Michael James Owen (born 14 December 1979) is a retired English footballer and one of the best English superstars in world football. Acting as a striker. Like David Beckham, Owen is one of the few players in england football to have attended every major tournament in the last 10 years, including three World Cup final weeks in 1998, 2002 and 2006, as well as two European Football Championships in 2000 and 2004. In the English first-team all-time top scorer list, Irving is fourth with 40 goals.
Irving joined Liverpool's first-team squad before he was 18 years old, breaking several records for the youngest appearance and goal scorer in the English Premier League and The English football team. Owen has a keen sense of football, excellent shooting skills, can shoot on both feet, and his dribbling introduction is mainly based on speed and explosiveness, combined with sudden changes in line, making him have a very high ability to break through, and he has become a world-famous player with speed and goal ability, and has become the darling of Liverpool fans. In 2001, Irving won the only European Footballer of the Year award in the club's history so far. After leaving Liverpool, Irving played for Real Madrid and Newcastle for five years, and then moved to Liverpool's old rival Manchester United in the summer of 2009, causing dissatisfaction among Liverpool fans, he moved to Stoke City in 2012, ended his playing career in 2013, retired to the horse racing career, and is now a columnist for ball review and analysis. Irving is one of the fast-rising and fast-falling superstars in football, and at the age of seventeen or eighteen, he can stand in the starting position of the national team and clubs, which shows his talent, but when he enters his prime, he focuses less on the stadium and focuses on the off-field horse racing career, which makes the state decline rapidly and leave the top league early.
Biography footballer Liverpool
Owen joined Liverpool as early as the age of 13. At that time, he was only an apprentice player, but he was recruited by Manchester United, Arsenal and other powerful teams, but in the end, Irving chose Liverpool. Irving won the trophy four months later when he scored a groundball against West Ham in the 1996 FA Youth Cup and was officially signed by Liverpool four months later as a member of the first team.
He made his premier league debut for Liverpool in May 1997 against Wimbledon. Since then, Irving has played more and more time. In the 1997–98 UEFA Cup, Irving scored his first European goal, and in the same season against Tin Wednesday, Irving scored a hat-trick.
In the 1998–99 season, Irving scored 23 goals in 40 games, but Liverpool were so dismayed that they finished seventh and lost their European qualification. The news that Owen was injured again in the Liverpool and Leeds United games disappointed and unnerved all those who loved him, and then Irving was injured several times, leaving him out for much longer than expected. The following season Liverpool was coached by Frenchman Hollier. He replaced a large number of main players and put Irving as the center of gravity, and his return from injury was a huge encouragement to Liverpool, who finally improved.
In the 2000–01 season, Irving won three titles with the team: the FA Cup, the League Cup and the UEFA Cup; in the same year, Owen was selected as the European Footballer of the Year.
Real madrid
Since 2002, Owen's mid-season aberration has been unstable, plagued by repeated injuries, and Liverpool's record has plummeted. In 2004, Liverpool's results took a sharp turn for the worse, leading to The Departure of Hollier. At the end of the season, Irving's form picked up and helped Liverpool win fourth place in the league. Coinciding with the expiry of his contract, Irving decided to move to Spain in the summer of 2004 to join La Liga giants Real Madrid.
At Real Madrid, Irving was given the no. 11 shirt of the starting number, but he played for one season and never started. The only good thing is that Irving tried his best to score goals every time He came up in the reserve, when his goal rate outnumbered all the attacking players of the Spanish giants. However, he could not bear it in his long-term reserve days, and the following year he returned to the Premier League for 18 million pounds to join Newcastle United.
Newcastle United
Irving has not played much since joining Newcastle United because he is constantly plagued by serious injuries. Irving made an official comeback in the Premier League at the end of the 2005–06 season, but in the final round of the league against Irving and Tottenham hotspur goalkeeper Robinson had a serious collision that fractured the fifth metatarsal of his right foot and forced a steel nail in his right foot. Since then, Owen has been closely linked to injury, and at the World Cup in Germany in the summer of 2006, Irving's cruciate ligament tear suddenly collapsed.
In early 2008, former England manager Chillon Keegan took over at Newcastle United, and Irving was appointed captain, moving his position slightly back as a forward, allowing Irving to regain his good form, scoring one goal in four consecutive games against Birmingham City, Fulham, Tottenham and Reading in the second half of the 2007-2008 season. Scoring 11 goals throughout the season, he led Newcastle United from the danger of relegation. Since the famous coach Capello coached the England national team in 2007, Irving's name has gradually disappeared from the playing list, and since then Capello has shown that he does not like Irving's playing style and Irving's peak period has passed, so he will not choose Irving for the time being.
In the 2008-2009 season, Newcastle United had a strong start to the season, forcing a 1-1 draw with Manchester United. However, due to various events that caused Newcastle United's results to plummet, Qiyun Keegan resigned in anger due to high-level interference in the transfer matter, coupled with the intention of the head of the class, Ashley had the intention of liquidation, and there were rumors that he would pay off the debt by selling players, which demoralized the players, but Captain Irving still performed well, and arrived in the second half of the season due to injury and recuperated for three months, and returned to face Hull City for the first time. Towards the end of the season, head coach Keenya temporarily withdrew from recuperation due to heart disease, and the head of the class, Ashley, appointed Newcastle United and the top goal holder in the Premier League, Shuria, as the temporary manager, and he reused Irving after taking office, but since Irving's five-month goal drought, Irving has gradually retreated to the reserve. In Newcastle United's last relegation battle against Aston Villa, Irving played 23 minutes, but in the end Newcastle United still lost 0:1, announcing relegation to the Championship next season, due to newcastle United is about to be relegated, the outside world speculates that Irving will transfer in the future, and many Premier League clubs have been rumored to be interested in Owen, including Wigan, Aston Villa and Everton, etc., of which Stoke City has publicly indicated their intention to sign Irving.
