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Also known as David Benjamin James

English association football player

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Born in a musical family (his father was part of popular South Jersey cover band Sweet Life), David James grew up surrounded by music. He started playing the piano at five and then learnt the saxophone in high school, where he also joined a cappella band. He then enrolled at The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and later moved to New York. In 2005 he went back to his musical dream and a friend helped him getting into Sony Publishing and Epic Records. <a href="https://www.l

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2013
ÍBV
2014
Kerala Blasters
2018
Kerala Blasters
2020
Þróttur Vogum (assistant manager)
Full name
David Benjamin James
Date of birth
( 1970-08-01 ) 1 August 1970 (age 55)
Place of birth
Welwyn Garden City , England
Height
1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position
Goalkeeper
1986 1988
Watford
Years
Team
1988 1992
Watford
1992 1999
Liverpool
1999 2001
Aston Villa
2001 2004
West Ham United
2004 2006
Manchester City
2006 2010
Portsmouth
2010 2012
Bristol City

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Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
_Retired Soccer
Position
Goalkeeper
Nationality
England

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Encyclopedic overview

David Benjamin James (born 1 August 1970) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. His most recent position was manager at Kerala Blasters FC in the Indian Super League in 2018. He is also a pundit on Sky Sports football coverage.

James is fifth on the list of all-time Premier League appearances, having played in 572 top-level matches, and held the Premier League record for most clean sheets with 169 until Petr Čech surpassed this record. He holds the record for most penalties saved in Premier League history (13).

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