Steven gerrard fifa 10
#STEVEN GERRARD FIFA 10 PROFESSIONAL#
Gerrard’s trials included Manchester United, which he claimed in his 2006 autobiography was “to pressure Liverpool into giving me a YTS contract.” He signed his first professional contract with Liverpool on 5 November 1997. Gerrard then had trials with various clubs at fourteen, but his success wasn’t immediate - Gerrard never made it into the England schoolboys’ team.
He later joined the Liverpool Academy at the age of nine. 2.4 Continued success and stardom (2007–)īorn in Whiston, Merseyside, Gerrard started out playing for hometown team Whiston Juniors, where he was noticed by Liverpool scouts.He is, to date, the only footballer ever to have scored a goal in an FA Cup Final, a League Cup Final, a UEFA Cup Final and a Champions League Final. In 2010, The Guardian named Gerrard to their World XI team, which compiled the greatest footballers of all time onto one squad. Additionally, he has been named to the PFA Team of the Year seven times, the UEFA Team of the Year and FIFA World XI three times, and was named the FWA Footballer of the Year in 2009. In 2005, Gerrard was honoured as the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year and won the Ballon d’Or Bronze Award. Zinedine Zidane said in 2009 that he considered Gerrard one of the best footballers in the world. Gerrard came second only to Kenny Dalglish in the “100 Players Who Shook The Kop” – a Liverpool fan poll. Gerrard is widely regarded as one of the greatest English footballers ever, as well as one of the best midfielders of his generation. He was named as the permanent England captain shortly before the 2012 European Championship, where he was named in the UEFA Team of the Tournament. Gerrard made his international debut in 2000, and has since represented England at the 2000 and 2004 European Championships, as well as the 2006 World Cup – where he was the team’s top goalscorer with two goals – and the 2010 World Cup, where he first captained his country in the absence of regular captain Rio Ferdinand, who missed the tournament through injury. His honours include two FA Cups, three League Cups, two Community Shields, one Champions League, one UEFA Cup, and two Super Cups. Gerrard, who has spent his entire career at Anfield, made his début in 1998 and cemented his place in the first team in 2000, succeeding Sami Hyypiä as team captain in 2003. He has played much of his career in a centre midfield role, but he has also been used as a second striker, holding midfielder and right winger. Steven George Gerrard MBE (born ) is an English footballer who plays for and captains Premier League club Liverpool and the England national team. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:00, 11 September 2012 (UTC) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:35, 23 September 2012 (UTC). Gerrard at the 2012 European Championship