Steven Gerrard
{{short description|English football manager (born 1980)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Steven Gerrard
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| image = Steven Gerrard 2018.jpg
| alt = Steven Gerrard
| caption = Gerrard as Rangers manager in 2018
| full_name = Steven George Gerrard
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|5|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = {{nowrap|Whiston, Merseyside, England}}
| height = {{convert|1.85|m|order=flip}}
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 1989–1998
| youthclubs1 = Liverpool
| years1 = 1998–2015
| clubs1 = Liverpool
| caps1 = 504
| goals1 = 120
| years2 = 2015–2016
| clubs2 = LA Galaxy
| caps2 = 34
| goals2 = 5
| totalcaps = 538
| totalgoals = 125
| nationalyears1 = 1999–2000
| nationalteam1 = England U21
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2000–2014
| nationalteam2 = England
| nationalcaps2 = 114
| nationalgoals2 = 21
| manageryears1 = 2017–2018
| managerclubs1 = Liverpool U18/U19
| manageryears2 = 2018–2021
| managerclubs2 = Rangers
| manageryears3 = 2021–2022
| managerclubs3 = Aston Villa
| manageryears4 = 2023–2025
| managerclubs4 = Al-Ettifaq
}}
Steven George Gerrard {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} (born 30 May 1980) is an English professional football manager and former player. Widely regarded as one of Liverpool's greatest ever players and also as one of the greatest midfielders of all time,{{Cite web |last=Bishop |first=Callum |date=2024-10-08 |title=The 20 greatest midfielders in football history have been ranked - Iniesta 6th |url=https://www.givemesport.com/greatest-midfielders-in-football-history/ |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=GiveMeSport |language=en}}[https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/steven-gerrard-has-been-englands-best-player-of-the-last-decade-says-graeme-souness-8312736.html "Steven Gerrard has been England's best player of the last decade, says Graeme Souness"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104163625/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/steven-gerrard-has-been-england-s-best-player-last-decade-says-graeme-souness-8312736.html |date=4 January 2021 }}. The Independent; retrieved 7 January 2015.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37461598/steven-gerrard-paul-scholes-examples-post-retirement-hype |title=Steven Gerrard and Paul Scholes examples of post-retirement hype |publisher=ESPN FC |last1=Evans |first1=Tony |date=29 November 2016 |access-date=16 May 2020 |archive-date=1 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701113904/https://www.espn.com/soccer/english-premier-league/23/blog/post/3006952/steven-gerrard-and-paul-scholes-examples-of-post-retirement-hype |url-status=live }} Gerrard spent the majority of his playing career as a central midfielder for Liverpool and the England national team, captaining both.{{Cite web |last=Tong |first=Kobe |date=2020-06-30 |title=Steven Gerrard voted Liverpool's greatest ever player out of 16 club legends |url=https://www.givemesport.com/1578523-steven-gerrard-voted-liverpools-greatest-ever-player-out-of-16-club-legends/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=GiveMeSport |language=en}}
Born in Merseyside, Gerrard played for his local club Liverpool for most of his professional career, from 1998 to 2015; here he won nine trophies, including one UEFA Champions League (2005), two FA Cups and three League Cups. He was Man of the Match in the 2005 UEFA Champions League final, in which Liverpool overturned a 3–0 deficit to defeat AC Milan on penalties, and the 2006 FA Cup final, which has been termed The Gerrard Final in homage to his performance. Despite success in cup competitions, he never won the Premier League. Gerrard won 114 England caps between 2000 and 2014, captaining the team 38 times and scoring 21 goals. He played at three UEFA European Championships, in 2000, 2004 and 2012 (where he was named in the Team of the Tournament) and three FIFA World Cups, in 2006, 2010 and 2014. He spent two years at Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy and retired in 2016.
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. In his third full season in charge, Gerrard's side went unbeaten in the league to win Rangers' first league title in ten years. In November 2021, he became the manager of Aston Villa, but after just eleven months in charge, he was dismissed due to a poor run of results.
