Robbie Fowler

At 49 years old, Robbie Fowler has this physical status:

Robert Bernard Fowler (born 9 April 1975) is an English former professional footballer and manager who played as a striker from 1993 to 2012.

Fowler was known for being a natural scorer with an instinctive goal-poaching ability.

He is currently the head coach of Australian A-League club Brisbane Roar. Fowler is best remembered for his time at Liverpool and is the seventh-highest goalscorer in the history of the Premier League.

He scored 183 goals in total for Liverpool, 128 of which were scored in the Premier League (162 Premier League goals in total).

He earned the nickname "God" from the Anfield crowd, becoming a club legend due to his ruthlessness in front of goal.

He subsequently played for Leeds United and Manchester City, before returning to Liverpool in January 2006. He moved clubs 18 months later to sign for Cardiff City.

He refused a one-year "pay as you play" contract extension and signed with Blackburn Rovers on a three-month deal on the same terms instead.

In December 2008, he departed Blackburn and forged a career in Australia with North Queensland Fury and Perth Glory.

In 2011, he joined Thai side Muangthong United as a player, but later was appointed player-manager which he remained until his retirement in 2012. He 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 he unveiled a t-shirt which incorporated the Calvin Klein "CK" into the word doCKer.

Early life

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

Personal life

Fowler married wife Kerrie on 9 June 2001 in the town of Duns, Scottish Borders in Scotland. Together they have three daughters and one son. Their son, Jacob, signed a scholarship with Oxford United in August 2022.

Fowler is a supporter of Liverpool F.C. and regularly attends matches at Anfield. He does media work for Abu Dhabi Sports Channel, Sky Sports and ITV.

In association with long-term friend Steve McManaman, Fowler has invested in several racehorses through their company The Macca and Growler Partnership, most notably 2003 Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Celebration Chase runner-up Seebald. In 2005, Fowler was listed as one of the 1,000 wealthiest Britons by the Sunday Times Rich List, with the paper estimating he has a property portfolio of more than 80, while his Robbie Fowler Sports Promotions company has been reported to have net assets of £1.58 million. Other business interests including a large property portfolio have resulted in Fowler's net wealth totaling £28 million. This gave rise to the affectionate Manchester City Football Club chant, "We all live in a Robbie Fowler house", sung to the tune of "Yellow Submarine".

On 2 September 2005, Fowler released a book called Fowler: My Autobiography, about his time as a footballer and the issues surrounding him. Since his transfer to Liverpool, he has updated it and included a section about his return to Anfield. Excerpts published in newspapers included criticism of the England management.

In June 2008, Fowler participated alongside McManaman in Steve Nash and Claudio Reyna's Showdown in Chinatown, an 8-on-8 charity football game at Sara D. Roosevelt Park in Manhattan with McManaman making five of the goals, including one for Fowler.

In 2011, Fowler and McManaman participated in an exhibition match in Grozny between a World XI and a team made up of Chechen and Russian players captained by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. Miriam Elder described it as "one of the most bizarre matches in footballing history". Writing in The Guardian, Barney Ronay described the match as "[f]ootball's In Bed With Kadyrov moment".

In 2021 Fowler competed in the Legends Tour Celebrity Series of golf tournaments for charity. He won the Celebrity Series event at Formby near his native Liverpool in 2021 and competed at the Celebrity Series Grand Final in Mauritius in 2022, finishing second and winning a total of £17,250 for charity over the 2021 season. He has previously held charity golf days to raise money for charities including The Ichthyosis Support Group. Fowler's godson suffers from the rare genetic skin condition ichthyosis, for which there is no cure.

Fowler is a cousin of boxer and 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Anthony Fowler.

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Club career

Fowler's career began with Liverpool, despite growing as an Everton fan. On his 17th birthday, he signed as a youth team player after leaving school in 1991, and on his 17th birthday, 9 April 1992, he signed in professional terms.

Fowler's first appearance with the Liverpool first team was on January 13, 1993, when he was an unused substitute in an FA Cup third round match against Bolton Wanderers. Fowler helped the England under-18 team win the 1993 European Championships before winning by a narrow margin in a second round League Cup tie against Fulham on September 22, 1993. Fowler scored all five goals in the second leg at Anfield, making him the fourth player in Liverpool's history to score five goals in a senior match. In just his fifth league game, he scored his first league hat-trick against Southampton on October 30, 1993. His first league goal for the Reds came on October 16, 1993, when an 87th-minute equalizer at home against struggling Oldham Athletic saved the Reds from what would have been one of the season's biggest Premier League shocks, with a 2–1 victory. In a thrilling 3–3 draw at Tottenham Hotspur on December 18, 1993, he scored twice.

