What is Gary Lineker?
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Gary Lineker<br><small>{{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}}</small> | image = Gary_Lineker,_North_East_Blynes.jpg | caption = Lineker in 2021 | birth_name = Gary Winston Lineker<ref>{{Hugman|11754|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|11|30|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Leicester]], England | height = {{convert|1.77|m|order=flip}} | position = [[Forward (association football)#Striker|Striker]] | youthyears1 = 1976–1978 | youthclubs1 = [[Leicester City F.C. Reserves and Academy|Leicester City]] | years1 = 1978–1985 | clubs1 = [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] | caps1 = 194 | goals1 = 95 | years2 = 1985–1986 | clubs2 = [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] | caps2 = 41 | goals2 = 30 | years3 = 1986–1989 | clubs3 = [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] | caps3 = 103 | goals3 = 42 | years4 = 1989–1992 | clubs4 = [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] | caps4 = 105 | goals4 = 67 | years5 = 1992–1994 | clubs5 = [[Nagoya Grampus]] | caps5 = 18 | goals5 = 4 | totalcaps = 461 | totalgoals = 238 | nationalyears1 = 1984 | nationalteam1 = [[England B national football team|England B]] | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 1984–1992 | nationalteam2 = [[England national football team|England]] | nationalcaps2 = 80 | nationalgoals2 = 48 }} '''Gary Lineker''' (born 30 November 1960) is an English retired [[Association football|football]]er. He has played for the [[England national football team|English national team]]. He scored 48 [[wikt:goal|goals]] for the [[England national football team|English national team]]. He then went on television on the [[BBC]] on [[Match of the Day]]. He was the highest paid [[presenter]] at the BBC. In 2020 he was paid £1.75 million.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2023-03-11|title=How much is Gary Lineker paid as the BBC’s highest earning presenter?|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/gary-lineker-bbc-salary-2023-b2298671.html|access-date=2023-03-11|website=The Independent|la