Steven Gerrard

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Steven Gerrard MBE

Gerrard playing for England at UEFA Euro 2012.

Personal information

Full name

Steven George Gerrard[1]

Date of birth

30 May 19 0 !age 33"[1]

Place of birth

#$i%ton& Mer%ey%ide& England

Height

1. 3 ' !( ft 0 in"[2]

Playing position

Midfielder

Club information

Current club

)iverpool

umber

!outh career

19 *+199

)iverpool

Senior career"

!ears

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)iverpool

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1999+2000

England U21

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2000+

England

109

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Steven George Gerrard, MBE (born 30 May 1 !0" i# an En$li#h footballer %ho play# for and captain# both &remier 'ea$(e cl(b 'iverpool and the En$land national team) *e ha# played m(ch of hi# career in a centre midfield role, b(t he ha# al#o been (#ed a# a #econd #triker, holdin$ midfielder, ri$ht back and ri$ht %in$er)+3,+-, Gerrard, %ho ha# #pent hi# entire career at .nfield, made hi# d/b(t in 1 ! and cemented hi# place in the

fir#t team in 0000, #(cceedin$ Sami *yypi1 a# team captain in 0003) *i# hono(r# incl(de t%o F. 2(p#, three 'ea$(e 2(p#, t%o 2omm(nity Shield#, one 2hampion# 'ea$(e, one 3EF. 2(p, and t%o S(per 2(p#) Gerrard made hi# international deb(t in 0000, and ha# #ince repre#ented En$land at the 0000 and 000E(ropean 2hampion#hip#, a# %ell a# the 0004 World 2(p 5 %here he %a# the team6# top $oal#corer %ith t%o $oal# 5 and the 0010 World 2(p, %here he fir#t captained hi# co(ntry in the ab#ence of re$(lar captain7io Ferdinand, %ho mi##ed the to(rnament thro($h in8(ry) +9, *e %a# named a# the permanent En$land captain #hortly before the 0010 E(ropean 2hampion#hip,+4, %here he %a# named in the 3EF. :eam of the :o(rnament)+;, Gerrard ha# been de#cribed a# one of the $reate#t En$li#h midfielder# in hi#tory, <a real leader, Gerrard i# a tirele## r(nner and ha# #(perb vi#ion) *i# #trikin$ from di#tance i# feared aro(nd the %orld and he i# a prolific #corer for a midfielder)<+!, Gerrard came #econd only to =enny >al$li#h in the <100 &layer# Who Shook :he =op< 5 a 'iverpool fan poll, and fini#hed fir#t in 0013) +
,+10,

?inedine ?idane #aid in 000 that he

con#idered Gerrard to be the be#t footballer in the %orld) +11, @n 0009, Gerrard %a# hono(red a# the 3EF. 2l(b Footballer of the Aear and %on the Ballon d6Br BronCe .%ard) .dditionally, he ha# been named to

the &F. :eam of the Aear #even time#, the 3EF. :eam of the Aear and F@F. World D@ three time#, he %a# named &F. &layer#6 &layer of the Aear in 0004 and the FW. Footballer of the Aear in 000 ) *e i#, to date, the only footballer ever to have #cored a $oal in an F. 2(p Final, a 'ea$(e 2(p Final, a 3EF. 2(p Finaland a 2hampion# 'ea$(e Final)+10,
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1 Early life 0 'iverpool career 0)1 Be$innin$# 0)0 Str($$le# and (ncertainty 0)3 Breakthro($h and trophie# 0)- 2ontin(ed #(cce## and #tardom 3 @nternational career 3)1 2aptain - B(t#ide football -)1 &er#onal life -)0 Spon#or#hip 9 2areer #tati#tic# 9)1 2l(b 9)0 @nternational 9)3 @nternational $oal# 4 *ono(r# 4)1 2l(b 4)0 @ndivid(al ; See al#o ! 7eference# EEternal link#

