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Kewell traveled to England with his future Socceroo team-mate Brett Emerton.
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Kewell and traveled
At the age of 14, Kewell traveled to Thailand, Italy and England with the successful Marconi under-14 team that had recently won the state titles.
Kewell and England
At the age of 15, Kewell was offered the opportunity to travel back to England and trial with Premiership football club Leeds United for a period of four weeks as part of the Big Brother Movement in Australia.
Kewell returned to England with a groin strain, unfortunately leaving less time to prove himself worthy of a new deal.
According to media reports, Kewell was keen to spend more time with wife and their three young children, after playing with Turkish club Galatasaray for the past three seasons while his family was based in England.
Kewell and with
In a related matter, Kewell sued Lineker in 2005 for defamation of character, but, with the jury unable to agree on a verdict, the parties had to settle out of court.
Kewell scored his first ever goal for Liverpool in a 3-0 away win over greatest rivals Everton in the Merseyside derby with a great first time strike.
Kewell completed his first ever season at Anfield equal second with Emile Heskey by scoring seven goals, nine behind Michael Owen as Liverpool's top goalscorer for the 2003-04 Premier League season.
The gamble proved unsuccessful, and an injured Kewell was substituted early in the first half with a torn abductor muscle.
Liverpool were losing 1 – 0 at the time and Kewell was infamously booed off the pitch by Liverpool fans with many suggesting he had faked the injury.
It also emerged during the summer of 2005 that Kewell had been playing throughout the season with an undiagnosed sports hernia, also known as ' Gilmore's groin.
Many believed that if Kewell could stay injury free until the season's end he would be offered the chance to remain with the club.
Benítez revealed that Kewell was in extra training with the reserves in a bid to win a new contract.
On 5 July 2008, reigning Turkish Süper Lig champions, Galatasaray, signed Kewell to a two-year deal, and he was presented with the number 19 shirt.
Kewell made his debut for Galatasaray in the Turkish Super Cup where he came on as a substitute on the 66th minute, scoring his first goal for Galatasaray just 20 seconds later with his first touch in the 2 – 1 win over Kayserispor, while also providing the assist for the second goal.
A week later Kewell played in Galatasaray's first Turkish Cup match where they drew 1 – 1 with Ankaraspor.
Following a solid but not sensational season at Galatasaray there had been continual speculation that Kewell could be heading back home to Australia, with the Newcastle Jets reportedly a keen investor.
Galatasaray finished in eighth spot on the Süper Lig table with 46 points as Kewell scored 5 goals in 20 appearances for the 2010 – 11 season.
Di Pietro said that Kewell was about to holiday with his family and had indicated he would seriously consider the Melbourne Victory offer.
On 25 June, it was reported that several clubs were hoping to lure Kewell to Australia and Adelaide United chairman Greg Griffin said that his club would not stand in the FFA's way if a deal-even with fierce rival Melbourne Victory-required an " additional kick ".
On 28 June, it was reported by Fox Sports Australia that Eddie McGuire said Kewell would be officially presented with a Melbourne Victory shirt when the Melbourne side would face Scottish side Celtic in a friendly at AAMI Park on 13 July, which proved untrue.
On 4 August, ABC Melbourne reported that after patient negotiating with Kewell's agent Bernie Mandic since June 2011, Melbourne Victory had given Kewell an ultimatum to sign by that Thursday or to find somewhere else to play for the 2011 – 2012 season.
On 20 August 2011 it was announced Kewell had signed a three year contract with A-League club Melbourne Victory.
Melbourne was hyped up with " Kewell Fever " with many hundreds of fans welcoming him at Melbourne Airport and over two thousand fans attending AAMI Park, where he was given his number 22 jersey by chairman Anthony del Pietro.
Kewell and future
Kewell was injured for the start of the 2007 – 08 season, and he faced an uncertain future at Liverpool having suffered yet another injury, which sidelined him for the first month of the Premier League season.
Kewell and Socceroo
In January, fellow Socceroo teammate and captain Lucas Neill would join Kewell at Galatasaray after he was transferred from Everton.
Neill signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Galatasaray, linking up with Socceroo teammate Harry Kewell.
Graham Arnold was named as source in row between Harry Kewell and Robbie Slater Slater was involved in a controversy with former Socceroo Craig Foster, who Slater accused of having a bias towards English people.
Kewell and Brett
Two years later, managed by Dutchman Guus Hiddink and composed of many 2004 Oceania Nations Cup scorers such as Tim Cahill, Harry Kewell, Mark Bresciano, Brett Emerton, John Aloisi, Australia reached the Second Round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
Kewell and .
In 2005, Lineker was sued for defamation by Australian footballer Harry Kewell over comments Lineker had made writing in his column in the Sunday Telegraph about Kewell's transfer from Leeds United to Liverpool.
Harry Kewell playing for Australia.
A number of major international stars have played for the national team in recent years, including Tim Cahill, Mark Viduka, Mark Schwarzer and Harry Kewell.
Leeds were still in a poor financial state and Reid was forced to sell Harry Kewell and bring in cheaper signings from abroad as replacements.
Harold " Harry " Kewell ( born 22 September 1978 ) is an Australian football ( soccer ) player, who is currently a free agent.
Kewell scored a goal against Croatia which took Australia through to the knockout stages of the 2006 World Cup, the Australian national team's second World Cup.
Kewell also has a British passport through his father's heritage.
Former Middlesbrough midfielder-turned pundit Robbie Mustoe named Kewell as one of the greatest players he had played against but questioned his consistency and attitude after his initial injuries.
On 12 July 2012, Harry Kewell was named Australia's greatest football player in voting by Australian fans, players and media, at a gala ceremony in Sydney.
Kewell received his early schooling at Smithfield Public School and secondary schooling at St. Johns Park High School before transferring to Westfield Sports High School.
During his time at Westfields Sports High School, Kewell played at representative level for both school and club competitions.
This was the first time Kewell had been out of the country but provided him his first taste of football in Europe, having also attended a Premier League match for the first time as a spectator.
Both were successful during their trials at Leeds ; however, only Kewell was able to take up the club's offer due to his father's English heritage, which satisfied the visa requirements.
Kewell played for two seasons in the Leeds United youth-team, his first game for youth-team was against Sunderland in 1995 and scored his first hat-trick against Rotherham on 7 December 1996.
Kewell was handed his first team debut at the age of 17 in a 1-0 home defeat against Middlesbrough on 30 March 1996.
In 1997, Kewell was part of the Leeds United youth-team that claimed the 1996 – 97 FA Youth Cup final in a 3-1 aggregate win against Crystal Palace.
Playing mostly in a left midfield role and in attack, Kewell became one of Leeds ' young stars in a troop of highly promising youngsters, eventually playing alongside fellow Australian Mark Viduka.
In the 1999-00 season, on the back of his most successful season at Leeds where he also won PFA Young Player of the Year was selected in the PFA Team of the Year, Italian giants, Internazionale, had unsuccessfully bid £ 25m for Kewell but Leeds rejected the offer citing his value to their side.
However, the club began to suffer financial difficulties and, by 2002 – 03, having sold many of their best players, Kewell and Viduka's efforts in front of goal merely delayed Leeds ' slide from being relegated from the Premiership.
Kewell left Leeds under acrimonious circumstances.
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