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This article is about the English footballer. For other people, see Michael Owen (disambiguation).

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Michael Owen
Personal information
\n Owen in 2014
Full name	\nMichael James Owen^[1]
Date of birth	\n (1979-12-14) 14 December 1979 (age 45)^[2]
Place of birth	\nChester, England
Height	\n5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)^[3]
Position(s)	\nStriker
Youth career
	\nMold Alexandra
1991\u20131996	\nLiverpool
Senior career\"
Years	\nTeam	\nApps	\n(Gls)
1996\u20132004	\nLiverpool	\n216	\n(118)
2004\u20132005	\nReal Madrid	\n36	\n(13)
2005\u20132009	\nNewcastle United	\n71	\n(26)
2009\u20132012	\nManchester United	\n31	\n(5)
2012\u20132013	\nStoke City	\n8	\n(1)
Total	\n	\n362	\n(175)
International career
	\nEngland U15	\n8	\n(15)
	\nEngland U16	\n11	\n(15)
	\nEngland U18	\n14	\n(10)
1997	\nEngland U20	\n4	\n(3)
1997	\nEngland U21	\n1	\n(1)
2006\u20132007	\nEngland B	\n2	\n(0)
1998\u20132008	\nEngland	\n89	\n(40)
\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael James Owen (born 14 December 1979) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker for Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle United, Manchester United and Stoke City, as well as the England national team. Since retiring from football in 2013, he has become a racehorse breeder and owner and regularly features as a sports pundit and commentator.^[4] Owen is widely considered to be one of the greatest strikers of his generation^[5]^[6]^[7] and in Premier League history.^[8] In 2001, Owen was the recipient of the Ballon d'Or. In 2004, he was named by Pel\u00e9 in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.^[9]\n

The son of former footballer Terry Owen, Owen was born in Chester and began his senior career at Liverpool in 1996. Displaying rapid pace and composed finishing, he progressed through the Liverpool youth team and scored on his Premier League debut in May 1997, becoming the club's youngest goalscorer, at 17 years, 143 days.^[10] In his first full season in the Premier League, Owen finished as joint top scorer with 18 goals, sharing the Premier League Golden Boot. He repeated this the following year and was Liverpool's top goal-scorer from 1997 to 2004, gaining his name as a proven goal-scorer despite suffering from a recurring hamstring injury. In 2001, Liverpool won a cup treble of the UEFA Cup, FA Cup (with Owen scoring two late goals in the final) and Football League Cup. He went on to score 118 goals in 216 appearances in the Premier League for Liverpool, and 158 goals in 297 total appearances.\n

After Liverpool had fallen behind their title rivals under G\u00e9rard Houllier's final two seasons, Owen opted not to renew his contract and then moved to Real Madrid for \u00a38 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 following season where he joined Newcastle United for \u00a316.8 million. This was after Owen's disappointment that Real had rejected a bid from Liverpool to re-sign him.^[11]^[12] After a promising start to the 2005\u201306 season, injuries largely ruled him out over the next 18 months. After his return, he became team captain and was the team's top scorer for the 2007\u201308 season. Newcastle were relegated in the 2008\u201309 season and, in a surprise move, Owen moved to Manchester United as a free agent. He spent three years at Old Trafford before joining Stoke City in September 2012. Owen is one of ten players to have scored 150 or more goals in the Premier League.^[13] He is also the youngest player to have reached 100 goals in the Premier League.^[14] On 19 March 2013, Owen announced his retirement from playing at the end of the 2012\u201313 season.\n

