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{{Infobox football biography
{{Football player infobox
|playername=Graeme Souness
| name = Graeme Souness
|image=Souness (retouched).jpg
| image = Souness (retouched).jpg
| image_size =
|fullname=Graeme James Souness
| caption = Souness in 2001
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1953|5|6|df=yes}}
| full_name = Graeme James Souness<ref name=Hugman>{{Hugman|18519|access-date=15 March 2020}}</ref>
|birth_place=[[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|5|6|df=y}}<ref name=Hugman/>
|death_date=
| birth_place = [[Edinburgh]],<ref name=Hugman/> Scotland
|height=
| height = {{convert|1.80|m|order=flip}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rollin |first1=Jack |title=Rothmans football yearbook |date=1980 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |isbn=0362020175 |page=222}}</ref>
|position=[[Midfielder]]
| position = [[Midfielder]]<ref name=Hugman/>
|currentclub=
| youthyears1 =
|clubnumber=
| youthclubs1 = [[Tynecastle F.C.|Tynecastle Boys Club & North Merchiston BC]]
|youthyears1=
| years1 = 1970–1972
|youthclubs1=
| caps1 = 0
|years1=1971-1972<br/>1972<br/>1972-1978<br/>1978-1984<br/>1984-1986<br/>1986-1991
| goals1 = 0
|clubs1=[[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]<br/>[[Montreal Olympique]]<br/>[[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]]<br/>[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]<br/>[[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]]<br/>[[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]]
| clubs1 = [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
|nationalyears1=1974-1986
| years2 = 1972
|nationalteam1=[[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]
| caps2 = 10
|manageryears1=1986-1991<br/>1991-1994<br/>1995-1996<br/>1996-1997<br/>1997<br/>1997-1999<br/>2000-2004<br/>2004-2006
| goals2 = 2
|managerclubs1=[[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]]<br/>[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]<br/>[[Galatasaray S.K.|Galatasaray]]<br/>[[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]<br/>[[Torino F.C. 1906|Torino]]<br/>[[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]<br/>[[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]<br/>[[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]
| clubs2 = → [[Montreal Olympique]] (loan)
| years3 = 1972–1978
| caps3 = 176
| goals3 = 22
| clubs3 = [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]]
| years4 = 1977
| caps4 = 6
| goals4 = 1
| clubs4 = → [[West Adelaide SC|West Adelaide]] (loan)
| years5 = 1978–1984
| caps5 = 247
| goals5 = 38
| clubs5 = [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
| years6 = 1984–1986
| caps6 = 56
| goals6 = 8
| clubs6 = [[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]]
| years7 = 1986–1991
| caps7 = 50
| goals7 = 3
| clubs7 = [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]]
| totalcaps = 545
| totalgoals = 74
| nationalyears1 = 1974–1986
| nationalcaps1 = 54
| nationalgoals1 = 4
| nationalteam1 = [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]
| manageryears1 = 1986–1991
| managerclubs1 = [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]]
| manageryears2 = 1991–1994
| managerclubs2 = [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
| manageryears3 = 1995–1996
| managerclubs3 = [[Galatasaray S.K. (football)|Galatasaray]]
| manageryears4 = 1996–1997
| managerclubs4 = [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]
| manageryears5 = 1997
| managerclubs5 = [[Torino F.C.|Torino]]
| manageryears6 = 1997–1999
| managerclubs6 = [[S.L.Benfica|Benfica]]
| manageryears7 = 2000–2004
| managerclubs7 = [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]
| manageryears8 = 2004–2006
| managerclubs8 = [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]
}}
}}
'''Graeme Souness''' (born [[6 May]] [[1953]]) is a former [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Association football|football]] player. He has played for [[Scotland national football team|Scotland national team]].
'''Graeme Souness''' (born [[6 May]] [[1953]]) is a former [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Association football|football]] player. He has played for [[Scotland national football team|Scotland national team]].


