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Michael Owen
Liverpool FC, Real Madrid CF, Newcastle United FC

89 caps 40 goals
67% successful
1998-2008
disciplined: 40
captaincies: 8
minutes played: 6179


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Michael Owen Profile

Full name Michael James Owen
Popular name Michael Owen
Born  14 December 1979 (10.20 p.m.) in Countess of Cheshire Hospital, Chester. To Terry and Janette. Michael is the fourth of five children. Terrence, Andrew and Karen are older, Lesley younger sister.
Height/Weight 5' 8", 11st 0lbs [2006]
Biographies Off The Record - My Autobiography / Michael Owen. London: HarperCollinsWillow Publishing, 2004;
The Biography / Oliver Derbyshire. London:John Blake publishing, 2007;

Club Career

Club(s) Signed professional forms with Liverpool FC on 18 December 1996, following a stint as a YTS trainee.  Signed for Real Madrid CF for �8 million plus a player on 13 August 2004. Signed for Newcastle United FC on 31 August 2005 for �16 million.  Owen allowed his contract to run out as United were relegated from the Premiership in the summer of 2009, he thus joined Manchester United FC as a free agent on 3 July 2009.
Club honours FA Youth Cup winner 1995-96; European Super Cup Winner 2001; UEFA Cup Winner 2000-01; League Cup Winner 2000-01, 2002-03, 2009-10; FA Cup Winner 2000-01; FA Charity Shield Winner 2001; UEFA Intertoto Cup winner 2006;
Individual honours PFA Premier League Team of the Year 1997-98; PFA Young Player of the Year 1997-98; BBC Sports Personality of the Year 1998; European Footballer of the Year 2001;
Distinctions -

England Career

Player number 1086th player to appear for England.
Position(s) Forward
First match No. 741, 11 February 1998, England 0 Chile 2, a friendly match at Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London. Aged 18 years 60 days;
Last match No. 862, 26 March 2008, France 1 England 0, a friendly match at Stade de France, Saint-Denis.
Major tournaments World Cup Finals 1998, European Championship Finals 2000, World Cup Finals 2002, European Championship Finals 2004, World Cup Finals 2006.
Team honours None.
Individual honours England B (2 caps), England U21 (1 cap, 1 goal). England U20 (4 caps, 3 goals).
Distinctions None.

 

Michael Owen - Career Statistics
Squads Apps Comp.
Apps
Starts Sub on Sub off Mins. Goals Goals Av. min Comp.
Goals
Captain Disc.
96 80 57 77 12 44 6179 40 155 min 28 8 4 C

 

Michael Owen - Match Record - All Matches
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
Home 40 25 7 8 84 29 +55 7 19 2.10 0.725 71.3 +17
Away 27 14 7 6 42 25 +17 4 9 1.556 0.926 64.8 +8
Neutral 22 11 6 5 39 25 +14 2 10 1.773 1.136 63.6 +6
All 89 50 20 19 165 79 +86 13 38 1.854 0.888 67.4 +31

 

Michael Owen - Match Record - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L

WCP

15 12 1 2 30 9 +21 2 7 2.00 0.60 83.3 +10
WCF 12 6 4 2 18 9 +9 1 7 1.50 0.75 66.7 +4
World Cup 27 18 5 4 48 18 +30 3 14 1.778 0.667 75.9 +14

ECP

19 13 3 3 39 10 +29 3 12 2.052 0.526 76.3 +10
ECF 7 3 1 3 15 10 +5 0 3 2.143 1.429 50.0 =0
European Championship 26 16 4 6 54 20 +34 3 15 2.077 0.769 69.2 +10
Minor Tournament/Cup 4 2 2 0 8 2 +6 1 2 2.00 0.50 75.0 +2
Friendly 32 14 9 9 55 39 +16 6 7 1.719 1.219 57.8 +5
All 89 50 20 19 165 79 +86 13 38 1.854 0.888 67.4 +31

 

