Alan Shearer

Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer
Personal information
Full name Alan Shearer
Date of birth (1970-08-13) 13 August 1970 (age 56)
Place of birth Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1986–1988 Southampton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1992 Southampton 118 (23)
1992–1996 Blackburn Rovers 138 (112)
1996–2006 Newcastle United 303 (148)
Total 559 (283)
International career
1990–1992 England U21 11 (13)
1992 England B 1 (0)
1992–2000 England 63 (30)
Managerial career
2009 Newcastle United (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alan Shearer (born 13 August 1970) is a former English footballer and football pundit. He played for clubs such as Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, and Newcastle United. He played as a striker, and is the current highest scoring player in Premier League history.

Shearer was good at taking penalties – he scored 56 penalties in the Premier League, which is more than any other player, and has scored 260 goals in the Premier League, which is more than any other player in history.

Shearer managed Newcastle United as an interim manager for the last eight games of the 2008–09 Premier League season, but they were relegated to the Championship for the 2009–10 season.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Southampton 1987–88 First Division 530000––53
1988–89 First Division 1000000––100
1989–90 First Division 2633062––355
1990–91 First Division 3644266–224814
1991–92 First Division 41137263–636021
Total 118231441811–8515843
Blackburn Rovers 1992–93 Premier League 21160056––2622
1993–94 Premier League 40314241––4834
1994–95 Premier League 4234203221–4937
1995–96 Premier League 3531204561104837
Total 1381128216148210171130
Newcastle United 1996–97 Premier League 3125311141104028
1997–98 Premier League 172650000–237
1998–99 Premier League 3014652121–4021
1999–2000 Premier League 3723651062–5030
2000–01 Premier League 1950042––237
2001–02 Premier League 3723524200–4627
2002–03 Premier League 35171100127–4825
2003–04 Premier League 37222010126–5228
2004–05 Premier League 2874110911–4219
2005–06 Premier League 3210312142–4114
Total 3031483621167493010405206
Career total 559283582750325732105734379
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Full Members' Cup
  2. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  3. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. 1 2 Appearance in Charity Shield
  5. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  6. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances and six goals in UEFA Cup
  7. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
England 199262
199310
199463
199580
199698
199753
1998116
1999106
200072
Total6330
Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Shearer goal.
List of international goals scored by Alan Shearer
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
119 February 1992Wembley Stadium, London1 France1–02–0Friendly match
218 November 1992Wembley Stadium, London6 Turkey2–04–01994 FIFA World Cup qualification
317 May 1994Wembley Stadium, London9 Greece1–05–0Friendly match
47 September 1994Wembley Stadium, London11 United States1–02–0Friendly match
52–0
68 June 1996Wembley Stadium, London24  Switzerland1–01–1UEFA Euro 1996
715 June 1996Wembley Stadium, London25 Scotland1–02–0UEFA Euro 1996
818 June 1996Wembley Stadium, London26 Netherlands1–04–1UEFA Euro 1996
93–0
1026 June 1996Wembley Stadium, London28 Germany1–01–1UEFA Euro 1996
111 September 1996Stadionul Republican, Chişinău29 Moldova3–03–01998 FIFA World Cup qualification
129 October 1996Wembley Stadium, London30 Poland1–12–11998 FIFA World Cup qualification
132–1
1430 April 1997Wembley Stadium, London32 Georgia2–02–01998 FIFA World Cup qualification
1531 May 1997Stadion Slaski, Chorzów33 Poland1–02–01998 FIFA World Cup qualification
167 June 1997Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier34 France1–01–0Tournoi de France
1722 April 1998Wembley Stadium, London38 Portugal1–03–0Friendly match
183–0
1915 June 1998Stade Vélodrome, Marseille40 Tunisia1–02–01998 FIFA World Cup
2030 June 1998Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne43 Argentina1–12–21998 FIFA World Cup
215 September 1998Råsundastadion, Stockholm44 Sweden1–01–2UEFA Euro 2000 qualification
2214 October 1998Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City46 Luxembourg2–03–0UEFA Euro 2000 qualification
2328 April 1999Nepstadion, Budapest49 Hungary1–01–1Friendly match
249 June 1999Balgarska Armia Stadion, Sofia51 Bulgaria1–01–1UEFA Euro 2000 qualification
254 September 1999Wembley Stadium, London52 Luxembourg1–06–0UEFA Euro 2000 qualification
262–0
274–0
2810 October 1999Stadium of Light, Sunderland54 Belgium1–02–1Friendly match
2917 June 2000Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi62 Germany1–01–0UEFA Euro 2000
3020 June 2000Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi63 Romania1–12–3UEFA Euro 2000

Managerial statistics

As of 28 November 2015
TeamNationFromToMatchesWonDrawnLostWin %
Newcastle United  England 1 April 2009 24 May 2009 8125012.50

Honours and achievements

Southampton

Blackburn Rovers

Newcastle United

England U21

England

Individual

Records

References

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  24. ↑ Held jointly with Andy Cole.
  25. ↑ Held jointly with Sergio Agüero, Dimitar Berbatov, Jermain Defoe and Andy Cole.
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