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english football player

Michael James Owen ( have a bun in the oven 14 December 1979 ) is an english erstwhile football player who played as a striker for Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle United, Manchester United and Stoke City, angstrom well as for the England national team. Since retiring from football in 2013, he has become a racehorse breeder and owner and regularly features as a sports initiate and observer. [ 3 ] The son of former football player Terry Owen, Owen was born in Chester and began his senior career at Liverpool in 1996. Displaying rapid tempo and composed finish, he progressed through the Liverpool young team and scored on his Premier League debut in May 1997, becoming the clubhouse ‘s youngest goalscorer. [ 4 ] In his first wide season in the Premier League, Owen finished as joint top scorer with 18 goals, sharing the Premier League Golden Boot. He repeated this the follow year and was Liverpool ‘s top goal-scorer from 1997 to 2004, gaining his name as a proved goal-scorer despite suffering from a recurring hamstring injury. In 2001, Liverpool won a cup double of the UEFA Cup, FA Cup ( with Owen scoring two late goals in the final ) and Football League Cup, and Owen was the recipient role of the Ballon d’Or. He went on to score 118 goals in 216 appearances in the Premier League for Liverpool, and 158 goals in 297 full appearances. Regarded as one of the greatest liverpool players, Owen came 14th in the “ 100 Players Who Shook The Kop “, an official Liverpool sports fan poll. [ 5 ] In 2004, Owen was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the worldly concern ‘s greatest be players. [ 6 ] After Liverpool had fallen behind their championship rivals under Gérard Houllier ‘s final two seasons, Owen opted not to renew his contract and then moved to Real Madrid for £8 million in the summer of 2004. There he was frequently used as a substitute. He scored 13 goals in La Liga before returning to England the follow season where he joined Newcastle United for £16.8 million. This was after Owen ‘s disappointment that Real had rejected a invite from Liverpool to re-sign him. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] After a predict begin to the 2005–06 season, injuries largely ruled him out over the future 18 months. After his return, he became team master and was the team ‘s top scorer for the 2007–08 season. Newcastle were relegated in the 2008–09 season and, in a surprise move, Owen moved to Manchester United as a detached agentive role. He spent three years at Old Trafford before joining Stoke City in September 2012. Owen is one of nine players to have scored 150 or more goals in the Premier League. [ 9 ] He is besides the youngest actor to have reached 100 goals in the Premier League. [ 10 ] On 19 March 2013, Owen announced his retirement from playing at the end of the 2012–13 season. internationally, Owen first played for the elder England team in 1998, becoming England ‘s youngest musician and youngest goalscorer at the time. His performance at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, which included a goal against Argentina in which he ran from the center line, brought him to national and external bulge, making him one of the most try after players in universe football. [ 4 ] He went on to score in UEFA Euro 2000, the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004. He is the only player to have scored in four straight major tournaments for England. He played at the 2006 World Cup, but suffered an injury which took him a year to recover from. occasionally playing as captain, he is England ‘s 11th-most-capped actor and has scored a early national record ( since overtaken by Wayne Rooney ) of 26 competitive goals, with 40 in sum from 89 appearances, most recently in 2008. [ 11 ]

early life [edit ]

Owen was born in Chester, Cheshire, the fourth child of Jeanette and Terry Owen. [ 12 ] His father is a early professional football player and played for clubs such as Chester City and Everton. Owen was introduced to football at the age of seven by his father who soon saw Michael as the most predict athlete in the family. [ 12 ] A boyhood Everton sports fan, [ 13 ] Owen attended Rector Drew Primary School in Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales and by the old age of ten, some of the nation ‘s moderate scouts were monitoring his advancement. [ 14 ] At eight, Owen was selected for the Deeside Area Primary School ‘s Under-11 team. At nine, he was captain and at ten-spot he had smashed Ian Rush ‘s 20-year commemorate for the same team by scoring 97 goals in a single season, improving on Rush ‘s record by 25 goals. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Owen besides broke Gary Speed ‘s appearance record having played in all three seasons for the 11-year-olds since he was eight. [ 16 ] Owen turned out for the youth team of Mold Alexandra, [ 12 ] playing with the under-10s at the age of eight after a local anesthetic physical education teacher, Howard Roberts, persuaded the league to allow an under-age actor. [ 12 ] Owen scored on his debut for Mold Alexandra, [ 15 ] a 2–0 victory over local rivals Bagillt. [ 15 ] He went on to score 34 goals in 24 games in his first season with Mold Alexandra. [ 17 ] After leaving Deeside, Owen attended Hawarden High School, where he besides played for the school team. [ 14 ]

Club career [edit ]

liverpool [edit ]