Michael Owen - Match Record - Tournament Matches
World Cup Preliminary Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCP 2000-02 6 5 0 1 14 4 +10 1 2 2.333 0.667 83.3 +4
WCP 2004-06 9 7 1 1 16 5 +11 1 5 1.778 0.556 83.3 +6
WCP 2008-10 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 00.0 0
WCP All 15 12 1 2 30 9 +21 2 7 2.00 0.60 83.3 +10
World Cup Final Tournament
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCF 1998 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 0 2 1.75 1.00 62.5 +1
WCF 2002 5 2 2 1 6 3 +3 1 3 1.20 0.60 60.0 +1
WCF 2006 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 0 2 1.667 0.667 83.3 +2
WCF All 12 6 4 2 18 9 +9 1 7 1.50 0.75 66.7 +4
World Cup Preliminary Competitions and Final Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WC 1996-98 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 0 2 1.75 1.00 62.5 +1
WC 2000-02 11 7 2 2 20 7 +13 2 5 1.818 0.636 72.7 +5
WC 2004-06 12 9 2 1 21 7 +14 1 7 1.75 0.583 83.3 +8
WC All 27 18 5 4 48 18 +30 3 14 1.778 0.667 75.9 +14
European Championship Preliminary Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
ECP 1998-2000 7 3 2 2 12 3 +9 3 5 1.714 0.429 57.1 +1
ECP 2002-04 7 6 1 0 14 5 +9 0 3 2.00 0.714 92.9 +6
ECP 2006-08 5 4 0 1 13 2 +11 0 4 2.60 0.40 80.0 +3
ECP All 19 13 3 3 39 10 +29 3 12 2.052 0.526 76.3 +10
European Championship Final Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
ECF 2000 3 1 0 2 5 6 -1 0 1 1.667 2.00 33.3 -1
ECF 2004 4 2 1 1 10 4 +6 0 2 2.50 1.00 62.5 +1
ECF All 7 3 1 3 15 10 +5 0 3 2.143 1.429 50.0 =0
European Championship Preliminary Competitions and Final Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
EC 1998-2000 10 4 2 4 17 9 +8 3 6 1.70 0.90 50.0 =0
EC 2002-04 11 8 2 1 24 9 +15 0 5 2.182 0.818 81.8 +7
EC 2006-08 5 4 0 1 13 2 +11 0 4 2.60 0.40 80.0 +3
EC All 26 16 4 6 54 20 +34 3 15 2.077 0.769 69.2 +10
Minor Tournaments and Cups
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
King Hassan II Tournament 1998 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 1 2 0.50 0.00 75.0 +1
FA Summer Tournament 2004 2 1 1 0 7 2 +5 0 0 3.50 1.00 75.0 +1
Minor T/C All 4 2 2 0 8 2 +6 1 2 2.00 0.50 75.0 +2
All Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WC 27 18 5 4 48 18 +30 3 14 1.778 0.667 75.9 +14
EC 26 16 4 6 54 20 +34 3 15 2.077 0.769 69.2 +10
Minor T/C 4 2 2 0 8 2 +6 1 2 2.00 0.50 75.0 +2
All 57 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.000 0.000 00.0 0

 

