Tim Howard

About Tim Howard

1 Senior club appearances and goals

counted for the domestic league only and

correct as of 10:39, 28 September 2008 (UTC).

2 National team caps and goals correct

as of 16:59, 6 June 2008 (UTC).

* Appearances (Goals)

Timothy Matthew "Tim" Howard (born March 6, 1979, in North Brunswick, New Jersey, United States) is a football (soccer) goalkeeper, currently playing for Everton, as well as being the first choice goalkeeper for the United States national team.

Tim Howard was born in North Brunswick, New Jersey, USA to Matthew Howard, an African-American, and Esther Howard, a Caucasian woman born in Hungary. His parents divorced when he was three years old, so Howard lived with his mother, a project manager for a cosmetics distributor. His father, a long-distance truck driver for a health-care firm, nonetheless maintained a presence in his life. It was his father, in fact, who was determined to get Tim and his brother, Chris, involved in sports. Before the two could walk, he bought them equipment for various sports to see which games they preferred. Tim showed a preference for basketball and soccer.