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| Full name | Michael James Owen | | Date of birth | 14 December 1979(age 30) | | Place of birth | Chester, England | | Height | 5 ft 9 in | | Playing position | Striker | | Current club | Manchester United | | Number | 7 |
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Michael James Owen (born 14 December 1979 in Chester) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Manchester United.
The son of former footballer Terry Owen, Owen began his senior career at Liverpool in 1996. He progressed through the Liverpool youth team and scored on his debut in May 1997. In his first full season in the Premier League he finished as joint top scorer. He repeated the feat the following year and was Liverpool's top goal scorer from 1997 – 2004, in spite of a recurring hamstring injury. His first major club honours came in 2001 when Liverpool won a cup treble of the UEFA Cup, FA Cup and Football League Cup, and Owen was the recipient of the Ballon d'Or that year. He went on to score 118 goals in 216 appearances in the English Premier League for Liverpool.
Owen moved to Real Madrid for ÂŁ8 million in mid-2004 but was frequently used as a substitute. In spite of this, he scored 13 goals in La Liga and had the season's highest ratio of goals scored to number of minutes played. He returned to England the following season, joining Newcastle United for ÂŁ16 million. He had a promising start to the 2005 – 06 season but 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 – 08 season. After the final season of his four year contract, Newcastle were relegated, and Owen moved to Manchester United as a free agent.
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 World Cup brought him to national and international prominence and he went on to appear, and score, in Euro 2000, the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004. He is the only player to ever have scored in four 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 seventh most-capped player and has scored a national record of 26 competitive goals, with 40 in total from 89 appearances.
Owen's long injury absence after the 2006 World Cup resulted in a dispute between FIFA and The FA and Newcastle United, and eventually resulted in an unprecedented ÂŁ10m compensation award to Newcastle, and brought changes to the compensation arrangements between club and country regarding injuries sustained by contracted club players while on international duty.
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| International goals : |
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| Goal |
Date |
Venue |
Opponent |
Result |
Competition |
Scored |
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| 1 |
27 May 1998 |
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca |
Morocco |
1 – 0 |
Friendly match |
1 |
| 2 |
22 June 1998 |
Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse |
ROM |
1 – 2 |
1998 FIFA World Cup |
1 |
| 3 |
30 June 1998 |
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne |
Argentina |
2 – 2 (3 – 4 on penalties) |
1998 FIFA World Cup |
1 |
| 4 |
14 October 1998 |
Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City |
Luxembourg |
3 – 0 |
UEFA Euro 2000 qualification |
1 |
| 5 |
4 September 1999 |
Wembley Stadium, London |
Luxembourg Luxembourg |
6 – 0 |
UEFA Euro 2000 qualification |
1 |
| 6 |
27 May 2000 |
Wembley Stadium, London |
Brazil |
1 – 1 |
Friendly match |
1 |
| 7 |
20 June 2000 |
Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi |
Romania Romania |
2 – 3 |
UEFA Euro 2000 |
1 |
| 8 |
2 September 2000 |
Stade de France, Paris |
France |
1 – 1 |
Friendly match |
1 |
| 9 |
24 March 2001 |
Anfield, Liverpool |
Finland |
2 – 1 |
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
1 |
| 10 |
28 March 2001 |
Qemal Stafa, Tirana |
Albania |
3 – 1 |
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
1 |
| 11 |
1 September 2001 |
Olympic Stadium, Munich |
Germany |
5 – 1 |
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
3 |
| 14 |
5 September 2001 |
St James' Park, Newcastle |
Albania Albania |
2 – 0 |
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
1 |
| 15 |
17 April 2002 |
Anfield, Liverpool |
Paraguay |
4 – 0 |
Friendly match |
1 |
| 16 |
21 May 2002 |
Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo |
South Korea |
1 – 1 |
Friendly match |
1 |
| 17 |
15 June 2002 |
Stadium Big Swan, Niigata |
Denmark |
3 – 0 |
2002 FIFA World Cup |
1 |
| 18 |
21 June 2002 |
Shizuoka Stadium, Shizuoka |
Brazil |
1 – 2 |
2002 FIFA World Cup |
1 |
| 19 |
12 October 2002 |
Tehelné pole, Bratislava |
Slovakia |
2 – 1 |
UEFA Euro 2004 qualification |
1 |
| 20 |
29 March 2003 |
Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz |
Liechtenstein |
2 – 0 |
UEFA Euro 2004 qualification |
1 |
| 21 |
11 June 2003 |
Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough |
Slovakia Slovakia |
2 – 1 |
UEFA Euro 2004 qualification |
2 |
| 23 |
20 August 2003 |
Portman Road, Ipswich |
Croatia |
3 – 1 |
Friendly match |
1 |
| 24 |
10 September 2003 |
Old Trafford, Manchester |
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein |
2 – 0 |
UEFA Euro 2004 qualification |
1 |
| 25 |
1 June 2004 |
City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester |
Japan |
1 – 1 |
2004 FA Summer Tournament |
1 |
| 26 |
24 June 2004 |
Estadio da Luz, Lisbon |
Portugal |
2 – 2 (5 – 6 on penalties) |
UEFA Euro 2004 |
1 |
| 27 |
18 August 2004 |
St James' Park, Newcastle |
Ukraine |
3 – 0 |
Friendly match |
1 |
| 28 |
13 October 2004 |
Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku |
Azerbaijan |
1 – 0 |
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
1 |
| 29 |
26 March 2005 |
Old Trafford, Manchester |
NIR |
4 – 0 |
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
1 |
| 30 |
31 May 2005 |
Giants Stadium, East Rutherford |
Colombia |
3 – 2 |
Friendly match |
3 |
| 33 |
12 October 2005 |
Old Trafford, Manchester |
Poland |
2 – 1 |
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
1 |
| 34 |
12 November 2005 |
Stade de Genève, Geneva |
Argentina Argentina |
3 – 2 |
Friendly match |
2 |
| 36 |
3 June 2006 |
Old Trafford, Manchester |
Jamaica |
6 – 0 |
Friendly match |
1 |
| 37 |
6 June 2007 |
A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn |
Estonia |
3 – 0 |
UEFA Euro 2008 qualification |
1 |
| 38 |
8 September 2007 |
Wembley Stadium, London |
Israel |
3 – 0 |
UEFA Euro 2008 qualification |
1 |
| 39 |
12 September 2007 |
Wembley Stadium, London |
Russia |
3 – 0 |
UEFA Euro 2008 qualification |
2 |
World Soccer Player of the Year
Premier League top scorers
PFA Young Player of the Year
BBC Sports Personality of the Year winners
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