Eddie Howe

Edward John Frank Howe (born 29 November 1977) is an English professional football manager and former football player. He is the manager of Premier League club Newcastle United. In 2025, he delivered a first major domestic trophy for Newcastle in 70 years by winning the EFL Cup.

Eddie Howe

Howe in 2015
Personal information
Birth name	Edward John Frank Howe[1]
Date of birth	(1977-11-29) 29 November 1977 (age 48)[1]
Place of birth	Amersham
Position(s)	Centre-back[1]
Team information
Current team	Newcastle United (manager)
Youth career
0000–1994	AFC Bournemouth
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–2002	AFC Bournemouth	200	(10)
2002–2004	Portsmouth	2	(0)
2004	→ Swindon Town (loan)	0	(0)
2004	→ AFC Bournemouth (loan)	17	(1)
2004–2007	AFC Bournemouth	53	(1)
Total		272	(12)
International career
1998	England U21	2	(0)
Managerial career
2008–2011	AFC Bournemouth
2011–2012	Burnley
2012–2020	AFC Bournemouth
2021–	Newcastle United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[2]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
AFC Bournemouth	1995–96	Second Division	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	1996–97	Second Division	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
	1997–98	Second Division	40	1	3	0	2	0	5[a]	0	50	1
	1998–99	Second Division	45	2	4	2	4	1	3[a]	0	46	5
	1999–2000	Second Division	28	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	33	1
	2000–01	Second Division	31	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	35	2
	2001–02	Second Division	38	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	42	4
	Total		200	10	12	2	13	1	9	0	234	13
Portsmouth	2001–02	First Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	–		1	0
	2002–03	First Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	–		1	0
	Total		2	0	0	0	0	0	–		2	0
Swindon Town (loan)	2003–04	Second Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AFC Bournemouth	2004–05	League One	35	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	40	1
	2005–06	League One	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0
	2006–07	League One	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	1
	Total		70	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	76	2
Career total			272	12	16	2	15	1	9	0	312	15

1. Appearances in Football League Trophy

Managerial statistics

As of match played 13 April 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record					Ref.
			P	W	D	L	Win %
AFC Bournemouth	31 December 2008	16 January 2011	102	51	18	33	050.00	[3][4]
Burnley	16 January 2011	12 October 2012	87	34	19	34	039.08	[4]
AFC Bournemouth	12 October 2012	1 August 2020	356	143	77	136	040.17	[4]
Newcastle United	8 November 2021	Present	119	57	29	33	047.90	[4]
Total			664	285	143	236	042.92

Honours

AFC Bournemouth

• Football League Championship: 2014–15^[5]
• Football League One second-place promotion: 2012–13^[6]
• Football League Two second-place promotion: 2009–10^[7]

Newcastle United

• EFL Cup: 2024–25;^[8] runner-up: 2022–23^[9]

Individual

• Football League One Manager of the Month: November 2012,^[10] April 2013^[11]
• Football League Championship Manager of the Month: October 2014,^[12] March 2015^[13]
• The Football League Manager of the Decade^[14]
• LMA Manager of the Year: 2015^[15]
• LMA Championship Manager of the Year: 2014–15^[15]
• Premier League Manager of the Month: March 2017, January 2018, October 2018, February 2022, October 2022^[16]