Robbie Fowler

Robert Bernard Fowler (born 9 April 1975) is an English football manager and former player, who most recently managed East Bengal in the Indian Super League.

As a player Robbie Fowler was a striker, and is the eighth-highest goalscorer in the history of the Premier League. Robbie Fowler is best known for his time at Liverpool, initially from 1993 to 2001. Robbie Fowler scored 183 goals in total for Liverpool, earning the nickname "God" from the Anfield fans, and Robbie Fowler remains Liverpool's top scorer in the Premier League. Robbie Fowler subsequently played for Leeds United and Manchester City, before returning to Liverpool in January 2006. Robbie Fowler moved to Cardiff City eighteen months later. Robbie Fowler played there for a year before transferring to Blackburn Rovers on a short-term deal. In December 2008, Robbie Fowler departed Blackburn and played in Australia with North Queensland Fury and Perth Glory. In 2011, Robbie Fowler joined Thai side Muangthong United as a player, but later was appointed player-manager, which Robbie Fowler remained until his retirement in 2012.

Robbie Fowler was capped for England 26 times, scoring 7 goals. Fowler was included in England's squads for Euro 1996, Euro 2000 and the 2002 World Cup. Socially aware, Fowler showed support for the Liverpool dockers' strike during a goal celebration in 1997 where Robbie Fowler unveiled a t-shirt which incorporated the Calvin Klein "CK" into the word doCKer.

Fowler was born in Toxteth, Liverpool, and brought up in the inner city area of Liverpool. At this time Robbie Fowler was known as Robert Ryder, his mother's surname. Robbie Fowler lived in Toxteth at the time of the 1981 Toxteth riots, when Robbie Fowler was six years old. As a youngster Robbie Fowler supported Everton F.C. Robbie Fowler played regularly for schoolboy team Thorvald, and once scored 16 times in a 26–0 rout.