Alan Shearer

**Alan Shearer** (born 13 August 1970) is a retired English footballer and BBC football pundit. He played for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, and Newcastle United in the Premier League. He was a striker. He scored more goals than any other player for the England national football team, and more goals in the Premier League than any other player.

Shearer was good at taking penalties – he scored 56 penalties in the Premier League, which is more than any other player.

Shearer managed Newcastle United for the last eight games of the 2008–09 Premier League season, but they were relegated to the Championship for the 2009–10 season.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|Southampton|1987–88|First Division|5|3|0|0|0|0|–|–|5|3|||
|1988–89|First Division|10|0|0|0|0|0|–|–|10|0|||||
|1989–90|First Division|26|3|3|0|6|2|–|–|35|5|||||
|1990–91|First Division|36|4|4|2|6|6|–|2|2|48|14||||
|1991–92|First Division|41|13|7|2|6|3|–|6|3|60|21||||
|rowspan="5"|Blackburn Rovers|1992–93|Premier League|21|16|0|0|5|6|–|–|26|22|||
|1993–94|Premier League|40|31|4|2|4|1|–|–|48|34|||||
|1994–95|Premier League|42|34|2|0|3|2|2|1|–|49|37||||
|1995–96|Premier League|35|31|2|0|4|5|6|1|1|0|48|37|||
|rowspan="11"|Newcastle United|1996–97|Premier League|31|25|3|1|1|1|4|1|1|0|40|28|
|1997–98|Premier League|17|2|6|5|0|0|0|0|–|23|7||||
|1998–99|Premier League|30|14|6|5|2|1|2|1|–|40|21||||
|1999–2000|Premier League|37|23|6|5|1|0|6|2|–|50|30||||
|2000–01|Premier League|19|5|0|0|4|2|–|–|23|7|||||
|2001–02|Premier League|37|23|5|2|4|2|0|0|–|46|27||||
|2002–03|Premier League|35|17|1|1|0|0|12|7|–|48|25||||
|2003–04|Premier League|37|22|2|0|1|0|12|6|–|52|28||||
|2004–05|Premier League|28|7|4|1|1|0|9|11|–|42|19||||
|2005–06|Premier League|32|10|3|1|2|1|4|2|–|41|14||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|England|1992|6|2|
|1993|1|0|||
|1994|6|3|||
|1995|8|0|||
|1996|9|8|||
|1997|5|3|||
|1998|11|6|||
|1999|10|6|||
|2000|7|2|||

- _Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Shearer goal_.

