Question: Who is the retired English footballer that was signed to play for Southampton, Black Rovers, Newcastle United and the England national team?

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Alan Shearer: Alan Shearer, CBE, DL ( ; born 13 August 1970) is a retired English footballer.  He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and the England national team.  He is Newcastle's and the Premier League's record goalscorer.  He was named Football Writers' Association Player of the Year in 1994 and won the PFA Player of the Year award in 1995.  In 1996, he was third in the FIFA World Player of the Year awards.  In 2004 Shearer was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.

Carl Wilson (footballer): Carl Alan Wilson (born 8 May 1940) is a retired English professional football centre forward who played in the Football League for Gateshead, Doncaster Rovers, Millwall and Newcastle United.  He also played in the Netherlands and Germany for Sparta Rotterdam and Schwarz-Weiß Essen respectively.

Jermaine Jenas: Jermaine Anthony Jenas ( ; born 18 February 1983) is a retired English professional footballer and current BT Sport pundit, who played as a central midfielder for English club sides Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa and Queens Park Rangers, all for whom he scored a career total of 39 goals from 341 league appearances.  He also appeared 21 times for the senior England national football team, scoring one goal.

Kevin Richardson (footballer): Kevin Richardson (born 4 December 1962) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder.  Richardson featured for English clubs Everton, Watford, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Coventry City, Southampton, Barnsley and Blackpool.  He also had a spell in La Liga with Real Sociedad.  He was also capped for the England national football team.  During October 2009 he was appointed as the assistant manager of Darlington.  Richardson is currently a coach at Newcastle United's academy.

1996–97 Newcastle United F.C. season: The 1996–97 season saw English professional football club Newcastle United participate in the Premier League for the fourth consecutive season since their promotion from the Football League First Division in 1993.  After the disappointment of finishing runner-up to Manchester United in the previous campaign despite having at one stage held a 12-point lead over their rivals, the club responded by signing Alan Shearer from Blackburn Rovers in July 1996.

Gary Kelly (footballer, born 1966): Kelly began his career as an apprentice with Arthur Cox's Newcastle United in 1982 becoming boot boy to legendary former England captain and European Footballer of the Year Kevin Keegan.  Kelly signed professional in 1984 as Jack Charlton took over as manager and as Newcastle United earned promotion to Division 1.  Gary went on to win the F.A Youth Cup in 1985 beating Watford 4-1 on aggregate in a Paul Gascoigne inspired Newcastle United.  In 1986, Kelly made his senior debut in a 1-0 win against Wimbledon at St James' Park, also going on to win the club's Young Player of the Year Award that season.

Harry Brown (footballer, born 1883): Henry "Harry" Brown (11 November 1883 – 9 February 1934) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward for various clubs in the early part of the twentieth century, including West Bromwich Albion, Newcastle United, Fulham and Southampton (two spells).  At Newcastle, he was a member of the team that won the Football League championship in 1906–07.

Malcolm Macdonald: Malcolm Ian Macdonald (born 7 January 1950) is an English former professional footballer, manager and media figure.  Nicknamed 'Supermac', Macdonald was a quick, powerfully built prolific goalscorer.  He played for Fulham, Luton Town, Newcastle United, Arsenal and the England national football team.  Macdonald is Newcastle United's fifth highest goalscorer of all time.  He also won England's Golden Boot with Newcastle in 1975 and with Arsenal in 1977.

David Roche (footballer): David Roche (born 13 December 1970) is an English former professional footballer who played for Newcastle United, Peterborough United, Doncaster Rovers and Southend United in the English football league in the 1990s.  Roche played 41 times for Newcastle United, during which time he was loaned to Peterborough where he played 4 games.  Newcastles then manager Kevin Keegan sold him to Doncaster Rovers for £85000.  In his midfield role he scored 8 goals in 53 appearances for Rovers before being sold to Southend in 1994 for £55000 where he made just 4 substitute appearances before disappearing.

Tommy Thompson (footballer, born 1928): Thomas "Tommy" Thompson (10 November 1928 – 15 September 2015) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa, Barrow, Newcastle United, Preston North End and Stoke City as well as the England national team.

Supporting paragraphs: 1996–97 Newcastle United F.C. season Alan Shearer
Answer: Alan Shearer