Early life
Born in Whi#ton, Mer#ey#ide,+1, Gerrard #tarted o(t playin$ for hometo%n team Whi#ton F(nior#, %here he %a# noticed by 'iverpool #co(t#) *e later 8oined the 'iverpool .cademy at the a$e of nine)+13,Gerrard then had trial# %ith vario(# cl(b# at fo(rteen, b(t hi# #(cce## %a#n6t immediate G Gerrard never made it into the En$land #choolboy#6 team) Gerrard6# trial# incl(ded Manche#ter 3nited, %hich he claimed in hi# 0004 a(tobio$raphy %a# <to pre##(re 'iverpool into $ivin$ me a A:S contract)<+1-, *e #i$ned hi# fir#t profe##ional contract %ith 'iverpool on 9 Hovember 1 ;)+1-,

Liverpool career

Beginnings
Gerrard made hi# 'iverpool fir#tIteam deb(t on 0 Hovember 1 ! in a &remier 'ea$(e match a$ain#t Blackb(rn 7over# a# a la#tImin(te #(b#tit(te for Je$ard *e$$em)+19, *e made thirteen appearance# in hi# deb(t #ea#on, fillin$ in for in8(red captain Famie 7edknapp in centreImidfield)+13, *e al#o occa#ionally played on the ri$ht %in$, b(t he #carcely contrib(ted in the #hort onIpitch time he received, d(e to nervo(#ne## affectin$ hi# play) +14, Gerrard recalled in a Hovember 000! intervie% %ith The Guardian, <@ %a# o(t of po#ition and o(t of my depth)< :he 'iverpool hierarchy nonethele## remained convinced that he %o(ld improve)+14, Gerrard #a% him#elf a# a defen#ive player primarily, lookin$ to make key tackle# rather than p(#h the team for%ard)+19, Gerrard be$an to re$(larly partner 7edknapp in central midfield for the 1 50000 #ea#on) .fter #tartin$

the derby a$ain#t Everton on the bench, he replaced 7obbie Fo%ler in the #econd half b(t received hi# fir#t career red card for a late fo(l on Everton6# =evin 2ampbell #hortly after%ard#)+1;, 'ater that #ea#on, Gerrard #cored hi# fir#t #enior $oal in a -51 victory over Sheffield Wedne#day)+1!, *o%ever, he be$an to #(ffer from na$$in$ back problem#, %hich #port# con#(ltant *an#IWilhelm MKllerIWohlfahrt later dia$no#ed a# a re#(lt of accelerated $ro%th, co(pled %ith eEce##ive playin$, d(rin$ hi# teena$e year#) +1-, *e %a# then be#et by $roin in8(rie# that reL(ired fo(r #eparate operation#)+1-,

Gerrard #hootin$ for 'iverpool

*e %ent on to recover from thi#, and in the 0000501 #ea#on made fifty #tart# in all competition# and #cored ten $oal# a# he %on hi# fir#t ma8or hono(r# %ith 'iverpool 5 the F. 2(p, 'ea$(e 2(p, and the 3EF. 2(p) @n the follo%in$ #ea#on, he %o(ld $o on to %in both the F. 2harity Shield and 3EF. S(per 2(p)

Struggles and uncertainty

.fter a year a# 'iverpool viceIcaptain, Gerrard replaced Sami *yypi1 a# 'iverpool captain in Bctober 0003, a# mana$er G/rard *o(llier #aid that he reco$ni#ed Gerrard had demon#trated leader#hip L(alitie# early on, b(t needed to mat(re)+1 , *e cho#e to eEtend hi# contract at the cl(b, #i$nin$ a ne% fo(rIyear deal) +00, *o(llier re#i$ned a# 'iverpool mana$er after a trophyle## 000350- campai$n, and Gerrard %a# linked %ith a move to 2hel#ea d(rin$ the offI#ea#on) *e admitted he %a# not <happy %ith the pro$re## 'iverpool ha# made<, and that <for the fir#t time in my career @6ve tho($ht abo(t the po##ibility of movin$ on)< +01, @n the end,

