List of Newcastle United F.C. players

Alan Shearer is the club record goalscorer with 206 goals. In addition, he was the club's record signing from 1996 to 2005, and the club captain from 1998 to 2006.

Below is a list of notable footballers who have played for Newcastle United. Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more first-class matches for the club. However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included; this includes the club's founder members, players from the club's pre-Football League days, when they played fewer matches in a season than the present day, and some players who fell just short of the 100 total but made significant contributions to the club's history (e.g. Keegan, Ferdinand, Asprilla).

Players are listed according to the date they signed for the club. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included. Statistics correct as of 28 May 2015.

List of players

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

A statue of Jackie Milburn, pictured here in 2010 in its former place at St James' Boulevard. Milburn scored 200 goals for Newcastle, a record that stood unbroken until Shearer scored his 201st goal in a match against Portsmouth in 2006.

Kevin Keegan, pictured here with a Newcastle fan during his stint as England manager, played for and captained the club from 1982 to 1984.

Nolberto Solano, pictured here playing for Peru, played for the club in two separate spells. The first was from 1998 to 2004, and the second was from 2005 to 2007. He is the first Peruvian to play in the Premier League and the FA Cup Final.

Andy Cole played for the club from 1993 to 1995, scoring 68 goals in 86 appearances. His departure to Manchester United, caused uproar amongst the Newcastle fans, leading to Keegan having to defend the sale on the steps of St James' Park.

David Ginola played for the club from 1995 to 1997, quickly becoming an integral part of Newcastle's Entertainers side. Although a fan's favourite, he was not fancied by Keegan's replacement Kenny Dalglish, and left to join Tottenham Hotspur in 1997.

Phillippe Albert played for the club from 1994 to 1999, with a loan spell at Keegan's Fulham from 1998 to 1999. He is best remembered for scoring an audacious chip from 20 yards over Peter Schmeichel in a 5–0 win over Manchester United in 1996.

Faustino Asprilla played for the club from 1996 to 1998. The Colombian is regarded as a cult hero to Newcastle fans, with notable moments including his first public appearance at the club, his celebration against Metz in the UEFA Cup, and his hat-trick against Barcelona in the Champions League.

Les Ferdinand, pictured here as director of football at QPR, played for the club from 1995 to 1997, scoring 50 goals in 84 appearances. Nicknamed Sir Les, he had a short-lived but successful partnership with Shearer.

Rob Lee played for the club from 1992 to 2002. He was made club captain for the 1997–98 season by Dalglish, but was frozen out by the Scotsman's replacement, Ruud Gullit. Following Gullit's resignation after losing the Tyne–Wear derby, Bobby Robson took over and reinstated him into the side. He was awarded with a testimonal in 2001.

Michael Owen played for the club from 2005 to 2009. He is the club's record signing, having arrived from Real Madrid for £16.8 million, with Jonathan Woodgate going the other way. He scored 30 goals in 79 appearances in an injury hit spell at Newcastle, the most serious being a metatarsal, incurred before the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and a ACL, sustained in his first match, ending his tournament.

