1
Championship Play-Off	Championship Play-Off	2			182	100%2	50%1		50%1
Friendlies	Friendlies	21			1682	95%20	48%10	29%6	24%5
World Cup	World Cup	9	1	817	817	100%9	11%1	56%5	33%3
Euro	Euro	3	1	270	270	100%3	33%1	33%1	33%1
WCQEZ	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	24	2	1040	2079	100%24	54%13	33%8	13%3
World Cup Qualifying	World Cup Qualifying	2	1	132	132	50%1		50%1	50%1
Euro Qualifying	Euro Qualifying	14	1	1229	1229	100%14	43%6	43%6	14%2
Europa League	Europa League	9	3	254	762	89%8	44%4	11%1	44%4

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
1999/2000	Boro	5	10	57	42	16	9	17	60	54
1998/1999	Reading	3	11	61	46	16	13	17	54	63
1997/1998	Reading	2	24	42	46	11	9	26	39	78
1996/1997	Palace	2	6	71	46	19	14	13	78	48
1995/1996	Palace	2	3	75	46	20	15	11	67	48
1994/1995	Palace	1	19	45	42	11	12	19	34	49
1994/1995	Aston Villa	1	15	39	34	9	12	13	46	48
1993/1994	Aston Villa	1	10	57	42	15	12	15	46	50
1992/1993	Aston Villa	1	2	74	42	21	11	10	57	40
1991/1992	Liverpool	1	6	64	42	16	16	10	47	40
1990/1991	Liverpool	1	2	76	38	23	7	8	77	40
1989/1990	Liverpool	1	1	79	38	23	10	5	78	37
1988/1989	Liverpool	1	2	76	38	22	10	6	65	28
1987/1988	Liverpool	1	1	90	40	26	12	2	87	24
1987/1988	Oxford	1	10	14	11	4	2	5	15	18
1986/1987	Oxford	1	18	46	42	11	13	18	44	69
1985/1986	Oxford	1	18	42	42	10	12	20	62	80
1984/1985	Fulham	2	9	65	42	19	8	15	68	64
1983/1984	Fulham	2	11	57	42	15	12	15	60	53
1982/1983	Fulham	2	4	69	42	20	9	13	64	47
1981/1982	West Ham	1	9	58	42	14	16	12	66	57
1980/1981	West Ham	2	1	66	42	28	10	4	79	29
1979/1980	West Ham	2	7	47	42	20	7	15	54	43

Last games

Date	Competition	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
May 30, 2000	30/05	F	Europe	Ireland	1 - 2	Scotland	Absent
May 06, 2000	06/05	C	Round 42	Stevenage	1 - 1	Southport	No data
May 01, 2000	01/05	C	Round 36	Kettering	1 - 0	Stevenage	No data
April 29, 2000	29/04	C	Round 40	Nuneaton Town	0 - 1	Stevenage	No data
April 26, 2000	26/04	F	Europe	Ireland	0 - 1	Greece	Absent
April 24, 2000	24/04	C	Round 39	Stevenage	1 - 0	Sutton United	No data
April 22, 2000	22/04	C	Round 33	Telford United	2 - 1	Stevenage	No data
April 17, 2000	17/04	C	Round 41	Stevenage	0 - 0	Yeovil	No data
April 08, 2000	08/04	C	Round 37	Stevenage	1 - 1	Forest Green	No data
April 04, 2000	04/04	C	Round 13	Yeovil	2 - 2	Stevenage	No data
April 01, 2000	01/04	C	Round 35	Stevenage	3 - 0	Hayes	No data
March 25, 2000	25/03	C	Round 32	Southport	2 - 1	Stevenage	No data
March 18, 2000	18/03	C	Round 31	Stevenage	0 - 1	Hednesford	No data
March 11, 2000	11/03	C	Round 30	Stevenage	0 - 1	Welling United	No data
March 04, 2000	04/03	C	Round 26	Kidderminster	3 - 1	Stevenage	No data
February 28, 2000	28/02	C	Round 38	Stevenage	0 - 3	Hereford	No data
February 23, 2000	23/02	F	Europe	Ireland	3 - 2	Czech Republic	Absent
February 19, 2000	19/02	C	Round 28	Stevenage	3 - 1	Northwich	No data
February 16, 2000	16/02	C	Round 29	Kingstonian	1 - 0	Stevenage	No data
February 12, 2000	12/02	C	Round 34	Woking	0 - 2	Stevenage	No data
February 05, 2000	05/02	C	Round 21	Stevenage	2 - 1	Nuneaton Town	No data
January 29, 2000	29/01	C	Round 25	Stevenage	1 - 1	Altrincham	No data
January 22, 2000	22/01	C	Round 27	Welling United	2 - 1	Stevenage	No data
January 08, 2000	08/01	C	Round 24	Morecambe	3 - 3	Stevenage	No data
January 03, 2000	03/01	C	Round 23	Stevenage	2 - 2	Rushden	No data
December 27, 1999	27/12	C	Round 22	Rushden	2 - 1	Stevenage	No data
December 18, 1999	18/12	C	Round 9	Stevenage	0 - 1	Woking	No data
December 11, 1999	11/12	C	Round 17	Stevenage	3 - 1	Dover	No data
December 04, 1999	04/12	C	Round 20	Doncaster	1 - 2	Stevenage	No data
November 17, 1999	17/11	EQ	Decision Matches	Turkey	0 - 0	Ireland	Absent
November 14, 1999	14/11	C	Round 19	Hayes	1 - 2	Stevenage	No data
November 13, 1999	13/11	EQ	Decision Matches	Ireland	1 - 1	Turkey	Absent
November 06, 1999	06/11	C	Round 18	Stevenage	0 - 1	Scarborough	No data
October 30, 1999	30/10	C	Round 16	Dover	4 - 2	Stevenage	No data
October 23, 1999	23/10	C	Round 14	Northwich	3 - 3	Stevenage	No data
October 09, 1999	09/10	C	Round 15	Stevenage	1 - 2	Morecambe	No data
October 09, 1999	09/10	EQ	Group 8	Macedonia	1 - 1	Ireland	Absent
October 02, 1999	02/10	C	Round 4	Forest Green	3 - 2	Stevenage	No data
September 25, 1999	25/09	C	Round 12	Stevenage	0 - 1	Kingstonian	No data
September 18, 1999	18/09	C	Round 11	Hereford	1 - 2	Stevenage	No data
September 11, 1999	11/09	C	Round 8	Hednesford	2 - 2	Stevenage	No data
September 08, 1999	08/09	EQ	Group 8	Malta	2 - 3	Ireland	Absent
September 04, 1999	04/09	C	Round 7	Stevenage	0 - 2	Kidderminster	No data
September 04, 1999	04/09	EQ	Group 8	Croatia	1 - 0	Ireland	Absent
September 01, 1999	01/09	EQ	Group 8	Ireland	2 - 1	Serb.-Mont.	Absent
August 30, 1999	30/08	C	Round 6	Stevenage	3 - 0	Kettering	No data
August 28, 1999	28/08	C	Round 5	Scarborough	1 - 3	Stevenage	No data
August 24, 1999	24/08	C	Round 2	Sutton United	0 - 2	Stevenage	No data
August 21, 1999	21/08	C	Round 3	Stevenage	2 - 0	Telford United	No data
August 16, 1999	16/08	C	Round 10	Stevenage	3 - 0	Doncaster	No data
August 14, 1999	14/08	C	Round 1	Altrincham	0 - 1	Stevenage	No data
June 09, 1999	09/06	EQ	Group 8	Ireland	1 - 0	Macedonia	Absent

First XI

On the bench

Absent

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