Michael James Owen (born 14 December 1979) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker for Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle United, Manchester United and Stoke City, as well as for the England national team. Since retiring from football in 2013, he has become a racehorse breeder and owner and regularly features as a sports pundit and commentator. Owen is widely considered to be one of the greatest strikers of his generation and in Premier League history. Moreover, regarded as one of the greatest Liverpool players in their history, he came 14th in the "100 Players Who Shook The Kop", an official Liverpool fan poll. In March 2004, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players. More about Michael Owen
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The son of former footballer Terry Owen, Owen was born in Chester and began his senior career at Liverpool in 1996. Displaying rapid pace and composed finishing, he progressed through the Liverpool youth team and scored on his Premier League debut in May 1997, becoming the club's youngest goalscorer, at 17 years, 143 days. In his first full season in the Premier League, Owen finished as joint top scorer with 18 goals, sharing the Premier League Golden Boot. He repeated this the following year and was Liverpool's top goal-scorer from 1997 to 2004, gaining his name as a proven goal-scorer despite suffering from a recurring hamstring injury. In 2001, Liverpool won a cup treble of the UEFA Cup, FA Cup (with Owen scoring two late goals in the final) and Football League Cup, and Owen was the recipient of the Ballon d'Or. He went on to score 118 goals in 216 appearances in the Premier League for Liverpool, and 158 goals in 297 total appearances.In total, we tracked 1515 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Michael Owen (MICHAEL OWEN SIGNED & FRAMED MATCHWORN ENGLAND SHIRT 2002 WORLD CUP VS BRAZIL) was sold in April 2020 for £5100.00 while the cheapest item (Michael Owen Signed Photo) found a new owner for £0.15 in February 2021. The month with the most items sold (47) was May 2020 with an average selling price of £9.99 for an autographed item of Michael Owen. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2023 with £52.50 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £1.00 was August 2017. In average, an autographed item from Michael Owen is worth £10.50.
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Sergio Reguilon leaves fans in stitches by joking he looks like Michael Owen's s (02/06/24): Brentford left-back Sergio Reguilon jokingly claimed he looked like Michael Owen's son in a bizarre social media post in response to the former Premier League striker.
Michael Owen insists its 'ridiculous' Steve Cooper faces the axe at Nottingham F (12/09/23): Michael Owen has claimed Nottingham Forest have wanted to part company with Steve Cooper for 'some time', as he faces the sack ahead of their match against Wolves.
Michael Owen discredits quality of the Premier League by explaining 'you don't e (12/01/23): Michael Owen has downplayed the quality of the modern Premier League after suggesting players 'don't have to be that good anymore' to feature in the English top-flight.
Michael Owen calls on Liverpool's Cody Gakpo to 'stamp his authority' more to be (12/01/23): Michael Owen has called on Cody Gakpo to do more to prove he deserves to be a regular starter for Liverpool after he starred in his side's 4-0 Europa League win against LASK on Thursday.
CRAIG HOPE: Match Officials Mic'd Up response shows VAR has become another battl (11/15/23): CRAIG HOPE: One of the strongest arguments for scrapping VAR is not the technology or the people who operate it or the impact on celebrating a goal, but the vitriol that exists around it.
Michael Owen labels Mikel Arteta 'embarrassing' and 'disgraceful' for criticisin (11/2023): Arteta was furious that a number of decisions did not go his side's way in a 1-0 defeat to Newcastle United, as he labelled the current level of officiating 'embarrassing' and 'disgraceful'.
Michael Owen reveals he has not spoken to Alan Shearer in FOUR YEARS after the E (10/2023): Shearer had coached Owen during the latter stages of the 2008-09 Premier League season, with the Newcastle legend parachuted in as manager in a desperate bid to save the club from relegation.
PGMOL's first Match Officials Mic'd Up show of the season will be aired this Wed (09/2023): The PGMOL's first Match Officials Mic'd Up show of the season will be aired this Wednesday, with fans speculating on which VAR incidents will be revealed.
Michael Owen blasts Chelsea for splashing £600m on new players but failing to si (04/2023): The Blues have struggled to convert chances this season, scoring just 30 goals in 31 Premier League games. And Chelsea fired another blank as they were beaten by Real Madrid.
Michael Owen hails unsung hero of Arsenal's title challenge after derby win (03/2023): Michael Owen has sung the praises of Arsenal defender Ben White and hailed him as 'underrated' following the Gunners' 4-1 win over Crystal Palace.
Michael Owen claims there are 'many reasons' Liverpool have dipped but backs the (02/2023): Michael Owen has backed the club to bounce back after a sharp decline this season, which the former Liverpool striker believes is the result of multiple issues rather than a single cause.