As a player, his individual awards include UEFA Club Footballer of the Year in 2005, PFA Players' Player of the Year in 2006, FWA Footballer of the Year in 2009, appointment as a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2007 and induction into the Premier League Hall of Fame in 2021. He was also named in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year a record eight times, more than any other footballer in Premier League history. As a manager, he was named as Manager of the Year for 2021 by PFA Scotland and the SFWA, due to his Scottish Premiership success with Rangers.
Early life
Steven George Gerrard{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWC/2014/pdf/FWC_2014_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players: England |publisher=FIFA |page=14 |date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203092301/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWC/2014/pdf/FWC_2014_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=3 February 2020 |url-status=dead }} was born on 30 May 1980 at Whiston Hospital in Whiston, Merseyside, the second son of Julie Ann and Paul Gerrard.{{cite web |url=http://www.liverpoolfc.com/team/first-team/player/steven-gerrard |title=8. Steven Gerrard |publisher=Liverpool F.C. |access-date=13 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150616231153/http://www.liverpoolfc.com/team/first-team/player/steven-gerrard |archive-date=16 June 2015 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/steven-gerrard-it-s-lows-not-highs-make-you-better-player-2072219.html |title=Steven Gerrard: 'It's lows not highs that make you a better player' |newspaper=The Independent |first=Ian |last=Herbert |date=23 October 2011 |access-date=1 January 2021 |archive-date=4 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104163713/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/steven-gerrard-it-s-lows-not-highs-make-you-better-player-2072219.html |url-status=live }}{{harvnb|Gerrard|2006|p=1}} He 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/squad/gerrard|title=1st Team squad profiles: Steven Gerrard|publisher=Liverpool F.C.|access-date=19 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080730045422/http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/squad/gerrard|archive-date=30 July 2008|url-status=dead}} Liverpool was the club that he adored while growing up as a youngster,{{Cite web |last=Siregar |first=Cady |date=20 November 2021 |title=Did Steven Gerrard support Everton? Liverpool legend's Toffees link explained |url=https://www.goal.com/en-my/news/did-steven-gerrard-support-everton-liverpool-legend-s-toffees-link-explained/blt85fee730f3b79327 |access-date=7 March 2025 |website=GOAL}} and his childhood football heroes were Liverpool's John Barnes, Ian Rush and England's Paul Gascoigne.{{cite web | url=https://talksport.com/football/435653/rangers-news-steven-gerrard-gutted-paul-gascoignes-scottish-football-hall-of-fame-snub/ | title=Rangers news: Steven Gerrard 'gutted' by Paul Gascoigne's Scottish Football Hall of Fame snub | work=Talksport | date=20 October 2018 | access-date=1 April 2019 | first=Anton | last=Stanley | archive-date=30 December 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174139/https://talksport.com/football/435653/rangers-news-steven-gerrard-gutted-paul-gascoignes-scottish-football-hall-of-fame-snub/ | url-status=live }} As a child, he had an accident in which a garden fork pierced the big toe of his right foot. In his autobiography, he credited his father and Liverpool Academy director Steve Heighway for preventing unnecessary surgery to amputate his toe.{{harvnb|Gerrard|2006|p=10}}{{harvnb|Gerrard|2006|p=14}}
Despite not being a Catholic and living outside the school's catchment area, Gerrard attended Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School in Liverpool's West Derby suburb after it was recommended by his primary school teacher (whose husband was a PE teacher there) due to its superior football reputation over other schools in the area.{{harvnb|Gerrard|2006|pp=31–32}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1YourView&xml=/sport/2007/10/13/sfntim113.xml|location=London, UK|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|first=Tim|last=Rich|title=England's rugby team inspires Steven Gerrard|date=13 October 2007|access-date=4 January 2021|archive-date=4 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104163632/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/?view=DETAILS&grid=A1YourView&xml=%2Fsport%2F2007%2F10%2F13%2Fsfntim113.xml|url-status=dead}} He had trials with various clubs at age 14, but his success was not immediate and he never made it into the England schoolboys' team. His 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".{{harvnb|Gerrard|2006|pp=10–14}} He signed his first professional contract with Liverpool on 5 November 1997.
