What has Trevor Francis died of? Where did Trevor Francis die?

What has Trevor Francis died of? Where did Trevor Francis die? – Trevor Francis, widely recognized as Britain’s first-ever £1 million footballer, has died at the age of 69. Francis was born on 19 April 1954 and died on 24 July 2023 of a heart attack at the age of 69 at his home near Marbella, Spain.

Francis suffered a heart attack 11 years ago and had kept himself fit with daily power walks since then.

Francis became the country’s first £1 million footballer after moving from Birmingham City to Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest in 1979.

In the same year (1979), Francis demonstrated his worth by scoring the winning goal against Swedish team Malmo in that season’s European Cup final, a back-post header from a John Robertson cross sealing Forest’s first fairytale triumph in the competition. He was a member of the side that won the competition the following year.

Francis spent only two years in total at Forest, also winning the European Super Cup against Barcelona in 1979.

Born in Plymouth, Francis joined Birmingham as a schoolboy and was the Blues’ then-youngest debutant in 1970 aged 16 – a record only beaten by current England and Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham in August 2019.

Francis went on to score 119 goals in 280 league appearances before making history by joining Clough’s Nottingham Forest.

Following Forest’s two European Cup victories, he joined Manchester City before moving on to Italian clubs Sampdoria and Atalanta.

He spent a season with Rangers in Scotland before joining QPR, where he also became player-manager.

He later played a similar position at Sheffield Wednesday, where he helped guide them to the FA Cup and League Cup finals in 1993, both of which they lost to Arsenal.

Francis retired as a player in 1994, shortly before his 40th birthday, after appearing in 632 games and scoring 235 goals.

He represented England 52 times between 1976 and 1986, scoring 12 goals and appearing in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Francis was a football manager from 1988 and 2003, most notably with Sheffield Wednesday and Birmingham City. His last coaching job was with Crystal Palace, where he departed in 2003.

Source: abtc.ng