# Eddie Howe

Edward John Frank Howe (; born 29 November 1977) is an English professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of AFC Bournemouth. Taking charge of the club on the brink of relegation from the Football League in 2008, Howe would subsequently guide Bournemouth from the bottom of League Two to the Premier League for the first time in club history, being named Football League Manager of the Decade in 2015 following three promotions over a seven year period.A defender before retirement, Howe also spent the majority of his playing career with Bournemouth, coming up through the youth system and spending eight years with the club, before returning for a second three year spell to end his career, retiring from the professional game in 2007. He entered management the following year, taking charge of a Bournemouth side facing relegation to the Conference National in January 2009 as the youngest manager in the Football League.