Robbie Fowler was born on April 9th 1975 and was brought up on the Toxteth estate in Liverpool, England. As a youngster he supported Everton. While at Nugent Secondary school he was selected to play for Liverpool Schools Under-14's where he was spotted by Jim Aspinall, a scout from Liverpool Football Club. Two Years later he signed on as a YTS trainee and on April 9th 1992, on his 17th birthday, Fowler signed professional forms. Fowler helped England Under-18's win the European Championship in the summer of 1993. Robbie Fowler was given his professional debut for Liverpool by Greame Souness against Fulham in the League Cup in September 1993. Fowler scored in a 3-1 win and in the second leg two weeks later scored all five of Liverpool's goals in a 5-0 win, becoming only the fourth player in Liverpool's history to score five goals in a senior fixture. In only his fifth league game Fowler scored his first Premiership hat-trick against Southampton. 12 goals in his first 13 games for Liverpool led to Fowler making his England Under-21 debut against San Marino in November 1993, and he scored the opening goal after 3 minutes. By the end of the 1993/94 season Fowler had scored 18 goals in a brilliant debut season, finishing as Liverpool's leading goalscorer despite missing two months with a hairline fracture on his ankle.
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