9. Alan Shearer

 

   


 

Position: Striker  
Squad Number: 9  
Date of Birth: 13th August 1970  
Birthplace: Newcastle  
Height: 5'11"  
Signed on: July 1996 for a fee of £15m  
NUFC Debut: 11 August 1996 v Manchester United (Charity Shield)  
Previous Club(s): Southampton
Blackburn
 
 
Alan Shearer, the man who broke and set so many records. He broke the then British record £3.6m transfer fee with his move from Southampton to Blackburn in 1992, and then the world record of £15m with his move to back home, to Tyneside.

Shearer was also the first man to score 30 goals in 3 successive seasons, and he has awards to prove he is still one of the deadliest strikers around. He was the PFA Player of the Year for 1994/95 and 1996/97, and the Football Writers' Player of the Year for 1994/95. But a serious ankle injury saw him sidelined for most of the 1997/98 season.

But Alan Shearer has come back stronger than before, and has recently hit the 100-goal mark for Newcastle.

 
 

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