Internationally, Owen first played for the senior England team in 1998, becoming England's youngest player 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 halfway line, brought him to national and international prominence, making him one of the most sought after players in world football.^[10] He went on to score in UEFA Euro 2000, the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004. He was the first player to have scored in four consecutive 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 player and has scored a former national record (since overtaken by Wayne Rooney) of 26 competitive goals, with 40 in total from 89 appearances, most recently in 2008.^[15]\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	National Cup^[a]\n	League Cup\n	Europe\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Liverpool\n	1996\u201397\n	Premier League\n	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	\u2014	2	1\n
1997\u201398\n	Premier League\n	36	18	0	0	4	4	4^[b]	1	\u2014	44	23\n
1998\u201399\n	Premier League\n	30	18	2	2	2	1	6^[b]	2	\u2014	40	23\n
1999\u20132000\n	Premier League\n	27	11	1	0	2	1	\u2014	\u2014	30	12\n
2000\u201301\n	Premier League\n	28	16	5	3	2	1	11^[b]	4	\u2014	46	24\n
2001\u201302\n	Premier League\n	29	19	2	2	0	0	10^[c]	5	2^[d]	2	43	28\n
2002\u201303\n	Premier League\n	35	19	2	0	4	2	12^[e]	7	1^[f]	0	54	28\n
2003\u201304\n	Premier League\n	29	16	3	1	0	0	6^[b]	2	\u2014	38	19\n
Total\n	216	118	15	8	14	9	49	21	3	2	297	158\n
Real Madrid\n	2004\u201305\n	La Liga\n	36	13	4	2	\u2014	5^[c]	1	\u2014	45	16\n
Newcastle United\n	2005\u201306\n	Premier League\n	11	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	\u2014	11	7\n
2006\u201307\n	Premier League\n	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	\u2014	3	0\n
2007\u201308\n	Premier League\n	29	11	3	1	1	1	\u2014	\u2014	33	13\n
2008\u201309\n	Premier League\n	28	8	2	0	2	2	\u2014	\u2014	32	10\n
Total\n	71	26	5	1	3	3	0	0	\u2014	79	30\n
Manchester United\n	2009\u201310\n	Premier League\n	19	3	1	0	4	2	6^[c]	4	1^[f]	0	31	9\n
2010\u201311\n	Premier League\n	11	2	2	1	1	2	2^[c]	0	1^[f]	0	17	5\n
2011\u201312\n	Premier League\n	1	0	0	0	2	3	1^[c]	0	0	0	4	3\n
Total\n	31	5	3	1	7	7	9	4	2	0	52	17\n
Stoke City\n	2012\u201313\n	Premier League\n	8	1	1	0	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	9	1\n
Total\n	362	163	28	12	24	19	63	26	5	2	482	222\n

National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
England\n	1998	12	4\n
1999	6	1\n
2000	6	3\n
2001	8	6\n
2002	12	5\n
2003	9	5\n
2004	13	4\n
2005	9	7\n
2006	5	1\n
2007	8	4\n
2008	1	0\n
Total	89	40\n

