Steven Gerrard Childhood



Steven Gerrard is a former English player and who plays his football with the English giants Liverpool in his career and also currently he is the manager of the Scottish club Rangers, he was the captain for his side Liverpool and also he captained his national England in many tournaments he regards among the best midfielders of his generation.

Steven Gerrard was born in  Whiston, Merseyside, in his career he started playing football for his town Whiston juniors, from where the Liverpool scouts noticed him and at the age nine he joined the Liverpool academy, Steven Gerrard Childhood football heroes were  Ian Rush at Liverpool and it was also his dream to play one day for his dream club Liverpool any day.

At the age of fourteen, Steven Gerrard has made his trial with many other clubs but he failed to qualify for any of those, he never managed to get into the England schoolboys' team, even in his career to pressurize his club Liverpool to get him a contract he even opted to go on a trail for the Manchester United.

Steven Gerrard made his Liverpool debut for the Reds team In the year 1998 in the premier league against the Blackburn Rovers and in that season the youngster Gerrard made thirteen appearances for the Liverpool side filling the space of injured Liverpool present captain Jamie Redknapp in the center of midfield.



In the next season, Gerrard got more time on the field with his dream club and in the center of the midfielder he formed a strong partnership with the Redknapp, in the year 2003, Steven Gerrard scored a wonderful goal against Manchester United in the Football league cup where Liverpool won the match with flying colors by 2-0 goals.

In his career, he has also received many offers from the other Premier League clubs as well, after the 2003-04 season where Liverpool ended the season without any silverware at that moment Chelsea offered him a hefty amount of money which Gerrard snubbed and continued his football with the Liverpool side.

Liverpool announced Steven Gerrard as their captain for the 2004-05 season and in that under the captaincy of Steven Gerrard Liverpool won the Champions League against the Italian giants AC Milan by defeating them in the penalties, in the match, Liverpool Went 3-0 down against AC Milan in the first half and after conceding three goals they managed to scored three goals within six minutes and then the match goes to the penalty.

Gerrard is the one who scored 23 goals in the 53 matches in the 2005-06 season and in the month of April he became the first player since John Barnes in 1998 to the PF A player of the year.

The 2014-15 season was the last season for the superstar in Liverpool after that year he joined the American based club LA Galaxy and from there he announces his retirement.

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