Louie Donowa

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Louie Donowa
Personal information
Full name Brian Louie Donowa[1]
Date of birth (1964-09-24) 24 September 1964 (age 59)[1]
Place of birth Ipswich, England[1]
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1980–1982 Norwich City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1986 Norwich City 62 (11)
1985 → Stoke City (loan) 4 (1)
1986–1989 Deportivo La Coruña 85 (20)
1989 Willem II 13 (4)
1989–1990 Ipswich Town 23 (1)
1990–1991 Bristol City 24 (3)
1991–1997 Birmingham City 116 (18)
1993 → Burnley (loan) 4 (0)
1993 → Crystal Palace (loan) 0 (0)
1994 → Shrewsbury Town (loan) 4 (0)
1996 → Walsall (loan) 6 (1)
1996–1997 → Peterborough United (loan) 6 (1)
1997 Peterborough United 17 (0)
1997 Walsall 6 (0)
1997–1998 Ayr United 9 (0)
1998 Inter Turku 4 (1)
1999–2000 Boston United 1 (0)
2000 Tamworth
International career
1985 England U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brian Louie Donowa (born 24 September 1964) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger.[1] He made nearly 400 appearances for a variety of clubs in the Football League and also played in several other European countries.

Playing career[edit]

Born in Ipswich, Suffolk, Donowa began his career with Norwich City. He was a member of the Norwich youth team that won the FA Youth Cup in 1983 and the side that won the League Cup in 1985. He was capped by England under-21s during his time at Carrow Road. In 1985–86 Donowa spent time out on loan at Stoke City where he played five times scoring once which came in a 3–2 win away at Millwall.[1] In March 1986 he signed for Spanish club Deportivo de La Coruña for a fee of £50,000. After four years at the Estadio Riazor he played for a short time at Dutch side Willem II.

In 1989, he returned to England and played for Ipswich Town, Bristol City, Birmingham City, Burnley, Crystal Palace, Shrewsbury Town, Walsall and Peterborough United. He then played in Scotland for Ayr United and Finland with Inter Turku.

Career statistics[edit]

Source:[3]

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Norwich City 1982–83 First Division 1 0 0 0 1 0 1[a] 0 3 0
1983–84 First Division 25 4 1 0 6 0 0 0 32 4
1984–85 First Division 34 7 2 1 8 3 0 0 44 11
1985–86 Second Division 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 62 11 3 1 15 3 1 0 81 15
Stoke City (loan) 1985–86 Second Division 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Deportivo La Coruña 1985–86 Segunda División 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2
1986–87 Segunda División 36 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 9
1987–88 Segunda División 31 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 9
1988–89 Segunda División 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Total 87 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 20
Willem II 1988–89 Eredivisie 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 4
Ipswich Town 1989–90 Second Division 23 1 2 0 2 0 3[b] 1 30 2
Bristol City 1990–91 Second Division 24 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 26 3
Birmingham City 1991–92 Third Division 26 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 32 2
1992–93 First Division 21 2 0 0 2 0 4[c] 0 27 2
1993–94 First Division 21 5 1 0 4 0 1[c] 0 27 5
1994–95 Second Division 31 9 5 0 3 0 6[d] 1 45 10
1995–96 First Division 13 0 1 0 8 0 2[c] 1 24 1
1996–97 First Division 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
Total 116 18 8 0 23 0 13 2 160 20
Burnley (loan) 1992–93 Second Division 4 0 0 0 0 0 2[d] 0 6 0
Shrewsbury Town (loan) 1993–94 Third Division 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Walsall (loan) 1996–97 Second Division 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
Peterborough United 1996–97 Second Division 22 1 0 0 0 0 5[d] 0 27 1
Walsall 1997–98 Second Division 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
Career total 371 60 15 2 41 3 24 3 451 68
  1. ^ Appearances in Football League Group Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in Full Members' Cup
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup
  4. ^ a b c Appearances in Football League Trophy

Honours[edit]

Norwich City

Birmingham City

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ^ Sewell, Albert, ed. (1996). News of the World Football Annual 1996–97. London: Invincible Press. p. 401. ISBN 978-0-00-218737-4.
  3. ^ Louie Donowa at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  4. ^ Haylett, Trevor (24 April 1995). "Fry's delight as Carlisle succumb to sudden death". The Independent. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  • Canary Citizens by Mark Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt, published by Jarrold Publishing, (2001), ISBN 0-7117-2020-7

External links[edit]

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