Club career
=Liverpool=
==1998–2004: Beginnings, cup treble and club captaincy==
Gerrard made his first-team debut for Liverpool on 29 November 1998 as a late substitute in a Premier League match against Blackburn Rovers.{{cite news |last=Kay |first=Oliver |title=Steven Gerrard completes decade at Liverpool |newspaper=The Times |date=28 November 2008 |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/steven-gerrard-completes-decade-at-liverpool-d5wq20nm3ck |access-date=15 January 2025 | location=London}} He made thirteen appearances in his debut season, replacing injured captain Jamie Redknapp in central midfield. He also occasionally played on the right wing, but scarcely contributed in the short match time he received, which he attributed to nerves.{{cite news |last=Rich |first=Tim |title=A decade of Gerrard: from skinny lad to the hero of Anfield |newspaper=The Guardian |date=29 November 2008 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/nov/29/liverpool-steven-gerrard-premier-league |access-date=19 December 2008 |location=London |archive-date=4 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204122048/http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/nov/29/liverpool-steven-gerrard-premier-league |url-status=live }} Gerrard recalled in a 2008 interview with The Guardian, "I was out of position and out of my depth." Nonetheless, Liverpool's coaching staff remained convinced that he would improve. Gerrard saw himself as a defensive player primarily, looking to make key tackles rather than push the team forward.
Replacing Paul Ince, Gerrard regularly partnered Redknapp in midfield for the 1999–2000 season.{{cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=Phil |title=Steven Gerrard: For Club and Country |date=2006 |publisher=The History Press}} After starting the Merseyside derby on the bench, he replaced Robbie Fowler in the second half, receiving his first career red card for a challenge to the upper leg of Everton's Kevin Campbell.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/459371.stm|title=Blue delight as three sent off|date=27 September 1999|work=BBC Sport|access-date=19 December 2008|archive-date=5 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705125130/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/459371.stm|url-status=live}} Later that season, Gerrard scored his first senior goal in a 4–1 victory over Sheffield Wednesday.{{cite news |title=Youth steals the show at Anfield |work=BBC Sport |date=5 December 1999 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/551619.stm |access-date=19 December 2008 |archive-date=24 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090324043220/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/551619.stm |url-status=live }} However, he began to suffer from persistent back problems, which sports consultant Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt later diagnosed as a result of accelerated growth, coupled with excessive playing, during his teenage years. He was then beset by groin injuries that required four separate operations.
In the 2000–01 season, Gerrard made fifty starts in all competitions, scoring ten goals. That season, he won his first major honours with Liverpool—the FA Cup, Football League Cup, and the UEFA Cup—scoring in the final of the last competition.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/uefa_cup/1335207.stm |title=Houllier hails brilliant Reds |website=BBC Sport |date=17 May 2001 |access-date=21 April 2011 |archive-date=30 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174140/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/uefa_cup/1335207.stm |url-status=live }} He was named PFA Young Player of the Year by his peers.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4935884.stm "Gerrard named player of the year"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113123725/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/4935884.stm |date=13 November 2013 }}. BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 January 2015 The following season, he won the UEFA Super Cup, but missed the 2001 FA Charity Shield through injury.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/SuperCup/news/Kind=128/newsId=4691.html |title=Super Liverpool record cup win |publisher=Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) |access-date=7 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011106124545/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/SuperCup/news/Kind%3D128/newsId%3D4691.html |archive-date=6 November 2001 }}{{cite news
