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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. As part of Barcelona, he won the 1987-1988 Copa del Rey and the 1989 European Cup Winners' Cup. He joined [[Tottenham Hotspur]] in 1989, and won his second FWA Footballer of the Year and won the FA Cup, his first and only major trophy in English football. He was integral to England's progression to the semi-finals of the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Lineker's final club was Nagoya Grampus Eight; he retired in 1994 after two seasons at the Japanese side.
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. As part of Barcelona, he won the 1987-1988 Copa del Rey and the 1989 European Cup Winners' Cup. He joined [[Tottenham Hotspur]] in 1989, and won his second FWA Footballer of the Year and won the FA Cup, his first and only major trophy in English football. He was integral to England's progression to the semi-finals of the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Lineker's final club was Nagoya Grampus Eight; he retired in 1994 after two seasons at the Japanese side.
=== Retirement, leftist virtue signalling and hypocrisy ===
=== Retirement, leftist virtue signalling and hypocrisy ===
Lineker appeared in January 2015 at the annual meeting of the [[World Economic Forum]].<ref>[https://www.cityam.com/davos-wraps-star-billing-ex-footy-striker-gary-lineker/ 2015 World Economic Forum: Davos wraps up with star billing for ex-footy striker Gary Lineker]</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>
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>