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Michael Owen is best known as an English striker who won the Ballon d'Or in 2001, making him the last Englishman to win the award. He scored 40 goals in 89 appearances for England and 118 Premier League goals for Liverpool, and was named by Pele in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players in 2004.
Michael Owen played for Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle United, Manchester United, and Stoke City in a professional career that began in 1996 and ended with his retirement announcement on the 19th of March 2013.
Michael Owen won the Ballon d'Or in 2001, following Liverpool's treble-winning season in which the club captured the League Cup, FA Cup, and UEFA Cup. He was the first Englishman to win the award since Kevin Keegan in 1979.
Owen tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee after just 51 seconds of England's group game against Sweden at the 2006 World Cup. The injury kept him out of regular football for nearly a year and led to a compensation dispute between Newcastle United and FIFA that was eventually settled for a figure between £6 million and £7 million.
Michael Owen scored 40 goals in 89 appearances for England, a record for England at the time of his retirement. He sits sixth in the all-time list of England scorers, behind Harry Kane, Wayne Rooney, Bobby Charlton, Gary Lineker, and Jimmy Greaves.
Before turning professional, Owen scored 97 goals in a single season for the Deeside Area Primary School's Under-11 team, surpassing Ian Rush's record by 25 goals. He also broke Gary Speed's appearance record for the same side and, at the age of ten, was already being monitored by leading scouts from across England.