Gerrard t(rned do%n a M00 million offer from 2hel#ea to #tay %ith 'iverpool and ne% coach 7afael BenNteC)
+00,

Breakthrough and trophies

'iverpool %ere %racked %ith in8(ry early in the 000-509 #ea#on, and a foot in8(ry #(ffered in a September lea$(e match a$ain#t Manche#ter 3nited #helved Gerrard (ntil late Hovember) *e ret(rned to #core in the la#t five min(te# of a 2hampion# 'ea$(e $ro(p #ta$e match a$ain#t Blympiaco# to #ec(re 'iverpool6# advancement to the knocko(t ro(nd)+03, *e claimed that thi# %a# hi# mo#t important, if not hi# be#t, $oal for 'iverpool to date)+0-, *o%ever, Gerrard netted an o%n $oal d(rin$ the 0009 'ea$(e 2(p final on 0; Febr(ary, %hich proved deci#ive in 'iverpool6# 350 lo## to 2hel#ea) +09,

Gerrard playin$ for 'iverpoold(rin$ the 000450; #ea#on

>(rin$ a #iEImin(te #tretch in the #econd half of the 0009 2hampion# 'ea$(e final a$ain#t .)2) Milan, 'iverpool came back from a threeI$oal deficit to tie the match at 353 after eEtra time, %ith Gerrard #corin$ one of the $oal#) 'iverpool6# third $oal %a# $ained a# a penalty from a fo(l a%arded to 'iverpool %hen Gennaro Gatt(#o %a# 8(d$ed to have p(lled do%n Gerrard in Milan6# penalty boE)+04, Gerrard did not participate in the penalty #hooto(t (he %a# the de#i$nated 9th penalty taker" %hich 'iverpool %on 350 a# they claimed their fir#t 2hampion# 'ea$(e trophy in t%enty year#) +0;, Gerrard %a# named the Man of the Match, and later received the 3EF. 2l(b Footballer of the Aeara%ard)+0!, @n re$ard# to hi# contract i##(e# %ith 'iverpool, Gerrard told the pre## after the final, <*o% can @ leave after a ni$ht like thi#O<+0 , B(t ne$otiation# #oon #talled and on 9 F(ly 0009, after 'iverpool t(rned do%n another l(crative offer from 2hel#ea, Gerrard re8ected a cl(bIrecord M100,000IaI%eek offer) 'iverpool chief eEec(tive 7ick &arry conceded the cl(b had lo#t Gerrard, #ayin$, <Ho% %e have to move on) We have done o(r be#t, b(t he ha# made it clear he %ant# to $o and @ think it look# pretty final)< +30, :he neEt day, Gerrard #i$ned a ne% fo(rIyear deal a# &arry blamed the earlier breakdo%n of talk# on mi#comm(nication bet%een the t%o #ide#)+31,+30,

Gerrard #cored 03 $oal# in 93 appearance# in 0009504, and in .pril became the fir#t 'iverpool player #ince Fohn Barne# in 1 !! to be voted the &F. &layer of the Aear)+33,*e #cored t%ice in the 0004 F. 2(p Final a$ain#t We#t *am 3nited, incl(din$ an eL(aliCer that #ent the match into eEtra time, and 'iverpool %on their #econd con#ec(tive ma8or trophy on penaltie#) :he $oal# made him the only player to have #cored in the F. 2(p, 'ea$(e 2(p, 3EF. 2(p and 2hampion# 'ea$(e final#) +3-, Gerrard netted a penalty a# 'iverpool eliminated lea$(e rival 2hel#ea in the 000450; 2hampion# 'ea$(e #emiIfinal# to ret(rn to their #econd final in three #ea#on#, %hich they lo#t 051 to Milan) +39,+34, Gerrard #(ffered a toe fract(re in an .($(#t 000; 2hampion# 'ea$(e L(alifier a$ain#t :o(lo(#e,+3;, b(t ret(rned fo(r day# later to play the entirety of a 151 lea$(e dra% a$ain#t 2hel#ea) +3!, Bn 0! Bctober 000;, Gerrard played hi# -00th $ame for 'iverpool in a lea$(e match a$ain#t .r#enal, in %hich he #cored)+3
,+-0,

