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Graeme Souness
CBE
Personal information
\n Souness in 2001
Full name	\nGraeme James Souness^[1]
Date of birth	\n (1953-05-06) 6 May 1953 (age 71)^[1]
Place of birth	\nEdinburgh,^[1] Scotland
Height	\n5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)^[2]
Position(s)	\nMidfielder^[1]
Youth career
	\nTynecastle Boys Club & North Merchiston BC
Senior career\"
Years	\nTeam	\nApps	\n(Gls)
1970\u20131972	\nTottenham Hotspur	\n0	\n(0)
1972	\n\u2192 Montreal Olympique (loan)	\n10	\n(2)
1972\u20131978	\nMiddlesbrough	\n176	\n(22)
1977	\n\u2192 West Adelaide (loan)	\n6	\n(1)
1978\u20131984	\nLiverpool	\n247	\n(38)
1984\u20131986	\nSampdoria	\n56	\n(8)
1986\u20131991	\nRangers	\n50	\n(3)
Total	\n	\n545	\n(74)
International career
1974\u20131986	\nScotland	\n54	\n(4)
Managerial career
1986\u20131991	\nRangers (player-manager)
1991\u20131994	\nLiverpool
1995\u20131996	\nGalatasaray
1996\u20131997	\nSouthampton
1997	\nTorino
1997\u20131999	\nBenfica
2000\u20132004	\nBlackburn Rovers
2004\u20132006	\nNewcastle United
\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Graeme James Souness CBE (/\u02c8su\u02d0n\u026as/; born 6 May 1953) is a Scottish former professional football player, manager and television pundit.\n

A midfielder, Souness achieved his greatest period of success as an integral part of the Liverpool team of the late 1970s and early 1980s, during which he won five First Division titles and three European Cup trophies. He was captain for three seasons at Liverpool until his departure to Sampdoria in 1984. Souness later became player-manager for Rangers, leading the club to three Scottish titles and four league cups. His final game as a player came in the closing minutes of Rangers' final match of the 1989\u201390 season, which was his only appearance of the season. \n

Souness continued as Rangers coach for a further year before joining Liverpool as manager for the 1991\u201392 English First Division season. He went on to have spells at Galatasaray, Southampton, Torino, Benfica, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United.\n

At international level, Souness gained 54 caps for Scotland, captaining the team on 27 occasions.^[3]^[4]\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	National cup^[a]\n	League cup^[b]\n	Continental\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Tottenham Hotspur\n	1971\u201372\n	First Division\n	0	0	0	0	0	0	1^[c]	0	\u2013	1	0\n
Montreal Olympique\n	1972\n	NASL\n	10	2			\u2013	\u2013	\u2013	10	2\n
Middlesbrough\n	1972\u201373\n	Second Division\n	9	0					\u2013	\u2013	9	0\n
1973\u201374\n	35	7					\u2013	\u2013	35	7\n
1974\u201375\n	First Division\n	38	7					\u2013	\u2013	38	7\n
1975\u201376\n	35	3					\u2013	\u2013	35	3\n
1976\u201377\n	38	2					\u2013	\u2013	38	2\n
1977\u201378\n	19	3					\u2013	\u2013	19	3\n
Total\n	176	22	13	1	12	0	\u2013	\u2013	201	23\n
Liverpool\n	1977\u201378\n	First Division\n	15	2	0	0	0	0	3^[d]	0	\u2013	18	2\n
1978\u201379\n	41	8	7	1	1	0	2^[d]	0	2^[e]	0	53	9\n
1979\u201380\n	41	1	8	1	7	0	2^[d]	0	1^[f]	0	59	2\n
1980\u201381\n	37	6	1	0	8	1	8^[d]	6	1^[f]	0	55	13\n
1981\u201382\n	35	5	3	0	9	1	6^[d]	0	1^[g]	0	54	6\n
1982\u201383\n	41	9	3	0	8	2	6^[d]	0	1^[f]	0	59	11\n
1983\u201384\n	37	7	2	0	12	5	9^[d]	0	1^[f]	0	61	12\n
Total\n	247	38	24	2	46	9	35	6	7	0	354	55\n
Sampdoria\n	1984\u201385\n	Serie A\n	28	5	12	1	\u2013	\u2013	\u2013	40	6\n
1985\u201386\n	28	3	6	2	\u2013	4^[h]	0	\u2013	38	5\n
Total\n	56	8	18	3	\u2013	4	0	\u2013	78	11\n
Rangers\n	1986\u201387\n	Scottish Premier Division\n	25	1	1	0	3	2	3^[c]	0	\u2013	32	3\n
1987\u201388\n	18	2	3	0	3	0	6^[d]	0	\u2013	30	2\n
1988\u201389\n	6	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	\u2013	10	0\n
1989\u201390\n	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	\u2013	1	0\n
Total\n	50	3	5	0	9	2	9	0	\u2013	73	5\n
Career total\n	537	73	60	6	67	11	49	6	7	0	706	96\n

