Tony Agana

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Tony Agana
Personal information
Full name Patrick Anthony Olozinka Agana [1]
Date of birth (1963-10-02) 2 October 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth Bromley, England
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1983 Welling United ? (?)
1983–1987 Weymouth 137 (35)
1987–1988 Watford 15 (1)
1988–1991 Sheffield United 118 (42)
1991–1997 Notts County 145 (15)
1992 → Leeds United (loan) 2 (0)
1997–1998 Hereford United 22 (7)
1998 Cliftonville ? (?)
1998–1999 Leek Town 20 (3)
1999–2001 Guiseley 26 (8)
2001–2002 Alfreton Town ? (?)
Total485(111)
International career
1986 England C 1 (1)
Managerial career
1999 Leek Town
1999–2001 Guiseley
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Patrick Anthony Olozinka Agana (born 2 October 1963) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. [2]

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Born in Bromley Agana started his career in non-league football, before turning fully professional with Watford. He later moved to Sheffield United where he enjoyed the most prolific spell of his career, making over 100 appearances for the Blades and playing in the top tier of English football. He subsequently moved to Notts County for whom he also played over 100 games before finishing his career playing for a number of non-league teams. He had a brief spell as manager of Leek Town before retiring from football in 2002.

Career

Non-league and a move to Watford

Agana started his football career with non-league side Welling United whilst working full-time for an insurance company. [3] When his employers moved their offices to Poole he became a part-time professional with Weymouth, signing for £4,500 in March 1984. [4] He went on to make over 100 appearances for the south coast club and represented the England national game XI during his time there. [4]

In August 1987 Agana moved into professional football with First Division club Watford, [4] making his league début at the relatively late age of 23. [3] Agana made 15 appearances the Hertfordshire side, scoring one goal, as he acclimatised to league football.

Sheffield United

After only six months at Vicarage Road Agana was on the move again, this time to South Yorkshire side Sheffield United. [3] Dave Bassett, the manager who had signed Agana for Watford, had been sacked in January 1988 and subsequently joined Sheffield United and within days sold Martin Kuhl to his former employers for £40,000, with Agana and Peter Hetherston moving to Bramall Lane as part of the deal. [3] [4] [5]

He made his debut for United on 20 February 1988, scoring in a 1–0 home win against Barnsley. Despite this promising start the team was in decline and the club was relegated at the end of the season. [3] The following season proved a different matter as Agana struck up a striking partnership with new signing Brian Deane. During the 1989–90 season he scored 24 goals in 46 appearances, which, along with a similar tally from strike partner Deane, helped United win promotion from the Second Division at the first time of asking, [3] with Agana being named fans' player of the year. The following season saw more of the same, with United promoted again to take them into Division One. That was thanks in part once more to Agana's goals, which included a brace in the 5–2 victory at Leicester City that clinched promotion. [3]

With The Blades playing top-flight football, Agana's role began to diminish as injuries and a loss of pace began to take their toll [3] and he was eventually made available for transfer. In three years with the club he scored 52 goals in 154 matches. [3]

Notts County and back to non-league

In November 1991 Agana signed for Notts County for a fee of £685,000 – which was a club record transfer fee at the time. [3] He was loaned to Leeds United briefly in February 1992 and contributed to their 1992 First Division title with two league appearances. [6] He went on to play 145 times for Notts County, scoring 15 goals.

After leaving County he went on to play for Hereford United, Cliftonville, Leek Town [7] [8] (including a six-game spell as caretaker manager in 1999 [9] ) and Guiseley, [10] [11] where he was player-manager. [12]

Career after football

Following his retirement from football he studied computer visualisation at Sheffield Hallam University, graduating in 2004. Following his graduation he worked for the University of Manchester as a distance learning technology officer, as well as working for Sheffield United's matchday hospitality team. He then began working at Wingfield Academy in Rotherham as a technology support staff where he still works today. [12]

In 2023, Agana was on a three-man independent panel which found former Crawley Town manager John Yems guilty of eleven counts of racial abuse against his own players and banned him from football for 18 months. [13]

Career statistics

ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Watford 1987–88 [14] First Division 15120221 [lower-alpha 1] 0203
Sheffield United 1987–88 [15] Second Division 122——1 [lower-alpha 2] 0132
1988–89 [16] Third Division 462473527 [lower-alpha 3] 26531
1989–90 [17] Second Division311072202 [lower-alpha 4] 04212
1990–91 [18] First Division162002100183
1991–92 [19] First Division134—3000164
Total1184214512310215452
Notts County 1991–92 [14] First Division13120—2 [lower-alpha 1] 0171
1992–93 [14] Division One292101100313
1993–94 [14] Division One20421104 [lower-alpha 5] 1276
1994–95 [14] Division One31300416 [lower-alpha 5] 2416
1995–96 [14] Division Two29210307 [lower-alpha 6] 1403
1996–97 [14] Division Two233310000264
Total14515929219418223
Leeds United (loan) 1991–92 [14] First Division20———20
Hereford United 1996–97 [14] Division Three52———52
Total2856025723730636380
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Full Members' Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in Third Division play-offs
  3. ↑ Three appearances one goal in Associate Members' Cup; four appearances one goal in Yorkshire & Humberside Cup
  4. ↑ One appearance in Full Members' Cup; one appearance in Yorkshire & Humberside Cup
  5. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Anglo-Italian Cup
  6. ↑ Four appearances one goal in Football League Trophy; three appearances in Division Two play-offs

Honours

Individual

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  2. ↑ Williams, Mike; Williams, Tony, eds. (2013). Non-League Club Directory 2014. Tony Williams Publications. p. 1008. ISBN   978-1-869833-72-5.
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  16. ↑ Clarebrough & Kirkham (2012). Sheffield United The Complete Record. p. 467.
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  18. ↑ Clarebrough & Kirkham (2012). Sheffield United The Complete Record. p. 471.
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