Full name:
Place of Birth:
Whiston, Merseyside
Height:
6'1ft
Weight:
82 kg
Position:
Midfielder
Nickname(s):
Stevie, Steve
Wife / girlfriend:
Alex Curran
Lives in:
Liverpool, England
Club information
Current club:
Liverpool (1998 - )
Previous clubs:
Whiston Junior
National team:
England
About Steven Gerrard
Steven Gerrard was born in Whiston Merseyide, a suburb of Liverpool England in 1980. He started his successful professional soccer career in 1998 on the club team Liverpool. He went on to become the captain in 2005, and to this date has not changed teams. His precise kicks, touch tackling, and ability to play at both right and left back brought him attention from renowned manager Kevin Keegan, who promoted him to play on the national team, in the European Cup in 2000. Currently, Steven Gerrard proceeds to gain more awards and recognition for his phenomenal performances on both the international and club level.
Background
Steven Gerrard was born in Whiston, a suburb of Liverpool, England on May 30, 1980. While growing up he was a huge fan of the professional soccer clubLiverpool, and dreamed of one day becoming captain of the team. He started playing soccer at a young age for the Whiston Juniors. By the age of eight, he was noticed by Liverpool scouts and joined their youth program in 1987. At the age of 14, he was scouted by other various organizations such Manchester United. However, Steven Gerrard found his home to be at Liverpool, where he pressured the owners into signing him into a youth training scheme contract. In 1997 he signed his first professional contract with Liverpool, but did not get a chance to start in a game till the 1999-2000
seasons. Currently, Steve Gerrard is fulfilling his childhood dream and captains the club team Liverpool and England’s national team.
Club Football
Liverpool 1998-99: Steven Gerrard made his professional debut this year as a substitute. November 29th, 1998, was the first time went he actually got into the game after an injury to Vegard Heggem. His next appearance on the field was during the UEFA Cup against Celta Vigo, taking the place of Jamie Redknapp. He finished of the season with 13 appearances on the field without scoring a goal.
1999-2000 Gerrard started out the 1999 season as central midfielder. After only starting in six games, he got sent back to the bench during a game versus Everson. However, he still ended up playing in that same game as a substitute for Robbie Fowler.
The only time he scored during the 2000 season was in a victory to Sheffield Wednesday. After suffering from back and groin injuries, following doctors orders he sat out for the rest of the season, and he was not able to play at the international level.
2000-2001: This year brought a lot of success to Steven Gerrard. He overcame all of his injuries and was able to start in UEFA Champion's League, Premier League, and English FA cup. Steve Gerrard made the game winning goal to decide the UEFA Championship League Finals against Deportivo Alavés. His game winning kick was voted one of the top goals in Liverpool's Premiership Goals, and gave him the credibility to become England's Young Player of the Year that year. Liverpool ended up having their “treble season” winning the Premier League, English FA Cup, and UEFA Champion's League.
2002: Due to personal problems that Gerrard was going through with his parents divorcing in 2002, he was not playing at the top of his game, not scoring any goals in the UEFA Champion League. But, as the FA Cup approached, Steven went back to his old style of playing scoring five goals and starting in thirty two games. He scored one of two goals in a victory against rival Manchester United.
2003-2004: Due to his growing success, experience playing for the team, and the arrival of new manager Rafael Benítez he was offered the captain position in 2003. Along with that title he acquired a lot of expectations, such as to inspire other players to elevate their performance.
In the start of the 2004 Liverpool doing well due to the departure of Michael Owen to Real Madrid, a foot Injury to Gerrard that would put him out of play till November 2004, and the lead striker also being injured. However, Steven came back with a bang, scoring a critical goal in the last five minutes against the Greek team Olympiakos, in order to secure the teams spot in the last sixteen of the Champions League. The team went on to reach the final, but did not end up winning the championship.
2005-2006: This season was the most fruitful for Steven Gerrard. His success started out in the final game of the Champion's League against AC Milan, where he led his team to an impressive come from behind victory. While trailing AC Milan 3-0 in the 54th minute, Gerrard scored the first goal in a 3 goal come from behind tie during regular game play. Liverpool ended up winning the game in a penalty kick shootout.
When the FA Cup came around he took his team to a first place victory scoring 10 goals in thirty two starts during the season. Gerrard scored a 35 yard goal game tying goal in stoppage time to send the game into extra time. He won the match by scoring the game winning goal in a shootout .He became the UEFA's Most Valuable Player, and came in third in BBC's Sports Personality of the Year. His most valued accomplishment this season was being voted the PFA Player of the Year by his fellow team mates, the first player to do so since John Barnes in 1988.
2006-2007: Gerrard added the FA Community Shield to his collection of prizes. He substituted Boudewijn Zenden in the hour mark in the game between the winners of the FA Cup and the FA Premier League Champions. This season Liverpool ended up third in the Premier League, with Gerrard scoring only seven goals in 35 starts
Success this season came in the Champions League when Liverpool defeated Barcelona in order to get to the championship game against AC Milan. Unfortunately they lost the game, 2-1 with kuyt scoring the only goal for that match.
England Steven Gerrard made his first appearance on the world stage on May 31, 2000 in a game against Ukraine, during the European Cup Championship, while substituting for fellow Liverpool star Michael Owen. Unfortunately, England did not end up going far in the cup that year.
