Eddie Howe

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Edward John Frank Howe (born 29 November 1977) is an English professional football manager and former player who was most recently the head coach of Premier League club Newcastle United. A centre-back during his playing career, Howe spent most of his playing career with Bournemouth, coming up through the youth system and spending eight years with the club, before returning for a second three-year spell to end his career, and retiring from the professional game in 2007. He entered management the following year, taking charge of a Bournemouth side facing relegation to the Conference National (now National League) in January 2009 as the youngest manager in the Football League. Under his guidance, Bournemouth were able to avoid relegation during his first season in charge, having started the season on minus 17 points, and were promoted to League One the following campaign. After a brief spell as manager at Burnley, Howe returned to Bournemouth, and led them to two further promotions in three...

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