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Steven Gerrard Stats & Bio


 Steven Gerrard Player Profile
 Released - End of Contract

Real name Steven Gerrard Place of birth Whiston
Age Born 30 May, 1980 Nationality England
Height 6ft (1.83m) Date Signed 01 Aug, 1998
Weight 12st 9lb (80.27kg) Fee Trainee

LEAGUE LEAGUE FA CUP FA CUP LGE CUP LGE CUP OTHER OTHER
APPS GLS APPS GLS APPS GLS APPS GLS
366 (37) 120 37 (5) 14 25 (5) 9 117 (15) 42

Appearances

Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
1998-1999 12 0 0 1 0 13
1999-2000 29 2 0 0 0 31
2000-2001 33 4 4 9 0 50
2001-2002 28 2 0 15 0 45
2002-2003 34 2 6 11 1 54
2003-2004 34 3 2 8 0 47
2004-2005 30 0 3 10 0 43
2005-2006 32 6 1 12 2 53
2006-2007 36 1 1 12 1 51
2007-2008 34 3 2 13 0 52
2008-2009 31 3 0 10 0 44
2009-2010 33 2 1 13 0 49
2010-2011 21 1 0 2 0 24
2011-2012 18 6 4 0 0 28
2012-2013 36 1 1 8 0 46
2013-2014 34 3 2 0 0 39
2014-2015 29 3 3 6 0 41
Total Cards 504 42 30 130 4 710

Goals

Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
1998-1999 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999-2000 1 0 0 0 0 1
2000-2001 7 1 0 2 0 10
2001-2002 3 0 0 1 0 4
2002-2003 5 0 2 0 0 7
2003-2004 4 0 0 2 0 6
2004-2005 7 0 2 4 0 13
2005-2006 10 4 1 7 1 23
2006-2007 7 0 1 3 0 11
2007-2008 11 3 1 6 0 21
2008-2009 16 0 1 7 0 24
2009-2010 9 1 0 2 0 12
2010-2011 4 0 0 4 0 8
2011-2012 5 2 2 0 0 9
2012-2013 9 0 0 1 0 10
2013-2014 13 1 0 0 0 14
2014-2015 9 2 0 2 0 13
Total Cards 120 15 9 41 1 186

Discipline

Season
1998-1999 1 0 0
1999-2000 5 0 1
2000-2001 4 0 1
2001-2002 5 0 1
2002-2003 3 0 1
2003-2004 3 0 0
2004-2005 3 0 0
2005-2006 2 0 1
2006-2007 1 0 0
2007-2008 3 0 0
2008-2009 5 0 0
2009-2010 6 0 0
2010-2011 2 0 0
2011-2012 2 0 0
2012-2013 5 0 0
2013-2014 7 0 0
2014-2015 7 0 1
Total Cards 64 0 6

Steven Gerrard Bio

Once in a generation a player comes along to whom nothing seems impossible. Luckily, that man wears the No.8 shirt at Anfield.

Liverpool's inspirational captain is arguably the most complete footballer in the world. Power, pace, touch and a never-say-die attitude; Stevie G has it all, and rarely have these attributes been more apparent than when he skippered the Reds to 2005 Champions League glory in Istanbul.

The current Football Writers' Player of the Year has collected just about every medal during more than 10 years in the first team - except the Premier League. He's also captained his country and in 2006 was awarded an MBE by the Queen.

Gerrard's LFC love affair began when he was spotted playing for Whiston Juniors aged nine. Eight years later, after a period as a trainee, he signed his first professional contract.

Within 12 months the starlet had made his first-team debut, coming on as a second-half sub for Vegard Heggem against Blackburn Rovers on November 29, 1998. Gerrard played 13 games in his debut season, in part due to the injury woes of fellow midfielder Jamie Redknapp.

Persistent back and groin problems punctuated his blossoming career, though he'd managed to establish himself as a first-team regular by the start of the 1999-00 season.

It proved to be a momentous campaign for the Whiston-born youngster, not least because of a spectacular first professional goal at Anfield against Sheffield Wednesday. England coach Kevin Keegan was starting to take note.

Having already featured at U18 and U21 level, Gerrard was handed his first senior international cap against Ukraine in May 2000. From there he was selected for Euro 2000 in Holland and Belgium, but had to settle for just a single substitute appearance.