He played in his first 13 games for the club, scoring 12 goals, and he was rewarded with an England Under-21 debut against San Marino in November 1993, in which he scored England's first goal in the third minute. Fowler was unable to maintain his goal-a-game average throughout the season, but he finished his first season as the club's second top scorer with 18 goals in all competitions, with Ian Rush scoring 19. Liverpool's season was, however, a frustrating one, as they finished eighth in the Premier League without making an impact in any of the major leagues, though the appointment of Roy Evans as interim manager and manager lifted hopes for a better future at Anfield following the disappointment of the first two FA Premier League seasons.

Fowler was a regular member of Liverpool's 57 competitive games, including the 1995 League Cup final and a match against Arsenal on 28 August 1994, in which he scored what was then the Premier League's second fastest hat-trick ever. He had been playing for 20 years until Sadio Mané's break against Southampton on Sunday against Aston Villa, who scored three goals in two minutes and 56 seconds. In the league that season, he scored braces against Aston Villa, Ipswich Town, Chelsea, and Norwich City. In two years as Fowler was named PFA Young Player of the Year in two years, a feat that was previously only achieved by Ryan Giggs, Wayne Rooney, and Dele Alli.

Fowler was widely regarded as England's most natural finisher throughout the 1990s and 1990s. Fowler made his name by scoring more than 30 goals in three straight seasons, beginning in 1997. He is England's only player to have scored 30+ goals in his first three full seasons, scoring 98 goals in fewer than three years. Fowler's relationship with Steve McManaman was largely responsible for Liverpool's success as the club's most effective attacking force in England at the time, and Fowler's reputation as the best goalscorer of all time, with McManaman referring to him as the "greatest goalscorer of all time."

In his autobiography, Fowler, Fowler's regular strike partner for two seasons from 1995, Stan Collymore, said Fowler was the best player he has ever played with. Fowler and Collymore were among England's most prolific goal-scoring strike partnerships during the 1995-1996 season, with Collymore replacing veteran Ian Rush as Fowler's regular partner in assault since his arrival in June 1995. In a 4–3 victory over Newcastle United, he scored twice, earning the match as the best of the decade in a Premier League poll. Newcastle was able to keep Newcastle from winning the league, but the match was not strong enough for them to clinch the trophy; they finished third, and Manchester United were crowned champions. Fowler also appeared in his first FA Cup final this season, but he was on the losing team when Manchester United defeated 1–0. He had scored four goals against United in the league this season, scoring twice in a 2–2 draw at Old Trafford on October 1st, 1995, and twice at Anfield on December 16th.

Fowler was given a call-up to the full England squad and made his first appearance in a friendly against Bulgaria on March 27. His first international appearance was against Croatia, which was the England game after his replacement appearance. Fowler was a member of the England squad for Euro 1996, making two appearances in the tournament. He scored four against Middlesbrough on December 14, 1996, his 100th for Liverpool. He reached a century of goals in a single game faster time than his first strike partner, Ian Rush, in just 165 games.

He also received a UEFA Fair Play award for refusing to be fouled by Arsenal goalkeeper David Seaman at Highbury after a penalty had been given. Fowler was tamely and Seaman saved after unsuccessfully attempting to convince the referee to change his mind about the penalty. However, Seaman was unable to control the ball, and Jason McAteer was credited with scoring from the rebound. Although many believe he intentionally took the penalty kick poorly for reasons of fair play, Fowler said at the time: "It's part of my job to shoot it and I wanted to score it." I tried to score. I never missed on purpose. It just happened, it was a bad penalty," the author states.

Following a string of off-field controversies, Fowler was identified by the media as part of a group of Liverpool players from the mid-1990s dubbed "The Spice Boys" by the media. The term was coined by the Daily Mail, and it arose as a result of inaccurate assertions that Fowler was dating Spice Girl Emma Bunton. Fowler and coworkers such as Jamie Redknapp, Stan Collymore, David James, and Steve McManaman were later described as underachieving playboys, who were then used in a derogatory manner. Nonetheless, Liverpool were still in the Premier League by Christmas 1996. However, they had been leapfrogged by Manchester United, who remained top for the remainder of the season until the end of January.

