{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Use British English|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox football biography |name= Pat Corbett |image= |fullname= Patrick Avalon Corbett<ref>{{Hugman|id=4102}}</ref> |birth_date={{Birth date|df=y|1963|02|12|}} | birth_place = Hackney, England |death_date= | height = |position=Central defender | years1 = 1980–1983 | years2 = 1983–1985 | years3 = 1986–1990 | years4 =1991| years5 = | clubs1 = Tottenham Hotspur | clubs2 = Orient | clubs3 = Kuopion Elo<ref>{{Cite web| title=Leyton orient : 1946/47 - 2012/13 | url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/leyton/leyton.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218221720/http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/leyton/leyton.html | archive-date=2013-12-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://tp-seinajoki.fi/38.html |title=TP-Seinäjoki |website=tp-seinajoki.fi |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210083358/http://tp-seinajoki.fi/38.html |archive-date=10 December 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | clubs4 = MYPA | clubs5 = | caps1 = 5 | goals1 = 1 | caps2 = 77 | goals2 = 2 | caps3 = 101 | goals3 = 9 | caps4 = 18 | goals4 = 0 | caps5 = | goals5 = | nationalyears1 = 1980–1981 | nationalteam1 = England Youth | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }} '''Patrick Avalon Corbett''' (born 12 February 1963) is an English former professional footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur, Orient and represented England at youth level.<ref>Hugman, B. J., (Ed) ''The PFA Premier& Football League Players' Records 1946-2005'' (2005) {{ISBN|1-85291-665-6}} p138. Retrieved 1 June 2010</ref>
==Playing career== Corbett joined Tottenham Hotspur as an apprentice and signed professional forms in October, 1980. The central defender made his senior debut against Southampton at The Dell on 31 October 1981–a match in which he scored the winning goal.<ref>[http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/onthisday271107.html Corbett's league debut] Retrieved 1 June 2010</ref> Corbett featured in five matches and scored the one goal between 1981–1983 for the ''Spurs''.<ref>[http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/history_azofplayers.html Tottenham Hotspur F.C A-Z of players] Retrieved 29 November 2012 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415215517/http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/history_azofplayers.html |date=15 April 2009 }}</ref> He transferred to Orient in August, 1983 where he went on to make 77 appearances and netting two goals.
In 1986 Corbett moved to Finland where he played five seasons for Kuopion Elo and one season with MYPA.<ref>Vuorinen, Juha & Kasila, Markku: Pelimiehet - Suomen jalkapallon pelaajatilastot 1930-2006, s. 387. Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiö, 2007. {{ISBN|978-952-99075-9-5}}.</ref>
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