Michael Owen - Match History
Club: Liverpool F.C. - 60 full caps
Coach: Glenn Hoddle - 12 full caps
1 741 11-Feb-1998 England 0 Chile 2 Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London Fr HL Start 11
2 742 25-Mar-1998 Switzerland 1 England 1 Wankdorfstadion, Bern Fr AD Start - off 69 10
3 743 22-Apr-1998 England 3 Portugal 0 Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London Fr HW sub on - 77 min 17
4 745 27-May-1998 Morocco 0 England 1 Complexe Sportif Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco T/C AW sub on - 26 min 59 17
5 746 29-May-1998 Belgium 0 England 0 Complexe Sportif Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco ND Sub on - ht - (scored pen. in shoot-out) 18
6 747 15-Jun-1998 England 2 Tunisia 0 Le Stade V�lodrome, Marseille, France WCF NW sub on - 85 min 20
7 748 22-Jun-1998 Romania 2 England 1 Stade Municipal, Toulouse, France NL Sub on - 72
79
20
8 749 26-Jun-1998 Colombia 0 England 2 Stade F�lix-Bollaert, Lens, France NW Start 20
9 750 30-Jun-1998 Argentina 2 England 2 Stade F�lix-Bollaert, Lens, France ND Start 16 (scored pen. in shoot-out) 20
10 751 05-Sep-1998 Sweden 2 England 1 Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna kommun, Stockholms län ECP AL Start
7
10
11 752 10-Oct-1998 England 0 Bulgaria 0 Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London ECP HD Start 10
12 753 14-Oct-1998 Luxembourg 0 England 3 Stade Josy Barthel, Stad Lëtzebuerg ECP AW Start
19
10
Coach: Howard Wilkinson - 1 full cap
13 755 10-Feb-1999 England 0 France 2 Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London Fr HL Start - off 64 10
Coach: Kevin Keegan- 11 full caps
- 756 27-Mar-1999 England 3 Poland 1 Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London ECP HW Injured squad member -
14 760 04-Sep-1999 England 6 Luxembourg 0 Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London ECP HW Sub on - 65
90+4
18
15 761 08-Sep-1999 Poland 0 England 0 Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warszawa ECP AD Sub on - 65
min
18
16 762 10-Oct-1999 England 2 Belgium 1 Stadium of Light, Sunderland Fr HW Sub on - 58
?
18
17 763 13-Nov-1999 Scotland 0 England 2 The National Stadium, Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow ECP AW Start - off 67 10
18 764 17-Nov-1999 England 0 Scotland 1 Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London ECP HL Start - off 63 10
19 766 27-May-2000 England 1 Brazil 1 Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London Fr HD Start - off 84
38
10
- 767 31-May-2000 England 2 Ukraine 0 Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London Fr HW Squad member -
- 768 03-Jun-2000 Malta 1 England 2 The National Stadium, Ta'Qali Fr AW unused sub 19
20 769 12-Jun-2000 Portugal 3 England 2 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands ECF NL Start - off ht 10
21 770 17-Jun-2000 England 1 Germany 0 Stade Communal, Charleroi, Belgium NW Start - off 61 10
22 771 20-Jun-2000 England 2 Romania 3 Stade Communal, Charleroi, Belgium NL Start - off 66
45
10
23 772 02-Sep-2000 France 1 England 1 Stade de France, Saint-Denis Fr AD Sub on - 79
86
16
24 773 07-Oct-2000 England 0 Germany 1 Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London WCP HL Start 10
Coach: Howard Wilkinson - 0 full caps
- 774 11-Oct-2000 Finland 0 England 0 Olympiastadion, Helsinki WCP AD unused sub 18
Coach: Peter Taylor - 0 full caps
- 775 15-Nov-2000 Italy 1 England 0 Stadio delle Alpi, Torino Fr AL Injured squad member -
Coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson -  56 full caps - 8 captaincies
25 776 28-Feb-2001 England 3 Spain 0 Villa Park, Birmingham Fr HW Start 10
26 777 24-Mar-2001 England 2 Finland 1 Anfield Road, Liverpool WCP HW Start - off 90
44
10
27 778 28-Mar-2001 Albania 1 England 3 Stadiumi Kombetar Qemal Stafa, Tiranë WCP AW Start - off 84
74
10
28 779 25-May-2001 England 4 Mexico 0 Pride Park Stadium, Derby Fr HW Start  - off ht 10
