Louie Donowa

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Louie Donowa

| image =

| fullname = Brian Louie Donowa

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|9|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ipswich, England

| youthyears1 = 1980–1982| youthclubs1 = Norwich City

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}{{cite book |editor-last=Sewell |editor-first=Albert |title=News of the World Football Annual 1996–97 |publisher=Invincible Press |location=London |date=1996 |page=401 |isbn=978-0-00-218737-4}}

| position = Midfielder

| years1 = 1982–1986| clubs1 = Norwich City |caps1 = 62 |goals1 = 11

| years2 = 1985 | clubs2 = → Stoke City (loan) |caps2 = 4 |goals2 = 1

| years3 = 1986–1989| clubs3 = Deportivo La Coruña |caps3 = 85 |goals3 = 20

| years4 = 1989 | clubs4 = Willem II |caps4 = 13 |goals4 = 4

| years5 = 1989–1990| clubs5 = Ipswich Town |caps5 = 23 |goals5 = 1

| years6 = 1990–1991| clubs6 = Bristol City |caps6 = 24 |goals6 = 3

| years7 = 1991–1997| clubs7 = Birmingham City |caps7 = 116|goals7 = 18

| years8 = 1993 | clubs8 = → Burnley (loan) |caps8 = 4 |goals8 = 0

| years9 = 1993 | clubs9 = → Crystal Palace (loan) |caps9 = 0 |goals9 = 0

| years10 = 1994 | clubs10 = → Shrewsbury Town (loan) |caps10 = 4 |goals10 = 0

| years11 = 1996 | clubs11 = → Walsall (loan) |caps11 = 6 |goals11 = 1

| years12 = 1996–1997| clubs12 = → Peterborough United (loan)|caps12 = 6 |goals12 = 1

| years13 = 1997 | clubs13 = Peterborough United |caps13 = 17 |goals13 = 0

| years14 = 1997 | clubs14 = Walsall |caps14 = 6 |goals14 = 0

| years15 = 1997–1998| clubs15 = Ayr United |caps15 = 9 |goals15 = 0

| years16 = 1998 | clubs16 = Inter Turku |caps16 = 4 |goals16 = 1

| years17 = 1999–2000| clubs17 = Boston United |caps17 = 1 |goals17 = 0

| years18 = 2000 | clubs18 = Tamworth |caps18 = |goals18 =

| nationalyears1 = 1985

| nationalteam1 = England U21

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Brian Louie Donowa (born 24 September 1964) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger.{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Tony|title=The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City|year=1994|publisher=Lion Press|isbn=0-9524151-0-0}} He made nearly 400 appearances for a variety of clubs in the Football League and also played in several other European countries.

Playing career

Born in Ipswich, Suffolk, Donowa began his career with Norwich City. He was a member of the Norwich youth team that won the FA Youth Cup in 1983 and the side that won the League Cup in 1985. He was capped by England under-21s during his time at Carrow Road. In 1985–86 Donowa spent time out on loan at Stoke City where he played five times scoring once which came in a 3–2 win away at Millwall. In March 1986 he signed for Spanish club Deportivo de La Coruña for a fee of £50,000. After four years at the Estadio Riazor he played for a short time at Dutch side Willem II.

In 1989, he returned to England and played for Ipswich Town, Bristol City, Birmingham City, Burnley, Crystal Palace, Shrewsbury Town, Walsall and Peterborough United. He then played in Scotland for Ayr United and Finland with Inter Turku.

Career statistics

Source:{{ENFA}}

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|FA Cup !colspan="2"\|League Cup !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan=5\|Norwich City \|1982–83 \|First Division \|1	0	0	0	1	0	1{{efn\|name=FLGC\|Appearances in Football League Group Cup}}	0	3	0
1983–84 \|First Division \|25	4	1	0	6	0	0	0	32	4
1984–85 \|First Division \|34	7	2	1	8	3	0	0	44	11
1985–86 \|Second Division \|2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
colspan=2\|Total !62	11	3	1	15	3	1	0	81	15
Stoke City (loan) \|1985–86 \|Second Division \|4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
rowspan=5\|Deportivo La Coruña \|1985–86 \|Segunda División \|11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	2
1986–87 \|Segunda División \|36	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	9
1987–88 \|Segunda División \|31	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	9
1988–89 \|Segunda División \|9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
colspan=2\|Total !87	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	87	20
Willem II \|1988–89 \|Eredivisie \|13	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	4
Ipswich Town \|1989–90 \|Second Division \|23	1	2	0	2	0	3{{efn\|name=FMC\|Appearances in Full Members' Cup}}	1	30	2
Bristol City \|1990–91 \|Second Division \|24	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	26	3
rowspan=7\|Birmingham City \|1991–92 \|Third Division \|26	2	1	0	5	0	0	0	32	2
1992–93 \|First Division \|21	2	0	0	2	0	4{{efn\|name=AIC\|Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup}}	0	27	2
1993–94 \|First Division \|21	5	1	0	4	0	1{{efn\|name=AIC}}	0	27	5
1994–95 \|Second Division \|31	9	5	0	3	0	6{{efn\|name=FLT\|Appearances in Football League Trophy}}	1	45	10
1995–96 \|First Division \|13	0	1	0	8	0	2{{efn\|name=AIC}}	1	24	1
1996–97 \|First Division \|4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
colspan=2\|Total !116	18	8	0	23	0	13	2	160	20
Burnley (loan) \|1992–93 \|Second Division \|4	0	0	0	0	0	2{{efn\|name=FLT}}	0	6	0
Shrewsbury Town (loan) \|1993–94 \|Third Division \|4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Walsall (loan) \|1996–97 \|Second Division \|6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
Peterborough United \|1996–97 \|Second Division \|22	1	0	0	0	0	5{{efn\|name=FLT}}	0	27	1
Walsall \|1997–98 \|Second Division \|6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	0
colspan="3"\|Career total !371	60	15	2	41	3	24	3	451	68

Honours

Norwich City

FA Youth Cup: 1983
Football League Cup: 1984–85

Birmingham City

Football League Second Division: 1994–95
Football League Trophy: 1994–95{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/fry-s-delight-as-carlisle-succumb-to-sudden-death-1616946.html |title=Fry's delight as Carlisle succumb to sudden death |first=Trevor |last=Haylett |website=The Independent |date=24 April 1995 |access-date=29 April 2024}}

References

{{cite book|title=Canary Citizens|author1=Mark Davage|author2= John Eastwood|author3= Kevin Platt|publisher=Jarrold Publishing|year=2001|ISBN=0-7117-2020-7}}