Fowler's success in the 1997–98 football season was marred by an anterior cruciate (knee) ligament injury that kept him out of action for half of the season and forced him to miss the 1998 World Cup. Michael Owen, a fellow Liverpool striker, came to fame during this period of injury, making his debut in 1997. Owen joined the Liverpool team in Fowler's absence and played alongside him when Fowler recovered his fitness.

Fowler's club was fined £60,000 for bringing the game into disrepute in 1999. Everton Fowler, who was celebrating his goal against Liverpool's Merseyside rivals, used the white line of the penalty area to mimic cocaine use. Gérard Houllier, the manager of Liverpool, said that this was a Cameroonian grass-eating celebration, after receiving information from teammate Rigobert Song. Fowler later said it was a retort to Everton supporters who had sluggish accusations of drug use. Fowler received a four-match suspension from the FA for the incident.

Fowler's most fruitful season came in 2000-2001. In a rare cup treble, he scored 17 goals, appeared in three finals, and lifted three trophies. Fowler was appointed as Liverpool captain in the absence of Jamie Redknapp, who was sidelined by injury. However, he was found to be the third-choice Liverpool striker, with Houllier favouring a forward relationship with Michael Owen and Emile Heskey.

He appeared in a fourth-round League Cup hammering of Stoke City, scoring a hat-trick in an 8–0 victory, which was second only to the club's biggest ever victory in 1986 – a 10–0 victory over Fulham. In the league Cup final against Birmingham City, the club's first cup final since 1996, he captained the team and scored in the 30th minute. Liverpool won the trophy on penalties, with Fowler scoring Liverpool's fifth in the shootout. Fowler accepted the Alan Hardaker Man of the Match award and hoisted the trophy.

Fowler's season continued to improve as he scored several key goals, one against runaway champions Manchester United and another against a free kick against Wycombe Wanderers in the FA Cup semi-finals. Fowler was used as a backup in the 2001 FA Cup Final, when he was recalled as a 77th-minute replacement for Vladimr mmicer. Liverpool, who were 1–0 down at the time, eventually won the game 2–1 with two goals from Owen. Fowler, Sami Hypiä, and Jamie Redknapp competed for the award.

He was back in Liverpool's third final, against Deportivo Alavés, four days later. He came in in the 64th minute for Heskey, resulting in the score at 3-3. He scored seven minutes later but Alavés equalized before full time, and Liverpool eventually won with a golden goal, a own goal, in the 116th minute. Fowler and Hypiä raised Liverpool's third trophy of the season together, earning the team's third trophy of the season. Liverpool's next and last game of the season was against Charlton Athletic and Fowler scored twice in a 4–0 victory at The Valley, guaranteeing them UEFA Champions League qualifying for the next season.

Fowler started the 2001–02 season brusibly after being dropped from the Liverpool squad by then coach Gérard Houllier following a training ground dispute with assistant manager Phil Thompson. He appeared in Liverpool's 3–2 European Super Cup win over Bayern Munich, but the game's start were uneventful. He scored his first league hat-trick for three years in October 2001, helping Liverpool beat Leicester City 4–1, but was suspended for the following league match. Despite the fact that Fowler had been on a contract extension from 1999 (unlike Steve McManaman, who exercised his Bosman right the same year), his team, Arsenal and Leeds United's chairman, and fans and the media all agreed that what happened with McManaman (which was viewed as a significant financial loss) would never be repeated, and that the club never refused those bids without consideration. This, along with Fowler's friendship with Houllier, fuelled rumors over Fowler's future, which became a topic that divided Liverpool fans. In his last game for Liverpool against Sunderland, he was suspended at halftime.

Despite his fame among Liverpool fans who referred to Fowler as "God," Michael Owen and Emile Heskey had established themselves as Liverpool's regular strike team, leaving Fowler on the fringes of the first team. This, as well as his tumultuous friendship with Houllier, led him to look for first team football away from Anfield in the form of a £12 million transfer to Leeds United. Fowler maintains that Houllier coerced him out of Liverpool and accused Houllier of pressuring the Liverpool Echo newspaper to use its celebrity to turn the tide against him.

Just one month after his hat-trick at Leicester, the transfer took place. He made his Leeds debut in a home game against Fulham in December 2001, the same ground where he had made his Liverpool debut eight years ago. Fowler scored 12 goals in the remainder of the season, leading Leeds to a UEFA Cup qualifying position. Fowler was named in England's squad for the 2002 World Cup but made only one appearance, coming on as a replacement in a second-round victory over Denmark.