Name	Nationality	Position	Newcastle United career	Appearances	Goals
Andy Aitken	Scotland	HB	1895–1906	349	42
Jack Carr	England	LB	1897–1912	278	5
Matt Kingsley	England	GK	1898–1904	189	0
Alexander Gardner	Scotland	RW	1899–1910	314	26
Colin Veitch	England	CB	1899–1914	322	49
Peter McWilliam	Scotland	HB	1902–1911	242	12
Jock Rutherford	England	RW	1902–1913	334	92
Bill Appleyard	England	FW	1903–1908	145	88
Albert Gosnell	England	LW	1904–1909	106	15
Jimmy Lawrence	Scotland	GK	1904–1921	496	0
Andy McCombie	Scotland	FB	1904–1910	132	0
Billy McCracken	Northern Ireland	HB	1904–1924	432	8
Albert Shepherd	England	FW	1908–1914	123	92
Jimmy Stewart	England	FW	1908–1913	138	51
Frank Hudspeth	England	CB	1910–1929	472	37
William Bradley	England	GK	1914–1927	143	0
Billy Aitken	England	FW	1920–1924	110	10
Neil Harris	Scotland	FW	1920–1925	194	101
Stan Seymour	England	LW	1920–1929	266	84
Tommy McDonald	Scotland	IF	1921–1931	367	113
Charlie Spencer	England	DF	1921–1928	175	1
Jimmy Boyd	Scotland	RW	1925–1935	214	57
Hughie Gallacher	Scotland	FW	1925–1930	174	143
David Fairhurst	England	FB	1929–1939	285	2
Jack Allen	England	FW	1931–1934	90	41
Billy Cairns	England	FW	1933–1944	90	53
Tommy Pearson	Scotland	LW	1933–1948	212	46
Willie Imrie	Scotland	RW	1934–1938	128	24
Bobby Ancell	Scotland	LB	1936–1944	102	1
Jackie Milburn	England	FW	1943–1957	397	200
Ron Batty	England	LB	1945–1958	184	1
Joe Harvey	England	HB	1945–1953	247	12
Roy Bentley	England	FW	1946–1948	54	25
Frank Brennan	Scotland	MF	1946–1956	349	3
Bobby Cowell	England	RB	1946–1955	289	0
Charlie Crowe	England	LF	1946–1957	178	5
Tommy Walker	England	RW	1946–1954	184	35
Jack Fairbrother	England	GK	1947–1952	161	0
Ernie Taylor	England	IF	1947–1951	107	19
George Hannah	England	FW	1949–1957	175	43
Alf McMichael	Northern Ireland	LB	1949–1962	433	1
Bobby Mitchell	Scotland	FW	1949–1961	412	113
George Robledo	Chile	FW	1949–1953	166	91
Ted Robledo	Chile	LB	1949–1953	47	0
Bob Stokoe	England	CB	1950–1961	261	4
Ivor Broadis	England	FW	1951–1955	51	18
Reg Davies	Wales	FW	1951–1958	171	50
Ronnie Simpson	Scotland	GK	1951–1960	295	0
Tommy Casey	Northern Ireland	HB	1952–1958	116	8
Vic Keeble	England	FW	1952–1957	121	69
Jimmy Scoular	Scotland	RW	1953–1961	273	6
Len White	England	FW	1953–1962	269	153
Jackie Bell	England	RB	1956–1962	117	8
George Eastham	England	FW	1956–1960	129	34
Gordon Hughes	England	FW	1956–1963	133	18
Dick Keith	Northern Ireland	RB	1956–1964	223	4
Ivor Allchurch	Wales	FW	1958–1962	154	51
Charlie Woods	England	FW	1960-1962	26	7
Dave Hollins	Wales	GK	1960–1967	112	0
John McGrath	England	CB	1960–1967	179	2
Frank Clark	England	LB	1962–1975	464	2
David Craig	Northern Ireland	RB	1962–1978	412	12
Dave Hilley	Scotland	IF	1962–1968	194	31
Jim Iley	England	RB	1962–1969	249	16
Ron McGarry	England	FW	1962–1967	132	46
Bobby Moncur	Scotland	CB	1962–1974	356	8
Pop Robson	England	FW	1962–1971	244	97
Alan Suddick	England	FW	1962–1967	144	41
Ollie Burton	Wales	CD	1963–1972	188	6
Gordon Marshall	England	GK	1963–1968	187	0
Albert Bennett	England	FW	1965–1969	85	22
Wyn Davies	Wales	FW	1966–1971	216	53
Dave Elliott	England	MF	1966–1971	90	4
Willie McFaul	Northern Ireland	GK	1966–1975	290	0
John McNamee	Scotland	CB	1966–1971	117	8
Alan Foggon	England	FW	1967–1971	61	14
Tommy Gibb	Scotland	MF	1968–1975	199	12
Jimmy Smith	Scotland	MF	1969–1975	167	13
Stewart Barrowclough	England	RW	1970–1978	274	24
Tommy Cassidy	Northern Ireland	MF	1970–1980	180	22
Irving Nattrass	England	DM	1970–1979	304	20
John Tudor	England	FW	1970–1977	164	53
Terry Hibbitt	England	LF	1971–1975 1978–1981	262	14
Pat Howard	England	CD	1971–1977	184	7
Malcolm Macdonald	England	FW	1971–1976	228	121
Alan Kennedy	England	LB	1972–1978	158	9
Terry McDermott	England	MF	1973–1974 1982–1984	160	24
Mickey Burns	England	FW	1974–1978	184	48
Tommy Craig	Scotland	MF	1974–1978	124	22
Geoff Nulty	England	MF	1974–1978	101	11
David Barton	England	CB	1975–1983	110	6
Alan Gowling	England	FW	1975–1978	92	30
Mike Mahoney	England	GK	1975–1979	108	0
Kevin Carr	England	GK	1976–1985	195	0
Steve Hardwick	England	GK	1976–1983	101	0
Mark McGhee	Scotland	FW	1977–1978 1989–1991	112	36
Nigel Walker	England	MF	1977–1982	68	3
