edward paul teddy sheringham mbe born 2 april 1966 is an english former footballer and current attacking coach at west ham unitedsheringham played as a forward mostly as a second striker in a 24year professional career sheringham began his career at millwall where he played between 1983 and 1991 before joining first division nottingham forest a year later sheringham scored forests first ever premier league goal and was signed by tottenham hotspur after five seasons at spurs sheringham joined manchester united where he won three premier league titles one fa cup one uefa champions league and in 2001 was named both the pfa players player of the year and fwa footballer of the year the pinnacle of his career came when he scored the equaliser and provided the assist for manchester uniteds winning goal in the 1999 uefa champions league final against bayern munichafter leaving manchester united at the end of the 200001 season sheringham rejoined tottenham hotspur where he was a losing finalist in the 200102 football league cup he spent one season at newly promoted portsmouth scoring the clubs first premier league goal before joining west ham united where he helped the club gain promotion from the 200405 football league championship the following season sheringham appeared for west ham in the 2006 fa cup final becoming the thirdoldest player to appear in an fa cup finalsheringham is currently the ninthhighest goalscorer in premier league history with 147 goals and is the competitions 19thhighest appearance maker he holds the record as the oldest outfield player to appear in a premier league match 40 years 272 days and the oldest player to score in a premier league match 40 years 268 dayssheringham was capped 51 times for the england national football team scoring 11 times he appeared in the 1998 and 2002 fifa world cups as well as the 1996 uefa european championshipsheringham retired from competitive football at the end of the 200708 season with colchester united at the age of 42 he is the father of the footballer charlie sheringham