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|date=13 August 2001 |access-date=5 August 2024}} In March 2003, Gerrard scored the opening goal in the club's 2–0 win over Manchester United in the Football League Cup final, held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/2811805.stm|title=Liverpool lift Worthington Cup|date=2 March 2003|work=BBC Sport|access-date=26 September 2010|archive-date=3 June 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060603140721/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/2811805.stm|url-status=live}} After a year as vice-captain, Gerrard replaced Sami Hyypiä as Liverpool captain in October 2003. Manager Gérard Houllier said that he had recognised Gerrard's leadership qualities early on, but that he needed time to mature.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/3194336.stm |title=Gerrard named Reds captain |date=15 October 2003 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=19 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104094539/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/3194336.stm |archive-date=4 November 2010}}
In June 2005, Gerrard extended his contract at the club, signing a four-year deal.{{cite news |title=Steven Gerrard profile |newspaper=Liverpool Echo |date=4 June 2005 |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2005/07/04/steven-gerrard-factfile-100252-15697529/ |access-date=19 December 2008 |archive-date=10 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810095350/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2005/07/04/steven-gerrard-factfile-100252-15697529/ |url-status=live }} Houllier resigned as Liverpool manager after a trophy-less 2003–04 campaign, and Gerrard was linked with a move to Chelsea during the off-season. Gerrard admitted that he was not "happy with the progress Liverpool has made", and that "for the first time in my career I've thought about the possibility of moving on."{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/jun/29/newsstory.sport2|title=Benítez boost as Gerrard stays at Liverpool|first=Dominic|last=Fifield|newspaper=The Guardian|date=29 June 2004|access-date=19 December 2008|location=London|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174139/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/jun/29/newsstory.sport2|url-status=live}} Ultimately, Gerrard turned down a £20 million offer from Chelsea, staying with Liverpool under new coach Rafael Benítez.{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/chelsea/article3780052.ece|title=Chelsea eye Steven Gerrard bid as title race heads for dramatic finish|first=Joe|last=Lovejoy|newspaper=The Times|date=20 April 2008|access-date=19 December 2008|location=London|archive-date=20 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720023813/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/chelsea/article3780052.ece|url-status=dead}}
==2004–2007: Champions League and FA Cup success==
File:Gerrard plinth, 96 Avenue.jpg inscribed with 86 minutes (the time of his strike against Olympiacos) and "Oh, you beauty!! What a hit son! What a hit!"|alt=A dark grey plinth with white and red writing on it]]
Liverpool had many injuries early in the 2004–05 season, and a broken toe suffered in a September league match against Manchester United sidelined Gerrard until late November.{{cite news |title=Gerrard lift for Liverpool |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01a3-0ea7420e99b8-9949145e51f3-1000--gerrard-lift-for-liverpool/ |access-date=14 November 2021 |agency=UEFA |archive-date=14 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114192908/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01a3-0ea7420e99b8-9949145e51f3-1000--gerrard-lift-for-liverpool/ |url-status=live }} On 8 December, Gerrard scored a crucial 25-yard half volley in the 86th minute of Liverpool's final Champions League group stage match against Olympiacos to send the club through to the knockout round.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/4068163.stm|title=Liverpool 3–1 Olympiakos|date=8 December 2004|work=BBC Sport|access-date=19 December 2008|archive-date=10 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210110310/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/4068163.stm|url-status=live}} A strike that saw Sky Sports co-commentator Andy Gray exclaim, "Oh, you beauty!! What a hit son! What a hit!", Gerrard claimed that this was his most important, if not his best, goal for Liverpool to date.{{cite news|title=UEFA Champions League Moment – What a Hit Son!|url=https://www.beinsports.com/en/uefa-champions-league/news/uefa-champions-league-moment-what-a-hit-son/1453409|access-date=15 December 2020|agency=Bein Sports|archive-date=4 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104163715/https://www.beinsports.com/en/uefa-champions-league/news/uefa-champions-league-moment-what-a-hit-son/1453409|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Kay|first=Oliver|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,428-1395540,00.html|newspaper=The Times|title=Gerrard opens Euro tunnel|date=9 December 2004|access-date=19 December 2008|location=London|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174228/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/|url-status=dead}} However, Gerrard netted an own goal during the 2005 League Cup final on 27 February, which proved decisive in Liverpool's 3–2 loss to Chelsea after extra time at the Millennium Stadium.{{cite news |title=Liverpool 2–3 Chelsea |work=BBC Sport |date=27 February 2005 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/4279679.stm |access-date=19 December 2008 |archive-date=29 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829102401/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/4279679.stm |url-status=live }}