No.\n	Date\n	Venue\n	Opponent\n	Score\n	Result\n	Competition\n
1	27 May 1998	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca	$\"\"$ Morocco	1\u20130	1\u20130	1998 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament\n
2	22 June 1998	Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse	$\"\"$ Romania	1\u20131	1\u20132	1998 FIFA World Cup\n
3	30 June 1998	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-\u00c9tienne	$\"\"$ Argentina	2\u20131	2\u20132 (3\u20134p)	1998 FIFA World Cup\n
4	14 October 1998	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City	$\"\"$ Luxembourg	1\u20130	3\u20130	UEFA Euro 2000 qualification\n
5	4 September 1999	Wembley Stadium, London	$\"\"$ Luxembourg	6\u20130	6\u20130	UEFA Euro 2000 qualification\n
6	27 May 2000	Wembley Stadium, London	$\"\"$ Brazil	1\u20130	1\u20131	Friendly\n
7	20 June 2000	Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi	$\"\"$ Romania	2\u20131	2\u20133	UEFA Euro 2000\n
8	2 September 2000	Stade de France, Paris	$\"\"$ France	1\u20131	1\u20131	Friendly\n
9	24 March 2001	Anfield, Liverpool	$\"\"$ Finland	1\u20131	2\u20131	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
10	28 March 2001	Qemal Stafa, Tirana	$\"\"$ Albania	1\u20130	3\u20131	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
11	1 September 2001	Olympic Stadium, Munich	$\"\"$ Germany	1\u20131	5\u20131	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
12	3\u20131\n
13	4\u20131\n
14	5 September 2001	St James' Park, Newcastle	$\"\"$ Albania	1\u20130	2\u20130	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
15	17 April 2002	Anfield, Liverpool	$\"\"$ Paraguay	1\u20130	4\u20130	Friendly\n
16	21 May 2002	Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo	$\"\"$ South Korea	1\u20130	1\u20131	Friendly\n
17	15 June 2002	Stadium Big Swan, Niigata	$\"\"$ Denmark	2\u20130	3\u20130	2002 FIFA World Cup\n
18	21 June 2002	Shizuoka Stadium, Shizuoka	$\"\"$ Brazil	1\u20130	1\u20132	2002 FIFA World Cup\n
19	12 October 2002	Teheln\u00e9 pole, Bratislava	$\"\"$ Slovakia	2\u20131	2\u20131	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification\n
20	29 March 2003	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz	$\"\"$ Liechtenstein	1\u20130	2\u20130	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification\n
21	11 June 2003	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough	$\"\"$ Slovakia	1\u20131	2\u20131	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification\n
22	2\u20131\n
23	20 August 2003	Portman Road, Ipswich	$\"\"$ Croatia	2\u20130	3\u20131	Friendly\n
24	10 September 2003	Old Trafford, Manchester	$\"\"$ Liechtenstein	1\u20130	2\u20130	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification\n
25	1 June 2004	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester	$\"\"$ Japan	1\u20130	1\u20131	2004 FA Summer Tournament\n
26	24 June 2004	Est\u00e1dio da Luz, Lisbon	$\"\"$ Portugal	1\u20130	2\u20132 (5\u20136p)	UEFA Euro 2004\n
27	18 August 2004	St James' Park, Newcastle	$\"\"$ Ukraine	2\u20130	3\u20130	Friendly\n
28	13 October 2004	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku	$\"\"$ Azerbaijan	1\u20130	1\u20130	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
29	26 March 2005	Old Trafford, Manchester	$\"\"$ Northern Ireland	2\u20130	4\u20130	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
30	31 May 2005	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford	$\"\"$ Colombia	1\u20130	3\u20132	Friendly\n
31	2\u20130\n
32	3\u20131\n
33	12 October 2005	Old Trafford, Manchester	$\"\"$ Poland	1\u20130	2\u20131	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
34	12 November 2005	Stade de Gen\u00e8ve, Geneva	$\"\"$ Argentina	2\u20132	3\u20132	Friendly\n
35	3\u20132\n
36	3 June 2006	Old Trafford, Manchester	$\"\"$ Jamaica	4\u20130	6\u20130	Friendly\n
37	6 June 2007	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn	$\"\"$ Estonia	3\u20130	3\u20130	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification\n
38	8 September 2007	Wembley Stadium, London	$\"\"$ Israel	2\u20130	3\u20130	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification\n
39	12 September 2007	Wembley Stadium, London	$\"\"$ Russia	1\u20130	3\u20130	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification\n
40	2\u20130\n

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Early life

Club career

Liverpool

1991\u20131996: Youth career

1996\u20132000: Breakthrough and prolific goal-scoring

2000\u20132002: Ballon d'Or and continental treble

2002\u20132004: Maintained performances and transfer rumours

Real Madrid

Newcastle United

2005\u20132007: Club record transfer and injuries

2007\u20132009: Declined form and injuries

Manchester United

2009\u20132010: Impressive debut season

2010\u20132011: Premier League title

2011\u20132012: Limited appearances

Stoke City

International career

Emergence

1998 World Cup

Euro 2000

2002 World Cup

Euro 2004

2006 World Cup

Final appearances

Style of play

Personal life

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

References

External links

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Talks

Media