Year	Apps	Goals\n
Scotland^[18]\n
1974	2	0\n
1975	1	0\n
1976	—\n
1977	—\n
1978	6	0\n
1979	6	0\n
1980	3	0\n
1981	4	0\n
1982	9	1\n
1983	8	1\n
1984	4	1\n
1985	7	0\n
1986	4	1\n
Total	54	4\n

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition\n
1.	22 June 1982	Estadio La Rosaleda, M\u00e1laga	$\"\"$ Soviet Union	2\u20132	2\u20132	1982 FIFA World Cup\n
2.	16 June 1983	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton	$\"\"$ Canada	3\u20130	3\u20130	Friendly\n
3.	12 September 1984	Hampden Park, Glasgow	$\"\"$ Yugoslavia	2\u20131	6\u20131	Friendly\n
4.	23 April 1986	Wembley Stadium, London	$\"\"$ England	1\u20132	1\u20132	1986 Rous Cup\n

Team\n	Nat\n	From\n	To\n	Record\n
G	W	D	L	Win %\n
Rangers\n	$\"\"$ SCO\n	1 April 1986\n	16 April 1991\n	260\n	165\n	50\n	45\n	063.46\n
Liverpool\n	$\"\"$ ENG\n	16 April 1991\n	28 January 1994\n	157\n	65\n	47\n	45\n	041.40\n
Galatasaray\n	$\"\"$ TUR\n	1 July 1995\n	1 July 1996\n	43\n	25\n	8\n	10\n	058.14\n
Southampton\n	$\"\"$ ENG\n	3 July 1996\n	1 June 1997\n	48\n	14\n	15\n	19\n	029.17\n
Torino\n	$\"\"$ ITA\n	5 July 1997\n	12 October 1997\n	6\n	2\n	1\n	3\n	033.33\n
Benfica\n	$\"\"$ POR\n	2 November 1997\n	3 May 1999\n	71\n	41\n	15\n	15\n	057.75\n
Blackburn Rovers\n	$\"\"$ ENG\n	14 March 2000\n	6 September 2004\n	212\n	86\n	61\n	65\n	040.57\n
Newcastle United\n	$\"\"$ ENG\n	13 September 2004\n	2 February 2006\n	83\n	36\n	18\n	29\n	043.37\n
Total\n	880\n	434\n	217\n	229\n	049.32\n

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Club career

Early career

Middlesbrough

Liverpool

Sampdoria

Rangers

International career

Coaching and managerial career

Rangers

Liverpool

Galatasaray

Southampton

Torino

Benfica

Blackburn Rovers

Newcastle United

Stevens inquiry

Career after management

Media work

Possible returns to management

Bid for Wolverhampton Wanderers

Biographies

Life outside football

Personal life

Political views

Charitable work

Reputation

Career statistics

Club

International

Manager

Honours

Player

Manager

Inductions

See also

References

Bibliography

External links

Graeme Souness

Talks

30 October, 1974