Steven George Gerrard was born on 30 May 1980. Gerrard is an English footballer who plays for and captains both Premier League club Liverpool and the England national team. He has played much of his career in a centre midfield role, but he has also been used as a second striker, holding midfielder, right back and right winger.
Surname: Gerrard
Firstname: Steven
Country: England
Date of birth: 1980-05-30
Birthplace: Liverpool
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 78.0 kg
Playing Career
Position: Midfielder
Club: Liverpool (since 1998)
International appearances: 111
International goals: 21
International debut: 31/05/2000, England-Ukraine (2-0)
Last international appearance: 07/06/2014, England-Honduras (0-0)
Playing Honours
International
World Cup: quarter-finalist (2006), second round (2010), 9 matches, 3 goals
European Championships: quarter-finalist (2004, 2012), first round (2000), 9 matches, 1 goal
Club
-Champions League (2005), finalist (2007)
-UEFA Cup (2001)
-European Supercups (2001, 2005)
-English FA Cups (2001, 2006)
-English League Cups (2001, 2003, 2012)
-Charity Shields/Community Shields (2001, 2006)
Other honours
English League Young Player of the Year (2001)
The man behind the miracle
England captain Steven Gerrard is best known as the marauding midfielder who lifted Liverpool from the floor when 3-0 down to AC Milan at half-time, to win the 2005 Champions League, a night now known as "the Miracle of Istanbul."
Nine years later Gerrard is widely respected as a world class player. He won the UEFA Cup in 2001, and made the Champions League final again in 2007 (losing to AC Milan), but he is yet to win the Premier League with his beloved Liverpool.
Brazil will be his third consecutive World Cup with England. This 2014 World Cup is likely to be his final outing as an England player and most pundits believe he is the right man to lead England out of a difficult group and inspire them in the cut-throat knock-out stages.