David Lowe (footballer)
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| David Lowe | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Anthony Lowe | |
| Date of birth | August 30, 1965 | |
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | |
| Playing position | Right Wing | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1983–1987 1987–1992 1992 1992–1994 1994 1996–1999 1999–2000 2000 |
Wigan Athletic Ipswich Town → Port Vale (loan) Leicester City → Port Vale (loan) Wigan Athletic Wrexham → Rushden & Diamonds (loan) |
179 (40) 121 (37) 8 (2) 68 (22) 18 (5) 86 (26) 4 (1) 12 (4) |
| National team | ||
| 1988 | England U21 | 2 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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David Anthony Lowe (born Liverpool, 30 August 1965) is an English former professional footballer, making over 600 appearances for Wigan Athletic, Ipswich Town, Leicester, Port Vale and Wrexham in a 17-year long career.
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[edit] Playing career
Lowe began his career as an apprentice at Wigan Athletic on a recommendation by his teacher from his school league days to then Wigan manager Harry McNally. Subsequently, Lowe made his first-team debut in October 1982 against Reading.
In 1985 Lowe would score in the Freight Rover Trophy Final with a spectacular overhead kick to help his team win the match 3-1.
[edit] Time at Ipswich and Leicester
In June 1987, after playing 179 games for Wigan, Lowe made the transfer to Ipswich Town for £80,000, making his debut for them in the 1987-1988 season. He would go on to become the club's leading scorer for that campaign and again in 1989-1990 but was loaned out to Port Vale in 1992.
Later that year, Lowe signed for Leicester City. In a pre-season friendly against Borussia Moenchengladbach, one of his first games for the club, he broke his cheekbone. However he would become a regular first team player at Leicester up until March 1996, when he re-signed for Wigan Athletic for £125,000.
[edit] Second spell at Wigan
In 1996-1997, Lowe celebrated his 300th league game for the club and his goal in the final game of the season would secure the Division Three title and promotion to Division Two. The following season he would break the club's individual goalscoring record, his 60th goal to surpass Peter Houghton's tally coming in a 5-1 defeat of Burnley. After collecting the club's supporters' and Player of the Year trophies, Lowe was plagued by injuries and was released by Wigan. Lowe made the move to Wrexham, where he was offered a player/coach role. In 2000, he spent a loan spell at non-league Rushden and Diamonds where, after netting four goals, he decided to retire as a player.
[edit] Coaching career
After leaving Rushden, Lowe worked for the Professional Footballers' Association until 2002, when he joined Wigan Athletic under former team-mate Paul Jewell. A fully qualified coach, Lowe has undertook various roles at the club and is currently head of Youth Development.
[edit] External links
- Latics Legends at Wigan Athletic's official website
- Lowe returns to Wigan - BBC Sport
- Lowe's career stats at SoccerBase