File:The big 4-0.jpg in the Premier League in 2007|alt=Gerrard smiling as he jogs along the side of a pitch]]
During a six-minute stretch in the second half of the 2005 Champions League final against AC Milan, Liverpool came back from a three-goal deficit to tie the match at 3–3 after extra time; Gerrard scored the first for his side, a header from a John Arne Riise cross.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/may/22/golden-goal-steven-gerrard-liverpool-milan-champions-league|title=Golden goal: Steven Gerrard for Liverpool v Milan (2005 Champions League final)|date=22 May 2015|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=26 May 2015|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174140/https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/may/22/golden-goal-steven-gerrard-liverpool-milan-champions-league|url-status=live}} Liverpool's third goal was gained as a penalty from a foul awarded to Liverpool when Gennaro Gattuso was judged to have pulled down Gerrard in Milan's penalty area. Xabi Alonso's penalty was saved by Dida but the rebound was scored.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4573159.stm "AC Milan 3–3 Liverpool (aet)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612150505/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4573159.stm |date=12 June 2018 }} BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 March 2013 Gerrard did not participate in the penalty shoot-out (he was the designated fifth penalty taker) which Liverpool won 3–2 as they claimed their first Champions League trophy in twenty years.{{cite news |last=McCarra |first=Kevin |title=Grit, spirit and the ultimate glory |newspaper=The Guardian |date=26 May 2005 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/may/26/match.acmilan |access-date=16 August 2008 |location=London |archive-date=6 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006212306/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/may/26/match.acmilan |url-status=live }} Dubbed the Miracle of Istanbul, the match is widely regarded as one of the greatest finals in the competition's history, and Gerrard was lauded as the catalyst for the second half comeback.Keogh, Frank (26 May 2005) [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4582357.stm "Why it was the greatest cup final"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831160033/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4582357.stm |date=31 August 2017 }}. BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 July 2011[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/6653607/Top-20-sporting-moments-of-the-decade-Liverpools-Miracle-of-Istanbul.html "Top 20 sporting moments of the decade: Liverpool's 'Miracle of Istanbul'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174201/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/6653607/Top-20-sporting-moments-of-the-decade-Liverpools-Miracle-of-Istanbul.html |date=30 December 2020 }}. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 July 2011[https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=games/decade/2005liverpoolmilan "Games of the decade: 2005 UEFA Champions League Final: The Miracle of Istanbul"] . ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2012 Gerrard was named the Man of the Match, and later received the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award.{{cite web |title=Gerrard gains European acclaim |publisher=UEFA |date=25 August 2005 |url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/supercup/news/kind=1/newsid=329453.html |access-date=19 December 2008 |archive-date=8 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108041423/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/supercup/news/kind=1/newsid=329453.html |url-status=dead }}
In regards to his contract issues with Liverpool, Gerrard told the press after the final, "How can I leave after a night like this?"{{cite news |title= Gerrard could stay after Euro win |work= BBC Sport |date= 26 May 2006 |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4578603.stm |access-date= 19 December 2008 |archive-date= 21 April 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090421153040/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4578603.stm |url-status= live }} but negotiations soon stalled and on 5 July 2005, after Liverpool turned down another lucrative offer from Chelsea, Gerrard's agent Struan Marshall informed Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry that Gerrard was rejecting a club-record £100,000-a-week offer. Parry conceded the club had lost Gerrard, saying, "Now we have to move on. We have done our best, but he has made it clear he wants to go and I think it looks pretty final."