Profil of Steven Gerard
Steven George Gerrard was born in Whiston, England, May 30, 1980, age 32 years is a soccer player from England. The man plays the body 188 cm is playing at Liverpool FC since 1997 (although the new professional debut occurred on 19 November 1998) as a substitute for Vegard Heggem in the second half when liverpool match against Blackburn Rovers.
Although he plays as a midfielder at the football club, the fact he can play in any position like a striker, midfielder or defender. You could say it plays versatile players except the goalkeeper seemed as Northern Ireland football legend and Manchester United that is George Best.
In this club nicknamed The Reds, Gerrard wore jersey number 8 at the same time holding the armband. Together with Xabi Alonso, Jamie Carragher, Sami Hyypia and he has contributed some of the club's title to the port city. He was also highly respected by fans-fan club based in Anfield stadium, teammates at club and national team Britain and the British people as a whole. In 2006 he was selected as the best in the UK by the Association of British professional footballer (PFA).
In the England national football team he debuted in 2000 and to date has featured as many as 96 times and scored 19 goals.
Gerrard was familiarly called by dialing Stevie G.
Steven Gerrard have two daughters named Lily Ella and Lexie. He has also been married to a woman named Alex Curran in the summer of 2007.
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Early career
Gerrard began playing with a local team, Whiston Juniors. He's got talent perrhatian from Liverpool and joined the Reds youth academy at the age of 9 years. [1] He only played in a few games, because of the slow progress made he only played in 20 games at the age of 14 to 16. At age 14, Gerrard had the opportunity to play with several clubs, including Manchester United. In his autobiography, he said "to pressure Liverpool into giving me YTS contract." during this period he had had an accident that caused a rusty garden fork that could cause him to lose his toes. Gerrard signed his first professional contract with Liverpool on 5 November 1997.
Team Liverpool
1998-1999: First Season
Gerrard made his debut for Liverpool first team on 29 November 1998 in the second half when replacing Vegard Heggem against Blackburn Rovers, and her first appearance as a starter place in the UEFA Cup against Celta Vigo. In lieu of the injured Jamie Redknapp, Gerrard played in 13 games for Liverpool that season.
1999-2000: Team
In the 1999-2000 season the manager Gérard Houllier put Gerrard teamed with Jamie Redknapp in central midfield. After becoming a starter in six games early, Gerrard was relegated to the bench for the local derby melawant Everton. Gerrard replaces Robbie Fowler in the 66th minute but was later released after receiving the first red card of his career for a foul on Everton's Kevin Campbell players in the 90th minute. In that season, Gerrard scored his first goal for the senior team during the 4-1 win over Sheffield Wednesday.
Spine often have problems. At that time, many journalists reported rumors, so fans had assumed that they would never see Gerrard completed the competition. However, manager Gerard Houllier useful to take immediate steps and pay a specialist to address masalahnya.list help. After consultation with the consultant sports (health) Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfarth, didiagnosisi that the problem is caused by Gerrard are too rapid growth on his spinal cord. After undergoing treatment and Liverpool F.C. ensure that this problem will not arise again. But then Gerrard has a problem in his groin, and requires four operations to solve this problem. Then he went to a specialist from France to fix the problem with the injury, which caused growth too fast and too often played football as a child.
2000-01: Season 'treble'
2000-01 brought Gerrard his first trophy successes: he put his injury problems behind him and made 50 first team appearances, scoring 10 goals, as Liverpool won the League Cup and FA Cup. On 31 March 2000 Gerrard scored a goal from 25 yards which was the first in a 2-0 victory over Manchester United at Anfield. This was was voted by fans as Liverpool's best ever Premier League goal. In the UEFA Cup final against Alavés, Gerrard scored his first major final goal as Liverpool won 5-4. At the end of the season Gerrard was named PFA Young Player of the Year.
2001-02: Growing influence
In the "treble" 2001, Gerrard rose to an influential player in the Liverpool team where he became more mature and with injury problems and diminishing returns. He became an important part when Liverpool played in the 2001-2002 season where the klansemen final, Liverpool came second, which stood at the highest value in the last decade. During that season, Houllier suffered with health problems that required him to undergo heart surgery. At Liverpool predicted to return pesepakbolaan fluttering in the UK, but after Houllier illness, Liverpool decline. Appearances team back up after Gerrard and Michael Owen was the star that became the inspiration for the victory.
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With Liverpool
UEFA Champions League: 2004-05
FA Cup winners :: 2000-01, 2005-06
League Cup winners: 2000-01, 2002-03, 2011-12
Champion FA Community Shield: 2001, 2006
UEFA Cup: 2000-01
UEFA Super Cup winners: 2001, 2005