Paul Gascoigne documentary: Gazza's net worth and lost fortune after blowing £20m

Paul Gascoigne 's remarkable life is set to be explored in the brand new BBC documentary, Gazza.

The 54-year-old is one of the finest footballers England has ever produced. In the National Football Museum, he is labelled as “widely recognised as the most naturally talented English footballer of his generation”.

As well as a phenomenal talent, he is also a huge character, a well-known personality famed for his iconic goal celebrations including the “ dentist's chair ” at Euros 96 and “ playing the flute ” while at Rangers.

Gascoigne played for a number of clubs, including Newcastle, Tottenham Hotspur, Lazio, Rangers and Everton in a career spanning 20 years.

He also played 57 times for England, scoring in 10 from his position of attacking midfielder. An image of him in tears after receiving a yellow card against West Germany during the semi-finals of the 1990 Italy World Cup - a game England famously lost on penalties - is one of the best known in English football.

The image led to ‘Gazzamania’, with him snapping up Sports Personality of the Year after he returned from the competition.

But also after the World Cup, Gascoigne picked up an injury while playing for Tottenham that would go on to hamper the following years of his career.

He was extraordinarily unlucky, with the injury plaguing him for years.

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Paul Gascoigne has a net worth of around £76,000.

As a professional footballer, he would have earned far more than this - he set a new British record as the nation's most expensive player when he was bought by Tottenham for £2 million.

This might not seem like much for someone at the top of one of the most lucrative sports in the world, and that's because he blew his enormous