owen warming up for Liverpool at Anfield before Jamie Carragher ’ s Testimonial Match in 2010 At senesce 12, when Owen started attending junior-grade school, he became eligible to sign a schoolboy contract with a club. The first gear major club to spot him playing for Deeside was Liverpool. Brian Kidd came down from Manchester United and there was besides interest from Chelsea and Arsenal. But Steve Heighway, the Liverpool youth development officeholder, wrote to Owen personally. Terry Owen stated : “ [ Heighway ] wrote us a smash letter and it was love at first sight for Michael, he was impress from day one. ” [ 16 ] Owen subsequently signed with the Liverpool young person team. The club then persuaded Owen to attend the FA ‘s School of Excellence at Lilleshall in Shropshire at age 14. Owen was soon playing for England teams from under-15 upwards, breaking several score records with 28 goals in 20 games for the England u-15s and u-16s. [ 16 ] Owen besides scored prolifically as he rose quickly through the Anfield youth ranks. [ 18 ] Throughout this time, Owen had continued his studies and achieved ten GCSEs. [ 19 ] Despite the academic success, [ 19 ] Owen was diamond his future was a professional football career with Liverpool. [ 19 ] In the 1995–96 season, Owen played for Liverpool ‘s young team even though he was still at Lilleshall. Most of the players were 18, but Owen was merely 16. [ 16 ] He scored a hat-trick against FA Youth Cup holders Manchester United in the quarter-finals, scoring the winner in supernumerary time. [ 16 ] Owen subsequently scored another hat-trick in a 4–2 win in the first leg of the semitrailer against Crystal Palace. Liverpool were 3–0 down after only 50 minutes in the second leg, [ 16 ] but with Owen taking command of the peer and scoring doubly, the team ran out as 7–5 winners. [ 16 ] Liverpool faced West Ham United in the concluding, played over two legs ampere well. West Ham had not lost in 24 consecutive games, [ 16 ] and had future England stars Rio Ferdinand and Frank Lampard. [ 16 ] Owen missed the first gear leg at Upton Park as he was on tour duty with the England under-16 team in the European young person championship in Austria. [ 16 ] He returned for the second-leg where Liverpool had fallen behind early but Owen equalised with his eleventh goal in five cup matches and Liverpool won the match 2–1. [ 16 ] It was the inaugural time Liverpool had won the FA Youth Cup in the club ‘s history and Owen was wide considered the headliner of the FA Cup campaign. [ 16 ] [ 18 ]
Owen celebrated his seventeenth birthday by signing a professional contract with Liverpool. He was handed a locate in Roy Evans ‘ senior squad, with Steve Heighway stating that, “ [ Owen ] is cook for whatever you throw at him ; nothing fazes Michael Owen. He ‘s ready. If the coach wants a recommendation from me, Michael gets it. ” [ 20 ] Owen besides declared his draw a bead on was “ a first-team plaza in the future class or indeed ”. [ 16 ] Karl-Heinz Riedle, who anterior to joining Liverpool in the summer of 1997 had never heard of Owen, declared, “ It ‘s incredible when you see him play to realise that he ‘s only 17, ” he said. “ He ‘s such a dependable player, then very quick and for his long time he has excellent imagination and awareness. He ‘s a bang-up actor already and in one or two years he will become a very great player. ” [ 16 ] Owen was rated as “ the best attacker of his long time in the nation ” in January 1997. [ 20 ] Ted Powell, the championship-winning coach of the England under-18 side, declared Owen to be the best of a generation of young players that included Paul Scholes, David Beckham and Robbie Fowler. [ 21 ] On 6 May 1997, Owen scored on his Liverpool debut against Wimbledon at Selhurst Park. [ 22 ] Liverpool were league deed challengers to Manchester United but their bankruptcy to beat Wimbledon in the penult game of the league season handed the backing to United. The Liverpool Echo wrote, “ [ only ] Michael Owen could emerge with any credit from a operation that mocked Anfield ‘s ample traditions. ” [ 22 ] Owen, who had come on as a stand-in in the second half, “ [ breathed ] new life into the Reds ‘ backing cadaver, ” and “ began [ Liverpool ‘s ] best spell of the night ”, [ 22 ] but was ultimately not able to salvage a gain. [ 22 ] The Liverpool Echo stated, “ It was a debut marked in the fantastic manner. ” [ 22 ] Owen replaced the hurt Robbie Fowler as Liverpool ‘s first choice striker in 1997–98. He won the Premier League Golden Boot and was awarded the PFA Young Player of the Year prize. Owen besides finished in third gear place in the PFA Player of the year vote behind Dennis Bergkamp and Tony Adams. [ 23 ] Owen recorded many personal feats during the season and helped Liverpool challenge for the league backing, but ultimately a move of bad form in February saw the golf club bowing out of the title race. [ 24 ] The Liverpool Echo wrote that, “ [ Owen ] has become Liverpool ‘s most cherished performer and, quite plainly, their savior. ” [ 24 ] Owen signed a five-year contract with Liverpool worth £2.5 million during the season. [ 16 ] His £10,000-a-week manage made him the highest-paid adolescent in the history of british football. [ 16 ] Owen was runner-up to Zinedine Zidane in the World Player of the Year award, besides finishing in one-fourth side in the FIFA World Player of the Year and European Player of the Year international awards. Owen retained the Premier League Golden Boot in 1998–99 despite incurring a hamstring injury against Leeds United that prematurely brought his temper to an end on 12 April. With his pace identified as his greatest persuasiveness, Liverpool ‘s game had revolved around feeding him with through passes and long balls. Owen constantly moved from static positions to full speed in a matter of burst seconds. ESPN wrote, “ It [ would ] finally [ prove ] excessively much for [ Owen ‘s ] hamstring to handle. [ 17 ] Liverpool failed to challenge for the league title that season despite Owen ‘s bright form. The club had appointed a new director in Gérard Houllier and were transitioning out of the Spice Boys era. Owen ended the 1998–99 season as runner-up to Nicolas Anelka in the PFA Young Player of the Year award. [ 25 ] Owen returned to carry through after about five months of layoff during the 1999–2000 season. [ 16 ] He played intermittently throughout the season and ended up ceding the Golden Boot to Kevin Phillips. [ 26 ] He had completed only six entire games by January and, during a torment enchantment punctuated by recurring breakdowns, [ 26 ] had managed to stay the 90 minutes only three times since mid-october. Owen injured his hamstring once again while playing against Middlesbrough in January. He remained out of action for well over a calendar month and later received treatment from german doctor of the church Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt. [ 27 ] The persistent hamstring problems ended up robbing Liverpool of Owen for a third of a season in which a lack of goals finally cost them a place in the Champions League. [ 27 ]