{{cite news |title= I want to leave Anfield – Gerrard |work= BBC Sport |date= 5 July 2005 |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/4653041.stm |access-date= 19 December 2008 |archive-date= 18 December 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071218203449/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/4653041.stm |url-status= live }} The next day, Gerrard signed a new four-year deal as Parry blamed the earlier breakdown of talks on miscommunication between the two sides. 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.{{cite news |title=Gerrard in shock Liverpool U-turn |work=BBC Sport |date=6 July 2005 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/4654837.stm |access-date=19 December 2008 |archive-date=21 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421153115/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/4654837.stm |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title= Gerrard & Carragher extend deals |work= BBC Sport |date= 8 July 2005 |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/4658695.stm |access-date= 21 August 2008 |archive-date= 13 January 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120113091800/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/4658695.stm |url-status= live }}
{{Quote box|width=26%|align=right|quote="Gerrard is for me, in the position he plays, one of the very best in the world. He has a huge impact. For the job he performs, for me, he is one of the greatest."|source=—Ronaldinho speaking in 2007 with both players named in the FIFA World XI.[http://www.fifproworldxi.com/index.php?mod=one&id=16138&PHPSESSID=a8afd10fa31d2489a51fa610a4ed690d "FIFPro World Player of the Year Ronaldinho talks about who could win this years title" ] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140607105232/http://www.fifproworldxi.com/index.php?mod=one&id=16138&PHPSESSID=a8afd10fa31d2489a51fa610a4ed690d |date=7 June 2014}}. FIFpro World XI.com. Retrieved 7 June 2014}}
Gerrard scored 23 goals in 53 appearances in 2005–06, and in April became the first Liverpool player since John Barnes in 1988 to be voted the PFA Players' Player of the Year.{{cite news|title=Gerrard named player of the year|work=BBC Sport|date=23 April 2006|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4935884.stm|access-date=19 December 2008|archive-date=13 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113123725/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/4935884.stm|url-status=live}} He 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.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/4756045.stm|title=Liverpool-West Ham 3–3 (aet)|work=BBC Sport|date=13 May 2006|access-date=7 February 2019|archive-date=4 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904022543/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/4756045.stm|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/gerrard-2006-display-against-west-ham-probably-my-best-ever-just-dont-call-it-gerrard-final|title=Gerrard: 2006 display against West Ham probably my best ever – just don't call it 'The Gerrard Final'|publisher=Fourfourtwo.com|date=1 November 2017|access-date=7 February 2019|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174157/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/gerrard-2006-display-against-west-ham-probably-my-best-ever-just-dont-call-it-gerrard-final|url-status=live}} A match called The Gerrard Final, the goals made him the only player to have scored in the FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League finals.{{cite news |last=Prentice |first=David |title=Rafa Benitez is the man behind Steven Gerrard's 100 |newspaper=Liverpool Echo |date=3 October 2008 |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-columnists/david-prentice-column/2008/10/03/rafa-benitez-is-the-man-behind-steven-gerrard-s-100-100252-22007362/ |access-date=19 December 2008 |archive-date=20 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120013534/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-columnists/david-prentice-column/2008/10/03/rafa-benitez-is-the-man-behind-steven-gerrard-s-100-100252-22007362/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/from-stanley-matthews-to-steven-gerrard-five-classic-fa-cup-finals-39046820.html |title=From Stanley Matthews to Steven Gerrard, five classic FA Cup final |work=Belfast Telegraph |date=15 March 2020 |access-date=15 December 2020 |first=Andy |last=Hampson |archive-date=3 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903170753/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/from-stanley-matthews-to-steven-gerrard-five-classic-fa-cup-finals-39046820.html |url-status=live }} Liverpool eliminated Chelsea in the 2006–07 Champions League semi-finals on penalties, to return to their second final in three seasons, which they lost 2–1 to Milan in Athens.{{cite news |last=Phillips |first=Owen |title=Liverpool 1–0 Chelsea (Agg: 1–1) |work=BBC Sport |date=1 May 2007 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/6603039.stm |access-date=19 December 2008 |archive-date=4 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204125256/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/6603039.stm |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=McCarra |first=Kevin |title=Brave Liverpool out of luck as Inzaghi inflicts Milan's revenge |newspaper=The Guardian |date=24 May 2007 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/may/24/match.sport |access-date=19 December 2008 |location=London |archive-date=4 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104163714/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/may/24/match.sport |url-status=live }}
