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Eddie Howe

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿English·Newcastle United·Premier League

Age

48

Trophies

3

Annual Salary

£3M

Net Worth

$10M

Clubs Managed

4

Eddie Howe Salary

£2,964,000 per year (£57,000 per week)

Eddie Howe Net Worth

$10 million

Eddie Howe Nationality

English 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Eddie Howe Age

48 years old

Eddie Howe Current Club

Newcastle United

Eddie Howe Contract

Expires June 2027

Eddie Howe Wife

Vikki Howe

Eddie Howe Hometown

Amersham, England

Eddie Howe Career Trophies

3 major trophies as a manager

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Eddie Howe Management Style

Howe builds compact, hard-working teams that press intelligently and attack with pace and purpose. He favours a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 and demands high defensive engagement from his forwards. His teams are organised, mentally resilient and play with a clear identity — defending solidly as a unit and attacking with directness. His development of young players is considered among the best in English management.

Biography

Early Life

Edward John Howe was born on 29 November 1977 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. He grew up in Bournemouth after his family moved south, and joined the Bournemouth academy as a teenager. He went on to have a solid career as a right-back at Bournemouth, earning brief stints at Portsmouth and Swindon before returning to his beloved Cherries. A persistent knee injury forced him to retire at 29, but his connection to the club made his eventual return as manager feel inevitable.

Managerial Career

Howe was appointed Bournemouth's caretaker manager at just 31 and permanently shortly after. He took the club from League One to the Premier League across a remarkable decade of promotion — one of the greatest overachievements in English football. A brief, unhappy stint at Burnley interrupted his Bournemouth journey, but he returned and ultimately led them to the Premier League. In November 2021 he was appointed Newcastle United manager following the Saudi-led takeover and has transformed them into a consistent top-half Premier League side, earning Champions League qualification in 2023-24.

Philosophy

Howe is obsessive about preparation and organisation. He demands that every player understands their role within the team system and executes it with discipline and energy. He is known for his meticulous approach to training sessions and his ability to get the maximum from players who have underperformed elsewhere. His teams always reflect his personality: honest, hard-working and collectively driven.

Personal Life

Howe is married to Vikki and they have children together. He is regarded as one of the most respected figures in English football management — thoughtful, loyal and composed under pressure. He is the antithesis of the headline-grabbing manager, preferring to focus entirely on the work and letting the results do the talking. Players speak universally highly of him as a person as well as a coach.

Eddie Howe Career Timeline

1994Bournemouth (player)

Made his debut for Bournemouth at 16, going on to make over 250 appearances as a right-back

2008Bournemouth (manager)

Appointed caretaker manager at 31, and then permanent manager, inheriting a club facing administration

2010Bournemouth

Won the Football League Trophy and kept Bournemouth from dropping into non-league football

2015Bournemouth

Led Bournemouth to their first-ever promotion to the Premier League after winning the Championship

2020Burnley

Left Bournemouth following relegation and briefly managed Burnley before returning to the south coast

2021Newcastle United

Appointed Newcastle United head coach following the Saudi-led takeover in November 2021

2023Newcastle United

Led Newcastle to Champions League qualification for the first time in over 20 years

Eddie Howe Clubs Managed

BournemouthBurnleyBournemouthNewcastle United

Fun Facts

01

Howe took Bournemouth from the fourth tier of English football to the Premier League across a decade of management.

02

He was only 31 when he was first appointed Bournemouth manager — one of the youngest appointments in English professional football.

03

Newcastle's Champions League qualification under Howe in 2023 was their first in the competition since 2003.

04

He is known for arriving at the training ground before any of his players and often staying the longest.

05

Howe once turned down lucrative approaches from Crystal Palace and Celtic to stay loyal to Bournemouth.

Data last verified: April 2026

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