Owen helped Liverpool to a double in 2000–01, as the team won the League Cup, FA Cup and UEFA Cup to end a six-year trophy drought. [ 28 ] Owen was the recipient of the European Player of the Year award in recognition of his performances that season. [ 29 ] He became the first English achiever of the European Footballer of the Year award since Kevin Keegan was given the honor in 1979. Owen scored both Liverpool goals late in the 2001 FA Cup Final to turn around what had appeared to be a sealed kill for Liverpool at the hands of Arsenal. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] Liverpool and Owen challenged for the league backing during the 2001–02 temper. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] The team finally finished runner-up to Arsenal, with Owen playing a keystone region in the campaign. [ 32 ] On 29 December 2001, Owen scored his hundredth finish for Liverpool during the season against West Ham United. [ 34 ] He besides led them to success in the Charity Shield and the UEFA Super Cup during the start of the season in 2001. Liverpool therefore became the foremost English team to win five trophies in one calendar year. [ 16 ] Owen signed a four-year contract worth £70,000-a-week with Liverpool during the season, making him one of the highest earners in the English Premiership. [ 35 ] very Madrid president Florentino Pérez started angstrom early as in March 2002 to pursue Owen. [ 16 ] Pérez declared his intentions to make Owen the following Galáctico, stating that “ the best players must play for substantial Madrid ”. [ 16 ] Liverpool coach Gérard Houllier laughed off any apparent matter to, saying, “ They might be able to afford Ronaldo but they can not afford Michael Owen. For that kind of money they could only buy his leave foot but he is not going anywhere. Michael is Liverpool through and through and he is staying with me. ” [ 16 ] Owen continued with strong performances in the 2002–03 season which saw Liverpool top the league board and remain unbeaten for respective months. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] however, a ply of black results starting from November and culminate in January saw the team bow out of the title race. Chelsea pipped Liverpool to the one-fourth and final examination Champions League spot on the final day of the season. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] Owen was besides controversially overlooked for the PFA Player of the Year award during the temper. [ 37 ] He had continued establishing personal records with Liverpool and had scored his 100th Premier League goal on 26 April against West Bromwich Albion. [ 40 ] Success in the League Cup besides meant that Liverpool had ended up with a trophy for a third straight season. Owen had scored in the League Cup Final against Manchester United to clinch the trophy for Liverpool. [ 16 ] Liverpool ‘s failure to qualify for the Champions League led to speculation about Owen ‘s long-run future. [ 41 ] Transfer guess had continued linking him to Real Madrid and Barcelona. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] Owen was quoted as saying, “ I very have to be playing in the Champions League and that is something [ Liverpool ] have to remedy. ” [ 44 ] Owen would late refute the quote, express, “ Some of the words I never even said and the rest were taken completely out of context. ” [ 45 ] Houllier moved to re-shape the Liverpool squad in 2003 to reassure Owen. [ 41 ] He stated, “ We want to win the style. This is our sight at Liverpool – and we want to win it with Michael in our team. ” Michael is a genuine first actor. He has had a great season and I think he will be even better next season. ” [ 41 ] Bolton Wanderers director Sam Allardyce was quoted as saying, “ Stop Michael Owen seduce and you are 50 per cent towards getting a result at Anfield, ” while Owen had admitted to being frustrated at the lack of support turn from his teammates. [ 46 ] [ 47 ] After a precarious starting signal to the 2003–04 season, [ 48 ] Liverpool emerged as style contenders once more, with Owen leading the charge. [ 48 ] Owen, however, would suffer an ankle injury while playing against Arsenal on 3 October and consequently went through “ three months of injury nightmare ”. [ 49 ] Owen only played intermittently over the pursuit months, suffering from niggling ankle and hamstring injuries, while Liverpool ‘s season fell apart. [ 49 ] After a goal drought lasting nine games and three months, Owen returned to seaworthiness and scoring phase with a goal against Manchester City on 11 February. [ 50 ] Owen helped reignite Liverpool ‘s hunt for fourthly blemish, [ 51 ] scoring his hundred-and-fiftieth goal for Liverpool in the subsequent match against Portsmouth on 15 February, [ 52 ] and although suffering from farther injuries, [ 53 ] ultimately led Liverpool to the fourthly and final examination Champions League spot. [ 54 ] [ 55 ] Following Gérard Houllier ‘s displace as Liverpool director, guess about Owen ‘s deviation from the club began. During the first few Champions League games at the start of the 2004–05 temper, Owen sat on the bench to avoid being cup-tied for the Champions League, something that would have meant he would be ineffective to play in european competitions for any early club that season. Since 1998, Owen had been Liverpool ‘s top scorer every season until he left the club. [ 56 ] Real Madrid signed him for a tip of £8 million on 13 August 2004, with midfielder Antonio Núñez moving in the other direction as a make-weight. [ 57 ]