Michael Owen sympathises with Cody Gakpo after £40m man's quiet outing in Liverp (01/2023): Gakpo has yet to score in four appearances for Liverpool but Owen stressed that it is very difficult for the Dutchman as he is coming into a team that has lacked consistency.
Michael Owen leads frustrating into why Phil Foden was not brought on for Englan (11/2022): Michael Owen has led criticism into why Phil Foden was not brought on in England's goalless draw with the United States.
Michael Owen reveals details of his Newcastle deal that allowed Liverpool a cut- (10/2022): Owen came through the ranks at Anfield, before becoming a global star in Liverpool as well as England's attack before he left to join Real Madrid in 2004.
Michael Owen heaps praise on Arsenal's shift in mentality, no longer 'soft' like (09/2022): Michael Owen believes that now is the time for Arsenal fans to 'get excited' as they head back to the top of the Premier League table. Arsenal bounced back with a 3-0 drubbing of Brentford.
Michael Owen 'breached UK law by promoting an unlicensed cryptocurrency casino o (06/2022): The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ordered Owen to delete his promotion of a contentious NFT scheme which broke rules about advertising cryptocurrency products.
Michael Owen predicts Liverpool will 'blow away' Real Madrid in the Champions Le (05/2022): EXCLUSIVE: He left Liverpool for Real Madrid aged just 24. The Reds beat AC Milan the following season in a classic but Michael Owen does not think Saturday will be close.
Michael Owen claims Real Madrid will see themselves as 'favourites' to knock out (04/2022): Manchester City threatened to run away with the tie after going 2-0 up inside 11 minutes, but the Spanish side fought back to ensure that everything is still to play for next week.
Leeds: Michael Owen describes game against Norwich as the 'biggest' of the seaso (03/2022): Michael Owen has stated that Leeds manager Jesse Marsch had a big job on his hands to 'turn the tide of confidence' following their 3-0 defeat to Aston Villa.
CHRIS SUTTON: I am with what disappointed Michael Owen said about concussion rul (02/2022): CHRIS SUTTON: I have a great deal of respect for Michael as a player - but I couldn't be anything other than disappointed with what he said. The type of ignorance Michael displayed is very reflective.
Michael Owen opens up on injury hell after winning Ballon d'Or and feeling sick (12/2021): EXCLUSIVE: It has been 20 years since Michael Owen won the Ballon d'Or aged 21. After exploding onto the scene at Liverpool as a youngster his body let him down with injuries.
Michael Owen is freed after the road to his home was blocked by fallen TREES ami (11/2021): The former England striker was one of the many citizens affected by the storm, which lashed Britain with winds of up to 100 miles per hour and torrential rain on Friday night.
Michael Owen says it's time for Curtis Jones to 'have a long run' in the Liverpo (09/2021): Curtis Jones had an excellent performance as Liverpool ran rampant in Porto with a 5-1 victory. Jones assisted two goals but played a part in four of Liverpool's give goals on the evening.
Michael Owen claims it is 'absolute B******S' that Bukayo Saka was 'too young' t (07/2021): The former striker claims any arguments that teenager Bukayo Saka was 'too young' to take the crucial fifth penalty in England's Euro 2020 final against Italy are 'absolute b******s'.
Michael Owen 'begged ex-Big Brother housemate Rebecca Jane, 36, for nude picture (06/2021): The BT Sport pundit and former Liverpool striker reportedly asked Big Brother housemate Rebecca Jane for 20 topless photos and boasted he viewed one explicit image 65 times.
Michael Owen says it's 'now or never' for Harry Kane as Spurs fans slam club for (05/2021): Kane has told Spurs owner Daniel Levy that he wants to join a new club ahead of next season and is keen to have his future sorted before the start of Euro 2020.
Liverpool are 'SCARED' to press, claims Michael Owen after wretched first half v (04/2021): The Reds went into the break 2-0 behind following goals from Vinicius Junior and Marco Asensio, and it was a thoroughly deserved lead for Zinedine Zidane's side in the first leg of the quarter-final tie.
Glenn Hoddle compares Nathan Redmond's superb solo goal at Bournemouth to Michae (03/2021): The BT Sport commentator compared Nathan Redmond's solo goal in Southampton's FA Cup win at Bournemouth to Michael Owen's 1998 strike for England against Argentina.
Liverpool icon Michael Owen is seen falling off his bike outside his home (02/2021): Given his background, you would have thought Owen would know a thing or two about dismounting from his noble steed. However, the footballer-cum-racehorse owner came a cropper on Thursday.
