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Also known as John William Aldridge

Irish footballer

Person · Open Library

Works
39

Top works

  • Collected poems
  • Routemaster
  • London Bus
  • Person-Centred Practices, A Holistic and Integrated Approach
  • Person-Centred Practices

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
35
Total plays
70

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple

    · 1996 · cited 204,183x

  2. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 43,461x

  3. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

    · 2000 · cited 36,858x

  4. Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment

    · 2007 · cited 35,491x

  5. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)

    · 1992 · cited 29,110x

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Key facts

Full name
John William Aldridge
Date of birth
( 1958-09-18 ) 18 September 1958 (age 67)
Place of birth
Liverpool , England
Height
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position
Striker
1978 1979
South Liverpool
Years
Team
1979 1984
Newport County
1984 1987
Oxford United
1987 1989
Liverpool
1989 1991
Real Sociedad
1991 1998
Tranmere Rovers
1986 1996
Republic of Ireland
1996 2001
Tranmere Rovers

via Wikipedia infobox

Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
_Retired Soccer
Position
Forward
Nationality
Ireland

via TheSportsDB

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Encyclopedic overview

John William Aldridge (born 18 September 1958) is a former footballer and manager. Nicknamed "Aldo", he was a prolific, record-breaking striker. His tally of 329 Football League goals is the sixth-highest in the history of English football.

During his early career, he worked his way up through the lower leagues, playing in every league from the old Fourth Division to the old First Division. Initially signed as a replacement for Ian Rush, Aldridge spent over two successful seasons at Liverpool, winning the league and FA Cup once, and narrowly missing out on a second league title. Aldridge spent two seasons at Real Sociedad, becoming the first non-Basque player to sign for the club in several decades as they abandoned their selective recruitment policy. In 1991, he returned to England to play for Tranmere Rovers, becoming their player-manager in 1996. He retired from playing in 1998 and resigned as manager in 2001 and has not managed since.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Aldridge” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.