#Steven gerrard football story professional#

29, 1998 as a second-half substitute in a match against Blackburn Rovers and went on to play in 12 more games during his debut season.

#Steven gerrard football story professional#

The Merseyside product joined the Liverpool Academy at the age of nine before signing his first professional contract with the club in 1997 as a 17 year old. Individually, he has earned honors as the Professional FootballersвЂ™ Association (PFA) Young Player of the Year (2001), PFA Player of the Year (2006), Football WritersвЂ™ Association (FWA) Footballer of the Year (2009), PFA FansвЂ™ Player of the Year (2001, 2009), PFA Team of the Year (2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014), FA England Player of the Year (2007, 2012), UEFA Club Footballer of the Year (2005) and FIFAвЂ™s Ballon dвЂ™Or Bronze Award (2005). The midfielder joins the Galaxy after leading Liverpool to 10 major trophies over the past 15 years, including the UEFA Champions League (2005), UEFA Cup (2001), UEFA Super Cup (2001, 2005), FA Cup (2001, 2006), FA Community Shield (2006) and League Cup (2001, 2003, 2012). Gerrard also has served as captain for England, making 114 appearances and scoring 21 goals on the international level, most recently captaining his country during the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

In 17 seasons with Liverpool, the teamвЂ™s longest-serving captain made over 700 appearances while scoring more than 180 goals to date in all competitions. Gerrard, 34, joined the Galaxy following one of the most storied careers in Liverpool and English football history. He scored two goals and tallied three assists in the time while earning Player of the Week selection in his debut week, Week 20 vs. England again advanced to the quarterfinals of Euro 2012 but was eliminated from the 2014 World Cup after having played just two games (both losses), which was the earliest the country had ever been knocked out of the tournament finals Gerrard retired from international football shortly after the end of the World Cup.How Acquired: LA Galaxy signed midfielder Steven Gerrard to Designated Player January 7, 2015Дў015: After his midseason arrival, Gerrard went on to start 13 games in 13 appearances with the Galaxy. Gerrard was named the captain of the English national team during qualification for the 2010 World Cup, in which the team was subsequently knocked out in the round of 16. Gerrard was a frequent donor to EnglandвЂ™s runs to the quarterfinals in both the Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup. He made one display in the 2000 European Championship (Euro 2000), but an injury kept him out of the 2002 World Cup. Gerrard was a member of the English national under-21 team, and he debuted with the senior national team in 2000. Gerrard played with the Galaxy for two seasons before retiring from club football in 2016. He joined the Los Angeles Galaxy in the Major League Soccer (MLS). Gerrard played one more season with Liverpool, leaving the team following the 2014вЂ“15 season having scored 186 career goals for the club, fifth most in Liverpool history. The club broke through in 2013вЂ“14, leading the Premier League for six of the final seven weeks of the season only to relinquish the championship in the final week to place second in the league. One bright spot during that stretch was the teamвЂ™s performance in the non-league tournaments during the 2011вЂ“12 season when Liverpool won the League Cup and was the runner-up for the FA Cup.

Gerrard and Liverpool then ran off a string of four back-to-back season finishes outside the top five Premier League positions.