1. Michael Stowell was born on 19 April 1965 and is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is currently the goalkeeping coach at Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Tel Aviv.
26 Facts About Mike Stowell
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Mike Stowell is married to former England women's international footballer Rachel Stowell.
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Mike Stowell signed permanently with Wolves in 1990 and was their goalkeeper of choice throughout the decade, making 441 league and cup appearances.
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Mike Stowell was named as the club's Player of the Year in 1991.
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Mike Stowell then became a coach at Leicester City and has had six separate spells as caretaker manager in 2007,2010,2011,2017,2019 and 2023.
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Mike Stowell turned this down, though, as the club sat bottom of the Third Division.
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Mike Stowell was entering his final year's apprenticeship with BT in Preston, the town in which he was raised.
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Mike Stowell signed in December 1985 for what turned out to be a five-year stay at Goodison Park.
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The lack of first-team opportunities at Everton saw Mike Stowell experiencing a string of loan moves to lower-league sides.
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Mike Stowell made 15 further appearances for Harry McNally's "Seals" before joining Third Division rivals York City for a brief loan spell in December 1987.
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Mike Stowell played six league games under manager Bobby Saxton at Bootham Crescent.
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Mike Stowell joined Port Vale in a two-month loan deal in October 1988 as John Rudge needed cover for the injured Mark Grew.
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Mike Stowell kept goal in seven league games as Wolves ended up as Third Division champions.
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Mike Stowell was given a testimonial match against Aston Villa in July 2000, and the following summer was released by the Midlanders.
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Mike Stowell made a total of 441 league and cup appearances in his 11-year stay at Wolves and for the final three years he worked as a goalkeeping coach at the club's youth academy.
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Mike Stowell joined Second Division side Bristol City on a free transfer in July 2001, having chosen them over Wrexham.
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Mike Stowell retired in May 2005, and turned down the offer of becoming an official goalkeeping coach at the club, having already found employment at Leicester City.
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Mike Stowell spent the early part of his coaching career as, firstly, a goalkeeping coach, and then assistant manager at Leicester City, before being sacked alongside manager Rob Kelly on 11 April 2007.
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Mike Stowell returned to his goalkeeping coaching role when the club appointed Allen's successor, Gary Megson, the following month.
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Mike Stowell resumed joint managerial duties at Leicester in October 2010, after the sacking of manager Paulo Sousa after less than three months in charge.
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Mike Stowell was appointed caretaker manager for a second time in twelve months when Sven-Goran Eriksson was sacked in October 2011.
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Mike Stowell took charge of the first-team for a fourth time on 23 February 2017, as joint caretaker manager with assistant manager Craig Shakespeare, following the sacking of Claudio Ranieri.
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Mike Stowell was appointed caretaker manager, alongside Adam Sadler, following the departure of Claude Puel on 24 February 2019.
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Mike Stowell left Leicester City on 30 June 2023 after the arrival of new manager Enzo Maresca.
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On 26 July 2023, Mike Stowell joined Israeli Premier League side Maccabi Tel Aviv as a goalkeeping coach.
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Mike Stowell married Rachel McArthur in June 2009, who had given birth to his daughter the previous April.