Mauricio Pochettino Has Coached Exactly Half of England's Last 30 Debutants Since 2013

Harry Winks' senior England debut against Lithuania on Sunday afternoon ensured that Mauricio Pochettino has coached exactly half of the Three Lions' last 30

90 Min | Oct 9, 2017

Mauricio Pochettino Has Coached Exactly Half of England's Last 30 Debutants Since 2013 /

Harry Winks' senior England debut against Lithuania on Sunday afternoon ensured that Mauricio Pochettino has coached exactly half of the Three Lions' last 30 debutants at club level, stretching back over a four year period to August 2013.

Since Rickie Lambert first played for England against Scotland four years ago, 15 of England's new players have worked with Pochettino at either Southampton or Tottenham.

The majority of those have also made their England debut while playing for a Pochettino team. For two of the three that didn't, they were called up by England soon afterwards and so the Argentine's impact in developing home-grown talent should not be understated.

After Lambert, Southampton trio Fraser Forster, Adam Lallana and Jay Rodriguez all made their England debuts in November 2013 against Chile. Luke Shaw, another Saints player, made his debut a few months later against Denmark, with Southampton going on to finish 8th in the Premier League that season - Pochettino's first and only full season in charge.

In the five months that followed Pochettino's move to Spurs in the summer of 2014, Calum Chambers and Nathaniel Clyne also pulled on an England shirt for the senior side for the first time.

Tim Sherwood will always claim to have discovered Harry Kane for Tottenham, but it was under Pochettino that the striker really blossomed. His England debut came against Lithuania during the Argentine's first season at White Hart Lane.

Ryan Mason also made his senior England debut a few days later against Italy.

For Dele Alli there was an England debut in October 2015 against Estonia, while the curtain rose on Eric Dier's senior international career against Spain in November 2015.

Having been at Tottenham for years, it wasn't until Pochettino's arrival that Danny Rose really began to thrive. He was finally rewarded with his senior England debut in March 2016 in a famous friendly win over Germany.

James Ward-Prowse had been coached by Pochettino at Southampton and the midfielder got on the pitch for England for the first time against Germany earlier this year.

Prior to Winks, Spurs full-back Kieran Trippier had been England's most recent debutant, yet another player who has been coached by Pochettino and has grabbed his chance.

Last 30 Players to Make Senior England Debut:

Player	England Debut	Coached by Pochettino
Rickie Lambert	August 2013 vs Scotland	Southampton
Ross Barkley	September 2013 vs Moldova	-
Andros Townsend	October 2013 vs Montenegro	-
Fraser Forster	November 2013 vs Chile	Southampton
Adam Lallana	November 2013 vs Chile	Southampton
Jay Rodriguez	November 2013 vs Chile	Southampton
Luke Shaw	March 2014 vs Denmark	Southampton
John Stones	May 2014 vs Peru	-
Jon Flanagan	June 2014 vs Ecuador	-
Calum Chambers	September 2014 vs Norway	Southampton
Fabian Delph	September 2014 vs Norway	-
Nathaniel Clyne	November 2014 vs Slovenia	Southampton
Harry Kane	March 2015 vs Lithuania	Tottenham
Ryan Mason	March 2015 vs Italy	Tottenham
Jamie Vardy	June 2015 vs Republic of Ireland	-
Dele Alli	October 2015 vs Estonia	Tottenham
Danny Ings	October 2015 vs Lithuania	-
Eric Dier	November 2015 vs Spain	Tottenham
Danny Rose	March 2016 vs Germany	Tottenham
Danny Drinkwater	March 2016 vs Netherlands	-
Tom Heaton	May 2016 vs Australia	-
Marcus Rashford	May 2016 vs Australia	-
Jesse Lingard	October 2016 vs Malta	-
Aaron Cresswell	November 2016 vs Spain	-
Michael Keane	March 2017 vs Germany	-
Nathan Redmond	March 2017 vs Germany	-
James Ward-Prowse	March 2017 vs Germany	Southampton
Kieran Trippier	June 2017 vs France	Tottenham
Harry Maguire	October 2017 vs Lithuania	-
Harry Winks	October 2017 vs Lithuania	Tottenham

Published Oct 9, 2017

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