In the 2002–03 season, Fowler suffered with an exacerbated hip injury and did not recover until December. Fowler's form and market value decreased as he continued to improve fitness after losing friends due to a financial crisis. Despite this decrease in form, he scored 15 goals in 31 appearances for Leeds, his highest strike rate in 31 games was just less than one goal every two games. Leeds finished 15th in the Premier League in 2002–03, and a serious financial crisis was causing it.

Fowler was transferred to Manchester City in the 2002–03 season as a result of a lengthy transfer saga. Fowler denied the transfer and broke the union between Manchester City boss Kevin Keegan and chairman David Bernstein over whether the transfer should take place due to medical complications, which resulted in Bernstein's departure from the club. Fowler officially signed for Manchester City on January 16, 2003, for a first fee of £3 million and a further £3 million dependent on appearances. Leeds United also owed a substantial amount of Fowler's salary despite bizarre transfer circumstances. Fowler made his Manchester City debut against West Bromwich Albion on February 1, 2003, but he got off to a slow start to his Manchester City career, scoring only two goals in the remainder of the season.

Fowler continued to have fitness issues in the 2003-2004 season, clocking only nine times, however, he did score against his old club, Liverpool, in a 2–2 draw at home. Fowler's new friend Steve McManaman of Real Madrid gave him hope, but the pair failed to rekindle their long-term friendship, drew criticism from fans and tabloids for their salaries and suspected excesses, and the News of the World did not cover them in a sex scandal that was previously reported by the News of the World this year.

Despite the downturn, Fowler boosted for the following year and delivered a dramatic rise in the second half of the 2004–05 season, scoring his 150th Premiership goal in the 3–2 victory over Norwich City on February 28, 2005. However, Manchester City's inability to convert a 90th-minute penalty kick against Middlesbrough's Mark Schwarzer in the final game of the season prevented the city from winning the UEFA Cup for the first time this season. Despite this, Fowler finished the season as the club's joint top goal scorer and gained the fans' blessing and continued to advance in the top three in the Fans' Player of the Year poll. Fowler's later referred to this as "one of my career's most high accomplishments."

Fowler suffered with injuries at the start of the 2005–06 season and barely appeared when healthy, making just two substitute appearances in the first four months of the season. In the FA Cup's first game of the season, he made his first appearance of the season against Scunthorpe United on January 7, 2006, in which he scored a hat-trick. He scored Manchester City's third goal in their 3–1 victory over Manchester United's hometown rivals. Since being on as a replacement, he scored his third goal. Fowler made just one appearance for Manchester City before returning to Liverpool on a free transfer.

Fowler, a Manchester City player from a free transfer, rejoined Liverpool from Manchester City on a permanent basis until the end of the season. After he left Liverpool, he remained a Liverpool fan; he was in the Istanbul crowd when Liverpool won the Champions League in 2005.

Liverpool fans were delighted to learn that Fowler had returned; 'God – number eleven, welcome back to heaven;' – with the word 'God' being Fowler's nickname when he was at Liverpool.'

The tabloid press characterized Fowler's return to Birmingham City in February 2006 as the stuff of fairytales, and he said he felt like "a boy getting up on Christmas morning every day." Fowler's first game back at Anfield was as a replacement against Birmingham, earning a standing ovation upon his entry. He had three goals called out for offside before finally winning a home game against Fulham on March 15, 2006, the same opponents against whom he scored his first-ever goal for Liverpool 13 years ago.

Fowler's next Liverpool goal, against West Bromwich Albion, meant he overtook Kenny Dalglish in the club's all-time top scorers. His revival continued on his 31st birthday with a goal over Bolton Wanderers. In a 1–0 victory over Blackburn Rovers on April 16, he made it four goals in five games. Fowler's health, on the other hand, remained a point of worry. Fowler's career and progress were discussed by manager Rafael Bentez in March 2006, who said, "buying a Robbie Fowler who is fit and scoring goals will cost a lot, perhaps £10 million or more." Despite concerns regarding his health, Fowler finished the 2005–06 season scoring on a more consistent basis than Liverpool's other strikers. He was offered a new one-year deal with the club in May 2006, and celebrated by scoring his first goal in Liverpool's last league game of the season in a 3–1 away victory at Portsmouth. It was his last game of the season as he was unable to participate in the club's FA Cup Finals due to being cup-tied.

