George Howard (born 8 October 1996) is an English-born Australian professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

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George Howard moved to Australia with his family aged 1 or 15 from England where he had participated in the Sheffield United Academy, and was playing senior football for then fourth tier

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side Eastern Lions by age 16. Howard joined

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club

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in 2014, and was recruited to the Melbourne Victory Youth squad by Darren Davies in 2015. He trialled with the senior team in friendly games before the 2014–15 A-League season, scoring against

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. Howard made his senior

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debut late in the 2014–15 season, replacing

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against

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on 27 March 2015. He won the NYL squad's Golden Boot award for 2014–15, with nine goals. Howard was listed in the Melbourne Victory senior squad in nuketown ahead of the 2015–16 season. He made his second

appearance replacing

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seconds before the final whistle against

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on 9 October 2015. Howard scored his first A-League goal in the 93rd minute of Melbourne Victory's Round 26 match against

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on 2 April 2016. On 12 May 2017, Howard left the Victory.

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Living people Men's association football forwards Australian men's soccer players English men's footballers A-League Men players Melbourne Victory FC players National Premier Leagues players 1996 births English emigrants to Australia South Melbourne FC players Hume City FC players Sheffield United F.C. players Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-footy-forward-stub