==2007–2012: Continued success and stardom==
Gerrard suffered a toe fracture in an August 2007 Champions League qualifier against Toulouse,{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Louise |title=Gerrard may miss Chelsea match after foot injury |newspaper=The Guardian |date=16 August 2007 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/aug/16/match.championsleague |access-date=19 December 2008 |location=London |archive-date=30 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174149/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/aug/16/match.championsleague |url-status=live }} but returned four days later to play the entirety of a 1–1 league draw against Chelsea.{{cite news |title=Liverpool captain Steve Gerrard to face Chelsea with hairline toe fracture, not Germany |newspaper=International Herald Tribune |date=17 August 2007 |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/17/sports/EU-SPT-SOC-English-Preview.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012082454/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/17/sports/EU-SPT-SOC-English-Preview.php |archive-date=12 October 2008 |url-status=dead |access-date=15 June 2015}} On 28 October 2007, Gerrard played his 400th game for Liverpool in a league match against Arsenal, in which he scored.{{cite news |last=Hughes |first=Ian |title=Liverpool 1–1 Arsenal |work=BBC Sport |date=28 October 2007 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7054071.stm |access-date=19 December 2008 |archive-date=29 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029164238/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7054071.stm |url-status=live }}{{cite web|last=Hassall |first=Paul |title=Steven Gerrard 400up |publisher=Liverpool F.C. |date=28 October 2007 |url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/features/stats/FS11957071027-0936.htm |access-date=19 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214150719/http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/features/stats/FS11957071027-0936.htm |archive-date=14 February 2008}} He 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.{{cite web|last=Rea |first=Ged |title=Liverpool V Man U: Stat attack |publisher=Liverpool F.C. |date=14 December 2007 |url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/features/stats/FS12183071213-1628.htm |access-date=19 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409083017/http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/features/stats/FS12183071213-1628.htm |archive-date=9 April 2008}} In December 2007, Gerrard was voted sixth (after Kaká, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba and Ronaldinho) for the 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year.{{cite web|url = http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-fifa-world-player-idUKL1765574220071217|title = Kaka named World Player of Year|date = 17 December 2007|access-date = 19 March 2015|website = Reuters (UK)|last = Ledsom|first = Mark|archive-date = 5 October 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151005052113/http://uk.reuters.com/article/2007/12/17/uk-soccer-fifa-world-player-idUKL1765574220071217|url-status = dead}}{{cite web|url = https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/dec/18/newsstory.europeanfootball|title = Kaka pips Messi and Ronaldo to clinch world player prize|date = 18 December 2007|access-date = 21 May 2015|website = The Guardian|last = Christenson|first = Marcus|archive-date = 4 January 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210104163629/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/dec/18/newsstory.europeanfootball|url-status = live}}
File:Gerrard celebrates his second goal v Everton.jpg after scoring a hat-trick in the Merseyside derby in 2012]]
Gerrard made his 300th Premier League appearance on 13 April 2008 in a match against Blackburn Rovers, scoring the opening goal in a game which Liverpool won 3–1,{{cite news |last=Doyle |first=Ian |title=Liverpool 3, Blackburn 1: Post Match Analysis |newspaper=Liverpool Daily Post |date=14 April 2008 |url=http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2008/04/14/liverpool-3-blackburn-1-post-match-analysis-64375-20760566/ |access-date=19 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615192720/http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2008/04/14/liverpool-3-blackburn-1-post-match-analysis-64375-20760566/ |archive-date=15 June 2008}}{{cite news|url=http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0500liverpoolfc/0100news/tm_headline=steven-gerrard-s-joy-at-300-league-appearances-for-liverpool&method=full&objectid=20762033&siteid=50061-name_page.html|title=Steven