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Alan Shearer

CBE DL

Shearer in 2008

Born

Alan Shearer

13 August 1970 (age 54)

Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Occupation(s)

Football pundit, footballer

Height

6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)^[1]

Spouse

Lainya Shearer

(m. 1991)

Children

Association football career
Youth career
Position(s)	\nStriker
000	\nWallsend Boys Club
1986\u20131988	\nSouthampton
Senior career\"
Years	\nTeam	\nApps	\n(Gls)
1988\u20131992	\nSouthampton	\n118	\n(23)
1992\u20131996	\nBlackburn Rovers	\n138	\n(112)
1996\u20132006	\nNewcastle United	\n303	\n(148)
Total	\n	\n559	\n(283)
International career
1990\u20131992	\nEngland U21	\n11	\n(13)
1992	\nEngland B	\n1	\n(0)
1992\u20132000	\nEngland	\n63	\n(30)
Managerial career
2009	\nNewcastle United (interim)
\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alan Shearer (born 13 August 1970) is an English football pundit and former professional player who played as a striker. Widely regarded as one of the best strikers of all time and one of the greatest players in Premier League history, he is the league's record goalscorer with 260 goals.^{[notes 1]} He was named Football Writers' Association Player of the Year in 1994 and won the PFA Player of the Year award in 1995. In 1996 he came third in both Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards. In 2004 he was named by Pel\u00e9 in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.^[2] Shearer was one of the first two players inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame in 2021.^[3]\n

Shearer played his entire career in the top level of English football. He started his career at Southampton in 1988 before moving to Blackburn Rovers in 1992, where he established himself as among the most prolific goalscorers in Europe and won the 1994\u201395 Premier League. In the summer of 1996, he joined his hometown club Newcastle United for a then world record \u00a315 million, and in his first season won his third consecutive Premier League Golden Boot. He played in the 1998 FA Cup and 1999 FA Cup finals, captaining the team in the latter, and eventually became the club's all-time top scorer.^{[notes 1]} He retired at the end of the 2005\u201306 season.\n

For the England national team, Shearer appeared 63 times and scored 30 goals.^[4] UEFA Euro 1996 was his biggest success at international football; England reached the semi-finals and Shearer was awarded the UEFA Euro Golden Boot and was named in the UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament. He went on to captain England at 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000, then retired from international football.\n

Since retiring as a player in 2006, Shearer has worked as a television pundit for the BBC. In 2009, he briefly left his BBC role to become Newcastle United's manager in the last eight games of their 2008\u201309 season, in an unsuccessful attempt to save them from relegation. Shearer is a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), a Deputy Lieutenant of Northumberland, a Freeman of Newcastle upon Tyne and an honorary Doctor of Civil Law of Northumbria and Newcastle Universities.\n

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Rank	Player	From	To	Fee	Year	Ref.\n
1	Alan Shearer	$\"England\"$ Blackburn	$\"England\"$ Newcastle	\u00a3222m	1996	^[32]\n
2	Neymar	$\"Spain\"$ Barcelona	$\"France\"$ Paris Saint-Germain	\u00a3198m	2017	^[35]^[36]\n
3	Kylian Mbapp\u00e9	$\"France\"$ Monaco	$\"France\"$ Paris Saint-Germain	\u00a3163m	2018	^[37]\n
4	Jo\u00e3o F\u00e9lix	$\"Portugal\"$ Benfica	$\"Spain\"$ Atl\u00e9tico Madrid	\u00a3112.9	2019	^[38]\n

Club\n	Season\n	League\n	FA Cup\n	League Cup\n	Europe\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Southampton\n	1987\u201388\n	First Division\n	5	3	0	0	0	0	\u2013	\u2013	5	3\n
1988\u201389\n	First Division\n	10	0	0	0	0	0	\u2013	\u2013	10	0\n
1989\u201390\n	First Division\n	26	3	3	0	6	2	\u2013	\u2013	35	5\n
1990\u201391\n	First Division\n	36	4	4	2	6	6	\u2013	2^[a]	2	48	14\n
1991\u201392\n	First Division\n	41	13	7	2	6	3	\u2013	6^[a]	3	60	21\n
Total\n	118	23	14	4	18	11	\u2013	8	5	158	43\n
Blackburn Rovers\n	1992\u201393\n	Premier League\n	21	16	0	0	5	6	\u2013	\u2013	26	22\n
1993\u201394\n	Premier League\n	40	31	4	2	4	1	\u2013	\u2013	48	34\n
1994\u201395\n	Premier League\n	42	34	2	0	3	2	2^[b]	1	\u2013	49	37\n
1995\u201396\n	Premier League\n	35	31	2	0	4	5	6^[c]	1	1^[d]	0	48	37\n
Total\n	138	112	8	2	16	14	8	2	1	0	171	130\n
Newcastle United\n	1996\u201397\n	Premier League\n	31	25	3	1	1	1	4^[b]	1	1^[d]	0	40	28\n
1997\u201398\n	Premier League\n	17	2	6	5	0	0	0	0	\u2013	23	7\n
1998\u201399\n	Premier League\n	30	14	6	5	2	1	2^[e]	1	\u2013	40	21\n
1999\u20132000\n	Premier League\n	37	23	6	5	1	0	6^[b]	2	\u2013	50	30\n
2000\u201301\n	Premier League\n	19	5	0	0	4	2	\u2013	\u2013	23	7\n
2001\u201302\n	Premier League\n	37	23	5	2	4	2	0	0	\u2013	46	27\n
2002\u201303\n	Premier League\n	35	17	1	1	0	0	12^[c]	7	\u2013	48	25\n
2003\u201304\n	Premier League\n	37	22	2	0	1	0	12^[f]	6	\u2013	52	28\n
2004\u201305\n	Premier League\n	28	7	4	1	1	0	9^[b]	11	\u2013	42	19\n
2005\u201306\n	Premier League\n	32	10	3	1	2	1	4^[g]	2	\u2013	41	14\n
Total\n	303	148	36	21	16	7	49	30	1	0	405	206\n
Career total\n	559	283	58	27	50	32	57	32	10	5	734	379\n