Manchester United
Irving in the Manchester United shirt
Irving broke through the opposing line
In the early hours of 4 July 2009, Manchester United officially announced that former Liverpool, Real Madrid and Newcastle United star Irving had officially joined as a free agent, and the two sides signed a two-year contract. Manchester United can call up the super goalscorer trained by their rivals Liverpool for free, and the contract stipulates that Irving's weekly salary is 20,000 pounds, and if he performs well, the weekly salary can rise to 110,000 pounds; this makes him the fourth player in history to play for both Manchester United and Liverpool, and has been called "the most shocking transfer of the summer" by the British media. Irving put on the number 7 shirt of the recently departed World Footballer of the Year C Ronaldo at Manchester United and put on the Red Devils legend's number 7 shirt to become the latest owner of the team's legendary number.
Irving's Premier League debut in 2009–10 was the opening game at home to Birmingham City, and the late-end backup substitute Berbatov was given a one-handed chance in the end, but was saved by goalkeeper Hurt and failed to extend the scoreline. In the next game away to Burnley, Irving started the game, but his performance was mediocre and he failed to score. On 22 August, Irving received a pass from Nani and broke through the net in a match against Wigan to score his debut goal for United. On 20 September, Irving scored the winning goal for United in stoppage time, beating city rivals Manchester City 4–3.
On 28 February 2010, Irving played in the cup final at Wembley Stadium for the first time in his career, Irving scored a goal to help the team reverse, he scored a goal to help the team finally beat Aston Villa 2:1 to win the League Cup. In the six League Cup games he played for Manchester United, Irving scored six goals and was a veritable League Cup killer. However, Irving was replaced shortly after the goal, who strained his thigh muscles, and although Irving said in an interview after the game that he hoped to recover as soon as possible, the results of the subsequent examination confirmed that Irving would not be able to participate in any of the remaining games of the season, so it effectively ended his dream of being named in England's 2010 South Africa World Cup squad.
On 1 June 2011, Premier League giants Manchester United announced through their official website that the club had officially renewed a new contract with Irving for a period of one year, which also meant that the former England Golden Boy stayed at Old Trafford until 2012. On 20 September, the young Irving scored two goals to lead the Red Devils United to a 3-0 win over Leeds United on Tuesday on lap 3 of the League Cup, and avenged their defeat at leeds United in the FA Cup in January 2010. Manchester United manager Ferguson was certainly happy after the game, especially Irving, who scored twice after returning from injury, and was praised by Sir Verde by name, "Irving's goal rate is incredible, his second goal is so beautiful. Needless to say, he remains one of England's best finishers. "Irving was the biggest contributor to United's victory, and the old golden boy who made his first appearance of the season won a full house, almost leading fans to the time shuttle back to his glorious 10 years ago.
In the Champions League match on 2 November 2011, the 31-year-old Owen was injured while leading the team 2-0 in Galaţi. After examination, the injury was not as serious as initially thought. And it has been confirmed by Manchester United. Since joining United in 2009, Irving has played 52 games for United and scored 17 goals. Whether on the bench or on the field, he can often be seen.
On 17 May 2012, Irving left United as a free agent due to the team's unintentional renewal of his contract.
stoke
On 6 September 2012, he officially joined Stoke City FC on a free agent, wearing the number 10 shirt.
On March 19, 2013, without a press conference or interview, the 33-year-old Owen announced on his personal website that he would retire at the end of the season in a straightforward open letter.
National
Coinciding with the 1998 World Cup, Irving was selected for england's World Cup army, played in the quarter-final against Argentina, and before the end of the first half he received a transmission from teammate David Beckham, drove straight in, and used his speed to dodge two defenders to shoot into the far post and score one of the best goals of the year. As a result, Owen became famous, including Manchester United and other clubs have paid high prices, but they were rejected by Liverpool.
At the 2000 European Championships, Due to England's premature exit, Owen was unable to show his talent again. However, after the start of the league, Irving, who came off the bench, did not bring any novelty to everyone. Until England drew with France, Owen, who also came on as a substitute, became England's savior. In the league that followed, first a hat-trick was staged, and then temporarily at the top of the top of the top scorer list, it seems that he has found his original self.
At the end of the 2005–06 season, he managed to overcome injury and was named to england's World Cup 23-man squad. Unfortunately, in the group stage against Sweden, he was seriously injured shortly after the start of the match, which also made him have to recover for a long time again. He then went to the United States for treatment and ligament surgery, where he was transplanted with knee ligament tissue donated by a deceased person and recovered well from Newcastle's joint injury fatigue.
In June 2007, Owen scored his first goal since his comeback in england against Estonia in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers. On 16 November 2007, he represented England in a friendly match in Austria, where he was injured and rested for 4-7 weeks.
Horse racing career
Owen loves horse racing, has considered moving to a jockey, and has been warned during his playing career for overindulging in horse racing gambling. Before retiring, he began to invest in horse racing, owned his own stable and exclusive jockey, and even personally participated in horse breeding. One of the most famous horses is the Brown Panther, which has won the First Class Irish St. Liege Championship and the Second Class Copa Goo.