Name: Alan Shearer OBE
Nickname: Big Al, Legend, God, Magic-Al, Mr. NUFC, Angel of the North, Lion of Gosforth
Position: Centre-Forward
Squad Number: 9
Birthday: 13/08/1970
Birthplace: Gosforth, Newcastle
Country: England
Signed: 30 July 1996
Signed By: Kevin Keegan
Cost: £15m
Debut: 17 August 1996 Vs Everton (a)
Height: 6ft 0in
Weight: 12st 6lbs
Previous Clubs: Southampton, Blackburn Rovers
A lan Shearer - or Big Al as he has affectionately become known as - will retire from the game as Newcastle United's greatest goalscorer of all-time and perhaps with it, our greatest ever player too.
Since he came back hyem from Blackburn Rovers via a stop over on the South coast with Southampton 10 years after initially leaving bonny Newcastle, the Geordie striker has proved to be worth every single penny of his one time world record transfer fee.
Such has been his impact on the club he supported as a bairn, his fellow people and indeed the game in general, when the time to call it a day does eventually arrive, there will be a massive void left by his absence which may never be filled or replaced again in the United ranks.
Here we profile the man who once dreamt of wearing the coveted No.9 shirt and now stands on the verge of becoming No.1 in the club's all-time hall of fame.
