Alan Shearer born 13 August 1970 is an English football pundit and retired football player and manager who played as a striker Widely regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation and one of the greatest players in the history of the Premier League he is the Premier Leagues 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 came third in both Ballon dOr and FIFA World Player of the Year awards In 2004 he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the worlds greatest living players Shearer was one of the first two players inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame in 2021 Shearer played his entire career in the top level of English football He started his career at Southampton in 1988 before moving to Blackburn Rovers in 1992 where he established himself as among the most prolific goalscorers in Europe Whilst at Blackburn Rovers he won the 199495 Premier League as well as two consecutive Premier League Golden Boots In the summer of 1996 he joined his hometown club Newcastle United for a then world record 15 million He led Newcastle to the 1998 FA Cup and 1999 FA Cup finals and eventually became the clubs alltime top scorernotes 1 He retired at the end of the 200506 season For the England national team Shearer appeared 63 times and scored 30 goals UEFA Euro 1996 was his biggest success at international football England reached the semifinals and Shearer was awarded the UEFA Euro Golden Boot and was named in the UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament He went on to represent England at 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000 Shearer retired from international football following the end of the latter competition Since retiring as a player in 2006 Shearer has worked as a television pundit for the BBC In 2009 he briefly left his BBC role to become Newcastle Uniteds manager in the last eight games of their 200809 season in an unsuccessful attempt to save them from relegation Shearer is a Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE a Deputy Lieutenant of Northumberland a Freeman of Newcastle upon Tyne and an honorary Doctor of Civil Law of Northumbria and Newcastle Universities From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
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