29 780 06-Jun-2001 Greece 0 England 2 Olympiako Stadio Athinas Spyros Louis, Athína WCP AW Start 10
30 781 15-Aug-2001 England 0 Netherlands 2 White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London Fr HL Sub on - ht 20
31 782 01-Sep-2001 Germany 1 England 5 Olympiastadion, München WCP AW Start
12,48,66
10
32 783 05-Sep-2001 England 2 Albania 0 St.James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne WCP HW Start
44
10
- 785 10-Nov-2001 England 1 Sweden 1 Old Trafford, Manchester Fr HD Rested squad member -
- 786 13-Feb-2002 Netherlands 1 England 1 Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Fr AD Injured squad member -
33 787 27-Mar-2002 England 1 Italy 2 Elland Road, Leeds Fr HL Start - off ht 10
34 788 17-Apr-2002 England 4 Paraguay 0 Anfield Road, Liverpool Fr HW Capt.  - off ht
4
10
35 789 21-May-2002 South Korea 1 England 1 Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo-si Fr AD Capt.  - off ht
25
10
36 790 26-May-2002 England 2 Cameroon 2 Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe City, Japan Fr ND Captain 10
37 791 02-Jun-2002 England 1 Sweden 1 Saitama Sutajiamu Niimarumarunii, Saitama-shi, Japan WCF ND Start 10
38 792 07-Jun-2002 Argentina 0 England 1 Sapporo Dōmu, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo-shi,, Japan NW Start - off 80 10
39 793 12-Jun-2002 Nigeria 0 England 0 Ōsaka-shi Nagai Rikujō Kyōgijō, Ōsaka-shi, Japan ND Start - off 77 10
40 794 15-Jun-2002 Denmark 0 England 3 Niigata Sutajiamu, Niigata-shi, Japan NW Start - off ht
22
10
41 795 21-Jun-2002 England 1 Brazil 2 Shizuoka Sutajiamu Ekopa, Fukuroi-shi, Japan NL Start- off 79
23
10
42 796 07-Sep-2002 England 1 Portugal 1 Villa Park, Birmingham Fr HD Capt.  - off 62 10
43 797 12-Oct-2002 Slovakia 1 England 2 Štadión Tehelné pole, Bratislava ECP AW Start - off 86
82
10
44 798 16-Oct-2002 England 2 FYR Macedonia 2 The Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium, Southampton ECP HD Start 10
45 799 12-Feb-2003 England 1 Australia 3 Boleyn Ground, Upton Park, London Fr HL Start - off ht 10
46 800 29-Mar-2003 Liechtenstein 0 England 2 Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz ECP AW Start
28
10
47 801 02-Apr-2003 England 2 Turkey 0 Stadium of Light, Sunderland ECP HW Start - off 58 10
48 802 22-May-2003 South Africa 1 England 2 ABSA Stadium, King's Park, Durban Fr AW Start 10
49 803 03-Jun-2003 England 2 Serbia & Montenegro 1 Walkers Stadium, Leicester Fr HW Capt.  - off ht 10
50 804 11-Jun-2003 England 2 Slovakia 1 The Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough ECP HW Captain
62 pen, 73
10
51 805 20-Aug-2003 England 3 Croatia 1 Portman Road, Ipswich Fr HW Start - off 60
51
10
52 806 06-Sep-2003 FYR Macedonia 1 England 2 Gradski Stadion, Skopje ECP AW Start - off 85 10
53 807 10-Sep-2003 England 2 Liechtenstein 0 Old Trafford, Manchester ECP HW Start
46
10
- 808 11-Oct-2003 Turkey 0 England 0 Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadyumu, Istanbul ECP AD Injured squad member -
54 810 18-Feb-2004 Portugal 1 England 1 Estádio Algarve, Parque des Cidades Fr AD Start - off 71 10
55 812 01-Jun-2004 England 1 Japan 1 City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester T/C HD Start - off 77
22
10
56 813 05-Jun-2004 England 6 Iceland 1 City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester HW Start - off ht 10
57 814 13-Jun-2004 France 2 England 1 Estádio da Luz, Lisboa, Portugal ECF NL Start - off 69 10
58 815 17-Jun-2004 England 3 Switzerland 0 Estádio Municipal de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal NW Start - off 72 10
59 816 21-Jun-2004 Croatia 2 England 4 Estádio da Luz, Lisboa, Portugal NW Start 10
60 817 24-Jun-2004 Portugal 2 England 2 Estádio da Luz, Lisboa AD Start - 3
(scored pen. in shoot-out)
10
Club: Real Madrid C.F. - 11 full caps
61 818 18-Aug-2004 England 3 Ukraine 0 St James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Fr HW Start
50
10
