Steven Gerrard
Full name: Steven George Gerrard
Date of birth: May 30, 1980 (1980-05-30)
Place of birth: Whiston, England
Height: 1.84 m
Playing position: "Box-to-box" midfielder
Right-sided midfielder
Second striker
Steven George Gerrard (born 30 May 1980, Whiston, Merseyside) is an English football player. He is the captain of Liverpool, where he wears the number 8 shirt.
Steven Gerrard started out playing for local side team Whiston Juniors before signing with Liverpool, and was picked up by the Liverpool's first team scouts aged just 9, and joined the Reds as a schoolboy in 1997. He played relatively few games, with late growth spurts restricting him to only 20 games between the ages of 14 and 16.
Aged 14, Gerrard had trials with various clubs, including Manchester United. In his autobiography he claimed that this was "to pressure Liverpool into giving me a YTS contract." During this time he had an accident involving a garden fork and could have lost his toe.
Gerrard signed his first professional contract with Liverpool on the 5th of November, 1997.He made his debut for the Liverpool first team on 30 November 1998 as a second-half substitute for Vegard Heggem against Blackburn.
Gerrard is engaged to Alex Curran and they are due to marry on June 16, 2007, the same day as his England teammates Gary Neville and Michael Carrick are both set to marry.The couple have two daughters: Lilly-Ella Gerrard (born February 23, 2004) and Lexie Gerrard (born May 09, 2006).
On 1 September 2006, Steven Gerrard published his first autobiography, entitled Gerrard: My Autobiography, in which he talks extensively about his personal life, Liverpool and England careers.
On 13 December 2006, councillors of Knowsley voted to make him a Freeman of the Borough. The first person to receive the honour since 1988, other people previously honoured include Lord Wilson the former Labour Prime Minister.[18] The formal ceremony is expected to take place in 2007.
On 29 December 2006, he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to sport.
Gerrard states in his autobiography that his ambition before he retires is to get a "well done" off manager Rafa Benitez. Benitez says he does not heap praise on his captain in order to make him a better player and let him know that he has even more to offer to the Liverpool cause.
stevengerrard
Full name: Steven George Gerrard
Date of birth: May 30, 1980 (1980-05-30)
Place of birth: Whiston, England
Height: 1.84 m
Playing position: "Box-to-box" midfielder
Right-sided midfielder
Second striker
Steven George Gerrard (born 30 May 1980, Whiston, Merseyside) is an English football player. He is the captain of Liverpool, where he wears the number 8 shirt.
Steven Gerrard started out playing for local side team Whiston Juniors before signing with Liverpool, and was picked up by the Liverpool's first team scouts aged just 9, and joined the Reds as a schoolboy in 1997. He played relatively few games, with late growth spurts restricting him to only 20 games between the ages of 14 and 16.
Aged 14, Gerrard had trials with various clubs, including Manchester United. In his autobiography he claimed that this was "to pressure Liverpool into giving me a YTS contract." During this time he had an accident involving a garden fork and could have lost his toe.
Gerrard signed his first professional contract with Liverpool on the 5th of November, 1997.He made his debut for the Liverpool first team on 30 November 1998 as a second-half substitute for Vegard Heggem against Blackburn.
Gerrard is engaged to Alex Curran and they are due to marry on June 16, 2007, the same day as his England teammates Gary Neville and Michael Carrick are both set to marry.The couple have two daughters: Lilly-Ella Gerrard (born February 23, 2004) and Lexie Gerrard (born May 09, 2006).
On 1 September 2006, Steven Gerrard published his first autobiography, entitled Gerrard: My Autobiography, in which he talks extensively about his personal life, Liverpool and England careers.
On 13 December 2006, councillors of Knowsley voted to make him a Freeman of the Borough. The first person to receive the honour since 1988, other people previously honoured include Lord Wilson the former Labour Prime Minister.[18] The formal ceremony is expected to take place in 2007.
On 29 December 2006, he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to sport.
Gerrard states in his autobiography that his ambition before he retires is to get a "well done" off manager Rafa Benitez. Benitez says he does not heap praise on his captain in order to make him a better player and let him know that he has even more to offer to the Liverpool cause.
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