Iain Dowie

Iain Dowie
Personal information
Full name Iain Dowie
Date of birth (1965-01-09) 9 January 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Southampton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1985 Cheshunt 34 (2)
1985–1986 St Albans City 53 (13)
1986–1988 Hendon 87 (47)
1988–1991 Luton Town 66 (15)
1989Fulham (loan) 5 (1)
1991 West Ham United 12 (4)
1991–1995 Southampton 122 (30)
1995 Crystal Palace 19 (6)
1995–1998 West Ham United 68 (8)
1998–2001 Queens Park Rangers 31 (2)
Total 497 (128)
International career
1990–1999 Northern Ireland 59 (12)
Managerial career
1998 Queens Park Rangers (caretaker)
2002–2003 Oldham Athletic
2003–2006 Crystal Palace
2006 Charlton Athletic
2007–2008 Coventry City
2008 Queens Park Rangers
2010 Hull City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Iain Dowie (born 9 January 1965) is a football manager, former professional footballer and sports television pundit.

He played as a striker from 1983 until 2001, notably in the Premier League for Southampton, Crystal Palace and West Ham United. He earned 59 caps for Northern Ireland, scoring 12 goals. He also played in the Football League for Luton Town, Fulham and Queens Park Rangers, and in Non-league for Cheshunt, St Albans City and Hendon.

After retiring from playing he went on to manage Oldham Athletic, Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic, Coventry City, Queens Park Rangers before joining Hull City in a football management consultant. He has since worked as a pundit largely for Sky Sports.

  1. ^ Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan; Bull, David (2013). All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC. Southampton: Hagiology Publishing. p. 301. ISBN 978-0-9926-8640-6.