Steven Gerrard | ||
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Personal information | ||
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Full name | Steven George Gerrard | |
Date of birth | 30 May 1980 | |
Place of birth | Whiston, ![]() | |
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |
Playing position | Midfielder | |
Club information | ||
Current club | ![]() | |
Youth clubs | ||
1987–1998 | ![]() | |
Senior clubs | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls) |
1998–2015 2015–2016 Total |
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504 (120) 34 (5) 538 (125) |
National team | ||
1999 2000–2014 |
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114 (21) | 4 (1)
Teams managed | ||
2018– | ![]() |
Steven George Gerrard MBE (born 30 May 1980) is an English professional football manager and former player, who is the manager of Scottish Premiership club Rangers. He spent the majority of his playing career as a central midfielder for Liverpool, with most of that time spent as club captain, as well as captaining the England national team. Regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of his generation, Gerrard was awarded the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award in 2005, and the Ballon d'Or Bronze Award. In 2009, Zinedine Zidane and Pelé said that they considered Gerrard to be the best footballer in the world. A versatile and well-rounded player, highly regarded for his leadership, Gerrard is the only footballer in history to score in an FA Cup Final, a League Cup Final, a UEFA Cup Final and a UEFA Champions League Final, winning on each occasion.
Born and raised in Whiston, Merseyside, Gerrard joined the Liverpool Academy at age 9. At age 17, he signed his first professional contract with Liverpool and made his senior debut a year later in 1998. In the 2000–01 season, Gerrard helped Liverpool secure a treble of the League Cup, the UEFA Cup and the FA Cup. A UEFA Super Cup and another League Cup followed, and Gerrard was made captain in 2003. In 2005, Gerrard led Liverpool to a historic fifth European title, scoring a crucial late goal in the group stages, and being named Man of the Match as he scored Liverpool's first goal and won a penalty kick as Liverpool came from 3–0 down to defeat Milan in what became known as the Miracle of Istanbul, regarded as one of the greatest finals in the history of the tournament.
In his 17 seasons at Anfield, Gerrard won a total of two FA Cups, three League Cups, one UEFA Champions League, one UEFA Cup, one FA Community Shield and one UEFA Super Cup. He was named in the PFA Team of the Year a record eight times, the UEFA Team of the Year and FIFA World XI three times, was named PFA Players' Player of the Year in 2006 and the FWA Footballer of the Year in 2009 and came second to Kenny Dalglish in a 2008 fan poll of "100 Players Who Shook The Kop". Despite collective and individual success, Gerrard never won the Premier League, finishing runner-up with Liverpool on three occasions. He joined Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy in 2015, spending one-and-a-half seasons there before his retirement in 2016.
At international level, Gerrard is the fourth-most capped player in the history of the England national team with 114 caps, scoring 21 goals. Gerrard made his international debut in 2000, and represented his country at the 2000, 2004 and 2012 UEFA European Football Championships, as well as the 2006, 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups, captaining the team for the latter two tournaments. He was named as the permanent England captain shortly before UEFA Euro 2012, where he was named in the UEFA Team of the Tournament. Gerrard won his 100th cap in 2012, becoming the sixth player to reach that milestone for England. Gerrard announced his retirement from international football in 2014.
After retiring from playing football, Gerrard became a coach in the Liverpool youth academy and managed their under-18 team during the 2017–18 season, before becoming manager of Scottish Premiership club Rangers in ahead of the 2018-19 season.
Contents
Club career
Early career
Liverpool
International career
National Team | Year | Friendlies | Qualifiers | Competition | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
England | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2001 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 6 | 1 | |
2002 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 5 | 1 | |
2003 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 1 | |
2004 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 | |
2005 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 8 | 1 | |
2006 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 4 | |
2007 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | – | – | 11 | 2 | |
2008 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 7 | 2 | |
2009 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | – | – | 7 | 2 | |
2010 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3 | |
2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
2012 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
2013 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | – | – | 8 | 2 | |
2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 43 | 5 | 50 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 114 | 21
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Career statistics
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Liverpool | 1998–99[176] | Premier League | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |
1999–2000[177] | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | |||||
2000–01[178] | 33 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9[a] | 2 | — | 50 | 10 | |||
2001–02[179] | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15[b] | 1 | — | 45 | 4 | |||