62 819 04-Sep-2004 Austria 2 England 2 Ernst Happel Stadion, Wien WCP AD Start 10
63 820 08-Sep-2004 Poland 1 England 2 Stadion Śląski, Chorzów WCP AW Start
29
10
64 821 09-Oct-2004 England 2 Wales 0 Old Trafford, Manchester WCP HW Start 10
65 822 13-Oct-2004 Azerbaijan 0 England 1 Tofig Bakhramov Stadium, Baku WCP AW Captain
22
10
66 823 17-Nov-2004 Spain 1 England 0 El Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Fr AL Start 10
67 824 09-Feb-2005 England 0 Netherlands 0 Villa Park, Birmingham Fr HD Start 10
68 825 26-Mar-2005 England 4 Northern Ireland 0 Old Trafford, Manchester WCP HW Start
52
10
69 826 30-Mar-2005 England 2 Azerbaijan 0 St. James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. WCP HW Start
54
10
- 827 28-May-2005 U.S.A. 1 England 2 Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois Fr AW Unavailable squad member -
70 828 31-May-2005 Colombia 2 England 3 Giants Stadium, The Meadowlands, East Rutherford, New Jersey Fr NW Start - off 73
36,44,58
10
71 829 17-Aug-2005 Denmark 4 England 1 Parken Stadion, Kbenhavn Fr AL Sub - on ht 20
Club: Newcastle United F.C. - 18 full caps
- 830 03-Sep-2005 Wales 0 England 1 The Millennium Stadium, Caerdydd WCP AW Suspended -
72 831 07-Sep-2005 Northern Ireland 1 England 0 Windsor Park, Belfast  WCP AL Start 10
73 832 08-Oct-2005 England 1 Austria 0 Old Trafford, Manchester WCP HW Start - off 81 10
74 833 12-Oct-2005 England 2 Poland 1 Old Trafford, Manchester WCP HW Capt. - off 84
43
10
75 834 12-Nov-2005 Argentina 2 England 3 Stade de Genève, Genève, Switzerland Fr NW Start
87, 92
10
- b 25 May 2006 - England B 1 Belarus 2, Madjeski Stadium, Reading Fr HW Start off 62 10
76 836 30-May-2006 England 3 Hungary 1 Old Trafford, Manchester Fr HW Start - off 65 10
77 837 03-Jun-2006 England 6 Jamaica 0 Old Trafford, Manchester Fr HW Start
32
10
78 838 10-Jun-2006 England 1 Paraguay 0 Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany WCF NW Start - off 56 10
79 839 15-Jun-2006 England 2 Trinidad & Tobago 0 Frankenstadion, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany NW Start - off 58 10
80 840 20-Jun-2006 Sweden 2 England 2 Rhein Energy Stadion, Köln, Germany ND Start - off 4 10
- 841 25-Jun-2006 England 1 Ecuador 0 Gottlieb Daimler Stadion, Stuttgart, Germany NW Injured squad member 10
- 842 01-Jul-2006 England 0 Portugal 0 Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany ND
Coach: Steve McClaren - 8 full caps
- 57 25-May-2007 England B 3 Albania 1 Turf Moor, Burnley B HW Start 10
81 852 01-Jun-2007 England 1 Brazil 1 The National Stadium, Wembley, London Fr HD Start - off 83 10
82 853 06-Jun-2007 Estonia 0 England 3 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn ECP AW Start - off 88
62
10
83 854 22-Aug-2007 England 1 Germany 2 The National Stadium, Wembley, London Fr HL Start - off 57 10
84 855 08-Sep-2007 England 3 Israel 0 The National Stadium, Wembley, London ECP HW Start
49
10
85 856 12-Sep-2007 England 3 Russia 0 The National Stadium, Wembley, London ECP HW Start - off 92
7, 31
10
86 857 13-Oct-2007 England 3 Estonia 0 The National Stadium, Wembley, London ECP HW Start - off 83 10
87 858 17-Oct-2007 Russia 2 England 1 Olimpiyskiy Kompleks Luzhniki Stadion, Moskva ECP AL Start 10
88 859 16-Nov-2007 Austria 0 England 1 Ernst-Happel Stadion, Wien Fr AW Start - off 34 10
- 860 21-Nov-2007 England 2 Croatia 3 The National Stadium, Wembley, London ECP HL Injured squad member -
Coach: Fabio Capello - 1 full cap
- 861 06-Feb-2008 England 2 Switzerland 1 The National Stadium, Wembley, London Fr HW unused sub 20
89 862 26-Mar-2008 France 1 England 0 Stade de France, Saint-Denis Fr AL Sub on - ht 18
- 863 28-May-2008 England 2 U.S.A. 0 The National Stadium, Wembley, London Fr HW Withdrawn squad member -
- 864 01-Jun-2008 Trinidad & Tobago 0 England 3 Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain Fr AW

Notes

[Biographical sketch to come]

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