Emile Heskey

**Emile William Ivanhoe Heskey** (born 11 January 1978) is an English former footballer.

At the pinnacle of his career, he played for Leicester City, Liverpool and Birmingham City. he later he played for Wigan Athletic and Aston Villa, then Newcastle Jets in the Australian A-League. For a while he was a regular member of the England national team, striking up a good partnership with fellow forward Michael Owen, where he was often deployed as a 'Target Man' due to his immense strength, good first touch and passing skills.

### 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="7" valign="center"|Leicester City|1994–95|FA Premier League|1|0|0|0|0|0|—|—|1|0|||
|1995–96|First Division|30|7|0|0|2|0|—|3|0|35|7||||
|1996–97|FA Premier League|35|10|3|0|9|2|—|—|47|12|||||
|1997–98|FA Premier League|35|10|2|0|0|0|2|0|—|39|10||||
|1998–99|FA Premier League|30|6|2|0|8|3|—|—|40|9|||||
|1999–2000|FA Premier League|23|7|4|0|8|1|—|—|35|8|||||
|rowspan="6" valign="center"|Liverpool|1999–2000|FA Premier League|12|3|0|0|0|0|—|—|12|3|||
|2000–01|FA Premier League|36|14|5|5|4|0|11|3|—|56|22||||
|2001–02|FA Premier League|35|9|2|0|1|0|17|5|1|0|56|14|||
|2002–03|FA Premier League|32|6|3|0|5|0|11|3|1|0|52|9|||
|2003–04|FA Premier League|35|7|4|1|2|2|6|2|—|47|12||||
|rowspan="3" valign="center"|Birmingham City|2004–05|FA Premier League|34|10|2|1|2|0|—|—|38|11|||
|2005–06|FA Premier League|34|4|3|0|3|1|—|—|40|5|||||
|rowspan="4" valign="center"|Wigan Athletic|2006–07|FA Premier League|34|8|1|0|1|0|—|—|36|8|||
|2007–08|Premier League|28|4|2|0|0|0|—|—|30|4|||||
|2008–09|Premier League|20|3|0|0|2|0|—|—|22|3|||||
|rowspan="5" valign="center"|Aston Villa|2008–09|Premier League|14|2|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|14|2||
|2009–10|Premier League|31|3|4|0|5|2|2|0|—|42|5||||
|2010–11|Premier League|19|3|2|0|2|2|2|1|—|25|6||||
|2011–12|Premier League|28|1|1|0|0|0|—|—|29|1|||||
|rowspan="1" valign="center"|Newcastle Jets|2012–13|A-League|9|5|—|—|—|—|9|5|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="10" valign="center"|England|1999|4|0|
|2000|7|1|||
|2001|9|2|||
|2002|11|1|||
|2003|7|1|||
|2004|5|0|||
|2007|2|0|||
|2008|5|0|||
|2009|7|2|||
|2010|5|0|||

### International goals

|#|Date|Location|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|3 June 2000|Ta' Qali, Malta||2–1|Win|Friendly|
|2.|28 February 2001|Birmingham, England||3–0|Win|Friendly|
|3.|1 September 2001|Munich, Germany||5–1|Win|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|4.|15 June 2002|Niigata, Japan||3–0|Win|2002 FIFA World Cup|
|5.|22 May 2003|Durban, South Africa||2–1|Win|Friendly|
|6.|28 March 2009|London, England||4–0|Win|Friendly|
|7.|6 June 2009|Almaty, Kazakhstan||4–0|Win|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification|

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Emile Heskey
- **image**: Emile Heskey as a player of England national football team.jpg
- **caption**: Heskey playing for England national football team, England in 2009
- **fullname**: Emile William Ivanhoe Heskey
- **birth place**: Leicester, England
- **position**: Striker (association football), Striker
- **currentclub**: Leicester City W.F.C., Leicester City Women (head of football development)
- **youthyears1**: 1987–1994
- **youthclubs1**: Leicester City F.C. Under-21s and Academy, Leicester City
- **years1**: 1994–2000
- **clubs1**: Leicester City F.C., Leicester City
- **caps1**: 154
- **goals1**: 40
- **years2**: 2000–2004
- **clubs2**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps2**: 150
- **goals2**: 39
- **years3**: 2004–2006
- **clubs3**: Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City
- **caps3**: 68
- **goals3**: 14
- **years4**: 2006–2009
- **clubs4**: Wigan Athletic F.C., Wigan Athletic
- **caps4**: 82
- **goals4**: 15
- **years5**: 2009–2012
- **clubs5**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **caps5**: 92
- **goals5**: 9
- **years6**: 2012–2014
- **clubs6**: Newcastle Jets FC, Newcastle Jets
- **caps6**: 42
- **goals6**: 10
- **years7**: 2014–2016
- **clubs7**: Bolton Wanderers F.C., Bolton Wanderers
- **caps7**: 45
- **goals7**: 3
- **totalcaps**: 633
- **totalgoals**: 130
- **nationalyears1**: 1994
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-16 football team, England U16
- **nationalcaps1**: 4
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1995–1996
- **nationalteam2**: England national under-18 football team, England U18
- **nationalcaps2**: 8
- **nationalgoals2**: 5
- **nationalyears3**: 1996–2000
- **nationalteam3**: England national under-21 football team, England U21
- **nationalcaps3**: 17
- **nationalgoals3**: 6
- **nationalyears4**: 1998
- **nationalteam4**: England national football B team, England B
- **nationalcaps4**: 1
- **nationalgoals4**: 1
- **nationalyears5**: 1999–2010
- **nationalteam5**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps5**: 62
- **nationalgoals5**: 7
- **manageryears1**: 2021
- **managerclubs1**: Leicester City W.F.C., Leicester City Women (interim)