==Club career statistics==
==Career statistics==

<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/17907/Graeme_Souness.html|title=Graeme Souness|first=Benjamin|last=Strack-Zimmermann|website=www.national-football-teams.com}}</ref>
===Club===
{{Football player club statistics 1|NNN}}
<ref>{{NFT player|id=17907|name=Graeme Souness|accessdate=30 December 2012}}</ref>
{{Football player club statistics 2|ENG|NNN}}
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
|-
!rowspan=2|Club
|1971/72||[[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]||[[Football League Championship|First Division]]||0||0
!rowspan=2|Season
{{Football player club statistics 2|USA|NNN}}
!colspan=3|League
!colspan=2|National cup{{efn|Includes [[FA Cup]], [[Coppa Italia]], [[Scottish Cup]]}}
!colspan=2|League cup{{efn|Includes [[Football League Cup]], [[Scottish League Cup]]}}
!colspan=2|Continental
!colspan=2|Other
!colspan=2|Total
|-
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|1972||[[Montreal Olympique]]||[[North American Soccer League|NASL]]||10||2
{{Football player club statistics 2|ENG|NNN}}
|-
|-
|[[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
|1972/73||rowspan="6"|[[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]]||rowspan="2"|[[Football League One|Second Division]]||9||0
|[[1971–72 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season|1971–72]]
|[[Football League First Division|First Division]]
|0||0||0||0||0||0||1{{efn|name=UC|Appearance in [[UEFA Cup]]}}||0||colspan="2"|–||1||0
|-
|-
|[[Montreal Olympique]]
|1973/74||35||7
|[[1972 North American Soccer League season|1972]]
|[[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|NASL]]
|10||2||||||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||10||2
|-
|-
|1974/75||rowspan="4"|[[Football League Championship|First Division]]||38||7
|rowspan="7"|[[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]]
|[[1972–73 Football League|1972–73]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]
|9||0||||||||||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||9||0
|-
|-
|[[1973–74 Football League|1973–74]]
|1975/76||35||3
|35||7||||||||||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||35||7
|-
|-
|[[1974–75 Football League|1974–75]]
|1976/77||38||2
|rowspan="4"|First Division
|38||7||||||||||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||38||7
|-
|-
|[[1975–76 Football League|1975–76]]
|1977/78||19||3
|35||3||||||||||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||35||3
|-
|-
|[[1976–77 Football League|1976–77]]
|1977/78||rowspan="7"|[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]||rowspan="7"|[[Football League Championship|First Division]]||15||2
|38||2||||||||||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||38||2
|-
|-
|[[1977–78 Football League|1977–78]]
|1978/79||41||8
|19||3||||||||||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||19||3
|-
|-
!colspan=2|Total
|1979/80||41||1
!176||22||13||1||12||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||201||23
|-
|-
|rowspan="8"|[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
|1980/81||37||6
|[[1977–78 Liverpool F.C. season|1977–78]]
|rowspan="7"|First Division
|15||2||0||0||0||0||3{{efn|name=EC|Appearances in [[European Cup]]}}||0||colspan="2"|–||18||2
|-
|-
|[[1978–79 Liverpool F.C. season|1978–79]]
|1981/82||35||5
|41||8||7||1||1||0||2{{efn|name=EC}}||0||2{{efn|Appearances in [[European Super Cup]]}}||0||53||9
|-
|-
|[[1979–80 Liverpool F.C. season|1979–80]]
|1982/83||41||9
|41||1||8||1||7||0||2{{efn|name=EC}}||0||1{{efn|name=FACS|Appearance in [[FA Charity Shield]]}}||0||59||2
|-
|-
|[[1980–81 Liverpool F.C. season|1980–81]]
|1983/84||37||7
|37||6||1||0||8||1||8{{efn|name=EC}}||6||1{{efn|name=FACS}}||0||55||13
{{Football player club statistics 2|ITA|NNN}}
|-
|-
|[[1981–82 Liverpool F.C. season|1981–82]]
|1984/85||rowspan="2"|[[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]]||rowspan="2"|[[Serie A]]||28||5
|35||5||3||0||9||1||6{{efn|name=EC}}||0||1{{efn|Appearance in [[Intercontinental Cup (football)|Intercontinental Cup]]}}||0||54||6
|-
|-
|[[1982–83 Liverpool F.C. season|1982–83]]
|1985/86||28||3
|41||9||3||0||8||2||6{{efn|name=EC}}||0||1{{efn|name=FACS}}||0||59||11
{{Football player club statistics 2|SCO|NNN}}
|-
|-
|[[1983–84 Liverpool F.C. season|1983–84]]
|1986/87||rowspan="4"|[[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]]||rowspan="4"|[[Scottish Premier League|Premier Division]]||25||1
|37||7||2||0||12||5||9{{efn|name=EC}}||0||1{{efn|name=FACS}}||0||61||12
|-
|-
!colspan=2|Total
|1987/88||18||2
!247||38||24||2||46||9||35||6||7||0||354||55
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]]
|1988/89||6||0
|[[1984–85 UC Sampdoria season|1984–85]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Serie A]]
|28||5||12||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||40||6
|-
|-
|[[1985–86 UC Sampdoria season|1985–86]]
|1989/90||1||0
|28||3||6||2||colspan="2"|–||4{{efn|Appearances in [[European Cup Winners' Cup]]}}||0||colspan="2"|–||38||5
{{Football player club statistics 3|4|ENG}}421||60
|-
{{Football player club statistics 4|USA}}10||2
!colspan=2|Total
{{Football player club statistics 4|ITA}}56||8
!56||8||18||3||colspan="2"|–||4||0||colspan="2"|–||78||11
{{Football player club statistics 4|SCO}}50||3
|-
{{Football player club statistics 5}}537||73
|rowspan="5"|[[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]]
|[[1986–87 Rangers F.C. season|1986–87]]
|rowspan="4"|[[Scottish Football League Premier Division|Scottish Premier Division]]
|25||1||1||0||3||2||3{{efn|name=UC}}||0||colspan="2"|–||32||3
|-
|[[1987–88 Rangers F.C. season|1987–88]]
|18||2||3||0||3||0||6{{efn|name=EC}}||0||colspan="2"|–||30||2
|-
|[[1988–89 Rangers F.C. season|1988–89]]
|6||0||1||0||3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||10||0
|-
|[[1989–90 Rangers F.C. season|1989–90]]
|1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||1||0
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!50||3||5||0||9||2||9||0||colspan="2"|–||73||5
|-
!colspan=3|Career total
!537||73||60||6||67||11||49||6||7||0||706||96
|}
|}


