Read about Trevor Sinclair’s net worth, wife, age, height, children, family, parents, club records as well as other information you need to know.
Introduction
Trevor Sinclair is an English football coach, retired footballer, and pundit. As a player, he was a winger who notably played in the Premier League for Queens Park Rangers, West Ham United and Manchester City. He also played in the Football League for Blackpool and Cardiff City where he retired in 2008. He has since come out of retirement on two occasions and has featured for non-league sides Lancaster City in 2014 and Squires Gate in 2018.
Sinclair was capped twelve times by England, four of which came in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He won the 1997 Match of the Day Goal of the Season after scoring a bicycle kick in an FA Cup tie against Barnsley. Following his retirement, Sinclair largely worked as a pundit on both televisi on and radio, most notably for BBC Sport on Football Focus and Final Score. During the 2014/15 season, he was named assistant manager of Lancaster City.
He was the assistant manager of Lancaster City. On 25 August 2014, he made a substitute appearance in the second half of a 3–1 defeat to Clitheroe in the league. As of October 2021, Sinclair runs a football academy with Bamber Bridge manager Jamie Milligan. Sinclair has worked as a sports commentator, notably on TalkSPORT. Following the death of Elizabeth II, Sinclair tweeted asking why “black and brown” people should mourn. His comments were met with widespread condemnation, including that of his fellow TalkSPORT colleague Simon Jordan.
Early life
Name | Trevor Sinclair |
Net Worth | $13 million |
Occupation | Coach, Retired footballer, Pundit |
Age | 49 years |
Height | 1.78m |
Trevor Lloyd Sinclair was born on March 2, 1973 (age 49 years) in Dulwich, London, United Kingdom. Sinclair is of partial Irish and Scottish descent through his mother, who was born in Sligo and his stepfather was from Glasgow. He lives on the Fylde coast and is a supporter of his previous clubs West Ham, Manchester City, Blackpool and QPR, as well as Scottish club Celtic. Sinclair although born in Dulwich, London, he raised in Manchester.
Career
Trevor Sinclair began his career at Blackpool where he played from 1989 to 1993. When he made his debut for Blackpool, on 19 August 1989, he became the club’s youngest ever player, at 16 years, five months, breaking Colin Greenall’s record set nine years earlier. Sinclair’s record was in turn broken by Matty Kay in November 2005. Sinclair was inducted into the Hall of Fame at Bloomfield Road when it was officially opened by former Blackpool player Jimmy Armfield in April 2006. Organized by the Blackpool Supporters Association, Blackpool fans around the world voted on their all-time heroes. Five players from each decade are inducted; Sinclair is in the 1990s. He made 112 league appearances for the Seasiders, scoring 15 goals.
Sinclair moved to Queens Park Rangers in 1993 for £600,000, a figure which broke Blackpool’s record transfer sale. He won the October 1995 Premier League Player of the Month award, although he was unable to prevent QPR from being relegated from the Premier League that season. Throughout the 1995-96 season, Sinclair’s name was constantly linked with a move to several of the Premier League’s leading clubs, namely Leeds United, Manchester United and Newcastle United – with fees of up to £6 million being mentioned.
In May 1997, he won the BBC’s Match of the Day “Goal of the Season” competition with a bicycle kick from outside the penalty area whilst playing for QPR in an FA Cup match against Barnsley. In five years at QPR, he made 168 league appearances, scoring 16 goals. However, in January 1998, Sinclair moved to West Ham United for a combined fee of £2.3 million; £2.7 million minus West Ham players Iain Dowie and Keith Rowland moving to Q.P.R as part of the deal.
Trevor Sinclair scored seven goals in the remaining 14 games to help West Ham achieve an eighth-place finish in the Premier League. He was a regular over the next two seasons, but a serious knee injury ruled him out of the final four months of the 2000–01 season. His absence coincided with a loss of form for the team, and by the end of the season manager Harry Redknapp had been sacked. Sinclair recovered in time for the 2001–02 season and featured 34 times, often on the left wing, as he won his bid to play at the World Cup for England in that position.