real Madrid [edit ]

Owen at a train camp with Real Madrid Following their successful bid, Owen was presented with the number 11 shirt by actual Madrid. Owen joined the club during its Galácticos era, and played aboard Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Raúl, Luís Figo, Zinedine Zidane and his England teammate David Beckham. Owen had a dense originate to his Madrid career. He was much confined to the bench and drew criticism from fans and the spanish press for his lack of class. A successful reappearance to action with the England squad in October 2004 seemed to revive his morale, however, and in the first follow pit, he scored his first base goal for the baseball club, the winner in a 1–0 Champions League victory over Dynamo Kyiv. [ 58 ] A few days late, he scored his first base La Liga goal in a 1–0 victory over Valencia. [ 59 ] The marking spree continued, as he found the bet on of the net income in three of the following four matches to make it five goals in seven consecutive matches. On 10 April 2005, Owen scored Real Madrid ‘s fourth goal in a 4–2 El Clásico succeed over Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. [ 60 ] Owen ended the 2004–05 season with 13 goals in La Liga, with the temper ‘s highest proportion of goals scored to count of minutes played. Following Madrid ‘s sign of two high-profile brazilian forwards, Robinho and Júlio Baptista, in the summer of 2005, the meditation arose that Owen would return to the Premier League. During his time at Real Madrid, Owen scored 16 goals from 45 games, 26 of which were starts. [ 61 ]

newcastle United [edit ]

