Graeme Souness

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

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

Career statistics

Club

[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tottenham Hotspur 1971–72 First Division 0000001[lower-alpha 3]0–10
Montreal Olympique 1972 NASL 102–––102
Middlesbrough 1972–73 Second Division 90––90
1973–74 357––357
1974–75 First Division 387––387
1975–76 353––353
1976–77 382––382
1977–78 193––193
Total 17622131120––20123
Liverpool 1977–78 First Division 15200003[lower-alpha 4]0–182
1978–79 41871102[lower-alpha 4]02[lower-alpha 5]0539
1979–80 41181702[lower-alpha 4]01[lower-alpha 6]0592
1980–81 37610818[lower-alpha 4]61[lower-alpha 6]05513
1981–82 35530916[lower-alpha 4]01[lower-alpha 7]0546
1982–83 41930826[lower-alpha 4]01[lower-alpha 6]05911
1983–84 377201259[lower-alpha 4]01[lower-alpha 6]06112
Total 247382424693567035455
Sampdoria 1984–85 Serie A 285121–––406
1985–86 28362–4[lower-alpha 8]0–385
Total 568183–40–7811
Rangers 1986–87 Scottish Premier Division 25110323[lower-alpha 3]0–323
1987–88 18230306[lower-alpha 4]0–302
1988–89 60103000–100
1989–90 10000000–10
Total 503509290–735
Career total 5377360667114967070696
  1. Includes FA Cup, Coppa Italia, Scottish Cup
  2. Includes Football League Cup, Scottish League Cup
  3. Appearance in UEFA Cup
  4. Appearances in European Cup
  5. Appearances in European Super Cup
  6. Appearance in FA Charity Shield
  7. Appearance in Intercontinental Cup
  8. Appearances in European Cup Winners' Cup

International
Scotland[4]
YearAppsGoals
197420
197510
1976—
1977—
197860
197960
198030
198140
198291
198381
198441
198570
198641
Total544
Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.[4]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.22 June 1982Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga Soviet Union2–22–21982 FIFA World Cup
2.16 June 1983Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton Canada3–03–0Friendly
3.12 September 1984Hampden Park, Glasgow Yugoslavia2–16–1Friendly
4.23 April 1986Wembley Stadium, London England1–21–21986 Rous Cup

Manager
Team Nat From To Record
GWDLWin %
Rangers  SCO 1 April 1986 16 April 1991 2601655045063.46
Liverpool  ENG 16 April 1991 28 January 1994 157654745041.40
Galatasaray  TUR 1 July 1995 1 July 1996 4325810058.14
Southampton  ENG 3 July 1996 1 June 1997 48141519029.17
Torino  ITA 5 July 1997 12 October 1997 6213033.33
Benfica  POR 2 November 1997 3 May 1999 71411515057.75
Blackburn Rovers  ENG 14 March 2000 6 September 2004 212866165040.57
Newcastle United  ENG 13 September 2004 2 February 2006 83361829043.37
Total 880434217229049.32

Honours

Player

Tottenham Hotspur Youth

  • FA Youth Cup: 1969–70

Middlesbrough

Liverpool[5]

Sampdoria

Rangers

  • Scottish Premier Division: 1986–87, 1988–89
  • Scottish League Cup: 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89

Scotland

Individual

  • European Cup Golden Boot: 1980–81[7]
  • PFA First Division Team of the Year: 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84[8]
  • PFA Team of the Century (1977–96): 2007[9]

Manager

Rangers

  • Scottish Premier Division: 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90
  • Scottish League Cup: 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91

Liverpool

Galatasaray

  • Turkish Cup: 1995–96
  • Turkish Super Cup: 1996

Blackburn Rovers

  • Football League Cup: 2001–02[10]

Individual

  • Premier League Manager of the Month: October 1996, April 1997[11]

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. "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. 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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