Cheyne Fowler

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Cheyne Fowler
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-03-08) 8 March 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Cape Town, South Africa
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender / Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 VPS
Number 6
Youth career
2003–2008 Hellenic FC
2008–2010 FC Haka
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2008 FC Haka 117 (6)
2009–2011 HJK Helsinki 68 (6)
2012– VPS 57 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 November 2014

Cheyne Fowler (born 8 March 1982) is a South African professional footballer who plays in Finland for VPS. He previously played for FC Haka. He also holds Finnish nationality. [1]

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Early life

Fowler was born in Cape Town in 1982. His maternal grandparents and his mother Taina-Liisa had moved there from Valkeakoski, Finland, when his mother was one year old. Fowler's mother worked as an auditor and his father Anthony Fowler worked in tourism. [2] Fowler started playing football in local Hellenic FC, but moved to Finland in 2002 and joined Haka Valkeakoski's juniors. [3]

Playing career

Fowler made his professional debut in 2003, when he played for Haka in the Veikkausliiga. He spent five seasons playing for Haka, until in 2009 moved to HJK Helsinki in the Finnish capital. In January 2008, he was near to move to Avellino, but Avellino's manager was sacked and the deal collapsed.

In 2010, Fowler started his service in Finnish military as a conscript. [4]

On 27 October 2011 it was announced that Fowler will sign a two-year contract with VPS after his contract with HJK will expire after the 2011 season. [5]

Honours

Club titles

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References

  1. ↑ "Cheyne Fowler HJK:sta Vaasan Palloseuraan". Kaleva.fi (in Finnish). 2 November 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Kapkaupungista korutaiteilijaksi Tampereelle" (PDF) (in Finnish). Asukaslehti • Tule, Viihdy, Asu. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  3. ↑ Erävuori, Mikael (2012). "Cheyne Fowlerilla juuret Suomessa" (in Finnish). Liigaverkko Magazine. p. 11. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  4. ↑ Jussi-Pekka Reponen (5 October 2010). "Pukki ja Fowler kuulivat HJK:n mestaruudesta kesken alokasrumban". Helsingin Sanomat. Archived from the original on 8 October 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  5. ↑ "Fowler signs for VPS" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 30 October 2011.
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