Michael Owen tells Liverpool's owners to 'run the club properly' with reluctance (01/2021): The loss for the Reds has piled more pressure onto Klopp, with his team now claiming just one win, against Aston Villa's youth side, from their last seven matches in all competitions.
Michael Owen questions Sadio Mane for NOT diving to win Liverpool a penalty agai (12/2020): Newcastle stopper Darlow was fortunate referee Paul Tierney didn't award Liverpool a penalty 10 minutes from time when he grabbed Mane just as he seemed certain to score from just a few yards out.
Michael Owen claims Liverpool's display in Atalanta loss was 'a really really po (11/2020): The former Reds striker and BT Sport pundit criticised Liverpool's performance in their shock Champions League loss to Atalanta on Wednesday - but admitted they should look at the positives.
Kevin de Bruyne admits he was inspired by former Liverpool hero Michael Owen gro (10/2020): The Belgian was speaking after being named UEFA's midfielder of the year ahead of the Champions League draw, an accolade awarded following a vote by players across the competition.
Rio Ferdinand lavishes praise on Kylian Mbappe and likens his rise to that of Br (08/2020): Ferdinand added that only Michael Owen has made a similar impact in world football as a teenager. Mbappe has often impressed for PSG and is well established as one of the game's key stars.
Michael Owen claims Jack Grealish 'has his heart set on Manchester United' move (07/2020): Former Manchester United star Michael Owen claims that Jack Grealish has 'his heart set' on moving to Old Trafford this summer. He also claims co-owner Nassef Sawiris's £80m price tag is justified.
Michael Owen says Anthony Martial still has to prove his long-term credentials a (06/2020): Michael Owen has urged Anthony Martial to capitalise on the chance to become a pivotal player for Manchester United after the striker scored all three goals in the win over Sheffield United.
Sergio Aguero reveals he dreamed of playing in the Premier League because of... (05/2020): Aguero joined City in 2011 and became the highest scoring overseas player in Premier League history in January after eclipsing Thierry Henry's record of 175 goals.
Michael Owen picks Shearer to start up front in England XI since his debut... de (04/2020): The two strikers differences were shot into the spotlight last year when Owen released his autobiography, in which he had a pop at the former Newcastle striker and legend.
In defence of Diego: Why Atletico Madrid's success against Liverpool WAS a Simeo (03/2020): PETE JENSON IN SPAIN: Jordi Cruyff's Monday morning column in Diario Sport was the perfect riposte to Michael Owen's tweet last week dismissing a Diego Simeone masterclass.
Carragher reveals he told Rafa Benitez to re-sign Michael Owen before striker jo (02/2020): Jamie Carragher has revealed how he tried to persuade Liverpool to re-sign Michael Owen before the striker ultimately joined rivals Manchester United on a free transfer.
Manchester United target Jude Bellingham continues to impress at Birmingham (01/2020): Whenever 16-year-old Jude Bellingham was bulldozed off the ball by a man in a Coventry shirt, a certain tragicomedy involving Michael Owen and Neville Southall came to mind.
Michael Owen and Harry Redknapp blast Benjamin Mendy for his error that led to W (12/2019): Michael Owen and Harry Redknapp were scathing in their criticism of Benjamin Mendy after the Manchester City defender's costly error in his side's 3-2 defeat away to Wolves
Michael Owen believes Liverpool face tricky test to progress in Champions League (11/2019): Liverpool face a tricky trip to Salzburg in a fortnight after blowing their chance to seal early progression to the last-16 of the Champions League on Wednesday night.
Alan Shearer and Michael Owen could come face-to-face on Amazon Prime (10/2019): Michael Owen and Alan Shearer could face an awkward reunion in an Amazon Prime TV studio after the Premier League's newest broadcaster announced of 43 staff to lead their coverage.
'Goal of the Season? Do me a favour!' Michael Owen dismisses Charlie Adam's stri (04/2015): Michael Owen surprised television viewers and pundits alike by completely dismissing Charlie Adam's 66-yard strike against Chelsea as a potential Goal of the Season contender.
Michael Owen's 'horse of a lifetime' Brown Panther wins Dubai Gold Cup (03/2015): Former England striker, trainer Tom Dascombe and jockey Richard Kingscote secure biggest pay-day on a racecourse with $1m triumph
Barcelona's brilliance sent Michael Owen into his very own Twitter meltdown (02/2015): How we imagine Owen dresses when he's tweeting at home... So when Manuel Pellegrini decided to play a 4-4-2 formation against Barcelona, the former Manchester United man was always going to offer his thoughts... and he's not happy.
