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Alan Shearer

Personal information
Alan Shearer
Date of birth	August 13, 1970 (1970-08-13) (age 36)
Place of birth	Gosforth, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Striker (retired)
Youth clubs
1986-1988	Southampton
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1988-1992 1992-1996 1996-2006	Southampton Blackburn Rovers Newcastle United Career	118 0(23) 138 (112) 303 (148) 559 (283)
National team
1990-1992 1992 1992-2000	England U21 England B England	011 0(13) 001 00(0) 063 0(30)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Alan Shearer OBE (born 13 August 1970 in Gosforth, Tyne and Wear) is an English former professional footballer who played for the English national team and three English Premiership clubs: Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United.

During his career he enjoyed successes at both club and international level and also in his personal life, becoming one of the most prolific strikers of all time. In total he scored 422 goals for club and country, averaging 25 goals a season for each of his 17 seasons as a player. Shearer currently holds the Premier League goalscoring record with 260 goals. He announced his international retirement following England's exit from Euro 2000 but continued to play for Newcastle United until 2006, when, after an injury plagued season, he retired completely from football.

Since 2006 he has worked a football pundit for the BBC.

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