Robbie
Fowler |
Liverpool FC,
Leeds United AFC
26 appearances,
7 goals
P 26 W x D x L x F x:
A x
*(actual F x: A x)
x% successful
1996-2002
disciplined: none
captain: none
minutes played: 1145 |
|
Profile |
Full name |
Robert Bernard Fowler |
(*Actual
for and against are the goals scored
while the player was on the field.) |
Born |
9
April 1975 at Sefton General Hospital, Liverpool, Merseyside [registered in
Liverpool, May 1975]. Attended St Patrick's Primary School,
Toxteth and Nugent High School, Liverpool |
Height/Weight |
x'
x½", xst.
xlbs [x]. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
Biographies |
x |
|
x.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
Club Career |
Club(s)
8th MOST PL GOALS 163 |
Played for Liverpool FC, became club captain in the summer of 2000. Signed for Leeds United AFC on 30
November 2001. Signed for Manchester City FC on 30 January 2003.
Also played with Cardiff City FC and Blackburn Rovers
FC, before moving to Australia, and spent time with North Queensland Fury
and Perth Glory before hanging up his boots. Full career details
to follow.... |
Club honours |
x |
Individual honours |
x
Ballon d'Or nominee (no votes) 1996 & 1997; |
Distinctions |
The
youngest player to score fifty Premier League goals (20 years 252
days) |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
Management Career |
Club(s) |
Had a short spell in 2011-12 managing Muangthong United FC of
Thailand. Returned to Liverpool FC to act as an ambassador as well as a
coaching role in the Academy. On 23 April 2019, he was appointed the new
manager of A-League side, Brisbane Roar. |
England Career |
Player number |
1072nd
player to appear for England. |
Position(s) |
Forward |
First match |
No. 718, 27 March 1996, England 1 Bulgaria 0,
a friendly match at Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, substitute, aged
20 years
353 days. |
Last match |
No. 794, 15 June 2002, Denmark 0 England
3, a World Cup Finals round-of-sixteen match at Niigata Sutajiamu, Chou, Niigata,
substitute (ht), aged 27 years 67 days. |
Major tournaments |
European Championship Finals 1996; World Cup
Finals 2002; |
Team honours |
Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon
(U21)
Champions
1994; |
Individual honours |
x |
Distinctions |
Following the boundary changes in 1974, Fowler becomes the first
Merseysider to represent England. |
Beyond England |
x. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x. |