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#cored in all b(t one of 'iverpool6# dome#tic and E(ropean matche# d(rin$ the month of Hovember, and after #corin$ the only $oal in a 2hampion# 'ea$(e a%ay tie a$ain#t BlympiL(e de Mar#eille on 11 >ecember, he became the fir#t 'iverpool player #ince Fohn .ldrid$e in 1 ! to #core in #even con#ec(tive $ame# in all competition#)+-1,

Continued success and stardom

Gerrard after #corin$ a hatItrick in theMer#ey#ide >erby in 0010)

Gerrard made hi# 300th &remier 'ea$(e appearance on 13 .pril 000! in a match a$ain#t Blackb(rn 7over#, #corin$ the openin$ $oal in a $ame %hich 'iverpool %on 351, +-0,+-3, and fini#hed the #ea#on %ith t%entyIone $oal# in all competition#, #(rpa##in$ hi# total from the 000450; #ea#on) Gerrard %a# #elected for the &F. :eam of the Aear and he %a# al#o one of the nominee# or the &F. &layer of the Aear, alon$#ide teammate Fernando :orre#)+--,+-9, Gerrard needed to (nder$o $roin #(r$ery at the be$innin$ of the 000!50 #ea#on, b(t the problem %a# not #erio(# and he L(ickly ret(rned to trainin$)+-4, *e #cored %hat appeared to be hi# h(ndredth career 'iverpool $oal a$ain#t Stoke 2ity on 00 September, b(t it %a# di#allo%ed after >irk =(yt %a# r(led off#ide)
+-;,

*e achieved the mile#tone eleven day# later in a 351 2hampion# 'ea$(e $ro(p #ta$e %in over &SJ)+-!,

@# he the be#t in the %orldO *e mi$ht not $et the attention of Me##i and7onaldo b(t ye#, @ think he 8(#t mi$ht be) *e ha# $reat pa##in$ ability, can tackle and #core# $oal#, b(t mo#t importantly he $ive# the player# aro(nd him confidence and belief) Ao( can6t learn that II player# like him are 8(#t born %ith that pre#ence

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G ?inedine ?idane on Gerrard, 000 )+,

*e made hi# 100th appearance in E(ropean cl(b competition for 'iverpool on 10 March 000 a$ain#t 7eal Madrid and #cored t%ice in a -50 %in)+90, Fo(r day# after the impre##ive victory over 7eal, Gerrard %o(ld #core at Bld :rafford for the fir#t time from the penalty #pot, p(ttin$ 'iverpool ahead on their %ay to a -51 victory over Manche#ter 3nited)+91,Follo%in$ the#e re#(lt#, threeItime F@F. World &layer of the Aear ?inedine ?idane hailed the 'iverpool #kipper a# bein$ the be#t player in the %orld) +- , Bn 00 March 000 , Gerrard #cored hi# fir#t ever hatItrick in the &remier 'ea$(e, a$ain#t .#ton Jilla, in a 950 victory)+90, Bn 13 May 000 , Gerrard %a# named a# the 000 Football Writer#6 .##ociation Footballer of the Aear, becomin$ the fir#t 'iverpool player to %in the a%ard in nineteen year#) Gerrard had pipped Manche#ter 3nited d(o 7yan Gi$$# and Wayne 7ooney in the poll voted for by 8o(rnali#t#, beatin$ 7yan Gi$$# by 8(#t 10 vote#) 3pon receivin$ the a%ard, he %a# L(oted a# #ayin$ <@6m deli$hted b(t @6m a little bit #(rpri#ed<, he commented) <When yo( look at the L(ality of the player# there are in thi# lea$(e, it6# a $reat privile$e to %in thi# kind of a%ard)<+93, Bn 9 >ecember 000 , Gerrard made hi# 900th appearance for 'iverpool in a 050 dra% at Blackb(rn %here he %a# acc(#ed of a divin$ incident in an attempt to %in a penalty, +9-, after m(ltiple in#tance# of Gerrard bein$ acc(#ed of #im(lation %hile playin$ for both cl(b and co(ntry) +99,+94,+9;,+9!, Gerrard him#elf ha# been vocal in hi# critici#m of divin$)+99,+9 , *e ended the 000 510 #ea#on %ith a total of 10 $oal# and a##i#t# from -4 matche#)+10,

