Where is Emile Heskey now?
Highly regarded at every club he played for and one of the few players who have scored over 100 goals in the Premier League, Emile Heskey retired from playing in 2016 after two seasons playing in the Championship with Bolton Wanderers.
Throughout his career he was often unfairly criticised for his lack of goals as a striker. but he was often played as a target man whose job was to hold the ball up for other natural finishers.
An example of his effectiveness in this role was during his time at Liverpool where he played alongside Robbie Fowler and Michael Owen who had his best-ever scoring record during Heskey’s four seasons at the club.
Domestically, he won a decent amount of silverware – two League Cups with Leicester City and two League Cups, the FA Cup, the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup with Liverpool.
He also represented the England national side on 62 occasions and was part of the squad that participated in the UEFA 2000 and 2004 European Championships as well as the 2002 and 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals.
Since retiring from playing, Heskey has dipped his toe into coaching and has assisted at Bolton Wanderers and also Mansfield Town and obtained his Level 2 badges.
In 2020 he joined a UEFA management course and took an ambassadorial role with Leicester City’s women’s side before moving into a technical coaching role with them in February 2021.
In October 2021 he was appointed in his current role as Leicester City’s Head of Women’s Development where he oversees coaching, performance and recruitment at both senior and academy levels. He also does ambassadorial work for the club.
Heskey, along with other former footballers including Gaizka Mendieta and Stiliyan Petrov have also founded the Player4Player network which ‘offers guidance and support across a range of services to ensure those in the professional game can achieve their absolute potential throughout and beyond their playing careers‘.
He is also occasionally seen on our screens as a pundit and match analyst stations such as Premier League TV and Sky Sports.
Follow on Twitter @EmileHeskeyUK or on Instagram theemileheskey
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Emile Heskey: Premier League Statistics
| Nationality | English |
| Position | Striker |
| Appearances | 516 |
| Goals Scored | 110 |
| Yellow Cards | 62 |
| Red Cards | 3 |
| Premier League Teams Played for | Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Leicester City, Liverpool, Wigan Athletic |
Statistics courtesy of www.premierleague.com
Last Updated on 18 October 2023 by Admin