{{notelist}}
==International career statistics==

{{Football player national team statistics|SCO}}
===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
| colspan=3 | [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]<ref name = "scotland">{{SFA profile|id=7318|name=Graeme Souness}}</ref>
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|-
|-
|1974||2||0
|1974||2||0
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|1975||1||0
|1975||1||0
|-
|-
|1976||0||0
|1976||colspan=2|&mdash;
|-
|-
|1977||0||0
|1977||colspan=2|&mdash;
|-
|-
|1978||6||0
|1978||6||0
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!Total||54||4
!Total||54||4
|}
|}

:''Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.''<ref name = "scotland"/>
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 22 June 1982 || [[Estadio La Rosaleda]], [[Málaga]] || {{fb|URS}} || align=center |'''2'''–2 || align=center |2–2 || [[1982 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
| 2. || 16 June 1983 || [[Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton|Commonwealth Stadium]], [[Edmonton, Alberta|Edmonton]] || {{fb|CAN}} || align=center |'''3'''–0 || align=center |3–0 || [[Friendly match|Friendly]]

|-
| 3. || 12 September 1984 || [[Hampden Park]], [[Glasgow]] || {{fb|Yugoslavia}} || align=center |'''2'''–1 || align=center |6–1 || [[Friendly match|Friendly]]
|-
| 4. || 23 April 1986 || [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], [[London]] || {{fb|ENG}} || align=center |'''1'''–2 || align=center |1–2 || [[1986 Rous Cup]]
|-
|}