Follo%in$ the 000 510 #ea#on, 7afael BenNteC departed 'iverpool after #iE year# and %a# #(cceeded a# mana$er by 7oy *od$#on, %ho L(ickly a##(red fan# that Gerrard %o(ld not be #old) +40, :o f(rther eliminate any #pec(lation #(rro(ndin$ hi# f(t(re at the cl(b, Gerrard made a #tatement empha#i#in$ hi# eEcitement at the comin$ #ea#on %ith 'iverpool and prai#in$ the #i$nin$ of Foe 2ole)+41, Gerrard #oon played hi# fir#t preI#ea#on match of the 0010511 #ea#on a$ain#t Bor(##ia MPnchen$ladbach on 1 .($(#t 0010 alon$#ide ne% #i$nin$ Foe 2ole)+40,

Gerrard before Famie 2arra$her6# te#timonial

Gerrard #cored hi# fir#t $oal of the 0010511 #ea#on from the penalty #pot in a E(ropa 'ea$(e L(alifier a$ain#t Macedonian #ide F= 7abotniQki on 9 .($(#t 0010)+43, *i# neEt t%o $oal# came on 1 September at Bld :rafford in a 350 lo## a$ain#t Manche#ter 3nitedR he #cored from a penalty kick in the 4-th min(te and a freeIkick 4 min(te# later to level the $ame at 050) +4-, *e follo%ed thi# (p one %eek later %ith the #econd eL(ali#er in a 050 home dra% %ith S(nderland)+49, Eleven day# later, Gerrard came off the bench to #core a #econdIhalf hatItrick in a 351 %in over Hapoli in the 3EF. E(ropa 'ea$(e)+44, Gerrard mi##ed the #tart of the 001150010 #ea#on d(e to a $roin in8(ry, %hich had kept him o(t of action for lar$e part# of the 001050011 #ea#on a# %ell) +4;, Gerrard later %ent on to reveal he re8ected the chance to 8oin Bayern M(nich in the #(mmer to foc(# on $ettin$ 'iverpool back in the 2hampion# 'ea$(e, #ayin$ <)))a traditional cl(b like 'iverpool #till ha# a val(e, thatS# the rea#on %hy @ have #t(ck aro(nd for #o lon$)))it i# more important to %in a co(ple of trophie# and achieve #omethin$ that i# a lot more diffic(lt than $o do%n the ea#y road and move to a cl(b %here it become# ea#ier)<
+4!,

Gerrard %o(ld event(ally make hi# fir#t #tart

for 'iverpool #L(ad in an Bctober match at .nfield a$ain#t fierce rival# Manche#ter 3nited) Gerrard #cored 'iverpool6# only $oal in the match, from a direct free kick, %hich ended in a 151 dra%) Bn 0 Bctober, Gerrard (nder%ent a treatment to clear an infection in hi# ri$ht ankle, %hich %a# placed in a protective pla#ter ca#t) *e %a# forced to mi## 'iverpool6# lea$(e match a$ain#t We#t Brom%ich that day and %a# r(led o(t for at lea#t the follo%in$ %eek6# match a$ain#t S%an#ea 2ity the follo%in$ %eek and En$land6# friendly matche# a$ain#t S%eden and Spain the %eek after)+4 , .fter a prolon$ed ankle in8(ry rec(peration, Gerrard finally ret(rned to re$(lar fir#t team action in the match a$ain#t Blackb(rn 7over#, comin$ off the bench) Bn 30 >ecember, Gerrard came off the bench a$ain#t He%ca#tle 3nited and #cored a fine $oal)+;0,
Gerrard ha# been my idol for 10 year# and i# one of the be#t player# in the %orld) *e i# the eEample of %hat all midfield player# a#pire to) *e i# al%ay# there in the heat of the battle, leadin$ by eEample) *e i# every%here yo( look I in defence, in the middle of the pitch and in attack) @ %o(ld love to be clo#e to that level