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|19 February 1992|Wembley Stadium, London|1||1–0|2–0|Friendly match|||||||||
|2|18 November 1992|Wembley Stadium, London|6||2–0|4–0|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||
|3|17 May 1994|Wembley Stadium, London|9||1–0|5–0|Friendly match|||||||||
|4|7 September 1994|Wembley Stadium, London|11||1–0|2–0|Friendly match|||||||||
|5|2–0|||||||||||||||
|6|8 June 1996|Wembley Stadium, London|24||1–0|1–1|UEFA Euro 1996|||||||||
|7|15 June 1996|Wembley Stadium, London|25||1–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 1996|||||||||
|8|18 June 1996|Wembley Stadium, London|26||1–0|4–1|UEFA Euro 1996|||||||||
|9|3–0|||||||||||||||
|10|26 June 1996|Wembley Stadium, London|28||1–0|1–1|UEFA Euro 1996|||||||||
|11|1 September 1996|Stadionul Republican, Chişinău|29||3–0|3–0|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||
|12|9 October 1996|Wembley Stadium, London|30||1–1|2–1|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||
|13|2–1|||||||||||||||
|14|30 April 1997|Wembley Stadium, London|32||2–0|2–0|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||
|15|31 May 1997|Stadion Slaski, Chorzów|33||1–0|2–0|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||
|16|7 June 1997|Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier|34||1–0|1–0|Tournoi de France|||||||||
|17|22 April 1998|Wembley Stadium, London|38||1–0|3–0|Friendly match|||||||||
|18|3–0|||||||||||||||
|19|15 June 1998|Stade Vélodrome, Marseille|40||1–0|2–0|1998 FIFA World Cup|||||||||
|20|30 June 1998|Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne|43||1–1|2–2|1998 FIFA World Cup|||||||||
|21|5 September 1998|Råsundastadion, Stockholm|44||1–0|1–2|UEFA Euro 2000 qualification|||||||||
|22|14 October 1998|Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City|46||2–0|3–0|UEFA Euro 2000 qualification|||||||||
|23|28 April 1999|Nepstadion, Budapest|49||1–0|1–1|Friendly match|||||||||
|24|9 June 1999|Balgarska Armia Stadion, Sofia|51||1–0|1–1|UEFA Euro 2000 qualification|||||||||
|25|4 September 1999|Wembley Stadium, London|52||1–0|6–0|UEFA Euro 2000 qualification|||||||||
|26|2–0|||||||||||||||
|27|4–0|||||||||||||||
|28|10 October 1999|Stadium of Light, Sunderland|54||1–0|2–1|Friendly match|||||||||
|29|17 June 2000|Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi|62||1–0|1–0|UEFA Euro 2000|||||||||
|30|20 June 2000|Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi|63||1–1|2–3|UEFA Euro 2000|||||||||

### Managerial statistics

|Team|Nation|From|To|Matches|Won|Drawn|Lost|Win %|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Newcastle United||align=left|1 April 2009|align=left|24 May 2009|||

## Honours and achievements

**Southampton**
- Full Members' Cup runner-up: 1991–92

**Blackburn Rovers**
- Premier League: 1994–95

**Newcastle United**
- FA Cup runner-up: 1997–98, 1998–99

**England U21**
- Toulon Tournament: 1991

**England**
- Tournoi de France: 1997

**Individual**
- UEFA European Championship Golden Boot: 1996
- UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1996
- ESM Team of the Year: 1994–95
- FIFA World Player of the Year – Bronze award: 1996
- Ballon d'Or – Third place: 1996
- PFA Team of the Year: 1991–92 First Division, 1992–93 Premier League, 1993–94 Premier League, 1994–95 Premier League, 1995–96 Premier League, 1996–97 Premier League, 2002–03 Premier League
- PFA Players' Player of the Year: 1994–95, 1996–97
- FWA Footballer of the Year: 1993–94
- Newcastle United Player of the Year: 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2002–03
- Premier League Player of the Month: November 1994, September 1998, December 2002, October 2003
- Premier League Player of the Year: 1994–95
- Premier League Golden Boot: 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97
- FWA Tribute Award: 2001
- North-East FWA Player of the Year: 2003
- English Football Hall of Fame: 2004
- FIFA 100
- Premier League 10 Seasons Awards (1992–93 to 2001–02)
    - Domestic and Overall Player of the Decade
    - Domestic and Overall Team of the Decade
    - Outstanding Contribution to the FA Premier League
    - Top Goalscorer (204)
- Premier League 20 Seasons Awards (1992–93 to 2011–12)
    - Public choice Fantasy Teams of the 20 Seasons
    - Panel choice Fantasy Teams of the 20 Seasons
    - Top Goalscorer (260)
- PFA Team of the Century (1907–2007): 2007
- Premier League Hall of Fame: 2021
- Toulon Tournament 1991
    - Top Goal Scorer
    - Best Player
**Records**
- Most goals in Premier League history: 260 goals
- Most Premier League goals in a 42-game season: 34
- Most Premier League penalties scored: 56
- Most Premier League goals scored from inside the box: 227
- Most Premier League goals in a single match: 5
- Fewest matches to score 100 Premier League goals: 124 matches
- Top goalscorer in Newcastle United history: 206
- Most European goals scored for Newcastle United: 30