# Pat Corbett

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{{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](/source/London_Borough_of_Hackney), England
|death_date=
| height = 
|position=[Central defender](/source/Central_defender)
| years1 = 1980–1983 | years2 = 1983–1985 | years3 = 1986–1990 | years4 =1991| years5 = 
| clubs1 = [Tottenham Hotspur](/source/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C.) | clubs2 = [Orient](/source/Leyton_Orient_F.C.) | clubs3 = [Kuopion Elo](/source/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](/source/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](/source/England_national_under-18_football_team)    | nationalcaps1 = 5  | nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
'''Patrick Avalon Corbett''' (born 12 February 1963) is an English former professional [footballer](/source/association_football) who played for [Tottenham Hotspur](/source/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C.), [Orient](/source/Leyton_Orient_F.C.) and represented [England](/source/England_national_football_team) 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](/source/central_defender) made his senior debut against [Southampton](/source/Southampton_F.C.) at [The Dell](/source/The_Dell_(Southampton)) 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](/source/Kuopion_Elo) and one season with [MYPA](/source/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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Category:1963 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Hackney
Category:English men's footballers
Category:English Football League players
Category:Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
Category:Leyton Orient F.C. players
Category:Myllykosken Pallo −47 players
Category:Men's association football central defenders
Category:Elo Kuopio players
Category:English expatriate sportspeople in Finland
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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