On 24 August 2005, Newcastle United announced that they had agreed to a club record tip [ 62 ] of £16.8 million to obtain Owen, although they however had to negotiate with the player ‘s advisers. Liverpool and local rivals Everton entered the rub, but were unwilling to match Madrid ‘s ask price. As the 2006 World Cup was less than a year away, Owen wanted to get more play time to secure his position as the first-choice striker in the England squad and joined Newcastle amid rumours that he had inserted an escape article valued at £12 million. [ 63 ] On 31 August 2005, Owen signed a four-year contract to play for Newcastle, despite initial press meditation that he would quite have returned to Liverpool. [ 64 ] Some 20,000 fans were present at Newcastle ‘s home earth of St James ‘ Park for Owen ‘s official introduction as a Newcastle musician. [ 65 ] [ 66 ] Several days after sign language, he suffered a thigh-injury in pre-season, which ruled him out for the start of the 2005–06 season. He scored his first goal for the club on his irregular appearance, the irregular goal in a 3–0 away win at Blackburn Rovers on 18 September, Newcastle ‘s first win of the season. Owen scored his inaugural hat-trick for Newcastle in the 4–2 away win over West Ham United on 17 December. [ 67 ] It was besides a “ perfective hat trick “, with one finish scored with each of his leave foot, right foot and question. On 31 December 2005, Owen broke a metatarsal bone in his foot in a match against Tottenham Hotspur. He undergo operating room to place a pin in the bone, to help speed the curative process. He was expected to be out of natural process until belated March, [ 68 ] but the healing process did not go as hope and on 24 March he underwent a second, minor operation. Owen then stated that he should be fit for the final few weeks of the season with Newcastle. [ 69 ] His return to action ultimately came against Birmingham City on 29 April when he came off the substitutes ‘ bench in the 62nd minute. After the pit, Owen stated that he was “ not 100 % happy ” with his foot. [ 70 ] He underwent a foster x-ray and made himself unavailable for Newcastle ‘s final game of the season. A damaged anterior cruciate ligament ( ACL ) in his right stifle, sustained in the inaugural minute of the group match against Sweden at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, kept Owen out of even football for closely a year, until April 2007. The seriousness of Owen ‘s wound at the World Cup inflamed the alleged “ club-versus-country ” rowing in England, centring on the liability of the populace governing consistency FIFA and The Football Association ( FA ) for the cost of injuries to players incurred while on international duty. [ 71 ] Newcastle were aggrieved at the length of time Owen would now be out of action in forthcoming Premier League and Cup competitions as a leave of the World Cup injury, particularly as he had been out for the half-season prior to the World Cup. Under the existing indemnity arrangements between club and country, FIFA and the FA had been paying £50,000 of Owen ‘s £110,000 weekly wages since he suffered the injury, totalling approximately £2 million for the time he was out of action. [ 72 ] By September 2006, Newcastle were threatening to sue the FA for far recompense, for a report name of £20 million. [ 73 ] The Owen case was a high-profile follow-up to an already ongoing legal call for compensation from FIFA over an injury incurred by Abdelmajid Oulmers on international duty. [ 71 ] Newcastle ‘s compensation title included the £10 million price of buying Owen ‘s refilling, Obafemi Martins, £6.2 million towards Owen ‘s wage costs while injured, the hypothesis of long-run damage to Owen ‘s fitness and ability, the loss of league placement and cup competition build up, depreciation of Owen ‘s four-year abridge, and the monetary value of medical treatment for Owen. [ 72 ] [ 74 ] In February 2007, FIFA made Newcastle a “ concluding offer ” of £1 million. [ 74 ] By April 2007, Newcastle were threatening to take out an injunction to stop the FA from picking Owen for England games. [ 75 ] The club finally reached a compromise village figure with FIFA and the FA ; FIFA indicated that the colony was between £6 million and £7 million. The club, stating that Owen ‘s wages had “ immediately been paid in full ”, stated the overall compensation achieved total £10 million. [ 72 ] Resulting from the Owen recompense claim, the FA doubled their future insurance coverage of England players to £100,000, and FIFA introduced a compensation fund for injuries sustained at World Cups. [ 71 ]
Owen train with Newcastle in 2007 Owen began light training on 12 February 2007, when pictures on the club ‘s official web site highlighted Owen running and carrying out minor exercises. [ 76 ] He made his rejoinder from wound on 10 April 2007 in a 4–1 behind-closed-doors friendly against Gretna, scoring after ten minutes and then setting up fellow striker Shola Ameobi before coming off an hour subsequently. [ 77 ] Owen then started his first plot for Newcastle in over a year, a 1–0 loss against Reading on 30 April 2007. He played the full 90 minutes, having a goal disallowed for offside. [ 78 ] Owen was stretchered off an hour into Newcastle ‘s game with Watford on 13 May 2007, suffering concussion after colliding with teammate Matty Pattison. [ 79 ] On 9 May 2007, Newcastle chair Freddy Shepherd reacted angrily to reports that Owen could move on to another club at the end of the 2006–07 season due to a unblock article in his narrow. A composition in The Times newspaper suggested Owen could be available for less than £10 million and could be a target for the likes of Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal. Despite these reports, Shepherd warned Owen “ to show some commitment ” and warned him that “ none of the large four clubs want him ”. [ 80 ] In a video recording posted on YouTube, however, a group of Liverpool fans asked Shepherd if they could re-sign Owen, he responded by saying that he would “ carry Owen back to Liverpool ” himself. [ 81 ] Shepherd besides stated his dislike of Owen ‘s agentive role but praise Owen as a “ good chap ”. [ 82 ] This led many to believe that Owen would exercise his right to leave if the £9 million evaluation was matched. [ 81 ] On 10 June 2007, Owen ‘s new coach at Newcastle, Sam Allardyce, confirmed the universe of the passing clause in Owen ‘s contract and said he feared that the clubhouse would be powerless to prevent Owen from leaving. [ 83 ] On 12 July 2007, however, Owen committed his immediate future to Newcastle, submit, “ I believe that these can be good times to be at Newcastle, which is why I am more than happy to be here. ” [ 84 ] On 17 July 2007, he scored for Newcastle in a pre-season friendly against Hartlepool United. [ 85 ] Several days late, Owen picked up a second joint injury in train. [ 86 ] Newcastle director Sam Allardyce said that Owen was probable to miss the start of the forthcoming Premier League season due to the injury which “ does n’t look equally encourage as we first base thought ”. [ 87 ] Owen made his comeback from injury in a club friendly on 13 August 2007 and declared himself available for Newcastle ‘s following match, against Aston Villa, american samoa well as England ‘s extroverted international matches. [ 88 ] On 29 August 2007, Owen scored his first gear competitive finish for Newcastle since December 2005 when he scored in the League Cup against Barnsley. [ 89 ] Three days late, he scored in the league with a late achiever against Wigan Athletic. [ 90 ] In belated September 2007, after an encourage start to the season act for both Newcastle and England, it was reported that he would urgently require an operation for a bivalent hernia and would probable be out of action for at least a calendar month. [ 91 ] In his first match back from the hernia process, he scored a former goal coming off the substitutes bench to clinch victory for Newcastle over Everton. [ 92 ] In November 2007, Owen suffered a second joint song while on international duty, ruling him out for six weeks. This reignited the “ club or area ” row, with then Newcastle director Sam Allardyce voicing his disappointment that Owen was risked in a low-key friendly game against Austria. [ 93 ] After over three months without a goal, Owen scored the first goal of the moment Kevin Keegan era in a 4–1 FA Cup third round play back win over Stoke City on 16 January 2008, although Keegan was only a spectator pump in the stands for this game. Owen was awarded the captainship by Keegan on 19 January 2008. He scored his beginning league finish of 2008 on 3 February. Owen ‘s goal in the 2–0 defeat of Fulham on 22 March 2008, which marked Newcastle ‘s first winnings under Keegan ‘s second spell as director, besides marked the first base time in his Newcastle career that Owen had scored more goals for Newcastle than against them. [ 94 ] By 5 April 2008, after his and the team ‘s early temper poor kind, Owen had scored six goals in the previous six matches, with Newcastle registering four wins and two draws, lifting Newcastle into mid-table after earlier relegation fears. In the final examination game of the season, Owen scored in a 3–1 loss at Everton, finishing with 11 goals in total, putting him in peer 13th position for Premier League goals for the 2007–08 temper. Owen missed all of the pre-season matches and train of the 2008–09 season due to a bust of mumps, which besides kept him out of the external friendlies with the USA and Trinidad and Tobago in May 2008. He besides suffered a calf filter during the summer months which kept him out of the opening plot of the season against Manchester United at Old Trafford, a game which Newcastle drew 1–1. He made his fall in the second game of the season against Bolton Wanderers on 23 August 2008, coming on in the 53rd hour for the injure Obafemi Martins. He scored the winning header in the 71st moment, with the game finishing 1–0. Three days late, he was named on the bench in a League Cup match away to Coventry City, he came on as a utility and scored the winner in extra time in a 2–3 victory. In the 2008–09 season, he featured more systematically than in anterior seasons, scoring four goals in twelve league appearances. Under the transfer rules, with the 2008–09 season being the final class of his compress with Newcastle, Owen would have been allowed to sign a pre-contract agreement with other clubs during January. On 22 December 2008, Owen rejected a fresh shrink offer from Newcastle, but stated that he would not be seeking a move in the January transfer window and rather intended to postpone talks over his shrink position until the end of the season. [ 95 ] [ 96 ] With guess over his future continuing in the second half of the season, Owen received “ solid damages ” in June in the high Court in London and a populace apology following a history on 15 May in the Daily Express alleging that due to a miss of concern from Premier League clubs, Owen ‘s career was effectively finished and he intended to retire. [ 97 ] [ 98 ] After a black season in general for the baseball club, which culminated in Owen ‘s early Newcastle and England teammate Alan Shearer being brought in as a impermanent director for the final examination eight games of the season, on the final day of the season on 24 May 2009, Newcastle were relegated from the Premier League for the first time in 15 years. On 14 June, it was reported that Owen ‘s management ship’s company Wasserman Media Group had sent out a 34-page booklet advertise Owen to several electric potential clubs. [ 99 ] On 22 June, Owen confirmed he would not be re-signing for Newcastle, in predilection for a move to a Premier League clubhouse, or another top-flight foreign golf club. [ 96 ] It was reported that Owen would not begin negotiations with any early club until after 30 June when, on termination of his condense, he would become eligible for a loose transfer. [ 96 ] In September 2019, Owen stated that he regretted his move to Newcastle. “ I did n’t want to go there – my heart was set on a return to Liverpool. ” [ 100 ]