Fowler's last season was hewler's best in his last Liverpool season, with only six league starts. All three of his League goals against Sheffield United were penalties, which was unfortunate. One of these players was in the away game on the first day of the season, and the other two were in the reverse fixture at Anfield. Appearances in other competitions were more common due to Rafael Bentez's squad rotation policy. Fowler was named Liverpool's captain for the first time since his return to the team against Reading in a League Cup tie on October 25th, scoring just before halftime in a 4–3 victory.

Fowler scored his first two goals in the UEFA Champions League proper against Galataray on December 5th (he had scored during a qualifying tie six years ago against FC Haka), but Liverpool lost 32-0.

In the final few minutes of extra time, he was a substitute in the Champions League semi-final against Chelsea on May 1st. He ordered an attack on Dirk Kuyt, but the Chelsea goalkeeper was hit straight at the Chelsea goalkeeper. Liverpool won on penalty shootout after the match was escalated into a penalty shootout. Fowler had intended to take the fifth and final spot, but Kuyt had already finished the game when Kuyt slotted home his winning penalty.

Fowler was given the captain's armband one last time in what seemed to be his last game for the club against Charlton Athletic on May 13th. He was withdrawn two minutes from the final whistle and received a standing ovation. He completed his second run as a Liverpool player with a UEFA Champions League runners-up award, but he was not included in either the starting eleven or the seven substitutes. During his two stints with the club, he became a free agent on July 1st and scored 183 goals in 369 appearances.

Fowler signed a two-year deal with Cardiff City on July 21, 2007. He missed the season's first two games due to a lack of fitness, making his first appearance in a League Cup match on August 28. On September 22nd, he scored two headers against Preston North End for his first two Cardiff goals. Fowler scored twice in his next game, a third round League Cup tie against West Brom, which Cardiff defeated 4–2. This culminated in a fourth round match against Fowler's former club Liverpool in Anfield, in which even the Liverpool faithful crowd booed Fowler's playing to be out of place, but Cardiff lost in a 2–1 loss.

Fowler flewler to Frankfurt, Germany, to see Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt, a specialist sports injuries specialist, to try and fix a recurring hip injury problem that had left him lacking fitness in early season Bluebirds games. Around twenty-eight injections into his hip brought about the therapy. In a 1–0 loss to Bristol City, he returned to full training in late November and made his comeback on December 15th. However, he sustained another ankle injury blast just days after club captain Darren Purse's mistimed tackle left him with ankle ligament damage. Due to the recent injury scare, Cardiff and Fowler have agreed to fly to Colorado, United States, for keyhole surgery on the hip joint, which had plagued him in recent seasons, in the hopes of addressing the issue.

Fowler's entire 2007-08 season for Cardiff was expected, according to his hip surgery, who revealed that the injury was worse than previously expected. To heal properly, surgeons were required to perform a micro-fracture for the hip. Despite this, he made a comeback to play in the FA Cup final against Portsmouth and was selected in the 18-man match squad. He did not participate in the game and, as a result of his inability in the event, he did not receive a runners-up medal.

Fowler was given a new pay-as-play deal with Cardiff for the 2008-09 season, but the player was expected to sign the deal. However, he opted out of the contract in order to accept former Liverpool colleague Paul Ince's offer of a trial at Blackburn Rovers. Since the club had helped Fowler's recovery during the summer, Cardiff boss Dave Jones and chairman Peter Ridsdale became outraged. After attending Blackburn and playing in a handful of friends, Fowler decided against a six-month contract, but Fowler turned down the offer due to a shorter contract than the previous one he had rejected at Cardiff. Fowler made a surprise enquiry about returning to Cardiff on the terms he had rejected, causing outrage from followers and a swift "no thank" from the club.

Fowler ended the Blackburn trial by agreeing to a three-month pay-as-play contract. He said he was eager to return to the Premier League, but that his pre-existing relationship with Ince did not get him any preferential treatment. He made his first appearance against Everton in a 1–0 win in the League Cup on September 24th. Fowler expressed concern for League Two side Grimsby Town as he had a month left on his Blackburn contract. Fowler, a friend of then Grimsby manager Mike Newell, held talks at Blundell Park about a potential player/Coach position with the club.

His three-month contract with Blackburn ended on December 12, 2008, and the club's failure to get a new deal, he started negotiations with North Queensland Fury, a new Australian A-League club.

