Tim Howard is a popular Americanfootball player, who currently occupies the position of the goalkeeper in the English club “Everton” and stands for his national team. You can tell a lot of interesting things about him, but I would like to note the most important thing with a separate attention.
early years
Tim Howard began to get involved in football very early.He was noticed by an assistant coach of the junior American national team under 17 years old by the name of Tim Milquinn when he was in the same football camp. He decided to follow the young player, because he seemed very promising.
Interestingly, Tim Howard at school has achievedgood success not only in this sport, but also in basketball. However, the talent is still revealed in the full world in football. Interestingly, he initially held the position of midfielder, but then moved into the goal.
When he was 15 years old, a young player was calledplay for the US youth team (under the age of 17). It was there that he made his professional debut - in a match against Honduras. In 1997, Tim Milkuinn himself was appointed the coach of the Nord-Jersey Imperial, where he immediately invited the young goalkeeper. And he agreed. And in the year of graduation from high school, Tim Howard played in his first official match for this club.
About club career
So, as already mentioned, Tim Howard began hisa career with the club “North Jersey Imperials”. There he played 16 matches, after which in 1998 he moved to the “New York Metrostars”. In this team, he stayed for five years, but played only 88 meetings. By the way, in 1998, almost immediately after the transition, it was leased by FC “MLS Pro-40”. But in this club, he played only one match.
Успеха вратарь Тим Ховард добился, играя за the famous English club - “Manchester United”. He stayed there for four years, after which he was noticed by Everton. The player moved to this English club in 2006. More precisely, it was only rented at that time, but in 2007, he was finally entrenched in the new team. During the lease, he entered the field 25 times. But from 2007 - 308. And this is not the limit, since the player still continues to play for this team.
Interesting facts and achievements
Tim Howard, whose photos show usAn interesting and adult player is an excellent goalkeeper. He has a lot of achievements and awards. With the “Manchester”, he won the English Cup, as well as the Super Bowl. In 2006, he won another award, namely the League Cup.
Together with the US national team won the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2007. And in 2011 - the finalist of this tournament.
From personal achievements, he also has a lot of awards.Firstly, he entered the top ten of the best goalkeepers in the world three times (the version of the IFFILE). In 2013 he became the best goalkeeper CONCACAF. In 2011, he was recognized as the goalkeeper, who made the best save for the entire tournament season. He is also considered the goalkeeper of the year MLS.
There are a couple of interesting facts.For example, Tim suffers from Tourette syndrome and assists children, who also suffer from this disease, doing charity work. Howard is also a very religious person who is a member of a Christian organization called Campus Crusade for Christ. And finally, another interesting fact - Tim managed to score a goal with a blow from his own goal. It was January 4, 2012 in the game against Bolton Wanderers.
