Graeme Souness

**Graeme Souness** (born 6 May 1953) is a former Scottish football player. He has played for Scotland national team.

### Club

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|National cup|colspan=2|League cup|colspan=2|Continental|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Tottenham Hotspur|1971–72|First Division|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|–|1|0|||
|Montreal Olympique|1972|NASL|10|2|||–|–|–|10|2|||||
|rowspan="7"|Middlesbrough|1972–73|rowspan="2"|Second Division|9|0|||||–|–|9|0||
|1973–74|35|7|||||–|–|35|7||||||
|1974–75|rowspan="4"|First Division|38|7|||||–|–|38|7||||
|1975–76|35|3|||||–|–|35|3||||||
|1976–77|38|2|||||–|–|38|2||||||
|1977–78|19|3|||||–|–|19|3||||||
|rowspan="8"|Liverpool|1977–78|rowspan="7"|First Division|15|2|0|0|0|0|3|0|–|18|2|
|1978–79|41|8|7|1|1|0|2|0|2|0|53|9||||
|1979–80|41|1|8|1|7|0|2|0|1|0|59|2||||
|1980–81|37|6|1|0|8|1|8|6|1|0|55|13||||
|1981–82|35|5|3|0|9|1|6|0|1|0|54|6||||
|1982–83|41|9|3|0|8|2|6|0|1|0|59|11||||
|1983–84|37|7|2|0|12|5|9|0|1|0|61|12||||
|rowspan="3"|Sampdoria|1984–85|rowspan="2"|Serie A|28|5|12|1|–|–|–|40|6|||
|1985–86|28|3|6|2|–|4|0|–|38|5||||||
|rowspan="5"|Rangers|1986–87|rowspan="4"|Scottish Premier Division|25|1|1|0|3|2|3|0|–|32|3|
|1987–88|18|2|3|0|3|0|6|0|–|30|2|||||
|1988–89|6|0|1|0|3|0|0|0|–|10|0|||||
|1989–90|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|–|1|0|||||

### International

|Year|Apps|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- |
|colspan=3|Scotland||
|1974|2|0|
|1975|1|0|
|1976|—||
|1977|—||
|1978|6|0|
|1979|6|0|
|1980|3|0|
|1981|4|0|
|1982|9|1|
|1983|8|1|
|1984|4|1|
|1985|7|0|
|1986|4|1|

- _Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first._
|#|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|22 June 1982|Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga||**2**–2|2–2|1982 FIFA World Cup|
|2.|16 June 1983|Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton||**3**–0|3–0|Friendly|
|3.|12 September 1984|Hampden Park, Glasgow||**2**–1|6–1|Friendly|
|4.|23 April 1986|Wembley Stadium, London||**1**–2|1–2|1986 Rous Cup|

### Manager

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|Nat|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="5"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Rangers||align=left|1 April 1986|align=left|16 April 1991||||
|align=left|Liverpool||align=left|16 April 1991|align=left|28 January 1994||||
|align=left|Galatasaray||align=left|1 July 1995|align=left|1 July 1996||||
|align=left|Southampton||align=left|3 July 1996|align=left|1 June 1997||||
|align=left|Torino||align=left|5 July 1997|align=left|12 October 1997||||
|align=left|Benfica||align=left|2 November 1997|align=left|3 May 1999||||
|align=left|Blackburn Rovers||align=left|14 March 2000|align=left|6 September 2004||||
|align=left|Newcastle United||align=left|13 September 2004|align=left|2 February 2006||||

### Player

**Tottenham Hotspur Youth**
- FA Youth Cup: 1969–70

**Middlesbrough**
- Football League Second Division: 1973–74

**Liverpool**
- Football League First Division: 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84
- Football League Cup: 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84
- FA Charity Shield: 1979, 1980, 1982
- European Cup: 1977–78, 1980–81, 1983–84

**Sampdoria**
- Coppa Italia: 1984–85

**Rangers**
- Scottish Premier Division: 1986–87, 1988–89
- Scottish League Cup: 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89

**Scotland**
- Rous Cup: 1985

**Individual**
- European Cup Golden Boot: 1980–81
- PFA First Division Team of the Year: 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84
- PFA Team of the Century (1977–96): 2007

### Manager

**Rangers**
- Scottish Premier Division: 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90
- Scottish League Cup: 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91

**Liverpool**
- FA Cup: 1991–92

**Galatasaray**
- Turkish Cup: 1995–96
- Turkish Super Cup: 1996

**Blackburn Rovers**
- Football League Cup: 2001–02

**Individual**
- Premier League Manager of the Month: October 1996, April 1997

### Inductions

Inducted into the Scotland national football team roll of honour in 1985, when he gained his 50th international cap. In 1998, Souness was included in the Football League 100 Legends list. A poll of 110,000 Liverpool supporters – _100 Players Who Shook The Kop_, saw Souness placed the ninth most popular player in the club's history. Souness has been inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame (in 2007), the Scottish Football Hall of Fame (in 2004) and the Rangers F.C. Hall of Fame.

A summary of Souness's personal achievements are as follows in chronological order:
- Scotland national football team roll of honour
- Football League 100 Legends
- Liverpool 100 players who shook the Kop
- English Football Hall of Fame
- Scottish Football Hall of Fame
- Rangers Hall of Fame

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Graeme Souness
- **image**: Souness (retouched).jpg
- **caption**: Souness in 2001
- **full name**: Graeme James Souness
- **birth place**: Edinburgh, Scotland
- **position**: Midfielder
- **youthclubs1**: Tynecastle F.C., Tynecastle Boys Club & North Merchiston BC
- **years1**: 1970–1972
- **caps1**: 0
- **goals1**: 0
- **clubs1**: Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur
- **years2**: 1972
- **caps2**: 10
- **goals2**: 2
- **clubs2**: → Montreal Olympique (loan)
- **years3**: 1972–1978
- **caps3**: 176
- **goals3**: 22
- **clubs3**: Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough
- **years4**: 1977
- **caps4**: 6
- **goals4**: 1
- **clubs4**: → West Adelaide SC, West Adelaide (loan)
- **years5**: 1978–1984
- **caps5**: 247
- **goals5**: 38
- **clubs5**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **years6**: 1984–1986
- **caps6**: 56
- **goals6**: 8
- **clubs6**: U.C. Sampdoria, Sampdoria
- **years7**: 1986–1991
- **caps7**: 50
- **goals7**: 3
- **clubs7**: Rangers F.C., Rangers
- **totalcaps**: 545
- **totalgoals**: 74
- **nationalyears1**: 1974–1986
- **nationalcaps1**: 54
- **nationalgoals1**: 4
- **nationalteam1**: Scotland national football team, Scotland
- **manageryears1**: 1986–1991
- **managerclubs1**: Rangers F.C., Rangers
- **manageryears2**: 1991–1994
- **managerclubs2**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **manageryears3**: 1995–1996
- **managerclubs3**: Galatasaray S.K. (football), Galatasaray
- **manageryears4**: 1996–1997
- **managerclubs4**: Southampton F.C., Southampton
- **manageryears5**: 1997
- **managerclubs5**: Torino F.C., Torino
- **manageryears6**: 1997–1999
- **managerclubs6**: S.L.Benfica, Benfica
- **manageryears7**: 2000–2004
- **managerclubs7**: Blackburn Rovers F.C., Blackburn Rovers
- **manageryears8**: 2004–2006
- **managerclubs8**: Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United