Eddie Howe
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Later in 2002, Eddie was signed by Portsmouth. The fee for his contract was 400 thousand Great Britain Pound. The same year, Eddie suffered a knee injury, and it took him almost 18 months to recover. He was not very lucky as he was again injured after the recovery. He returned to Bournemouth in 2004, first on loan and then permanently, before injury forced him to retire in 2007. After taking his retirement from the game, he started working as a coach.
Quick Facts
- Birth Date
- 29 Nov, 1977
- Age
- 42 yrs
- Occupations
- Association football player
Association football manager
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- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Birth Place
- Amersham
- Gender
- Male
- Description
- English association football player and manager
- Net Worth 2021
- 5 million
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Although he played as a defender, he scored 12 league goals during his playing career, most of them for Bournemouth.
Coaching Career
Eddie worked as a coach for Bournemouth, and he helped his team in improving their performance exponentially. He taught a lot of new tactics to the group, which eventually helped them push the matches to a sure shot wins.
He described the struggles of coaching to Sports Joe, "Fighting to win football matches was a lot easier than fighting to guard our existence as a club. It was an unreal few months in terms of what we had to deal with. We are about - our tenacity, determination, togetherness, the mentality that we can rise above any difficulty with hard work and belief in ourselves - it was shaped then and remains strong. That period was very crucial to everything we have achieved since. We had nothing really and had to give everything. I learned so much in those difficult months, and I wouldn't trade it."
In January 2011, Eddie decided to leave Bournemouth, and he started working for Burnley. He was appointed as a manager there, but Eddie left Burnley within two years. He didn't give any reason for the resignation. During one of the interviews, he just said that he left the team for some personal reason. As soon as he left Burnley, he decided to join Bournemouth once again as a manager. He motivated the team again and led the team to the Championship title in 2015, earning the club's first-ever promotion to the Premier League.
In 2015, Eddie was honored by the award, Manager of the Decade. Football League Awards sponsored the prize. Eddie's teams played 398 matches under his leadership regarding stats, out of which the team won 183 games, and 82 games resulted in a draw. He commanded a win percentage of 46 percent, which is not very impressive because of his performance in Burnley.
Eddie was also honored by the LMA Manager of the Year award in 2015 and the LMA Championship Manager of the Year in the 2014–15 season. He reached the mountain of coaching success because of his hard work.
Eddie left Bournemouth by mutual consent in August 2020 and was appointed head coach of Newcastle United on 8 November 2021. In March 2025, he led Newcastle to victory over Liverpool in the EFL Cup final, ending the club's 70-year wait for a major domestic trophy, and he also guided the club to Champions League qualification twice. He stepped down from the role on 31 July 2026.
Personal Life
Eddie is married to Vicki Howe, and the couple has three sons. Eddie is also a dog lover, and he had a black Labrador in his family. Eddie got the initials of his dog's name tattooed on his wrist after the death of his beloved dog.
