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{{More citations needed|date=February 2025}}{{Short description|English football coach (born 1975)}} {{about|the English football manager and former player|other people|Robert Fowler (disambiguation){{!}}Robert Fowler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Use British English|date=February 2012}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Robbie Fowler | image = Fowler, Robbie.jpg | caption = Fowler in 2011 | full_name = Robert Bernard Fowler<ref>{{Cite book |editor-first=Barry J. |editor-last=Hugman |title=The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2002β03 |year=2002 |publisher=Harpenden: Queen Anne Press |isbn=978-1-85291-648-0 |page=148}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|4|9|df=y}}<ref name="PremProfile">{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/277/Robbie-Fowler/overview |title=Robbie Fowler: Overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=7 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422002702/https://www.premierleague.com/players/277/Robbie-Fowler/overview|archive-date=22 April 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Toxteth]], [[Liverpool]], England | height = {{convert|1.75|m|order=flip}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/squad/fowler/ |title=Robbie Fowler profile |publisher=Liverpool F.C. |access-date=7 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110045255/http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/squad/fowler/ |archive-date=10 November 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="PremProfile"/> | position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]] | currentclub = | youthyears1 = 1984β1993 | youthclubs1 = [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] | years1 = 1993β2001 | clubs1 = [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] | caps1 = 236 | goals1 = 120 | years2 = 2001β2003 | clubs2 = [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] | caps2 = 30 | goals2 = 14 | years3 = 2003β2006 | clubs3 = [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] | caps3 = 80 | goals3 = 21 | years4 = 2006β2007 | clubs4 = [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] | caps4 = 30 | goals4 = 8 | years5 = 2007β2008 | clubs5 = [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] | caps5 = 13 | goals5 = 4 | years6 = 2008 | clubs6 = [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] | caps6 = 3 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2009β2010 | clubs7 = [[Northern Fury F.C.|North Queensland Fury]] | caps7 = 26 | goals7 = 9 | years8 = 2010β2011 | clubs8 = [[Perth Glory FC|Perth Glory]] | caps8 = 28 | goals8 = 9 | years9 = 2011β2012 | clubs9 = [[Muangthong United F.C.|Muangthong United]] | caps9 = 13 | goals9 = 8 | totalcaps = 459 | totalgoals = 193 | nationalyears1 = 1993β1995 | nationalteam1 = [[England national under-21 football team|England U21]] | nationalcaps1 = 8 | nationalgoals1 = 3 | nationalyears2 = 1994 | nationalteam2 = [[England national football B team|England B]] | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 1 | nationalyears3 = 1996β2002 | nationalteam3 = [[England national football team|England]] | nationalcaps3 = 26 | nationalgoals3 = 7 | manageryears1 = 2011β2012 | managerclubs1 = [[Muangthong United F.C.|Muangthong United]] | manageryears2 = 2019β2020 | managerclubs2 = [[Brisbane Roar FC|Brisbane Roar]] | managerclubs3 = [[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]] | manageryears3 = 2020β2021 | manageryears4 = 2023 | managerclubs4 = [[Al Qadsiah FC|Al-Qadsiah]] }} '''Robert Bernard Fowler''' (born 9 April 1975) is an English [[Association football|football]] coach and former player. He most recently managed [[Saudi First Division League]] side [[Al Qadsiah FC|Al-Qadsiah]]. As a player, he was a [[Striker (association football)|striker]], and is the [[List of Premier League players with 100 or more goals|ninth-highest goalscorer]] in the history of the [[Premier League]]. He is best known for his time at [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], initially from 1993 to 2001. He scored 183 goals in total for Liverpool, earning the nickname "God" from the [[Anfield]] fans, and he is Liverpool's second-top scorer in the [[Premier League]].<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/making-a-comeback-is-returning-to-ones-old-stomping-ground-a-good-idea-6287302.html?action=gallery&ino=3 "Making a comeback: Is returning to one's old stomping ground a good idea?". Robbie Fowler"], ''The Independent''; retrieved 23 April 2014.</ref> He subsequently played for [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] and [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], before returning to Liverpool in January 2006. He moved to [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] eighteen months later. He played there for a year before transferring to [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] on a short-term deal. In December 2008, he departed Blackburn and played in Australia with [[Northern Fury FC|North Queensland Fury]] and [[Perth Glory FC|Perth Glory]]. In 2011, he joined [[Thailand|Thai]] side [[Muangthong United F.C.|Muangthong United]] as a player, but later was appointed player-manager, which he remained until his retirement in 2012. Fowler was [[Cap (football)|capped]] for [[England national football team|England]] 26 times, scoring 7 goals. He was included in England's squads for [[UEFA Euro 1996|Euro 1996]], [[UEFA Euro 2000|Euro 2000]] and the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]]. {{TOC limit|limit=3}}
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