Alan Shearer Bio, Wiki, Age, Family, Wife, Football Career and Net Worth
- Net Worth: $52.2 million
- Salary: Under Review
- Source of Income: Football pundit and retired footballer
Alan Shearer Career
He was regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation. He was also regarded as one of the best players in the Premier League, he is the League’s record goalscorer.
Moreover, he was named Football Writers’ Association Players of the year in 1994 and won the PFA Player of the year award in 1995.
He came third in both Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the year awards in 1996. In 2004, Alan was named by Pele in the FIFA 11 list of the world’s greatest living players.
He was one of the first two players inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame in 2021. Alan played his entire career in the top level of English football.
At Southampton in 1988, he started his career before moving to Blackburn Rovers in 1992, where he established himself as among the most prolific goalscorers in Europe.
At Blackburn, Shearer won the 1994-95 Premier League Golden Boots. He joined his hometown club Newcastle United in the summer of 1996 for a then-world record of £15 million.
Alan led this hometown club to the 1998 FA Cup and 1999 FA Cup finals, and eventually became the club’s all-time top scorer. Additionally, he retired at the end of the 2005-06 season.
It was after his retirement that he started working as a television pundit for the BBC. He briefly left his BBC role in 2009 to become Newcastle United’s manager in the last eight games of their 2008-2009 season, in an unsuccessful attempt to them from relegation.
Alan is a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), a Deputy Lieutenant of Northumberland, a Freeman of Newcastle upon Tyne, and an honorary Doctor of Civil Law of Northumbria and Newcastle Universities.