Fowler signed with the North Queensland Fury on February 4th, 2009, marking their first marquee player; with his family relocating to Townsville for the 2009–10 season of the Australian A-League, Fowler remained with them. It was a crucial signing for the new franchise, which failed to sign a marquee player, while others questioned whether Fowler would be able to cope with North Queensland's heat and humidity.

After recovering from groin and hip injuries, Fowler made his debut in July 2009 against Wolverham Wanderers in Perth. Fowler was appointed North Queensland Fury's captain for the 2009–10 season, the first in the club's history. In his club's first competitive match against Sydney FC on Saturday, he scored his first A-League goal from a penalty kick. Fowler scored Solo's Hyundai A-League Goal of the Week in rounds four, five, and six.

Fowler was expected to return to his homeland and sign for League One side Tranmere Rovers, who had just signed Fowler's former Liverpool teammate John Barnes as boss shortly after his arrival in Australia. However, Fowler was quick to dismiss suggestions of a quick return to England. Tranmere had consulted Fowler about becoming player-manager three months after Barnes was dismissed three months earlier, but these reports were also dismissed.

After being placed on the interchange bench for the match, controversies erupted around Fowler after he reportedly refused to play against the Brisbane Roar on January 23rd. He has, on the other hand, has returned to the starting lineup for two of the season's last three games. Fowler's season ended with a hat-trick of awards at the club's end-of-season awards night, including Player of the Year, Player of the Year, and the Golden Boot for top goal scorer. Fowler reported on June 15 that he was taking court action because of the termination of his playing deal with North Queensland Fury. He was suing the Fury and Football Federation Australia, which took over the club's administration.

Fowler had agreed to join Glory's squad for the 2010–11 A-League season, according to the team's website on April 27, 2010. Fowler is accused of refusing to play in Perth by both Middle East clubs and Sydney FC. Following World Cup sponsorship commitments, he joined the Glory for pre-season training in mid-June. Fowler scored his first goal for Perth on August 29th, a penalty against Melbourne Heart. He followed this up with a headed goal against the Wellington Phoenix the next week. Fowler's hat-trick gave the Glory a 3–1 victory over Melbourne Victory at the Dairy Farmers Stadium in Townsville. Fowler, the club's top scorer, came to an end last year.

Fowler briefly worked with Milton Keynes Dons in order to support the club's teaching staff when returning to England. Bury announced on April 7th that Fowler would be on hand for a week to help Richie Barker. In April 2011, Fowler briefly coached Liverpool's strikers.

Fowler decided to play for Muangthong United on July 7, 2011, signing a one-year deal. In a press conference, he said that the weather in Nonthaburi should not be a problem as he had competed in Townsville and Perth. He was quickly identified with Muangthong supporters and the Thai public in general; he attended Thailand's World Cup Qualifier against Oman wearing the national team's shirt. He has since played a few scoreless games, both at the Yamaha Stadium and on the road in the AFC Cup, before the Twin Qilins were barred from the tournament by Al-Kuwait. Fowler was named player/coach after Henrique Calisto's dismissal as head coach.

Fowler scored his first goal for MTU against Chiangrai on October 16, 2011 after 250 minutes of play. On December 21, 2011 against TTM Phichit, he scored his 250th club goal in his career. Fowler announced on February 28th, 2012, that he had left the team following Slavisa Jokanovic's appointment as coach.

Fowler's manager, Ian Holloway, announced on March 1 that he was training with the Seasiders and that he might not get a contract until the end of the season. However, they were unable to reach an agreement, and Fowler decided against signing until Karl Oyston paid him £100 a week for every first-team appearance.

Fowler revealed on September 22 that he had "fully retired from professional football" after becoming "all but retired from professional football." This on the television show Soccer AM, he said. In an interview in March 2013, he said he was "not officially retired" and would "jump at the opportunity to play again." Fowler has also stated that he is currently finishing his coaching licenses in other interviews. Fowler was on a six-man shortlist and applied for the vacant manager's position at Macclesfield Town in May 2013, but caretaker John Askey was eventually hired on a full-time basis.