By now regarded as the complete box-to-box midfielder, he was instrumental in the Reds winning a unique treble in 2001. With the Worthington and FA Cups already in the bag, Gerrard was one of the scorers in an unforgettable 5-4 UEFA Cup final victory over Alaves. It came as no surprise when the man nicknamed the Huyton Hammer was voted PFA Young Player of the Year.

The milestones were starting to stack up for Gerrard, who kicked off the following season by netting his first international goal in the famous 5-1 trouncing of Germany in their own backyard. The win helped Sven's men secure a World Cup place, but heartbreak followed when a groin injury ruled the midfield maestro out of Japan and South Korea.

A disappointing domestic season followed, the highlight of which was a Worthington Cup final at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. Gerrard opened the scoring in a satisfying 2-0 win over Manchester United.

By the start of 2003-04 the midfielder had firmly established himself as Liverpool's on-field leader, and it was no surprise when Houllier handed him the captain's armband in place of Sami Hyypia.

The decision proved such a success that within six months Gerrard was captaining England against Sweden in the absence of David Beckham.

Just when it seemed things couldn't get any better for the Scouser, they did. On May 25, 2005, under new boss Rafa Benitez, Gerrard lifted the club's fifth European Cup.

Having already brought Liverpool back from the brink earlier in the campaign with a last-gasp strike against Olympiacos, the skipper helped inspire the greatest comeback of all time in Istanbul.

No one believed the Reds could overturn AC Milan's 3-0 half-time lead - until Stevie G's 54th minute header, that is.

His heroics earned him the title of UEFA's Most Valuable Player, as well as a nomination for the prestigious Ballon D'Or award. He would come third in the latter, behind Ronaldinho and countryman Frank Lampard.

In the months that followed the final, captain fantastic signed a new four-year contract at Anfield to put an end to speculation about a possible move to Chelsea.

With his future sorted, Gerrard went on to enjoy his most impressive season to date, scoring 23 goals in 53 games and being crowned PFA Player of the Year. He was the first Liverpool man to win the award since John Barnes in 1988.

The 2005-06 campaign culminated with another FA Cup win in Cardiff, with West Ham providing the opposition. If 1953 will always be remembered as the Stanley Matthews final, then 2006 will surely go down as Gerrard's day.

The No.8 twice breached Shaka Hislop's net, including a dramatic equaliser in the dying moments to send the game into extra-time and, ultimately, penalties. This 35-yard volley was voted Match of the Day's Goal of the Season.

Gerrard - who's played in just about every position for Liverpool - had now scored in four major finals, something no English-based player had ever done.

Next, in the summer of 2006 and aged 26, the Scouse sensation featured in his first World Cup. After scoring twice in the group stages, he was one of three players to miss a penalty in the quarter-final shoot-out loss to Portugal.

In the wake of defeat and Beckham standing down, Gerrard was widely tipped to be the next England skipper. New boss Steve McClaren eventually plumped for Chelsea centre-back John Terry, with the Liverpool man having to settle for the vice-captaincy.

The Kop idol returned from Germany for another eventful domestic season during which he broke Ian Rush's European Cup goalscoring record. His header against PSV was his 15th in the competition, one more than the legendary striker.

In December 2006 Gerrard was awarded an MBE, which he later collected from the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

As if all this wasn't enough, the season ended with another European Cup final, and again it was AC Milan. The Reds might have lost 2-1 in Athens, but Gerrard was more than happy to pen a new four-year contract to keep him at Anfield until 2011.

Back on the international front, there was major disappointment in November 2007 when he skippered his countrymen to a 3-2 defeat against Croatia at the new Wembley - ending both England's hopes of qualifying for Euro 2008 and Steve McClaren's reign at manager.

The domestic season also ended without silverware despite a 21-goal haul for Gerrard including an ice-cool penalty versus Arsenal to take Liverpool to yet another Champions League semi-final.

Now a bona fide legend of the British game, the midfielder made it a century of club goals with a powerful free-kick against PSV in October 2008. In doing so, he joined an elite band of 16 Anfield legends to achieve the feat.

The strike was one of 24 for Gerrard during 2008-09, a personal record which earned him Football Writers' Player of the Year for the first time. Sadly, his haul wasn't enough to secure an elusive Premier League winners' medal, though Liverpool mounted their best challenge since 1990 before United crossed the line on the penultimate weekend.

With the Reds now established as true Championship contenders, the pride of Merseyside once again committed his future by agreeing a two-year extension tying him to Anfield until the age of 33.