In 2001 Steve made his first international goal against Germany in the upset 1-5 for the FIFA World Cup qualifying match. Although, England qualified for the FIFA World Cup in 2002, but Gerrard was not able to play due to surgery in order to repair his groin injury, so that he could compete on the club level next season.
It was only till 2004 that Gerrard played a significant role on the world stage, in the European Championship. His first start was in a game against France, when his pass got intercepted by Thierry Henry, who was then brought down by David James, winning France a penalty kick which went for a goal. England ended up losing that game 2 to 1. The next two games England ended up winning, with Gerard scoring his first finals goal against Switzerland. England ended up losing in the next round to Portugal, with Gerrard being substituted in the 81st minute of the game.
Then in 2006 a few days before the FIFA World Cup Steven Gerrard suffered an injury which could have prevented him from playing the first game his second consecutive FIFA World Cup. Due to his strength and strong will to play on the world's greatest stage, he ended up starting against Portugal. England won that game 1-0. Gerrard ended up scoring only two goals for the rest of England's run in the FIFA World Cup. The first goal was a long ranged curved strike against Trinidad and Tobago during injury time. The second goal which he scored was against Sweden, when he headed the ball in the 85th minute for the game.
Due the absence of John Terry from England's squad, he was named the new team captain for England on February 5th 2008. However, his new position on the team is not set in stone and according to manager Fabio Capello 'I have made it clear already that I am not going to name a permanent captain until the Andorra match at the start of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers. However, his future on the international stage seems to be bright, since the manager has nothing but praise for the Liverpool captain saying that" I think Steven Gerrard is important for everyone because he is a player who can motivate other players and transmit ideas”.
International Goals
| Date | Team | Competition | Goals Scored |
| 9/1/2001 | Germany | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier | - |
| 10/16/2001 | FYR Macedonia | UEFA World qualifier | - |
| 6/3/2003 | Serbia and Montenegro | Friendly Match | - |
| 6/17/04 | Switzerland | UEFA Euro 2004 | - |
| 9/4/2004 | Austria | 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifier | - |
| 3/30/05 | Azerbaijan | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier | - |
| 5/30/2006 | Hungary | Friendly Match | - |
| 6/16/2006 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2006 FIFA World Cup | - |
| 6/20/2006 | Sweden | 2006 FIFA World Cup | - |
| 9/2/2006 | Andorra | UEFA Euro Qualifier | - |
| 3/28/2007 | Andorra | UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifier | - |
Liverpool
· 2001 European SuperCup winner (Liverpool)
· 2001 UEFA Cup winner (Liverpool)
· 2001 FA Cup winner (Liverpool)
· 2001 League Cup winner (Liverpool)
· 2003 League Cup winner (Liverpool)
· 2005 Champions League winner (Liverpool)
· 2005 League Cup Finals (Liverpool)
· 2006 FA Cup winner (Liverpool)
England
§ European Championship Finals 2000,
§ European Championship Finals 2004
Personal Awards
| Previous Winner | Award | Year | Successor |
| Sami Hyypiä | Liverpool F.C. Captain | 2003- | - |
| Harry Kewell | PFA Young Player of the Year | 2001 | Craig Bellamy |
| Team | Season | Domestic League | Domestic Cups | International | Total | ||||||||
| M | G | A | M | G | A | M | G | A | M | G | A | ||
| 1998-99 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 1999-00 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2000-01 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |||||
| 2001-02 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |||||
| 2002-03 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| 2003-04 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |||||
| 2004-05 | 30 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | |||||
| 2005-06 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | |||||
| 2006-07 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | |||||
| 2007-08 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | |||||
| Total | 291 | 53 | 21 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 85 | 23 | |||||
M = Matches, G = Goals, A = Assists
Steven Gerrard is a family man, and in his free time enjoys spending time with his two young daughters and wife. His oldest daughter Lilly-Ella Gerrard is currently four years old and Lexie Gerrard his youngest daughter is about to turn two years old . Although he does not get much time off, he still ends up finding time to spend with them.
He has a deep love for the city of Liverpool, and has lived there for all of his life. He is considered somewhat of a hero for that city.
He also enjoys writing in his free time and even wrote an autobiography about his life entitled Gerrard: My Autobiography. His autobiography was awarded the Sports Book of the Year by the Galaxy British Book awards and even beat Pele's autobiography.
On October 1st 2007 he got into some controversy, when he hit a ten year old boy named Jamie Hellawell with his Bentley Continental Convertible Jamie, the little boy, had just gotten out of school and started walking across the street, when he was unexpectedly hit. Steven Gerrard was driving slowly, so the child only experience mild fractures to his left tibia and Fibula. Gerrard had stayed with the boy until the paramedics got had arrived on the scene
Steven was very apologetic about his actions. He even went as far as visiting the child in the hospital and bringing him a signed England jersey and cleats from the boy's favourite soccer player Wayne Rooney.
Steven Gerrard is married to Alex Curran, an English supermodel, and fashion columnist for the Daily Mirror. She was born in Norris Green, Liverpool, was raised in Maghull, and attended Maghull High School. She had started dating Steven back in 2002.The couple got married in Civilden on June 16th at the Cliveden House in Berkshire. She is considered a W.A.G; one of the leading wives of English soccer starts just like Victoria Beckham, and is constantly under the spotlight of the British tabloids and press.
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