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G @taly midfielder >aniele >e 7o##i)+;1,

Gerrard d(rin$ hi# te#timonial on 3 .($(#t 0013)

Gerrard %ent on to help 'iverpool to reach their fir#t c(p final in 4 year#, and their fir#t at Wembley Stadi(m in 1! year#, a# 'iverpool beat Manche#ter 2ity 350 on a$$re$ate in the #emiIfinal#) Gerrard #cored a penalty in both le$# to #end 'iverpool to the 0010 Football 'ea$(e 2(p Final a$ain#t 2ardiff 2ity on 04 Febr(ary 0010, %hich 'iverpool %on on penaltie#) +;0,+;3,+;-, Bn hi# -00th &remier 'ea$(e appearance for 'iverpool, Gerrard #cored a hatItrick to $ive 'iverpool a 350 victory over rival# Everton in the Mer#ey#ide >erby on 13 March 0010)+;9, Bn 1! .($(#t 0010, Gerrard played hi# 090th match a# 'iverpool captain) +;4, *e #cored hi# fir#t &remier 'ea$(e $oal of the #ea#on on 03 September, openin$ the #corin$ in a 051 defeat a$ain#t Manche#ter 3nited)+;;, Bn 19 F(ly 0013, Gerrard #i$ned a contract eEten#ion %ith 'iverpool) +;!, Bn 3 .($(#t 0013, 'iverpool played Blympiaco#, a$ain#t %hom Gerrard #cored ar$(ably hi# mo#t celebrated $oal, at .nfield for Gerrard6# charity f(ndIrai#in$ te#timonial match,+; , %ith the money rai#ed from the match $oin$ to .lder *ey 2hildren6# 2harity)+!0, 'iverpool %on the match 050, in a $ame %here pa#t player# #(ch a# Famie 2arra$her and 7obbie Fo%ler made appearance#)+!1, .fter the $ame, Manche#ter 2ity captain Jincent =ompany $ave a $lo%in$ trib(te to Gerrard, #ayin$ <Steven G i# a%e#ome)))be#t &remier 'ea$(e player @Sve ever played a$ain#t)))<)+!0, Bn 14 September, Gerrard captained 'iverpool for the -00th time in a 050 dra% at S%an#ea 2ity) Bn 9 Bctober, Gerrard #cored in a 351 %in over 2ry#tal &alace, becomin$ 'iverpool6# fir#t ever player to #core in 19 #(cce##ive lea$(e campai$n#, overtakin$ the record previo(#ly #et by 'iverpool le$end Billy 'iddell)+10, Bn 1 Bctober 0013, Gerrard #cored hi# 100th &remier 'ea$(e $oal, a penalty a$ain#t He%ca#tle 3nited in a 050 dra%)+!3,

