Robbie Fowler
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Robert Bernard Fowler (born 9 April 1975) is an English football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Saudi First Division League side Al-Qadsiah.
 Fowler in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Bernard Fowler[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1975-04-09) 9 April 1975 (age 48)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Toxteth, Liverpool, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[3][2] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Qadsiah (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984–1993 | Liverpool | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–2001 | Liverpool | 236 | (120) |
| 2001–2003 | Leeds United | 30 | (14) |
| 2003–2006 | Manchester City | 80 | (21) |
| 2006–2007 | Liverpool | 30 | (8) |
| 2007–2008 | Cardiff City | 13 | (4) |
| 2008 | Blackburn Rovers | 3 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | North Queensland Fury | 26 | (9) |
| 2010–2011 | Perth Glory | 28 | (9) |
| 2011–2012 | Muangthong United | 13 | (2) |
| Total | 459 | (188) | |
| International career | |||
| 1993–1995 | England U21 | 8 | (3) |
| 1994 | England B | 1 | (1) |
| 1996–2002 | England | 26 | (7) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Muangthong United | ||
| 2019–2020 | Brisbane Roar | ||
| 2020–2021 | East Bengal | ||
| 2023– | Al-Qadsiah | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
As a player, he was a striker, and is the eighth-highest goalscorer in the history of the Premier League. He is best known for his time at Liverpool, initially from 1993 to 2001. He scored 183 goals in total for Liverpool, earning the nickname "God" from the Anfield fans, and he is Liverpool's second-top scorer in the Premier League.[4] He subsequently played for Leeds United and Manchester City, before returning to Liverpool in January 2006. He moved to Cardiff City eighteen months later. He played there for a year before transferring to Blackburn Rovers on a short-term deal. In December 2008, he departed Blackburn and played in Australia with North Queensland Fury and Perth Glory. In 2011, he joined Thai side Muangthong United as a player, but later was appointed player-manager, which he remained until his retirement in 2012.
Fowler was capped for England 26 times, scoring 7 goals. He was included in England's squads for Euro 1996, Euro 2000 and the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Socially aware, Fowler showed support for the Liverpool dockers' strike during a goal celebration in 1997 where he unveiled a t-shirt which incorporated the Calvin Klein "CK" into the word doCKer.[5]