Fowler a star in late-career switch to Australia

Fowler a star in late-career switch to Australia

Published Nov. 6, 2009 1:44 p.m. ET

Robbie Fowler has found a place in the sun, one where he can still be a star on the field yet be anonymous off it.

The ex-Liverpool striker, nicknamed "God" by his fans at the Kop when he was at the height of his goal-scoring powers in the English Premier League, has reinvented himself as a football missionary in a two-season deal with new Australian A-League club the North Queensland Fury.

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