===Manager===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Nat
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
|align=left|[[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]]
|{{flag|SCO}}
|align=left|1 April 1986
|align=left|16 April 1991
{{WDL|260|165|50|45}}
|-
|align=left|[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
|{{flag|ENG}}
|align=left|16 April 1991
|align=left|28 January 1994
{{WDL|157|65|47|45}}
|-
|align=left|[[Galatasaray S.K. (football)|Galatasaray]]
|{{flag|TUR}}
|align=left|1 July 1995
|align=left|1 July 1996
{{WDL|43|25|8|10}}
|-
|align=left|[[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]
|{{flag|ENG}}
|align=left|3 July 1996
|align=left|1 June 1997
{{WDL|48|14|15|19}}
|-
|align=left|[[Torino F.C.|Torino]]
|{{flag|ITA}}
|align=left|5 July 1997
|align=left|12 October 1997
{{WDL|6|2|1|3}}
|-
|align=left|[[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]
|{{flag|POR}}
|align=left|2 November 1997
|align=left|3 May 1999
{{WDL|71|41|15|15}}
|-
|align=left|[[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]
|{{flag|ENG}}
|align=left|14 March 2000
|align=left|6 September 2004
{{WDL|212|86|61|65}}
|-
|align=left|[[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]
|{{flag|ENG}}
|align=left|13 September 2004
|align=left|2 February 2006
{{WDL|83|36|18|29}}
|-
!colspan=4|Total
{{WDLtot|880|434|217|229}}
|}

==Honours==

===Player===
'''Tottenham Hotspur Youth'''
*[[FA Youth Cup]]: [[FA Youth Cup Finals of the 1970s|1969–70]]

'''Middlesbrough'''
*[[Football League Second Division]]: [[1973–74 Football League Second Division|1973–74]]

'''Liverpool'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/415 |accessdate=9 October 2021 |title=Players - Graeme Souness |website=LFCHistory.net }}</ref>
*[[Football League First Division]]: [[1978–79 Football League First Division|1978–79]], [[1979–80 Football League First Division|1979–80]], [[1981–82 Football League First Division|1981–82]], [[1982–83 Football League First Division|1982–83]], [[1983–84 Football League First Division|1983–84]]
*[[EFL Cup|Football League Cup]]: [[1980–81 Football League Cup|1980–81]], [[1981–82 Football League Cup|1981–82]], [[1982–83 Football League Cup|1982–83]], [[1983–84 Football League Cup|1983–84]]
*[[FA Community Shield|FA Charity Shield]]: [[1979 FA Charity Shield|1979]], [[1980 FA Charity Shield|1980]], [[1982 FA Charity Shield|1982]]
*[[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]: [[1977–78 European Cup|1977–78]], [[1980–81 European Cup|1980–81]], [[1983–84 European Cup|1983–84]]

'''Sampdoria'''
*[[Coppa Italia]]: [[1984–85 Coppa Italia|1984–85]]

'''Rangers'''
*[[Scottish Football League Premier Division|Scottish Premier Division]]: [[1986–87 Scottish Premier Division|1986–87]], [[1988–89 Scottish Premier Division|1988–89]]
*[[Scottish League Cup]]: [[1986–87 Scottish League Cup|1986–87]], [[1987–88 Scottish League Cup|1987–88]], [[1988–89 Scottish League Cup|1988–89]]

'''Scotland'''
* [[Rous Cup]]: [[1985 Rous Cup|1985]]<ref>{{ cite web | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19850527&printsec=frontpage&hl=en | page = 15 | newspaper = [[Glasgow Herald]] | title = Rous-ing win for makeshift Scots | date = 27 May 1985 | via = Google News Archive }}</ref>