manchester United [edit ]

Debut season [edit ]

(wearing No.7) at his Manchester United début, against Owenat his Manchester United début, against Birmingham City on 16 August 2009. On 3 July 2009, it was announced that Owen had signed a biennial deal with Manchester United, arch rivals of Liverpool. [ 101 ] A surprise move, Owen said that the approach path from director Alex Ferguson was “ out of the blue ”. He signed a pay-as-you-play deal [ 101 ] and was handed the act 7 shirt vacated by the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid. The shirt had previously been worn by many of United ‘s other illustrious players over the years, including Johnny Berry, George Best, Steve Coppell, Bryan Robson, Eric Cantona and David Beckham. [ 102 ] owen scored his first finish for United on his debut, scoring an 84th-minute winner after coming on as a substitute in a pre-season friendly against a malaysian eleven ; [ 103 ] he followed this up by scoring three more goals in United ‘s pre-season games. [ 104 ] [ 105 ] Owen made his league debut for United when he came on as a substitute against Birmingham City on 16 August in a 1–0 acquire, [ 106 ] and scored his inaugural competitive finish in a Manchester United shirt against Wigan Athletic on 22 August in a 5–0 away gain. [ 107 ] On 20 September, Owen scored his first base goal at Old Trafford, in the sixth minute of arrest time against local rivals Manchester City to give United a 4–3 bowler hat win. This mean that Owen had now scored in his one-fourth bowler hat, after scoring in the Merseyside bowler hat, El Clásico and the Tyne–Wear bowler hat in previous years. [ 108 ] Owen struggled to recall the moments immediately after the goal, and said that it ranked as one of his most important. [ 109 ] On 27 October, Owen scored a goal in the 2–0 away win against Barnsley to qualify United past the fourth round of the League Cup. On 3 November, Owen scored his first Champions League goal for Manchester United, as he grabbed United ‘s first in the 3–3 draw against CSKA Moscow. [ 110 ] Owen ‘s apparently slender chances of earning a place in Fabio Capello ‘s England police squad for the 2010 World Cup finals in 2010 received a hike when on 8 December 2009, Owen scored his first hat-trick for Manchester United in a 3–1 away win against VfL Wolfsburg in the Champions League, his first hat-trick since 2005. [ 111 ] On 28 February 2010, Owen scored United ‘s first finish in their 2–1 victory over Aston Villa in the 2010 League Cup final, but had to be substituted after pulling up on 42 minutes. originally thought to be a minor injury, on 5 March it was announced Owen required operation on his hamstring, ruling him out for the remainder of the season. [ 112 ]
(right) playing for Manchester United, with Everton’s Owenplaying for Manchester United, with Everton ‘s John Heitinga owen scored his first goal for United back from injury in a 7–1 pre-season victory against a League of Ireland XI on 4 August 2010 at the newly built Aviva Stadium. [ 113 ] On 22 September 2010, Owen scored doubly during a 5–2 aside win over Scunthorpe United in the third rung of the League Cup, his inaugural goals of the temper. [ 114 ] Four days later, Owen scored his first league goal of the season, United ‘s second base equalizer with his beginning touch in a 2–2 away pull back against Bolton Wanderers. [ 115 ] Owen ‘s first finish of 2011 came in United ‘s 2–1 FA Cup victory over Southampton at St Mary ‘s stadium on 29 January. [ 116 ] On 25 February, United director Alex Ferguson said that Owen was a key part of his squad for the rest of the season. however, he suffered a breakwater injury and missed his team ‘s adjacent four games. His return equal was on 19 March when he returned to the bench for United ‘s game against Bolton. By the time of United ‘s penult game of the season, he had reached the phone number of league appearances required for a title winner ‘s decoration – his first in 15 seasons as a professional. [ 117 ] The game, on 14 May 2011, merely required United to draw with Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park to win the style, and a 1–1 draw secured it for them. Owen was an unused ersatz in the game. [ 118 ] Owen scored United ‘s final goal in their last league game of the season, at home to Blackpool, in which the Red Devils won 4–2. [ 119 ]

Owen was an unused substitute in Man United ‘s Champions League final frustration to Barcelona, marking the end of his season. He signed a annual propagation to his narrow on 1 June 2011. [ 120 ]
Owen started his first game of the temper in the third beat of the League Cup against Leeds United. He scored two goals in the first half, helping United to progress to the fourth round with a 3–0 succeed. His first goal came after he advanced to the box and scuffed a shot into the corner of the net. The second goal came on the half-hour mark, when he met Mame Biram Diouf ‘s cross with blink of an eye control, before firing a right foot changeable into the crown. [ 121 ] Owen started his moment crippled of the season in the fourth round of the League Cup, against League Two golf club Aldershot Town. He scored the second goal of the 3–0 gain. Dimitar Berbatov completed a operate down the right flank before pulling the ball back into the box, with Owen scoring past Ross Worner. [ 122 ] Owen started in United ‘s dwelling Champions League group stage match against Oțelul Galați on 2 November, however he was substituted early in the first half when he pulled up with a thigh injury ; this was his last appearance for the team. In February 2012, Owen started inner light training with the Manchester United squad. From April 2012, Owen started full train but was not so far fix for beginning team games. On 13 May 2012, Owen was named as a substitute against Sunderland in United ‘s final repair, but he was not brought on. On 17 May 2012, Owen announced on Twitter that Manchester United would not be offering him a new cope, ending his three-year association with the golf club .

Stoke City [edit ]

Owen playing for Stoke City in a Premier League peer on 22 September 2012 against Chelsea On 4 September 2012, Owen joined Stoke City on a annual shrink. [ 123 ] He was handed the number 10 shirt from the depart Ricardo Fuller and made his debut in a 1–1 draw against Manchester City on 15 September. [ 124 ] The originate to his time at Stoke was hampered by a hamstring injury. [ 125 ] Owen scored his inaugural and lone goal for Stoke on 19 January 2013 in a 3–1 defeat at Swansea City, his foremost finish since 25 October 2011. In doing so, he became only the seventh actor to reach 150 Premier League goals. [ 126 ] On 19 March 2013, Owen announced that he would retire from playing at the end of the 2012–13 season. [ 127 ] He was restricted to merely eight Premier League appearances for Stoke, all coming from the substitutes bench, including in his final appearance on 19 May 2013 against Southampton, where he received a standing ovation from both sets of supporters. [ 128 ] [ 129 ]

International career [edit ]

Owen was capped 89 times for England and scored 40 goals. He is sixth in the list of all-time top scorers for the England team, behind Wayne Rooney ( 53 ), Bobby Charlton ( 49 ), Gary Lineker ( 48 ), Harry Kane ( 48 ) and Jimmy Greaves ( 44 ). He is besides England ‘s second-highest goalscorer in competitive international matches, behind Rooney. [ 130 ] His 89 caps besides place him as England ‘s eleventh most capped player. Owen played for England at the 1998, 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups and the 2000 and 2004 UEFA European Championships. He scored goals in all but one of these tournaments, making him the only musician ever to have scored in four major tournaments for England. [ 131 ]

egress [edit ]

Owen had a highly successful record at Youth level, playing for the England under-20 team at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship and scoring three goals in four games. He played once for the England under-21 team, scoring in a acquire over Greece at Carrow Road. He made his debut for the England senior team in a 2–0 friendly loss to Chile on 11 February 1998. This made Owen the youngest player to represent England in the twentieth century at 18 years and 59 days of old age. [ 132 ] Owen ‘s youthful exuberance, pace and talent made him a democratic player across the country, [ 133 ] and many fans were keen for him to be selected for the 1998 World Cup in France. In a pre-World Cup friendly against Morocco, Owen scored his first finish for England. [ 134 ] The goal besides made him the youngest ever player to have scored for England, [ 135 ] until his record was surpassed by Wayne Rooney in 2003 .

