Incredibly rare and historic Michael Owen match worn Liverpool shirt
Shirt worn by Owen for Liverpool during the 2000 – 2001 Premier League season
Shirt is the correct size for Owen and has all the correct labels and tags inside which is different to that of the retail version shirt and issued directly to the club – player for match use
Shirt has correct player, club and Premier League match identification marks throughout
Shirt remains in good – very good condition with small signs of wear and match use still visible along with some small pulls and marks still evident inside and out
Shirt has been additionally hand signed on the front – Best Wishes Michael Owen
Player : Michael Owen
Team : Liverpool
Position : Forward
Competition : Premier League
Season : 2000 – 2001
Authentication : Confirmed
Owen is regarded as one the greatest Liverpool strikers of all time and winner of the 2001 Ballon D’Or Trophy
Regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation, in 2001, Owen was the recipient of the Ballon d’Or. In 2004, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world’s greatest living players.
The son of former footballer Terry Owen, Owen was born in Chester and began his senior career at Liverpool in 1996. Displaying rapid pace and composed finishing, he progressed through the Liverpool youth team and scored on his Premier League debut in May 1997, becoming the club’s youngest goalscorer, at 17 years, 143 days. In his first full season in the Premier League, Owen finished as joint top scorer with 18 goals, sharing the Premier League Golden Boot. He repeated this the following year and was Liverpool’s top goal-scorer from 1997 to 2004, gaining his name as a proven goal-scorer despite suffering from a recurring hamstring injury. In 2001, Liverpool won a cup treble of the UEFA Cup, FA Cup (with Owen scoring two late goals in the final) and Football League Cup. He went on to score 118 goals in 216 appearances in the Premier League for Liverpool, and 158 goals in 297 total appearances.
After Liverpool had fallen behind their title rivals under Gérard Houllier‘s final two seasons, Owen opted not to renew his contract and then moved to Real Madrid for £8 million in the summer of 2004. There he was frequently used as a substitute. He scored 13 goals in La Liga before returning to England the following season where he joined Newcastle United for £16.8 million. This was after Owen’s disappointment that Real had rejected a bid from Liverpool to re-sign him. After a promising start to the 2005–06 season, injuries largely ruled him out over the next 18 months. After his return, he became team captain and was the team’s top scorer for the 2007–08 season. Newcastle were relegated in the 2008–09 season and, in a surprise move, Owen moved to Manchester United as a free agent. He spent three years at Old Trafford before joining Stoke City in September 2012. Owen is one of ten players to have scored 150 or more goals in the Premier League. He is also the youngest player to have reached 100 goals in the Premier League. On 19 March 2013, Owen announced his retirement from playing at the end of the 2012–13 season.
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 FIFA World Cup, which included a goal against Argentina in which he ran from the halfway line, brought him to national and international prominence, making him one of the most sought after players in world football. He went on to score in UEFA Euro 2000, the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004. He was the first player to have scored in four consecutive major tournaments for England. He played at the 2006 World Cup, but suffered an injury which took him a year to recover from. Occasionally playing as captain, he made 89 appearances for England, scoring 40 goals, of which 26 were in competitive matches, a record for England at the time of his retirement.
Amazing and incredibly rare worn shirt from the former Liverpool star and from the clubs historic treble winning season and the season Owen won the Ballon D’Or
Comes with a certificate of authenticity
Museum example item