'''Individual'''
*[[List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League top scorers|European Cup Golden Boot]]: 1980–81<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/5-unlikely-european-cup-golden-boot-winners-who-shocked-continent?page=0%2C1 |title=5 unlikely European Cup golden boot winners who shocked the continent |magazine=FourFourTwo |date=14 February 2017 |access-date=12 July 2017 |archive-date=17 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217142912/http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/5-unlikely-european-cup-golden-boot-winners-who-shocked-continent?page=0,1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[PFA Team of the Year|PFA First Division Team of the Year]]: 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lfchistory.net/Stats/Article/48 |title=Honours the continent|publisher=LFChistory |access-date=12 July 2017}}</ref>
*[[Professional Footballers' Association|PFA]] Team of the Century (1977–96): 2007<ref>{{cite news|title=Team of the Century: 1977-1996 - Souness, Robson & Hoddle...not a bad midfield trio! |url=http://www.givemefootball.com/pfa-legends/teams-of-the-century/team-of-the-century-1977-1996 |work=GiveMeFootball.com |publisher=Give Me Football |date=30 August 2007 |access-date=12 July 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022111004/http://www.givemefootball.com/pfa-legends/teams-of-the-century/team-of-the-century-1977-1996 |archive-date=22 October 2008}}</ref>

===Manager===
'''Rangers'''
*Scottish Premier Division: [[1986–87 Scottish Premier Division|1986–87]], [[1988–89 Scottish Premier Division|1988–89]], [[1989–90 Scottish Premier Division|1989–90]]
*Scottish League Cup: [[1986–87 Scottish League Cup|1986–87]], [[1987–88 Scottish League Cup|1987–88]], [[1988–89 Scottish League Cup|1988–89]], [[1990–91 Scottish League Cup|1990–91]]

'''Liverpool'''
*[[FA Cup]]: [[1991–92 FA Cup|1991–92]]

'''Galatasaray'''
*[[Turkish Cup]]: [[1995–96 Turkish Cup|1995–96]]
*[[Turkish Super Cup]]: 1996

'''Blackburn Rovers'''
*Football League Cup: [[2001–02 Football League Cup|2001–02]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/worthington_cup/1834988.stm |title=Cole strike stuns Spurs |website=BBC Sport |date=24 February 2002 |access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref>

'''Individual'''
*[[Premier League Manager of the Month]]: [[1996–97 FA Premier League#Monthly awards|October 1996]], April 1997<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/managers/278/Graeme-Souness/overview |title=Manager profile: Graeme Souness |publisher=Premier League |access-date=14 September 2018}}</ref>

===Inductions===
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'',<ref>{{cite web| title = 100 Players Who Shook The Kop – The definitive list |date = 8 October 2006 | publisher = liverpoolfc.tv|url =http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/archivedirs/news/2006/oct/8/N153706061008-0859.htm | access-date =19 June 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061113092711/http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/archivedirs/news/2006/oct/8/N153706061008-0859.htm |archive-date = 13 November 2006}}</ref> 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)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://scottishfootballhalloffame.co.uk/graeme-souness-1953/ |title=Graeme Souness |publisher=Scottish Football Hall of Fame |access-date=22 March 2017}}</ref> and the [[Rangers F.C. Hall of Fame]].

A summary of Souness's personal achievements are as follows in chronological order:
*Scotland national football team roll of honour
*Football League 100 Legends
*Liverpool 100 players who shook the Kop
*English Football Hall of Fame
*Scottish Football Hall of Fame
*Rangers Hall of Fame


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 21:50, 26 April 2024

Graeme Souness
Souness in 2001
Personal information
Full name Graeme James Souness[1]
Date of birth (1953-05-06) 6 May 1953 (age 71)[1]
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

Graeme Souness (born 6 May 1953) is a former Scottish football player. He has played for Scotland national team.

