Steve Cowan

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Steve Cowan
Personal information
Full name	Steven Cowan
Date of birth	(1963-02-17) 17 February 1963
Place of birth	Paisley, Scotland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
	St. Mirren
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1980–1985	Aberdeen	41	(11)
1985–1987	Hibernian	70	(23)
1987–1990	Motherwell	51	(11)
1989–1990	→ Albion Rovers (loan)	6	(2)
1989–1990	→ Portadown (loan)	8	(7)
1990–1993	Portadown	79	(59)
1993	Ballymena United	4	(0)
1993	Cliftonville	3	(1)
National team
	Scotland U18	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Steve Cowan (born 17 February 1963 in Paisley) is a Scottish former professional football player.

Career

Cowan began his career with St. Mirren, but followed Alex Ferguson to Aberdeen in 1979.^[1] Cowan was with Aberdeen for six seasons.^[1] He then moved to Hibs, scoring three hat-tricks and 19 league goals in all during the 1985–86 season.^[1] He was the top goalscorer in Scotland during the 1985-86 season, with 28 goals in total.

Cowan only scored four league goals in 1986-87, however, and transferred to Motherwell.^[1] He then had a loan spell at Albion Rovers before moving to Irish football with Portadown.^[1] Cowan was very productive at Portadown, scoring 66 league goals in 87 games, and winning three major honours including the Irish League in 1990 and 1991 as well as the Irish Cup in 1991 as Portadown completed a domestic double. He left Portadown in 1993, and had short stints with Linlithgow Rose, Ballymena United and Cliftonville before ending his playing career after the 1994–95 season.

Cowan now works in financial services and also as a match analyst for BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound programme^[2] and for Radio Forth.

Honours

Aberdeen

Scottish League Champion 1984–85
Dryburgh Cup Winner 1980

Hibernian

Scottish League Cup Runner-Up 1985–86

Portadown

Irish League Champion 1989–90; 1990–91
Irish Cup Winner 1990–91
Irish Cup Runner-Up 1989–90

Personal

Ulster Footballer of the Year 1992–93^[3]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Jeffrey 2005, p. 43
↑ Live - Scottish Premier League, BBC Sport, 3 January 2009.
↑ M. Brodie (ed.), Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 2009-2010, p. 102. Belfast:Ulster Tatler Publications

Sources

Jeffrey, Jim (2005). The Men Who Made Hibernian F.C. since 1946. Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-3091-2.

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Persondata
Name	Cowan, Steve
Alternative names
Short description	Scottish footballer
Date of birth	17 February 1963
Place of birth	Paisley, Scotland
Date of death
Place of death

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