Michael Owen stars in 'boring' Spey whisky promo (01/2015): Former England footballer Michael Owen has been lampooned for his new Spey whisky advert which has been branded the 'worst ever made' and 'agony to watch'.
Michael Owen does sex talk on Twitter… and continues transformation into Alan Pa (12/2014): Not too long ago, we suggested that Michael Owen is slowly turning into the real-life Alan Partridge . We had a pretty strong case anyway, but the man himself has just given us the most conclusive bit of evidence yet.
Michael Owen enjoys cocking around with sports science (11/2014): The former footballer shares an amusing bit of sports science with his followers.
Michael Owen tips Newcastle to finish 10th – and predicts Sunderland survival sc (10/2014): MICHAEL Owen has tipped former club Newcastle United to repeat last season’s 10th-place finish this term.
Michael Owen: Welbeck 'could be signing of the summer' (09/2014): Former England striker Michael Owen talks about Danny Welbeck's move to Arsenal and young players needing game time to improve
Angel di Maria is Man United's new No 7... but not all were magnificent - Michae (08/2014): Angel di Maria will become the latest player to have the iconic Manchester United No 7 jersey - but here, MailOnline Sport looks at some players who weren't fit to wear the shirt...
Tom Cruise and Michael Owen attend Ladies' Day at Glorious Goodwood (07/2014): Tom Cruise took time out of his busy schedule to attend Ladies' Day at Glorious Goodwood on Thursday afternoon along with former Premier League footballer Michael Owen.
World Cup last 16: Classic games featuring Michael Owen's goal v Argentina in 19 (06/2014): The World Cup’s second round has thrown up some cracking games since it took on a straight knockout format in 1986. We recall five memorable (and surprisingly drug-laden) ties.
Stoke City: Ex-striker Michael Owen forecasts England success (05/2014): MICHAEL Owen is predicting that England will qualify from their World Cup group at the expense of four-times winners Italy.The former Stoke City striker believes England will emerge from a tough Group D along with Luis Suarez and Uruguay.And that means It
Michael Owen: Jose Mourinho masterminded win at Liverpool by accepting Chelsea w (04/2014): Brendan Rodgers took a swipe at Jose Mourinho’s ultra-defensive tactics after Chelsea’s 2-0 win at Anfield but one player who made his name at Liverpool is prepared to praise the Portuguese manager.
Michael Owen to appear on beIN Sport from BT Sport - CHARLES SALE (03/2014): CHARLES SALE: Michael Owen will be a Champions League pundit for Al Jazeera’s beIN Sport this week as part of a talent exchange with BT Sport that showcases the growing relationship between the two networks.
Michael Owen: many great managers are biased in defeat, not just Manuel Pellegri (02/2014): Michael Owen: Chilean should not be too harshly judged for rant at referee when the game distorts your view of reality
Michael Owen: why I love the madness and exhilaration of transfer deadline day (01/2014): Michael Owen: It can be mad, exhilarating - and not always glamorous - but last-minute scramble is essential part of football
Michael Owen: Say goodbye to the era of the Premier League manager (12/2013): Michael Owen: The men in the dugout look more powerless than ever - and they will soon all be known as head coaches
Michael Owen: I can see why sportsmen crack under pressure (11/2013): Michael Owen: elite athletes must have a dual personality to cope with pressure under and away from the spotlight.
Stable lad looking after Michael Owen's Melbourne Cup horse sent home for quaran (10/2013): Brown Panther's stable lad reported to have jumped fence into enclosure in breach of quarantine protocols.
Michael Owen: Arsenal do not look top-four side (09/2013): Arsenal have concerns with their goalkeeper and in defence and, even with Mezut Özil, do not look a top-four squad.
Michael Owen: Gareth Bale should go and play for Real Madrid at the Bernabéu (08/2013): Michael Owen: Bale cannot miss chance to join Real but he must avoid error I made and find house for family.
Jake Humphrey and Michael Owen admit to nerves as BT Sport prepares to launch (07/2013): The media giant's three new channels will be available on Freeview for their first night only.
Michael Owen: "I really enjoyed my time with Newcastle United" (06/2013): Former Newcastle United star Michael Owen reveals how he enjoyed his time on Tyneside as we kick off a new series on the star
The Bristol Post commented Teacher Michael Owen: Why I'm against residents' park (05/2013): I WISH to express my strongest possible objections to the proposal to roll out a residents' parking zones against the wishes of large numbers of residents in Redland, Bishopston, Ashley, Henleaze and other districts in the city.It is hard to see how RPZs help part-time staff in schools, clinics, sur