International career

Gerrard playin$ for En$land a$ain#t France6# Franck 7ib/ry at E(ro 0010

Gerrard made hi# international deb(t a$ain#t 3kraine on 31 May 0000)+!-, :hat #(mmer, he %a# called (p for E(ro 0000, makin$ only one appearance a# a #(b#tit(te in a 150 %in over Germany before En$land %ere eliminated in the $ro(p #ta$e)+!9,+!4, Gerrard #cored hi# fir#t international $oal in the famo(# 951 victory over Germany in a 0000 World 2(p L(alifier in September 0001, and %hile En$land L(alified, Gerrard %a# forced to p(ll o(t of the #L(ad d(e to hi# on$oin$ $roin problem# after p(llin$ (p in 'iverpool6# final match of the #ea#on a$ain#t @p#%ich)+!;, Gerrard #cored hi# #econd $oal for the national team in the E(ro 000- L(alifier a$ain#t Macedonia on 14 Bctober 0000 in a 050 dra%, hi# third $oal %a# the opener in a 051 %in over Serbia and Montene$ro on 3 F(ne 0003)+!!, *e %a# a re$(lar #tarter in E(ro 000-, #corin$ once to make it 350 in En$land6# %in over S%itCerland in the #econd Gro(p $ame of the to(rnament b(t En$land %o(ld be eliminated by the to(rnament ho#t# &ort($al in the L(arterIfinal# lo#in$ 459 on penaltie# in a match %hen Gerrard %a# #(b#tit(ted off in the !1#t min(te for B%en *ar$reave#)+!
,

*e participated in hi# fir#t World 2(p in 0004 and #cored t%o $oal#, both in the $ro(p #ta$e, a$ain#t :rinidad T :oba$o and S%eden, altho($h hi# #pot kick %a# one of three #aved by $oalkeeper 7icardo a# En$land a$ain bo%ed o(t to &ort($al in the L(arterIfinal# on penaltie#) + En$land6# top #corer in the to(rnament) Gerrard %a# made viceIcaptain of the En$land team by coach Steve Mc2laren,+
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*e %a#

and %hile he filled in

for Fohn :erry a# captain, En$land #(ffered backItoIback lo##e# to 7(##ia and 2roatia that ended their E(ro 000! L(alifyin$ hope#)+
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.fter ne% coach Fabio 2apello took over the team in early 000!,
3,+ -,

Gerrard %a# $iven a trial r(n a# captain b(t 2apello #ettled on :erry for the role) + #(b#eL(ently replaced a# En$land viceIcaptain by 7io Ferdinand)+
9,

Gerrard %a#

Gerrard helped En$land L(alify for the 0010 World 2(p, #corin$ t%o $oal# in En$land6# 951 %in over 2roatia)+
4,

Fohn :erry %a# replaced by 7io Ferdinand a# captain in 0010, follo%in$ revelation# abo(t
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the former6# private life,+

and Gerrard #(b#eL(ently became viceIcaptain a$ain) When the En$land team

left for the 0010 World 2(p, Gerrard %a# the mo#t eEperienced player in the #L(ad %ith !0 cap#) >(rin$ preparation# for the 0010 F@F. World 2(p, ho%ever, 7io Ferdinand %a# in8(red, meanin$ that Gerrard %a# appointed by 2apello a# captain for the to(rnament)+9, .fter the to(rnament Gerrard, part of a $ro(p of En$land player# d(bbed the <Golden Generation<, confirmed that he %o(ld contin(e to be available for #election, de#pite #($$e#tion# from 2apello that he %o(ld #eek to reIb(ild the team) +
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@n .($(#t 0010, Gerrard #cored t%ice in a friendly match a$ain#t *(n$ary and helped En$land to a 051 %in)
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>(e to Ferdinand6# contin(ed ab#ence thro($h in8(ry, Gerrard retained the captaincy for the openin$

match of the E(ro 0010 L(alifyin$ campai$n a$ain#t B(l$aria, %hich En$land %on -50) *e %a# later named permanent captain by ne% coach 7oy *od$#on, in time for the E(ro 0010) :hi# %a# the fir#t time that he %a# named directly the captain of En$land and not in place of an in8(red or (navailable captain) +100, *e provided three a##i#t# and %on t%o man of the match a%ard# to help En$land fini#h top of their $ro(p in the L(alifyin$ ro(nd, and $o thro($h to the L(arterIfinal#) >e#pite their eEit on penaltie# to @taly, Gerrard %a# later the only En$land player to be named in the 3EF. :eam of the :o(rnament) Bn 1- Hovember 0010, Gerrard %on hi# 100th cap for En$land in a friendly match a$ain#t S%eden) +101,