The 2002–03 season was Sinclair’s final season with West Ham. They were relegated at the end of the season. Forced to cut costs, West Ham accepted a £3.3m bid for the player from Manchester City. In total Sinclair spent five years at Upton Park, playing in a variety of positions including wingback, left and right-wing and as a striker when called upon. He made 177 league appearances and scored 37 goals including two goals on his West Ham debut, on 31 January 1998, in a 2–2 home draw against Everton.
Manchester City
Trevor Sinclair joined Manchester City in 2003 for £3.3 million after West Ham’s relegation and went on to score City’s first competitive goal at the new City of Manchester Stadium in a UEFA Cup tie against Welsh side Total Network Solutions. At the beginning of his career at Manchester City, he played on the left wing, where he performed for England at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. However, the departure of Shaun Wright-Phillips presented the opportunity for Sinclair to play on his preferred right wing. Sinclair was released by Manchester City at the end of the 2006–07 season.
Cardiff City
Trevor Sinclair joined the Championship club, Cardiff City on July 10, 2007. He began the season as a first-team player, scoring his first Cardiff goal on 24 September in a 4–2 win in the League Cup over West Bromwich Albion. Early on in the season, he suffered from a buildup of fluid in his knee and underwent two operations on the injury which ruled him out until mid-February. He made his return on 16 February 2008 coming on as a late substitute in a 2–0 FA Cup victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers.
On 12 April 2008, Sinclair faced his first club, Blackpool, for the first time since leaving them fifteen years earlier. He scored Cardiff’s second goal in a 3–1 win; however, he refused to celebrate his goal. On 17 May he made an 86th-minute substitute appearance in the 2008 FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, which Cardiff lost 1–0 to Portsmouth. However, four days later it was announced that his contract would not be renewed for the forthcoming season and he was released. However, on 21 February 2018, he joined North West Counties Football Premier League club Squires Gate at the age of 44 after a 2014–15 season at Lancaster City.
International career
Sinclair was called up to Terry Venables’ get-together England squad in April 1995 but was not capped for the senior side until 2001. Sinclair earned 12 caps for England, four of which came in the 2002 World Cup, in which he was a last-minute replacement for the injured Danny Murphy. In turn, he replaced Owen Hargreaves, who was injured early in the competition, in the team and was widely regarded as one of England’s best players in the tournament, doing a job on England’s then “problem left-hand side”.
Arrest, controversies, Queen Elizabeth’s death tweet
Trevor Sinclair was convicted in January 1999 of causing criminal damage to a car, following a night of drinking with other West Ham players at the club’s Christmas party in Romford. In November 2017, Sinclair was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving, common assault and criminal damage after a woman was hit by a car in Lytham St Annes. On 2 January 2018, Sinclair was convicted of drunk driving, urinating in a police car and racially abusing a police officer by calling him a ‘white cunt’.
Sinclair was sentenced to 150 hours of unpaid work, disqualified from driving for 20 months and ordered to pay £500 compensation to the abused police officer. However, following the death of Elizabeth II, Sinclair tweeted asking why “black and brown” people should mourn. His comments were met with widespread condemnation, including that of his fellow TalkSPORT colleague Simon Jordan. TalkSPORT subsequently announced that Sinclair would not be featured on air at the station whilst an investigation into the tweet was carried out.
Wife
Trevor Sinclair is married to Natalie Sinclair, they had their wedding in England. His wife is a private person and they have three children together. In February 2015, he said that three of his children had joined Blackpool’s academy. As of October 2021, his eldest son, Isaac, was playing for Bamber Bridge. His middle son, Sky, was named as an under-21 player in Blackpool’s squad for the 2021–22 EFL Championship campaign. He signed a professional contract at the end of the previous campaign. Sinclair’s youngest son, Kobe, began a scholarship with Blackpool in 2021.
Trevor Sinclair net worth
What is Trevor Sinclair worth? Trevor Sinclair’s net worth is estimated at around $13 million. His source of income is from his career as an actor, comedian, and radio host. Trevor Sinclair’s salary per month with other career earnings is over $350,000 dollars annually. He is one of the richest and most influential former football players in the United Kingdom. His successful career has earned him some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy car trips. Sinclair stands at an appealing height of 1.78m and has a good body weight which suits his personality.