# Graeme Souness

Graeme Souness is a Scottish footballer, manager and pundit, born on 6 May 1953 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Souness played as a midfielder for Liverpool and Middlesbrough. Souness scored 100 goals in 760 games for club and country and won 23 trophies, including 3 Champions League titles and 8 league titles.

## Souness's career stats

|   | Games | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Clubs, all competitions | 706 | 96 |
| Scotland | 54 | 4 |
| Total | 760 | 100 |

Goals per game: 0.13.

## Souness's trophies and awards

- Trophies with club and country: 23
- League titles: 8
- Domestic cups: 12
- Champions League: 3
- Individual awards: 13

### Tottenham Hotspur Youth

- FA Youth Cup: 1 (1969–70)

### Middlesbrough

- Football League Second Division: 1 (1973–74)

### Liverpool

- Football League First Division: 5 (1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84)
- Football League Cup: 4 (1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84)
- FA Charity Shield: 3 (1979, 1980, 1982)
- European Cup: 3 (1977–78, 1980–81, 1983–84)

### Sampdoria

- Coppa Italia: 1 (1984–85)

### Rangers

- Scottish Premier Division: 2 (1986–87, 1988–89)
- Scottish League Cup: 3 (1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89)

### Individual

- Middlesbrough Player of the Year: 1 (1973–74)
- European Cup Golden Boot: 1 (1980–81)
- PFA Team of the Year: 4 (1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84)
- PFA Team of the Century (1977–96): 1 (2007)

### Inductions

- Scotland national football team roll of honour: 1
- Football League 100 Legends: 1
- Liverpool 100 players who shook the Kop: 1
- English Football Hall of Fame: 1
- Scottish Football Hall of Fame: 1
- Rangers Hall of Fame: 1

## Clubs

League games and goals at each club.

1. 1970–1972: Tottenham Hotspur, 0 games, 0 goals
2. 1972: Montreal Olympique (loan), 10 games, 2 goals
3. 1972–1978: Middlesbrough, 201 games, 22 goals
4. 1977: West Adelaide (loan), 6 games, 1 goal
5. 1978–1984: Liverpool, 247 games, 38 goals
6. 1984–1986: Sampdoria, 56 games, 8 goals
7. 1986–1991: Rangers, 50 games, 3 goals

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