Michael Owen is a famous English footballer. Star of England and Liverpool in the 2000s and a huge number of team and personal trophies.
Biography
Michael James Owen was born in mid-December 1979 in Chester, England. The father saw in the boy the future football star, and when his son turned seven, he took him to the football academy. Michael himself was very fond of this sport, since childhood he was a fan of the football club "Everton" and showed good results on the field. By the age of ten, the talented youth became the target of scouts of the top clubs in England. In this race, the breeders of Liverpool were the most successful, and in 1991 Owen moved to the academy of this club.
Career
Michael spent five years with Liverpool's youth team and received an excellent football education before entering the field for the first team. He signed his first professional contract at the end of 1996. And the first appearance on the field for the main team took place six months later, in a game against Wimbledon. Owen secured the success of the debut with a goal against the opponent.
In the season, he played only two matches and his beautiful debut goal was the only one. But from the next year, the athlete became a regular base player and played matches from bell to bell. For all the time spent in the camp of the Merseysides, Michael played 333 games, in which he scored 178 goals into the opponent's goal. In the colors of the Merseysides, Owen won the FA Cup, the prestigious League Cup and the coveted UEFA Cup.
In 2004 Michael moved to Real Madrid where he spent one season. The transition did not benefit the talented footballer, he simply could not stand the competition. At the end of the season, Michael returned to England, where he signed a contract with the football club "Newcastle United". Returning to his homeland was not very successful, Michael began to be haunted by regular injuries, because of which he spent most of his time in hospitals and in recovery. Owen has played only two of his four seasons at Newcastle.
In 2009, Newcastle was eliminated from the Premier League, and Michael, in order to stay in the top championship of the country, signed an agreement with Manchester United, which got him for free, as his contract with Newcastle had expired. Owen very confidently and successfully started his performances for the "Red Devils", regular scoring and assists brought a lot of benefits to the team of Sir Alex. The next season was again overshadowed by an injury that almost ended the career of a talented striker. In 2012, he moved to Stoke City, where, having played 9 games, the famous footballer decided to end his football career.
National team
A flamboyant performance for Liverpool in the 1997 season secured Michael Owen a spot on the national team. The debut game took place at the 1998 World Cup, where Michael came on as a substitute in the group stage match against Tunisia. In total, Owen played 89 times on the field in the colors of the national team and scored 40 goals into the opponent's goal.
Personal life
Louise Bonsall is the wife of Michael Owen, his childhood friend, who gave birth to three girls and one son to her famous husband. For a football player, his family has always been the most important thing in the world, and he never gave rise to gossip and scandals about his private life.
