Steve Howey (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Norman Howey | ||
| Date of birth | 26 October 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Sunderland, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–2000 | Newcastle United | 191 | (6) |
| 2000–2003 | Manchester City | 94 | (11) |
| 2003–2004 | Leicester City | 13 | (1) |
| 2004 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | (0) |
| 2004 | New England Revolution | 3 | (0) |
| 2005 | Hartlepool United | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 305 | (18) | |
| National team | |||
| 1994–1996 | England | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Stephen Norman "Steve" Howey (born 26 October 1971 in Sunderland, County Durham) is an English former footballer who played as a defender for the England national team. At club level, he made more than 300 appearances in the Football League and the Premier League, playing for Newcastle United, Manchester City, Leicester City, Bolton Wanderers and Hartlepool United. He also played briefly for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer. His main playing position was as a central defender.
Howey started his career with Newcastle United signing a professional contract on 11 December 1989. At first he was playing in the striker position for the youth and reserve teams until Ossie Ardiles conceived the idea of moving him from the attack back into the defence. As a centre-back Howey was an important part of Kevin Keegan's First Division championship winning side in 1992/93, winning promotion to the Premier League. Once promoted Howey continued to be a first choice centre-back but was often missing through injury. During Howey's time at Newcastle they were Premier League runner-up twice in 1995/96 and 1996/97 in addition to FA Cup runner-up in 1997/98 and 1998/99. Howey is still a very popular figure in Newcastle as part of a successful influx from Newcastle's youth academy which also included Steve Watson, Robbie Elliott and Lee Clark.
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