Scottish association football player and manager (born 1953) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Graeme Souness (born 6 May 1953) is a former Scottish football player. He has played for Scotland national team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Graeme James Souness[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 6 May 1953||
Place of birth | Edinburgh,[1] Scotland | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder[1] | ||
Youth career | |||
Tynecastle Boys Club & North Merchiston BC | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1970–1972 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
1972 | → Montreal Olympique (loan) | 10 | (2) |
1972–1978 | Middlesbrough | 176 | (22) |
1977 | → West Adelaide (loan) | 6 | (1) |
1978–1984 | Liverpool | 247 | (38) |
1984–1986 | Sampdoria | 56 | (8) |
1986–1991 | Rangers | 50 | (3) |
Total | 545 | (74) | |
National team | |||
1974–1986 | Scotland | 54 | (4) |
Teams managed | |||
1986–1991 | Rangers | ||
1991–1994 | Liverpool | ||
1995–1996 | Galatasaray | ||
1996–1997 | Southampton | ||
1997 | Torino | ||
1997–1999 | Benfica | ||
2000–2004 | Blackburn Rovers | ||
2004–2006 | Newcastle United | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | League cup[lower-alpha 2] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Tottenham Hotspur | 1971–72 | First Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
Montreal Olympique | 1972 | NASL | 10 | 2 | – | – | – | 10 | 2 | |||||
Middlesbrough | 1972–73 | Second Division | 9 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 | ||||||
1973–74 | 35 | 7 | – | – | 35 | 7 | ||||||||
1974–75 | First Division | 38 | 7 | – | – | 38 | 7 | |||||||
1975–76 | 35 | 3 | – | – | 35 | 3 | ||||||||
1976–77 | 38 | 2 | – | – | 38 | 2 | ||||||||
1977–78 | 19 | 3 | – | – | 19 | 3 | ||||||||
Total | 176 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | – | – | 201 | 23 | ||||
Liverpool | 1977–78 | First Division | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | – | 18 | 2 | |
1978–79 | 41 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 53 | 9 | ||
1979–80 | 41 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 59 | 2 | ||
1980–81 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8[lower-alpha 4] | 6 | 1[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 55 | 13 | ||
1981–82 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 7] | 0 | 54 | 6 | ||
1982–83 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 59 | 11 | ||
1983–84 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 61 | 12 | ||
Total | 247 | 38 | 24 | 2 | 46 | 9 | 35 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 354 | 55 | ||
Sampdoria | 1984–85 | Serie A | 28 | 5 | 12 | 1 | – | – | – | 40 | 6 | |||
1985–86 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 2 | – | 4[lower-alpha 8] | 0 | – | 38 | 5 | ||||
Total | 56 | 8 | 18 | 3 | – | 4 | 0 | – | 78 | 11 | ||||
Rangers | 1986–87 | Scottish Premier Division | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | – | 32 | 3 | |
1987–88 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | – | 30 | 2 | |||
1988–89 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |||
1989–90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 50 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 0 | – | 73 | 5 | |||
Career total | 537 | 73 | 60 | 6 | 67 | 11 | 49 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 706 | 96 |
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 22 June 1982 | Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga | Soviet Union | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1982 FIFA World Cup |
2. | 16 June 1983 | Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton | Canada | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
3. | 12 September 1984 | Hampden Park, Glasgow | Yugoslavia | 2–1 | 6–1 | Friendly |
4. | 23 April 1986 | Wembley Stadium, London | England | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1986 Rous Cup |
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Rangers | SCO | 1 April 1986 | 16 April 1991 | 260 | 165 | 50 | 45 | 63.46 |
Liverpool | ENG | 16 April 1991 | 28 January 1994 | 157 | 65 | 47 | 45 | 41.40 |
Galatasaray | TUR | 1 July 1995 | 1 July 1996 | 43 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 58.14 |
Southampton | ENG | 3 July 1996 | 1 June 1997 | 48 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 29.17 |
Torino | ITA | 5 July 1997 | 12 October 1997 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33.33 |
Benfica | POR | 2 November 1997 | 3 May 1999 | 71 | 41 | 15 | 15 | 57.75 |
Blackburn Rovers | ENG | 14 March 2000 | 6 September 2004 | 212 | 86 | 61 | 65 | 40.57 |
Newcastle United | ENG | 13 September 2004 | 2 February 2006 | 83 | 36 | 18 | 29 | 43.37 |
Total | 880 | 434 | 217 | 229 | 49.32 |
Tottenham Hotspur Youth
Middlesbrough
Liverpool[5]
Sampdoria
Rangers
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Rangers
Liverpool
Galatasaray
Blackburn Rovers
Individual
Inducted into the Scotland national football team roll of honour in 1985, when he gained his 50th international cap. In 1998, Souness was included in the Football League 100 Legends list. A poll of 110,000 Liverpool supporters – 100 Players Who Shook The Kop,[12] saw Souness placed the ninth most popular player in the club's history. Souness has been inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame (in 2007), the Scottish Football Hall of Fame (in 2004)[13] and the Rangers F.C. Hall of Fame.
A summary of Souness's personal achievements are as follows in chronological order:
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