“ He is in the crown four of our greatest finishers, along with Jimmy Greaves, Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer. Some might say he is at the top of that list. He was a baby-faced assassin. His end was amazing for a young man. ”

Glenn Hoddle [ 136 ]

1998 World Cup [edit ]

Owen was selected for the World Cup police squad by director Glenn Hoddle, becoming England ‘s youngest ever player at a World Cup when he came on as a ersatz in the possibility catch against Tunisia. In the follow equal, a 2–1 defeat to Romania, Owen again appeared as a stand-in. His equalising finish made him England ‘s youngest always goalscorer in the tournament at the age of 18 years and 190 days. In blockage time, he hit the post with a long range guess, about salvaging a distributor point from the game. [ 137 ] Because of his impact against Romania, Hoddle selected Owen in the starting line-up for England ‘s critical group match against Colombia. England won the peer and Owen retained his place for the moment round match against Argentina. After Argentina had taken a sixth-minute lead, Owen was fouled in the penalty area by Roberto Ayala and Alan Shearer equalised with the penalty recoil. In the 16th infinitesimal, Owen gave England a 2–1 run with a sensational individual finish. After beating defenders Ayala and José Chamot, he struck the ball past goalkeeper Carlos Roa from just outside the penalty box. In 2013, the goal was voted as the third-greatest in England ‘s history. [ 138 ] England finally drew the match and went out of the tournament on penalties, with Owen successfully converting his bang. [ 139 ] At the end of the year, he won a public vote to be elected winner of the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the Year title. [ 140 ]

euro 2000 [edit ]

Owen started the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying phase as a regular in the England starting line-up. however, injury problems meant he missed much of the campaign as England struggled, with Hoddle being replaced by Kevin Keegan. On 4 September 1999, he scored his beginning finish at Wembley Stadium in a 6–0 acquire over Luxembourg. [ 141 ] At the finals, Owen scored once in three matches, as England were knocked out at the group stage .

2002 World Cup [edit ]

After Alan Shearer ‘s retirement, Owen took over as England ‘s senior striker [ 142 ] under new director Sven-Göran Eriksson. He scored six times during 2002 World Cup qualify, including a hat-trick against Germany at Munich ‘s Olympiastadion, as England won the qualifying group. His performances saw him named European Footballer of the class for 2001. [ 143 ]

“ You know that if he is on the pitch, there is constantly the probability to win until the last second of the game. There are sol many good memories of Michael and my relationship with him as coach, but it must be scoring three goals against Germany aside. I never thought about that, but I wonder now how many players have scored three goals in Germany away ? That ca n’t be many. ”

Sven-Göran Eriksson [ 136 ]
In April 2002, he was named as England ‘s captain for a friendly match against Paraguay in place of the injured regular captain David Beckham. Owen was the youngest England master since Bobby Moore in 1963, [ 144 ] and in the following few seasons regularly deputised for Beckham as Eriksson ‘s vice-captain. At the 2002 World Cup finals, Owen failed to score during the group stage. however, he was fouled for England ‘s match winning penalty recoil in the 1–0 win over Argentina. Owen scored in England ‘s second orotund match against Denmark and then gave England an early lead in the 2–1 quarter-final kill against Brazil .

euro 2004 [edit ]

Owen scored five times in reservation for Euro 2004. At the tournament proper, Owen again failed to score during the group stage. He then scored in the third base moment of the quarter-final with Portugal, becoming the first England musician to score in four back-to-back major tournaments. [ 145 ] England went on to lose on penalties after a 2–2 draw .

2006 World Cup [edit ]

In qualification for the 2006 World Cup, Owen scored five goals. In May 2005, he scored his second external hat-trick in a friendly match against Colombia at Giants Stadium. [ 146 ] In another pre-World Cup friendly, Owen scored two late goals to give England a 3–2 acquire over rivals Argentina in November 2005. [ 147 ] Owen made his debut for the England B-team in a friendly against Belarus on 25 May 2006, as function of his recurrence to match fitness ahead of the 2006 World Cup. He captained England B in this game, playing for 61 minutes before being substituted. [ 148 ] Owen started England ‘s beginning two games of the 2006 World Cup, against Paraguay and Trinidad and Tobago, but did not manage to score. After playing alone 51 seconds of his third appearance of the tournament, and 80th capital, in the final group game against Sweden, Owen badly twisted his right stifle and was forced to leave the catch on a capstone. [ 149 ] A scan of the injury on 21 June confirmed that Owen had torn the anterior cruciate ligament ( ACL ) in his knee, and was sent home, no longer able to play in the tournament. [ 150 ] In March 2009, Owen admitted that all injuries he was sustaining were relating back to his wound in the 2006 World Cup tournament, and that he should not have returned prematurely from wound to participate in the competition. [ 151 ]

concluding appearances [edit ]

Owen undergo successful reconstruction operating room, carried out by Richard Steadman, on 6 September 2006. [ 152 ] The injury sidelined him until April 2007, meaning he missed England ‘s first six matches in qualifying for Euro 2008. He returned for the England B game against Albania, [ 153 ] and was named in the full police squad for the inaugural England meet at the new Wembley Stadium against Brazil and the Euro 2008 modifier against Estonia, [ 154 ] with Owen stating “ I feel sharp and, if given the chance, I feel convinced when in front of goal. ” [ 155 ] He played in both matches and scored against Estonia, breaking Gary Lineker ‘s record for most goals in competitive internationals for England. [ 156 ] On 12 September 2007, Owen scored doubly for England in a 3–0 win over Russia, becoming the inaugural player to score external goals at both the old and fresh Wembley Stadiums. [ 157 ] These were to be Owen ‘s concluding goals for England. [ 158 ] After England failed to qualify for Euro 2008, director Steve McClaren was replaced by Fabio Capello. Owen made only one appearance under Capello, as a substitute in a friendly against France in March 2008. [ 159 ]

style of play [edit ]

