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== History ==
== History ==
=== Career ===
Lineker began his career as a professional association footballer in 1978 at his home club of [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]], where he finished in 1985 as the First Division's top goalscorer. A year before he left Leicester, Lineker made his debut for the England national team. He then joined league champions [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] where he won both the PFA Players' Player of the Year and FWA Footballer of the Year awards in his debut season. He was top goalscorer in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, being awarded the Golden Boot.
=== Retirement, leftist virtue signalling and hypocrisy ===
In October 2020 at the height of the [[CCP pandemic]], Lineker showed his hypocrisy and arrogance by not wearing a face mask inside a UK shop despite promoting the action heavily online.<ref>[https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3AP-sCUdwNeQAJ%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.express.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk%2F1353385%2Fgary-lineker-bbc-news-gary-lineker-refugee-migrants-mask-defund-the-bbc-lee-anderson-vn+&cd=12&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk Gary Lineker accused of ’hypocrisy at highest level' after move leaves MP fuming]</ref>
In October 2020 at the height of the [[CCP pandemic]], Lineker showed his hypocrisy and arrogance by not wearing a face mask inside a UK shop despite promoting the action heavily online.<ref>[https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3AP-sCUdwNeQAJ%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.express.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk%2F1353385%2Fgary-lineker-bbc-news-gary-lineker-refugee-migrants-mask-defund-the-bbc-lee-anderson-vn+&cd=12&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk Gary Lineker accused of ’hypocrisy at highest level' after move leaves MP fuming]</ref>