Fowler appeared in Steven Gerrard's testimonial match against Olympiacos F.C. The date is August 3rd, 2013. He came off the bench in the 73rd minute to a warm reception from Liverpool fans, but there was no way to score a goal. Fowler was also involved in a charity match on April 21 to celebrate the lives of the 96 Liverpool fans who died in the Hillsborough disaster. In a 2–2 draw, Fowler scored both goals for his team. Fowler tweeted "Gutted about Steven, but what an amazing performer... As from now, I'm officially wearing my boots... A sad day for me... and I'm not the first to announce his resignation. Fowler would return to play for England in Soccer Aid, a charity football match in aid of UNICEF, alongside Jamie Carragher, in May 2016.

International career

Fowler earned his first cap for England on March 27, 1996, coming on as a 76th-minute replacement in the 1–0 friendly victory over Bulgaria at Wembley Stadium. In the 0–0 draw with Croatia on April 24, he won his second cap and made his first appearance for England. Despite only having three caps to his name, England manager Terry Venables Fowler to select Fowler in his 22-man squad for Euro 1996. Fowler continued to make two substitute appearances in the tournament, leading to a 4–1 victory over the Netherlands and a 0–0 draw against Spain in the quarter-finals, a game England won on penalties.

Fowler did not participate in England's qualifying round for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, mainly due to a serious knee ligament injury suffered late in the 1997–98 season, and so missed out on Glenn Hoddle's 22-man squad for the tournament. In a 2–0 friendly victory over Mexico at Wembley Stadium, he did not score his first goal for his country on March 29, 1997, scoring his second goal. In the 2–0 friendly victory over Cameroon, he scored a second goal in his next cap on November 15th, netting just before halftime.

Fowler played in his first competitive game for England in nearly three years on June 9, 1999, after losing in a 1–1 draw with Bulgaria during Euro 2000 qualifying. Kevin Keegan selected Fowler in the preliminary squad for Euro 2000, and after appearing in three warm-up games against Brazil, Ukraine, and Malta, he was chosen in the final squad on June 2000. Fowler did not participate in the tournament because England was disqualified in the group stages.

Fowler scored his fourth goal for England on May 25, 2001, scoring his second goal in the 4–0 friendly victory over Mexico at Pride Park, Derby. In the 2–0 victory over Albania at St James' Park, Newcastle, on September 5, he scored his first competitive goal for England. This was during qualifying for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. England qualified for the World Cup after scoring in friendlies against Italy and Cameroon, Fowler was selected in Sven-Göran Eriksson's 23-man squad for the tournament in South Korea and Japan. He didn't appear in any of England's group games, but after winning by a second-half over Denmark in the Round of 16, he came on as a second-half substitute. Fowler's last cap for his country came to an end. He earned a total of 26 caps for England and scored 7 goals.

Managerial career

Fowler was appointed as the head of Muangthong United, where he was already a player. Muangthong had retaliated and fired Henrique Calisto; the club's statement reads, "The board has appointed Robbie Fowler as the acting head coach and has ended Henrique Calisto's service." The season is up to date, and the team must adapt to long-term goals if it is to prosper in Asia," which has led to the formation of Fowler player-managers.

Fowler will be playing a coaching role with Liverpool's academy in October 2013. Fowler had applied for the vacant managerial job at his old club Leeds United on September 9, 2014, according to the publication.

Fowler had signed a two-year deal with Australian Hyundai Brisbane Roar on April 23, 2019, making him the club's new head coach for the forthcoming 2019–20 season. Following Tony Grant's appointment, it was also revealed that Darren Davies would be joining his coaching staff, with Davies serving as the caretaker boss prior to Fowler's arrival. Brisbane revealed a major clear-out in the offseason, with fourteen senior players fired, including marquee player Eric Bautheac. When Roy O'Donovan signed from Newcastle United Jets in June, Fowler made his first signing as a manager.

In a 2–0 thriller, Fowler's first competitive match in charge ended in Brisbane's favour over reigning A-League champions Sydney on August 7th in the FFA Cup. Fowler earned the league's Coach of the Month award for January and February 2020, as a result of his independent work. Fowler resigned from the club after suffering with the COVID-19 pandemic for three months, and he and Grant were back to England in March.

Bengal side East Bengal announced the signing of Fowler as their new manager on October 9, 2020. They gained seventeen points from first eighteen league games and were ranked ninth out of eleven. Following Fowler's participation in a verbal brawl and league organisers during their match with FC Goa, all India Football Federation's (AIFF) disciplinary committee received a four-match suspension and a substantial fine of 5,300) against him during the 2020-2021 season.

Fowler, a former East Bengal manager, was teaching Oxford United "on a casual basis" in August 2022.

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