John Brownlie	Scotland	RB	1978–1982	136	3
Mick Martin	Ireland	MF	1978–1983	163	6
Alan Shoulder	England	FW	1978–1982	117	38
Kenny Wharton	England	FB	1978–1989	290	26
Peter Withe	England	FW	1978–1980	83	27
Steve Carney	England	CB	1979–1985	149	1
Chris Waddle	England	LW	1980–1985	191	52
Imre Varadi	England	FW	1981–1983	90	42
John Anderson	Ireland	CB	1982–1991	333	15
Jeff Clarke	England	FW	1982–1987	124	4
Kevin Keegan	England	FW	1982–1984	85	49
David McCreery	Northern Ireland	MF	1982–1989	243	2
Peter Beardsley	England	FW	1983–1987 1993–1997	324	119
Neil McDonald	England	RB	1983–1988	207	29
Glenn Roeder	England	CB	1983–1988	216	10
Martin Thomas	Wales	GK	1983–1988	118	0
Paul Gascoigne	England	MF	1984–1988	107	25
Gary Kelly	Ireland	GK	1984–1989	62	0
Kevin Scott	England	CB	1986–1994	227	8
Kevin Brock	England	MF	1988–1993	145	14
Liam O'Brien	Ireland	MF	1988–1994	151	19
Steve Howey	England	MF	1989–2000	238	7
Bjørn Kristensen	Denmark	CB	1989–1993	90	4
Mickey Quinn	England	FW	1989–1992	110	77
Lee Clark	England	MF	1990–1997 2005–2006	257	27
Gavin Peacock	England	MF	1990–1993	119	42
Robbie Elliott	England	LB	1991–1997 2001–2006	188	11
David Kelly	Ireland	FW	1991–1993	70	35
Pavel Srníček	Czech Republic	GK	1991–1998 2006–2007	185	0
Steve Watson	England	RB	1991–1998	263	14
John Beresford	England	LB	1992–1998	229	8
Rob Lee	England	MF	1992–2002	381	56
Barry Venison	England	FB	1992–1995	109	1
Philippe Albert	Belgium	CB	1993–1999	135	12
Andy Cole	England	FW	1993–1995	85	68
Steve Harper	England	GK	1993–2013	199	0
Darren Peacock	England	CB	1994–1998	178	4
Warren Barton	England	RB	1995–2002	220	5
Les Ferdinand	England	FW	1995–1997	84	50
Keith Gillespie	Northern Ireland	MF	1995–1998	146	14
David Ginola	France	MF	1995–1997	75	7
Shaka Hislop	Trinidad and Tobago	GK	1995–1998	73	0
Faustino Asprilla	Colombia	FW	1996–1998	48	12
David Batty	England	MF	1996–1998	113	4
Aaron Hughes	Northern Ireland	CB	1996–2005	278	7
Alan Shearer	England	ST	1996–2006	404	206
Alessandro Pistone	Italy	LB	1997-2000	46	1
Shay Given	Ireland	GK	1997–2009	462	0
Temuri Ketsbaia	Georgia	MF	1997–2000	109	14
Nikos Dabizas	Greece	CB	1998–2003	176	13
Andy Griffin	England	RB	1998–2004	104	3
Nolberto Solano	Peru	RW	1998–2004 2005–2007	314	48
Gary Speed	Wales	MF	1998–2004	284	40
Kieron Dyer	England	MF	1999–2007	250	36
Shola Ameobi	Nigeria	FW	2000–2014	397	79
Olivier Bernard	France	LB	2000–2005 2006–2007	145	6
Craig Bellamy	Wales	FW	2001–2005	128	42
Andy O'Brien	Ireland	CB	2001–2005	162	7
Laurent Robert	France	LW	2001–2005	181	32
Jermaine Jenas	England	MF	2002–2005	152	12
Steven Taylor	England	CB	2003–present	258	15
Nicky Butt	England	MF	2004–2010	173	5
Stephen Carr	Ireland	RB	2004–2008	107	1
James Milner	England	MF	2004–2008	139	12
Charles N'Zogbia	France	MF	2004–2009	157	9
Andy Carroll	England	FW	2006–2011	91	33
Tim Krul	Netherlands	GK	2006–present	175	0
Obafemi Martins	Nigeria	FW	2006–2009	104	35
José Enrique	Spain	LB	2007–2011	129	1
Fabricio Coloccini	Argentina	CB	2008–present	247	6
Jonás Gutiérrez	Argentina	MF	2008–2015	205	12
Kevin Nolan	England	MF	2009–2011	91	30
Ryan Taylor	England	RB	2009–2015	110	10
Danny Simpson	England	RB	2009–2013	137	2
Mike Williamson	England	CB	2010–present	168	1
Cheick Tioté	Ivory Coast	MF	2010–present	131	1
Papiss Cissé	Senegal	FW	2012-present	110	41
Moussa Sissoko	France	MF	2013-present	83	10
Rolando Aarons	England	MF	2014-present	5	1
Adam Armstrong	England	FW	2014-present	15	0
Ayoze Perez	Spain	FW	2014-present	38	8
Jack Colback	England	MF	2014-present	39	4
Aleksandar Mitrovic	Serbia	FW	2015-present	6	1

Club captains

Name Period Bobby Moncur 1968–1974 Irving Nattrass 1974–1975 Geoff Nulty 1975–1978 Terry Hibbitt 1978–1979 Mick Martin 1979–1982 Kevin Keegan 1982–1984 Glenn Roeder 1984–1988 Andy Thorn 1988–1990 Roy Aitken 1990–1991 Kevin Scott 1991–1992 Brian Kilcline 1992–1993 Barry Venison 1993–1994 Peter Beardsley 1994–1997

Name Period Rob Lee 1997–1998 Alan Shearer 1998–2006 Scott Parker 2006–2007 Geremi 2007–2008 Michael Owen 2008–2009 Nicky Butt 2009–2010 Kevin Nolan 2010–2011 Fabricio Coloccini 2011–present

References

• "Newcastle United – a statistical journey". Retrieved 2007-03-23.