National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
England\n	1992	6	2\n
1993	1	0\n
1994	6	3\n
1995	8	0\n
1996	9	8\n
1997	5	3\n
1998	11	6\n
1999	10	6\n
2000	7	2\n
Total	63	30\n

No.\n	Date\n	Venue\n	Cap\n	Opponent\n	Score\n	Result\n	Competition\n
1	19 February 1992	Wembley Stadium, London	1	$\"\"$ France	1\u20130	2\u20130	Friendly\n
2	18 November 1992	Wembley Stadium, London	6	$\"\"$ Turkey	2\u20130	4\u20130	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
3	17 May 1994	Wembley Stadium, London	9	$\"\"$ Greece	1\u20130	5\u20130	Friendly\n
4	7 September 1994	Wembley Stadium, London	11	$\"\"$ United States	1\u20130	2\u20130	Friendly\n
5	2\u20130\n
6	8 June 1996	Wembley Stadium, London	24	$\"\"$ Switzerland	1\u20130	1\u20131	UEFA Euro 1996\n
7	15 June 1996	Wembley Stadium, London	25	$\"\"$ Scotland	1\u20130	2\u20130	UEFA Euro 1996\n
8	18 June 1996	Wembley Stadium, London	26	$\"\"$ Netherlands	1\u20130	4\u20131	UEFA Euro 1996\n
9	3\u20130\n
10	26 June 1996	Wembley Stadium, London	28	$\"\"$ Germany	1\u20130	1\u20131	UEFA Euro 1996\n
11	1 September 1996	Stadionul Republican, Chi\u015fin\u0103u	29	$\"\"$ Moldova	3\u20130	3\u20130	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
12	9 October 1996	Wembley Stadium, London	30	$\"\"$ Poland	1\u20131	2\u20131	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
13	2\u20131\n
14	30 April 1997	Wembley Stadium, London	32	$\"\"$ Georgia	2\u20130	2\u20130	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
15	31 May 1997	Stadion Slaski, Chorz\u00f3w	33	$\"\"$ Poland	1\u20130	2\u20130	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
16	7 June 1997	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier	34	$\"\"$ France	1\u20130	1\u20130	1997 Tournoi de France\n
17	22 April 1998	Wembley Stadium, London	38	$\"\"$ Portugal	1\u20130	3\u20130	Friendly\n
18	3\u20130\n
19	15 June 1998	Stade V\u00e9lodrome, Marseille	40	$\"\"$ Tunisia	1\u20130	2\u20130	1998 FIFA World Cup\n
20	30 June 1998	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-\u00c9tienne	43	$\"\"$ Argentina	1\u20131	2\u20132	1998 FIFA World Cup\n
21	5 September 1998	R\u00e5sundastadion, Stockholm	44	$\"\"$ Sweden	1\u20130	1\u20132	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying\n
22	14 October 1998	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City	46	$\"\"$ Luxembourg	2\u20130	3\u20130	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying\n
23	28 April 1999	Nepstadion, Budapest	49	$\"\"$ Hungary	1\u20130	1\u20131	Friendly\n
24	9 June 1999	Balgarska Armia Stadion, Sofia	51	$\"\"$ Bulgaria	1\u20130	1\u20131	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying\n
25	4 September 1999	Wembley Stadium, London	52	$\"\"$ Luxembourg	1\u20130	6\u20130	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying\n
26	2\u20130\n
27	4\u20130\n
28	10 October 1999	Stadium of Light, Sunderland	54	$\"\"$ Belgium	1\u20130	2\u20131	Friendly\n
29	17 June 2000	Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi	62	$\"\"$ Germany	1\u20130	1\u20130	UEFA Euro 2000\n
30	20 June 2000	Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi	63	$\"\"$ Romania	1\u20131	2\u20133	UEFA Euro 2000\n

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Early life

Club career

1986\u20131992: Southampton

1992\u20131996: Blackburn Rovers

1996\u20132006: Newcastle United

Tribute and testimonial

International career

Style of play

Managerial career

Early career

Newcastle United

Outside football

Personal life

Personal honours

Media

Philanthropy

Career statistics

Club

International

Manager

Honours and achievements

Footnotes

References

External links

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