Alan Shearer (a retired English Footballer) was born on August 13th 1970, in Gosforth, a local council of Newcastle. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for 20 years.
During his career, Alan Shearer played for three different English Club (Southampton, Blackburn and Newcastle) and for the England National Team.
He is widely considered as one of the greatest English strikers of all time (409 goals during his professional career), being both Newcastle's and the Premier League's record goalscorer (283 goals in Premier League of which 34 goals with Blackburn during the 1994-1995 season).
