Eddie Howe

Eddie Howe is one of those managers who makes you believe in the slow-burn story. He spent most of his playing days at Bournemouth — a modest club by any measure — worked his way up through their youth ranks, and then, almost inevitably, came back to manage the place. What followed was genuinely remarkable: he dragged them from the brink of non-league football all the way to the Premier League, doing it without a mega-budget and without much fanfare. When Newcastle United came calling in late 2021, backed by that Saudi-led takeover and suddenly awash with ambition, it felt like a strange fit at first — quiet, methodical Eddie dropped into a storm. But he's handled it brilliantly, steadying a club that was in real trouble, qualifying for Europe, and building something that actually feels sustainable. He doesn't shout. He doesn't posture. He just coaches, and that, honestly, is pretty rare.

Name (English)

Eddie Howe

Name (Japanese)

エディ・ハウ

Reading

えでぃ・はう

Born

November 29, 1977 (age 48)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Snake

Origin

Amersham, United Kingdom

Height

178 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie%20Howe
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A6
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5336135

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

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