1. Widely regarded as one of Liverpool's greatest ever players and as one of the greatest midfielders of all time, Gerrard spent the majority of his playing career as a central midfielder for Liverpool and the England national team, captaining both.
Steven Gerrard won 114 England caps between 2000 and 2014, captaining the team 38 times and scoring 21 goals.
Steven Gerrard played at three UEFA European Championships, in 2000,2004 and 2012 and three FIFA World Cups, in 2006,2010 and 2014.
Steven Gerrard spent two years at Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy and retired in 2016.
Steven Gerrard began his managerial career managing the Liverpool Youth Academy's under-18 team, before starting his senior managerial career in 2018 with Scottish Premiership club Rangers.
Steven Gerrard was named in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year a record eight times, more than any other footballer in Premier League history.
Steven George Gerrard was born on 30 May 1980 at Whiston Hospital in Whiston, Merseyside, the second son of Julie Ann and Paul Gerrard.
Steven Gerrard started out playing for his hometown team, Whiston Juniors, where he was noticed by Liverpool scouts; he joined the Liverpool Academy in 1989, aged nine.
Steven Gerrard had trials with various clubs at age 14, but his success was not immediate and he never made it into the England schoolboys' team.
Steven Gerrard's trials included one with Manchester United, which he admitted in his autobiography was solely "to pressure Liverpool into giving [him] a Youth Training Scheme contract".
Steven Gerrard signed his first professional contract with Liverpool on 5 November 1997.
Steven Gerrard made his first-team debut for Liverpool on 29 November 1998 as a late substitute in a Premier League match against Blackburn Rovers.
Steven Gerrard made thirteen appearances in his debut season, replacing injured captain Jamie Redknapp in central midfield.
Steven Gerrard occasionally played on the right wing, but scarcely contributed in the short match time he received, which he attributed to nerves.
Steven Gerrard saw himself as a defensive player primarily, looking to make key tackles rather than push the team forward.
Steven Gerrard was then beset by groin injuries that required four separate operations.
Steven Gerrard was named PFA Young Player of the Year by his peers.
In June 2005, Steven Gerrard extended his contract at the club, signing a four-year deal.
Steven Gerrard was named the Man of the Match, and later received the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award.
Steven Gerrard stated upon signing the contract that he would rather win one Premier League title with Liverpool than win multiple titles at Chelsea as it would mean more to him.
Steven Gerrard scored twice in the 2006 FA Cup final against West Ham United, including an injury time 35-yard equalizer that sent the match into extra time, and Liverpool won their second consecutive major trophy on penalties.
On 28 October 2007, Steven Gerrard played his 400th game for Liverpool in a league match against Arsenal, in which he scored.
Steven Gerrard scored in all but one of Liverpool's domestic and European matches during the month of November, and after scoring the only goal in a Champions League away tie against Marseille on 11 December, he became the first Liverpool player since John Aldridge in 1989 to score in seven consecutive games in all competitions.
In December 2007, Steven Gerrard was voted sixth for the 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year.
Steven Gerrard was selected for the PFA Team of the Year and he was one of the nominees or the PFA Players' Player of the Year, alongside teammate Fernando Torres.
Steven Gerrard has great passing ability, can tackle and scores goals, but most importantly he gives the players around him confidence and belief.
Four days later, when Liverpool faced Manchester United, Steven Gerrard won a penalty after he had been fouled by Patrice Evra.
On 13 May 2009, Steven Gerrard was named as the 2009 Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year, beating Ryan Giggs by just 10 votes and becoming the first Liverpool player to win the award in nineteen years.
Steven Gerrard was delighted and "a little bit surprised" to win the award.
On 5 December 2009, Steven Gerrard made his 500th appearance for Liverpool at Blackburn.
Steven Gerrard is a complete player because he can play in every position and can do everything with a football at any time in a game.
Steven Gerrard was forced to miss Liverpool's league match against West Bromwich Albion that day and was ruled out for at least the match against Swansea City the following week and England's friendly matches against Sweden and Spain the week after that.
Steven Gerrard scored a penalty in both legs to send Liverpool to the 2012 Football League Cup final against Cardiff City on 26 February 2012, which Liverpool won on penalties.
On 18 August 2012, Steven Gerrard played his 250th match as Liverpool captain.
On 15 July 2013, Steven Gerrard signed a contract extension with Liverpool.
On 3 August 2013, Liverpool played Olympiacos, against whom Steven Gerrard scored arguably his most celebrated goal, at Anfield for Steven Gerrard's charity fund-raising testimonial match.
Steven Gerrard finished the season with 13 goals and the League's most assists at 13.
Steven Gerrard was a nominee for the PFA Players' Player of the Year award that year, while he won the 2014 Liverpool Echo Sports Personality Award.
On 1 January 2015, Steven Gerrard announced that he would leave Liverpool at the end of the season.
That month, Steven Gerrard was one of the 22 players to be named to the 2015 MLS All-Star Game roster.