Outside football
Personal life
Gerrard i# a practi#in$ 2atholic)+100, *e and hi# %ife, fa#hion 8o(rnali#t .leE 2(rran, married in a 2atholic+100, ceremony at the 2liveden man#ion in B(ckin$ham#hire on 14 F(ne 000;)+103,+10-, *e ha# an older brother, &a(l (not to be conf(#ed %ith former Everton $oalkeeper &a(l Gerrard", and hi# co(#in, .nthony Gerrard, play# for *(dder#field :o%n) Steven and .leE have three da($hter#, 'illyIElla (born 03 Febr(ary 000-", 'eEie (born May 0004" and 'o(rde# (born 0 Hovember 0011") +109,

@n September 0004, Gerrard p(bli#hed hi# a(tobio$raphy, Gerrard: My Autobiography, $ho#tI%ritten by 8o(rnali#t *enry Winter, %hich %ent on to %in the Sport# Book of the Aear hono(r at the Briti#h Book .%ard#)+104, :he a(tobio$raphy end# %ith <@ play for FonI&a(l)< Gerrard6# co(#in, FonI&a(l Gilhooley, %a# killed in the 1 ! *ill#boro($h di#a#ter, %hen Gerrard %a# ei$ht) FonI&a(l, %ho %a# 10 %hen he died, %a# the yo(n$e#t of the 4 victim# of the tra$edy) +10;, <@t %a# diffic(lt kno%in$ one of yo(r co(#in# had lo#t hi# life<, Gerrard #aid) <Seein$ hi# family6# reaction drove me on to become the player @ am today)< +10!, Bn 1 Bctober 000;, Gerrard %a# involved in a lo%I#peed colli#ion in So(thport %hen the car he %a# drivin$ hit a tenIyearIold cycli#t, %ho had #hot into the #treet and inadvertently cro##ed Gerrard6# path) *e later vi#ited the boy in the ho#pital and pre#ented him %ith a pair of boot# #i$ned by Wayne 7ooney, the boy6# favo(rite player, after %hich he #tayed to #i$n a(to$raph# for other yo(n$ patient#) +10
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2o(ncillor# of =no%#ley voted to make Gerrard a Freeman of the Boro($h on 13 >ecember 000;, +110, and t%o %eek# later, he %a# made a Member of the Brder of the Briti#h Empire by U(een EliCabeth @@ in her He% Aear *ono(r# 'i#t, for #ervice# to #port)+111, *e received an honorary fello%#hip from 'iverpool Fohn Moore# 3niver#ity on 04 F(ly 000! a# reco$nition for hi# contrib(tion to #port) +110, Bn 0 >ecember 000!, Gerrard %a# taken into c(#tody o(t#ide the 'o(n$e @nn in So(thport on #(#picion of a #ection 00 a##a(lt)+113, *e and t%o other# %ere later char$ed %ith a##a(lt occa#ionin$ act(al bodily harm and affray, relatin$ to an incident %hich left the bar6# di#c 8ockey %ith a broken tooth and c(t# to hi#

forehead)+11-,+119, :he three men %ere $iven police to co(rt bail and %ere reL(ired to appear at Horth Sefton Ma$i#trate#6 2o(rt on 03 Fan(ary 000 ,+119, %here they all pleaded not $(ilty) +114, :he ca#e %a# ad8o(rned (ntil 00 March %hen the a##a(lt char$e %a# dropped b(t Gerrard %a# reL(ired to attend'iverpool 2ro%n 2o(rt to face trial for affray)+11;, Bn 3 .pril, Gerrard pleaded not $(ilty) +11!, :he ca#e %ent to trial in 'iverpool 2ro%n 2o(rt) Gerrard6# coIdefendant# pleaded $(ilty before the trial b(t Gerrard main