Cheyne Fowler
{{short description|South African-Finnish footballer (born 1982)}}
{{Update|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Cheyne Fowler
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|3|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = Cape Town, South Africa
| height = {{height|m=1.91}}
| position = Defender / Defensive midfielder
| currentclub = VPS
| clubnumber = 6
| youthyears1 = 2003–2008
| youthyears2 = 2008–2010
| youthclubs1 = Hellenic FC
| youthclubs2 = FC Haka
| years1 = 2003–2008
| years2 = 2009–2011
| years3 = 2012–
| clubs1 = FC Haka
| clubs2 = HJK Helsinki
| clubs3 = VPS
| caps1 = 117
| caps2 = 68
| caps3 = 57
| goals1 = 6
| goals2 = 6
| goals3 = 0
| club-update = 17 November 2014
}}
Cheyne Fowler (born 8 March 1982) is a South African professional footballer who plays in Finland for VPS. He previously played for FC Haka. He also holds Finnish nationality.{{cite web |url=https://www.kaleva.fi/urheilu/cheyne-fowler-hjksta-vaasan-palloseuraan/556748/ |title=Cheyne Fowler HJK:sta Vaasan Palloseuraan |date=2 November 2011 |website=Kaleva.fi |language=fi |access-date=7 January 2019}}
Early life
Fowler was born in Cape Town in 1982. His maternal grandparents and his mother Taina-Liisa had moved there from Valkeakoski, Finland, when his mother was one year old. Fowler's mother worked as an auditor and his father Anthony Fowler worked in tourism.{{cite web |url=https://www.tampereenvuokra-asunnot.fi/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Asukaslehti-1-2010.pdf |title=Kapkaupungista korutaiteilijaksi Tampereelle |date=2010 |publisher=Asukaslehti • Tule, Viihdy, Asu |language=fi |access-date=7 January 2019 |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107175049/https://www.tampereenvuokra-asunnot.fi/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Asukaslehti-1-2010.pdf |url-status=dead }} Fowler started playing football in local Hellenic FC, but moved to Finland in 2002 and joined Haka Valkeakoski's juniors.{{cite web |url=http://www.lehtiluukku.fi/lue/liigaverkko-magazine-1-2012/17152.html |title=Cheyne Fowlerilla juuret Suomessa |last1=Erävuori |first1=Mikael |date=2012 |publisher=Liigaverkko Magazine |page=11 |language=fi |access-date=7 January 2019}}
Playing career
Fowler made his professional debut in 2003, when he played for Haka in the Veikkausliiga. He spent five seasons playing for Haka, until in 2009 moved to HJK Helsinki in the Finnish capital. In January 2008, he was near to move to Avellino, but Avellino's manager was sacked and the deal collapsed.
In 2010, Fowler started his service in Finnish military as a conscript.{{cite web |url= http://www.hs.fi/urheilu/jalkapallo/veikkausliiga/artikkeli/Pukki+ja+Fowler+kuulivat+HJKn+mestaruudesta+kesken+alokasrumban/1135260648829 |title= Pukki ja Fowler kuulivat HJK:n mestaruudesta kesken alokasrumban | author= Jussi-Pekka Reponen |date= 5 October 2010 | publisher= Helsingin Sanomat |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008075131/https://www.hs.fi/urheilu/jalkapallo/veikkausliiga/artikkeli/Pukki+ja+Fowler+kuulivat+HJKn+mestaruudesta+kesken+alokasrumban/1135260648829/ |archive-date=8 October 2010 |accessdate=5 October 2010}}
On 27 October 2011 it was announced that Fowler will sign a two-year contract with VPS after his contract with HJK will expire after the 2011 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.urheilulehti.fi/jalkapallo/huttunen-veti-hihastaan-kaksi-yllatysassaa-vpsaan-loistohankintoja |title=Fowler signs for VPS |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030044100/http://www.urheilulehti.fi/jalkapallo/huttunen-veti-hihastaan-kaksi-yllatysassaa-vpsaan-loistohankintoja |archive-date=30 October 2011 |language=fi}}
Honours
=Club titles=
- Finnish championship: 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Finnish Cup: 2005, 2011
References
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External links
- [http://www.hjk.fi/joukkue/?J=1&hae=316 Profile] at [http://www.hjk.fi/ HJK.fi]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090724044316/http://www.veikkausliiga.com/Player.aspx?id=13000259 Stats] at [http://www.Veikkausliiga.com/ Veikkausliiga.com]
- [http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=55&CPID=72&pStr=Player&PLID=178187&TEID=604 Player profile at The Guardian]
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Category:Soccer players from Cape Town
Category:South African men's soccer players
Category:Finnish men's footballers
Category:Veikkausliiga players
Category:Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
Category:Vaasan Palloseura players
Category:White South African people
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Finnish people of South African descent
Category:South African people of Finnish descent
Category:21st-century South African sportsmen