Steven Gerrard played his final game for the Galaxy on 6 November 2016 in a MLS Cup Playoff penalty shoot-out loss to Colorado Rapids.
Steven Gerrard took and scored Los Angeles' first spot-kick but the club were eliminated after Giovani dos Santos and Ashley Cole failed to convert.
Steven Gerrard made his international debut against Ukraine on 31 May 2000.
Steven Gerrard participated in his first World Cup in 2006 and scored two goals, both in the group stage, against Trinidad and Tobago and Sweden, although his spot-kick was one of three saved by goalkeeper Ricardo as England again bowed out to Portugal in the quarter-finals on penalties.
Steven Gerrard was made vice-captain of the England team by coach Steve McClaren, and while he filled in for John Terry as captain, England suffered back-to-back losses to Russia and Croatia that ended their Euro 2008 qualifying hopes.
Steven Gerrard was replaced as England vice-captain by Rio Ferdinand.
Terry was replaced by Ferdinand as captain in 2010, following revelations about the former's private life, and Steven Gerrard subsequently became vice-captain again.
Steven Gerrard was later named permanent captain by new coach Roy Hodgson, in time for the tournament finals.
Steven Gerrard provided three assists and won two man of the match awards to help England finish top of their group at Euro 2012.
On 14 November 2012, Steven Gerrard won his 100th cap for England in a friendly match against Sweden.
Steven Gerrard had played a part in both goals conceded against Uruguay courtesy of his club-mate, Luis Suarez.
For England's final game against Costa Rica, Steven Gerrard was replaced as captain by Frank Lampard and used as a substitute.
On 21 July 2014, Steven Gerrard announced his retirement from international football.
Steven Gerrard represented England 114 times, scoring 21 goals.
Steven Gerrard began his professional career as a wide midfielder on the right, although he did not excel in this position as he had a tendency to commit careless fouls in his youth.
Steven Gerrard continued to evolve tactically, coming into his own in a box-to-box central midfield role, which allowed him to be effective both offensively and defensively; indeed, at his peak, he was known for his ability to make late runs from behind into the penalty area.
Steven Gerrard is without doubt the greatest player I have ever played with, he has everything.
Steven Gerrard started playing at the back and tackled every single player of Milan.
In November 2016, days before retiring as a player, Steven Gerrard had an interview for the vacant managerial post at League One club Milton Keynes Dons, but said that he was not ready for the job.
However, before he took the next step on the path to receive his coaching credentials, Steven Gerrard pulled on the Liverpool shirt one last time in a friendly against Australian club Sydney FC at the end of this Premier League campaign.
In late April 2018, Steven Gerrard entered talks to become the new manager of Scottish Premiership club Rangers.
Steven Gerrard reportedly turned down the opportunity to take over as the club's manager, because he was comfortable at Rangers.
On 11 November 2021, Steven Gerrard was appointed as head coach at Premier League club Aston Villa on a three-and-a-half-year contract, succeeding Dean Smith, who was dismissed four days earlier.
Results under Steven Gerrard were generally mixed and the team finished the season in 14th place, three places lower than the previous campaign.
On 3 July 2023, Steven Gerrard became the manager of Saudi Pro League club Al-Ettifaq.
On 18 January 2024, it was reported that Steven Gerrard had signed a two-year contract extension with the club, with his contract now ending in 2027.
Steven Gerrard left by mutual consent on 29 January 2025.
Steven Gerrard came through at Everton, where he did not make the first team, and spent most of his career in the Football League.
Steven Gerrard received an honorary fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University on 26 July 2008 as recognition for his contribution to sport.
In September 2006, Steven Gerrard published his first autobiography, Steven Gerrard: My Autobiography, ghost-written by journalist Henry Winter, which went on to win the Sports Book of the Year honour at the British Book Awards.
On 1 October 2007, Steven Gerrard was involved in a low-speed collision in Southport when the car he was driving hit a ten-year-old cyclist, who had shot into the street and inadvertently crossed Steven Gerrard's path.
Steven Gerrard later visited the boy in the hospital and presented him with a pair of boots signed by Wayne Rooney, the boy's favourite player, after which he stayed to sign autographs for other young patients.
On 29 December 2008, Steven Gerrard was taken into custody outside the Lounge Inn in Southport on suspicion of a section 20 assault.
Steven Gerrard's co-defendants pleaded guilty before the trial but Steven Gerrard maintained his innocence.
In 2011, Steven Gerrard appeared in the film Will, about an orphaned young Liverpool fan who hitchhikes to Istanbul for the 2005 UEFA Champions League final.
Steven Gerrard has had several different sponsorships in his career including current deals with Adidas, Jaguar Cars and Lucozade.
Steven Gerrard has worn ten versions of the Adidas Predator boot, with the Accelerator being the first, and throughout his career, he has been one of the brand's major boot endorsees.
In 2013, Steven Gerrard switched boot silos to the Nitrocharge 1.0 first wearing the boots in the League Cup clash against rivals Manchester United on 25 September 2013.