In his prime, Owen was highly regarded for his great pace, [ 160 ] opportunism [ 161 ] and agility, [ 162 ] equally well as his technical ability and his eye for goal, [ 161 ] [ 162 ] which enabled him to be considered one of the greatest english and Premier League strikers of his generation. [ 163 ] A prolific goalscorer, Owen was a potent and accurate closer, [ 162 ] [ 164 ] who was besides effective with his lead, despite his lack of stature. [ 162 ] [ 164 ] [ 165 ] [ 166 ] He was besides capable of linking up with and creating chances for teammates due to his short-circuit elapse ability and vision. [ 162 ] [ 164 ] Despite, or even due to, his precocious talent in his young, [ 162 ] Owen faced many injuries throughout his career, which in later years affected his yard, seaworthiness, mobility and the overall consistency of his performances. [ 167 ]

personal life [edit ]

Owen met Louise Bonsall at primary school in 1984. [ 168 ] The pair bought Lower Soughton Manor in Flintshire, North Wales, where they keep his cars and her horses. They were engaged on 14 February 2004, and married on 24 June 2005, [ 169 ] at the Carden Park Hotel in Chester, Cheshire. The match had initially planned to get married at their home, but changed plans when they were informed that if a license was granted for a marriage ceremony the venue must be made available for other weddings for three years, [ 168 ] so opted to marry in a register position in informal dress and have a lavish reception the future sidereal day in the grounds of their home. Their daughter, Gemma Rose, was born on 1 May 2003. [ 170 ] On 6 February 2006, they had a son named James Michael. Their third gear child, a daughter, Emily May, was born on 29 October 2007. [ 171 ] Their fourth child Jessica was born on 26 February 2010. [ 172 ] After Owen returned to the UK to play for Newcastle, he travelled to a nearby BAE Systems facility on a daily basis in holy order to fly, by helicopter, to train with his club. however, there is now a helipad installed within the grounds of the house to accommodate Owen ‘s Eurocopter Dauphin, with which he both travels and is training to become a pilot burner. [ 173 ] Owen was finally banned from training to be a pilot program by Newcastle United due to excessive policy premiums. [ 174 ] Owen besides bought an entire street for his extend kin in Ewloe, which is in an area close to where he used to live. [ 175 ] In 2004, Owen ‘s sister Karen was assaulted by two youths, who attempted to kidnap her. When she revealed that she was fraught, they fled. [ 176 ] Owen owns several cars and a helicopter and enjoys horse race and gamble. He owns many race horses, trained by Tom Dascombe. [ 177 ] He bred the knight Brown Panther which won a major rush at Royal Ascot in 2011, [ 178 ] and the 2015 Dubai Gold Cup. [ 179 ] Owen was a trade name ambassador for british bookmaker Colossus Bets. [ 180 ] On 24 November 2017, Owen ride on Calder Prince at Ascot and finished second, beaten by Tom Chatfield-Roberts on Golden Wedding. He was one of 10 amateur riders to take part in the seven-furlong ‘Prince ‘s Countryside Fund Charity ‘ contest, which was attended by HRH Prince Charles and HRH Duchess of Cornwall. [ 181 ] Owen starred in a series of adverts that charted his liveliness and resurrect to fame. [ 182 ] In 2001, he was the advertise confront of breakfast cereal “ Nestlé Sporties ”. He besides appeared in several adverts for the washing powder Persil, in a contract worth £1 million. [ 182 ] Owen was selected as one of the two traverse athletes for Pro Evolution Soccer 2008. [ 183 ] He has been an ambassador of the swiss watchmaker Tissot since 1998 and has a sign with car manufacturer Jaguar. [ 184 ] [ 185 ] Owen besides starred as himself in the children ‘s television drama usher Hero to Zero. In the broadcast, Owen would emerge from a full size poster of himself in Charlie Brice ‘s room to offer advice in times of crisis. [ 186 ] Owen had indicated that he would like to become involve with Chester in some capacity when he retires, as it was his local team growing up and his father played for the old Chester side which went out of commercial enterprise in March 2010 and was reformed at a lower level. [ 187 ] In January 2018, Owen participated in And They’re Off! in aid of Sport Relief, winning the sequence. [ citation needed ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[188]
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Liverpool 1996–97 Premier League 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1997–98 Premier League 36 18 0 0 4 4 4[b] 1 44 23
1998–99 Premier League 30 18 2 2 2 1 6[b] 2 40 23
1999–2000 Premier League 27 11 1 0 2 1 30 12
2000–01 Premier League 28 16 5 3 2 1 11[b] 4 46 24
2001–02 Premier League 29 19 2 2 0 0 10[c] 5 2[d] 2 43 28
2002–03 Premier League 35 19 2 0 4 2 12[e] 7 1[f] 0 54 28
2003–04 Premier League 29 16 3 1 0 0 6[b] 2 38 19
Total 216 118 15 8 14 9 49 21 3 2 297 158
Real Madrid 2004–05 La Liga 36 13 4 2 5[c] 1 45 16
Newcastle United 2005–06 Premier League 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 7
2006–07 Premier League 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2007–08 Premier League 29 11 3 1 1 1 33 13
2008–09 Premier League 28 8 2 0 2 2 32 10
Total 71 26 5 1 3 3 0 0 79 30
Manchester United 2009–10 Premier League 19 3 1 0 4 2 6[c] 4 1[f] 0 31 9
2010–11 Premier League 11 2 2 1 1 2 2[c] 0 1[f] 0 17 5
2011–12 Premier League 1 0 0 0 2 3 1[c] 0 0 0 4 3
Total 31 5 3 1 7 7 9 4 2 0 52 17
Stoke City 2012–13 Premier League 8 1 1 0 0 0 9 1
Total 362 163 28 12 24 19 63 26 5 2 482 222

International [edit ]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[189][190]
National team Year Apps Goals
England 1998 12 4
1999 6 1
2000 6 3
2001 8 6
2002 12 5
2003 9 5
2004 13 4
2005 9 7
2006 5 1
2007 8 4
2008 1 0
Total 89 40
Scores and results list England’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Owen goal.

Honours [edit ]

Liverpool [ 192 ]
Manchester United [ 192 ]
Individual

References [edit ]