Another player to still feature in the England set-up, though when this cartoon was produced he was very much a Liverpool player, is Michael Owen.
The son of former footballer Terry Owen (who began his career with Everton!), Owen began his senior career at Liverpool in 1996. He progressed through the Liverpool youth team and scored on his debut in May 1997. In his first full season in the Premier League he finished as joint top scorer. He repeated the feat the following year and was Liverpool's top goal scorer from 1997–2004. His first major club honours came in 2001 when Liverpool won a cup treble. He went on to score 118 goals in 216 Premiership appearances for Liverpool.
Owen moved to Real Madrid for £8 million in mid-2004, scoring 13 goals in La Liga and had the season's highest ratio of goals scored to number of minutes played. He returned to England the following season, joining Newcastle United for £16 million. Owen in both Liverpool and Newcastle strips will appear later in the listings
Internationally, Owen first played for the senior England team in 1998, becoming England's youngest player and youngest goalscorer at the time. His performance at the 1998 World Cup Finals brought him to national and international prominence. He is the only player to ever have scored in four major tournaments for England. He played at the 2006 World Cup and will appear later in the listings in that squad.
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