Career statistics

Club

[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
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[c] 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[d] 0 – 18 2
1978–79 41 8 7 1 1 0 2[d] 0 2[e] 0 53 9
1979–80 41 1 8 1 7 0 2[d] 0 1[f] 0 59 2
1980–81 37 6 1 0 8 1 8[d] 6 1[f] 0 55 13
1981–82 35 5 3 0 9 1 6[d] 0 1[g] 0 54 6
1982–83 41 9 3 0 8 2 6[d] 0 1[f] 0 59 11
1983–84 37 7 2 0 12 5 9[d] 0 1[f] 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[h] 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[c] 0 – 32 3
1987–88 18 2 3 0 3 0 6[d] 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
  1. ↑ Includes FA Cup, Coppa Italia, Scottish Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Football League Cup, Scottish League Cup
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Appearance in UEFA Cup
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Appearances in European Cup
  5. ↑ Appearances in European Super Cup
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Appearance in FA Charity Shield
  7. ↑ Appearance in Intercontinental Cup
  8. ↑ Appearances in European Cup Winners' Cup

International

Scotland[4]
Year Apps Goals
1974 2 0
1975 1 0
1976 —
1977 —
1978 6 0
1979 6 0
1980 3 0
1981 4 0
1982 9 1
1983 8 1
1984 4 1
1985 7 0
1986 4 1
Total 54 4
Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.[4]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
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

Manager

Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Rangers  SCO 1 April 1986 16 April 1991 260 165 50 45 063.46
Liverpool  ENG 16 April 1991 28 January 1994 157 65 47 45 041.40
Galatasaray  TUR 1 July 1995 1 July 1996 43 25 8 10 058.14
Southampton  ENG 3 July 1996 1 June 1997 48 14 15 19 029.17
Torino  ITA 5 July 1997 12 October 1997 6 2 1 3 033.33
Benfica  POR 2 November 1997 3 May 1999 71 41 15 15 057.75
Blackburn Rovers  ENG 14 March 2000 6 September 2004 212 86 61 65 040.57
Newcastle United  ENG 13 September 2004 2 February 2006 83 36 18 29 043.37
Total 880 434 217 229 049.32

Honours

Player

Tottenham Hotspur Youth

Middlesbrough

Liverpool[5]

Sampdoria

Rangers

Scotland

Individual

Manager

Rangers

Liverpool

Galatasaray

Blackburn Rovers

Individual

Inductions

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:

  • Scotland national football team roll of honour
  • Football League 100 Legends
  • Liverpool 100 players who shook the Kop
  • English Football Hall of Fame
  • Scottish Football Hall of Fame
  • Rangers Hall of Fame

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Graeme Souness". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. ↑ Rollin, Jack (1980). Rothmans football yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 222. ISBN 0362020175.
  3. ↑ "Graeme Souness". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Graeme Souness at the Scottish Football Association
  5. ↑ "Players - Graeme Souness". LFCHistory.net. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Rous-ing win for makeshift Scots". Glasgow Herald. 27 May 1985. p. 15 – via Google News Archive.
  7. ↑ "5 unlikely European Cup golden boot winners who shocked the continent". FourFourTwo. 14 February 2017. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Honours the continent". LFChistory. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "Team of the Century: 1977-1996 - Souness, Robson & Hoddle...not a bad midfield trio!". GiveMeFootball.com. Give Me Football. 30 August 2007. Archived from the original on 22 October 2008. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  10. ↑ "Cole strike stuns Spurs". BBC Sport. 24 February 2002. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  11. ↑ "Manager profile: Graeme Souness". Premier League. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  12. ↑ "100 Players Who Shook The Kop – The definitive list". liverpoolfc.tv. 8 October 2006. Archived from the original on 13 November 2006. Retrieved 19 June 2007.
  13. ↑ "Graeme Souness". Scottish Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 22 March 2017.



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