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Robbie Fowler (born 9 April 1975 in Liverpool,
UK|U.K.) is an England|English Football
(soccer)|football player. He is a striker. He has
played for England national football team|England
internationally, making 26 appearances and scoring
7 goals, but his England career during Sven-Göran
Eriksson's tenure as manager appears to have
ended. Eriksson has tended to favour the
combination of Michael Owen and Wayne Rooney as
the first-choice pairing for England.

Fowler joined FA Premier League|Premier Division
club Liverpool F.C. as a trainee in 1992 and made
his Liverpool debut in 1993, scoring against
Fulham in the League Cup. Selected for the
starting line-up in the return leg at Anfied,
Fowler scored five to endear himself to the Kop. A
part of the League Cup-winning Liverpool side in
1995, Fowler won the PFA Young Player of the Year
in 1995 and 1996. Throughout the mid- and
late-1990's, Fowler was considered by many the
most natural finisher playing in England. In one
game in 1994, he scored a hat-trick (3 goals) in 4
minutes and 32 seconds against Arsenal
F.C.|Arsenal, still a Premiership record to this
day.

Unfortunately, Fowler's raw talent was fused with
the rather "scally" reputation off the field and
he was black listed together with several of his
colleagues at the time, like Stan Collymore, Jamie
Redknapp and best friend, Steve McManaman, for
their collective culture of being "Spice Boys" - a
derogatory term that signified the team of that
time as underachieving playboys in the game.

When that team came under review and revamp by new
coach Gerard Houllier, Fowler reinvented himself
somewhat and won the League Cup, FA Cup and UEFA
Cup with the Reds in 2001. In October 2001, he
scored his first league hat-trick for three years,
helping Liverpool beat Leicester City F.C. 4-1. He
was a hero to Liverpool fans, but a combination of
off-field controversy and training ground
arguments with then-Assistant Manager Phil
Thompson, led to his departure to Leeds United
F.C.. There is some speculation that Gérard
Houllier|Houllier had privately wanted to dispense
with Fowler whilst publicly maintaining a pretence
of wishing to retain the striker's services. This
may have been in an effort to maintain his
boardroom support. Fowler's appearances for
Liverpool had been limited by the presence of
England's first choice strikers, Emile Heskey and
Michael Owen.  

Lack of first team opportunities in the run in to
a World Cup was a contributing factor in Fowler's
transfer to Leeds United F.C.. The transfer went
ahead just one month after his hat-trick at
Leicester with a fee of 11 million pounds.  The
transfer did not turn out to be the fillip to his
international career that Fowler had hoped for. He
was dogged by injury and weight problems and
became a burden on Leeds' finances as the club
underwent a financial collapse. He transferred to
Manchester City F.C. on 16 January 2003. 

Fowler experienced a relatively poor start to his
Manchester City career. However on 28 February,
2005, he scored his 150th Premiership goal in the
3-2 win over Norwich City.

Outside of football, The Official British
Horseracing website lists Fowler as one of the big
British Celebrity horse racing owners alongside
fellow known acquaintances of his like Rod
Stewart, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Eddie Jordan and
Vinnie Jones, citing his and best friend Steve
McManaman's company, 'The Macca and Growler
Partnership' and its most prolific horse,
"Seebald". The horse, bought by Fowler and
McManaman from bloodstock agent Graham Bradley,
finished second in the 2002 Arkle Trophy and was
famously trained by Martin Pipe and raced by ace
jockey Tony McCoy as it went on to become the
winner of the 2003 Queen Elizabeth the "Queen
Mother Celebration Chase" as well as taking part
in several Grand National races over the years. 

Fowler, as of March 2005, is the third highest
scorer in Premiership history, which considering
his low scoring form of the 2000s, really
underscores what a mercurial and prodigious talent
he was in the 1990s.

On 2 September 2005 Robbie released an
autobiography called Fowler: My Autobiography
about his time as a footballer and the issues
surrounding him.


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