- Eddie Howe
Football player infobox
playername = Eddie Howe
fullname = Edward Howe
nickname =
height = height|ft=5|in=11
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1977|11|29
cityofbirth =Bournemouth
countryofbirth =England
currentclub = Retired
clubnumber =
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1994-2002
2002-2004
2004
2004
2005-2007
clubs = Bournemouth
Portsmouth
→ Swindon Town (loan)
→ Bournemouth (loan)
Bournemouth
caps(goals) = 201 (10)
002 0(0)
000 0(0)
017 0(1)
053 0(1)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 6/3/2007Eddie Howe (born
November 29 ,1977 inBournemouth ,England ) is a former English football player. A defender, who spent much of his career atA.F.C. Bournemouth , he is also the brother of former Bournemouth and Aberdeen strikerSteve Lovell .Howe began his career at
A.F.C. Bournemouth , after signing from local football team Parley Sports. He soon established himself as an important player. His performances earned him many admirers and he was selected for theFootball League side that played their Italian counterparts in a special friendly, as well as being capped for the England Under-21 team.In March 2002, Portsmouth signed Howe for £400,000, making him new manager
Harry Redknapp 's first signing. He had played 237 games for the Cherries. Howe began well at Portsmouth, but shortly after signing aknee injury ended his season.He returned for the opening game of the 2002-03 season against Nottingham Forest, but he injured his knee again after only nine minutes and was ruled out for the entire campaign. He didn't return to full fitness until January 2004 after 18 months out. He was loaned to Swindon Town on transfer deadline day in March, although he did not feature for the club.
Portsmouth loaned Howe back to Bournemouth for the first three months of the 2004-05. He proved to be successful on his return to his first club and in November 2004 Bournemouth resigned him permanently on a free transfer - after chairman Peter Phillips made an appeal over the internet for fans to pledge money to buy Howe. Such was Howe's popularity at Dean Court, the club received pledges of £13,500 in less than two days.
In December 2006, at the age of 29, Howe was promoted to the position of player-coach by manager Kevin Bond, and handed the task of coaching Bournemouth's reserve team, though he continued to play in the first team. He retired from football in summer 2007, after he was unable to recover from a knee injury. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bournemouth/6233262.stm Bournemouth defender Howe retires] ] . In September 2008, Howe lost his job when Bond was sacked as manager.
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