Editing Terry Venables (section)

{{Short description|English football player and manager (1943–2023)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Terry Venables
| image = Terry Venables 1964.jpg
| caption = Venables in 1964
| full_name = Terence Frederick Venables
| birth_date = {{birth date|1943|01|06|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Dagenham]], Essex, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|11|25|1943|01|06|df=y}}
| death_place = 
| height        = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersUV/BioVenablesTF.html |title=Terry Venables |website=englandfootballonline.com |access-date=26 September 2024}}</ref>
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 1958–1960
| youthclubs1 = [[Chelsea F.C. Reserves and Academy|Chelsea]]
| years1 = 1960–1966
| clubs1 = [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
| caps1 = 202
| goals1 = 26
| years2 = 1966–1969
| clubs2 = [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
| caps2 = 115
| goals2 = 5
| years3 = 1969–1974
| clubs3 = [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]]
| caps3 = 177
| goals3 = 19
| years4 = 1974–1976
| clubs4 = [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]]
| caps4 = 14
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1976
| clubs5 = → [[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St Patrick's Athletic]] (loan)
| caps5 = 2
| goals5 = 0
| totalcaps = 510
| totalgoals = 50
| nationalyears1 = 
| nationalteam1 = England Schoolboy
| nationalcaps1 = 
| nationalgoals1 = 
| nationalyears2 = 
| nationalteam2 = [[England national youth football team|England Youth]]
| nationalcaps2 = 
| nationalgoals2 = 
| nationalyears3 = 1960
| nationalteam3 = [[England national amateur football team|England Amateur]]
| nationalcaps3 = 1
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 1962–1964
| nationalteam4 = [[England national under-23 football team|England U23]]
| nationalcaps4 = 4
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| nationalyears5 = 1964
| nationalteam5 = [[England national football team|England]]
| nationalcaps5 = 2
| nationalgoals5 = 0
| nationalyears6 = 
| nationalteam6 = [[The Football League XI]]
| nationalcaps6 = 1
| nationalgoals6 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1976–1980
| managerclubs1 = [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]]
| manageryears2 = 1980–1984
| managerclubs2 = [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]]
| manageryears3 = 1984–1987
| managerclubs3 = [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| manageryears4 = 1987–1991
| managerclubs4 = [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
| manageryears5 = 1994–1996
| managerclubs5 = [[England national football team|England]]
| manageryears6 = 1996–1998
| managerclubs6 = [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]]
| manageryears7 = 1998–1999
| managerclubs7 = [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]]
| manageryears8 = 2000–2001
| managerclubs8 = [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] (joint with [[Bryan Robson]])
| manageryears9 = 2002–2003
| managerclubs9 = [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]]
| manageryears10 = 2006–2007
| managerclubs10 = [[England national football team|England]] (assistant)
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|AUS}}}} {{nobold|(as manager)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1997 FIFA Confederations Cup|1997]]|}}
}}

'''Terence Frederick Venables''' (6 January 1943 – 25 November 2023), often referred to as '''El Tel''',<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/28327573 "From QPR to Barcelona: When Terry Venables became El Tel"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122024935/http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/28327573 |date=22 November 2015 }} by Tom Rostance, BBC News, 6 August 2014</ref> was an English [[association football|football]] player and manager who played for clubs including [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]], [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] and [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]] and won two [[cap (sport)|caps]] for [[England national football team|England]].

As a manager, Venables won the [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] championship with [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] in 1979. He reached the [[1982 FA Cup Final]] with Queens Park Rangers and won the Second Division in 1983. With [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]], he won [[La Liga]] in 1985 and reached the [[1986 European Cup Final]].<ref name="borrows" /> He guided Tottenham Hotspur to victory in the [[1991 FA Cup Final]].<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/dec/23/newsstory.sport6 | title= Venables the prodigal returns | work= The Guardian | date= 23 December 2000 | access-date= 29 March 2019 | archive-date= 29 March 2019 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190329012150/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/dec/23/newsstory.sport6 | url-status= live }}</ref> He also managed [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] and [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]]. 

As the England national team manager from 1994 to 1996, he reached the semi-finals of the [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996 European Championships]]. His tactical style was modern and innovative, which was a contrast to the rigid tactical style that dominated English football at the time.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Burt |first=Jason |date=27 November 2023 |title=Terry Venables was a tactical visionary – no wonder Pep Guardiola looked up to him |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2023/11/27/terry-venables-barcelona-pep-guardiola-england-tottenham/ |issn=0307-1235 |access-date=27 November 2023 |archive-date=27 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127215323/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2023/11/27/terry-venables-barcelona-pep-guardiola-england-tottenham/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Hayward |first=Paul |date=26 November 2023 |title=Terry Venables, the coach who saved English football from insularity |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/nov/26/terry-venables-the-coach-who-saved-english-football-from-insularity |issn=0261-3077 |access-date=27 November 2023 |archive-date=27 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127071801/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/nov/26/terry-venables-the-coach-who-saved-english-football-from-insularity |url-status=live }}</ref> Venables also had good personal relationships with the squad.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> He managed [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]] from 1996 to 1998.