2002–03[180] | 34 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 11[b] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 7 | ||
2003–04[181] | 34 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8[a] | 2 | — | 47 | 6 | |||
2004–05[182] | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10[b] | 4 | — | 43 | 13 | |||
2005–06[183] | 32 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12[b] | 7 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 23 | ||
2006–07[184] | 36 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12[b] | 3 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 11 | ||
2007–08[185] | 34 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13[b] | 6 | — | 52 | 21 | |||
2008–09[186] | 31 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10[b] | 7 | — | 44 | 24 | |||
2009–10[187] | 33 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13[b] | 2 | — | 49 | 12 | |||
2010–11[188] | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 4 | — | 24 | 8 | |||
2011–12[189] | 18 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | 28 | 9 | |||||
2012–13[190] | 36 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8[a] | 1 | — | 46 | 10 | |||
2013–14[191] | 34 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 39 | 14 | |||||
2014–15[192] | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6[b] | 2 | — | 37 | 13 | |||
Career total | 504 | 120 | 42 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 128 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 708 | 186
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Honours
Club
- FA Cup (2): 2000–01, 2005–06
- League Cup (3): 2000–01, 2002–03, 2011–12
- FA Community Shield (2): 2001, 2006
- UEFA Champions League (1): 2004–05
- UEFA Cup (1): 2000–01
- UEFA Super Cup (2): 2001, 2005
Individual
External links
- Steven Gerrard FIFA competition record
- Liverpool F.C. profile
- BBC Sport profile
- Steven Gerrard career stats at Soccerbase
- Profile and stats at LFChistory.net
- ESPN profile
Rangers F.C. squad - 2020–21 |
1 McGregor · 2 Tavernier (c) · 4 Edmundson · 5 Helander · 6 Goldson · 7 Murphy · 8 Jack · 9 Defoe · 10 Davis · 11 Ojo · 13 Foderingham · 14 Kent · 15 Flanagan · 16 Halliday · 17 Aribo · 18 Kamara · 19 Katić · 20 Morelos · 21 Barker · 22 Jones · 23 Docherty · 24 Stewart · 25 Polster · 26 Firth · 29 King · 31 Barišić · 33 Barjonas · 35 Grezda · 37 Arfield · 51 Mayo · |
Current Scottish Premiership managers |
McInnes (Aberdeen) · N. Lennon (Celtic) · McIntyre (Dundee) · Rice (Hamilton Academical) · Levein (Heart of Midlothian) · Heckingbottom (Hibernian) · Clarke (Kilmarnock) · Holt (Livingston) · Robinson (Motherwell) · Gerrard (Rangers) · Wright (St Johnstone) · Kearney (St Mirren) |
Rangers Football Club - Managers |
Wilton (1899–1920) • Struth (1920–54) • Symon (1954–67) • White (1967–69) • Thorntonc (1969) • Waddell (1969–72) • Wallace (1972–78) • McLeanc (1978) • Greig (1978–83) • Wallace (1983–86) • Tottenc (1986) • Smithc (1986) • Souness (1986–91) • Smith (1991–98) • Advocaat (1998–2001) • McLeish (2001–06) • Le Guen (2006–07) • Durrantc (2007) • Smith (2007–11) • McCoist (2011–14) • McDowallc (2014–15) • McCallc (2015) • Warburton (2015–17) • Murtyc (2017) • Caixinha (2017) • Murty (2017–18) • Nichollc (2018) • Gerrard (2018–) |
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England – UEFA Euro 2000 |
1. Seaman 2. G. Neville 3. P. Neville 4. Campbell 5. Adams 6. Keown 7. Beckham 8. Scholes 9. Shearer 10. Owen 11. McManaman 12. Southgate 13. Martyn 14. Ince 15. Barry 16. Gerrard 17. Wise 18. Barmby 19. Heskey 20. Phillips 21. Fowler 22. Wright
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England – UEFA Euro 2004 |
1. James 2. G. Neville 3. A. Cole 4. Gerrard 5. Terry 6. Campbell 7. Beckham 8. Scholes 9. Rooney 10. Owen 11. Lampard 12. Bridge 13. Robinson 14. P. Neville 15. King 16. Carragher 17. Butt 18. Hargreaves 19. J. Cole 20. Dyer 21. Heskey 22. Walker 23. Vassell
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England – 2006 FIFA World Cup - Quarter-finals |
1. Robinson 2. Neville 3. A. Cole 4. Gerrard 5. Ferdinand 6. Terry 7. Beckham 8. Lampard 9. Rooney 10. Owen 11. J. Cole 12. Campbell 13. James 14. Bridge 15. Carragher 16. Hargreaves 17. Jenas 18. Carrick 19. Lennon 20. Downing 21. Crouch 22. Carson 23. Walcott
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England – 2010 FIFA World Cup – Knockout stage |
1. James 2. Johnson 3. A. Cole 4. Gerrard 5. Dawson 6. Terry 7. Lennon 8. Lampard 9. Crouch 10. Rooney 11. J. Cole 12. Green 13. Warnock 14. Barry 15. Upson 16. Milner 17. Wright-Phillips 18. Carragher 19. Defoe 20. King 21. Heskey 22. Carrick 23. Hart
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England – UEFA Euro 2012 |
1. Hart 2. Johnson 3. Cole 4. Gerrard (c) 5. Kelly 6. Terry 7. Walcott 8. Henderson 9. Carroll 10. Rooney 11. Young 12. Baines 13. Green 14. Jones 15. Lescott 16. Milner 17. Parker 18. Jagielka 19. Downing 20. Chamberlain 21. Defoe 22. Welbeck 23. Butland
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England – 2014 FIFA World Cup – Group stage |
1. Hart 2. Johnson 3. Baines 4. Gerrard (c) 5. Cahill 6. Jagielka 7. Wilshere 8. Lampard 9. Sturridge 10. Rooney 11. Welbeck 12. Smalling 13. Foster 14. Henderson 15. Chamberlain 16. Jones 17. Milner 18. Lambert 19. Sterling 20. Lallana 21. Barkley 22. Forster 23. Shaw
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- Midfielders
- Liverpool F.C. players
- Players
- English players
- 2014 FIFA World Cup players
- 1980 births
- Living people
- 2010 FIFA World Cup players
- 2006 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 2012 players
- Los Angeles Galaxy players
- Retired Players
- UEFA Euro 2000 players
- UEFA Euro 2004 players
- Premier League players
- Liverpool F.C. non-playing staff
- Rangers F.C. managers