Gerrard's joy at 300 league appearances for Liverpool|newspaper=Liverpool Echo|date=14 April 2008|first=Tony|last=Barrett|access-date=30 July 2008|archive-date=14 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614124349/http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0500liverpoolfc/0100news/tm_headline%3Dsteven-gerrard-s-joy-at-300-league-appearances-for-liverpool%26method%3Dfull%26objectid%3D20762033%26siteid%3D50061-name_page.html|url-status=live}} and finished the season with twenty-one goals in all competitions, surpassing his total from the 2006–07 season. Gerrard was selected for the PFA Team of the Year and he was also one of the nominees or the PFA Players' Player of the Year, alongside teammate Fernando Torres.{{cite news |title=Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard shortlisted for PFA awards |newspaper=Liverpool Daily Post |date=12 April 2008 |url=http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2008/04/12/fernando-torres-and-steven-gerrard-shortlisted-for-pfa-awards-64375-20755477/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629091351/http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2008/04/12/fernando-torres-and-steven-gerrard-shortlisted-for-pfa-awards-64375-20755477/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2012 |access-date=19 December 2008}}{{cite news |last=Harvey |first=Chris |title=Premier League team 07/08 |publisher=Sky Sports |date=27 April 2008 |url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11662_3469616,00.html |access-date=19 December 2008 |archive-date=19 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819204457/http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11662_3469616,00.html |url-status=live }}
Gerrard needed to undergo groin surgery at the beginning of the 2008–09 season, but the problem was not serious and he quickly returned to training.{{cite news |last=Pearson |first=James |title=Gerrard set for surgery |publisher=Sky Sports |date=29 August 2008 |url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_4058574,00.html |access-date=19 December 2008 |archive-date=12 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112072559/http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_4058574,00.html |url-status=live }} He scored what appeared to be his hundredth career Liverpool goal against Stoke City on 20 September, but it was disallowed after Dirk Kuyt was ruled offside.{{cite news |title=Steven Gerrard "robbed" of 100th Liverpool goal |newspaper=Liverpool Daily Post |date=20 September 2008 |url=http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2008/09/20/steven-gerrard-robbed-of-100th-liverpool-goal-64375-21864357/ |access-date=19 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023203007/http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2008/09/20/steven-gerrard-robbed-of-100th-liverpool-goal-64375-21864357/ |archive-date=23 October 2008}} He achieved the milestone eleven days later in a 3–1 Champions League group stage win over PSV.{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/gerrard-scores-100th-goal-for-liverpool-dmjjznvt0zd|title=Gerrard scores 100th goal for Liverpool|first=Richard|last=Neale|date=1 October 2008|newspaper=The Times|access-date=15 January 2025 | location=London}}
{{Quote box|width=28%|align=left|quote="Is he the best in the world? He might not get the attention of Messi and Ronaldo but yes, I think he just might be. He has great passing ability, can tackle and scores goals, but most importantly he gives the players around him confidence and belief. You can't learn that – players like him are just born with that presence."|source=—Zinedine Zidane on Gerrard, 2009.}}
He made his 100th appearance in European club competition for Liverpool on 10 March 2009 against Real Madrid and scored twice in a 4–0 win.{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/fernando-torres-sets-tone-for-liverpool-to-progress-in-imperious-style-chbrfl00xfj |title=Fernando Torres sets tone for Liverpool to progress in imperious style|date=11 March 2009 |newspaper=The Times|access-date=15 January 2025 | location=London | first=Oliver | last=Kay}} Four days later, when Liverpool faced Manchester United, Gerrard won a penalty after he had been fouled by Patrice Evra. With the scoreline at 1–1, Gerrard scored the resulting spot-kick, his first goal at Old Trafford, to give Liverpool the lead en route to a 4–1 victory.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7922069.stm |title=Man Utd 1–4 Liverpool |date=14 March 2009 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=16 March 2009 |first=Phil |last=McNulty |archive-date=16 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090316003116/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7922069.stm |url-status=live }} Following these results, three-time FIFA World Player of the Year Zinedine Zidane hailed Gerrard as possibly the best player in the world.[https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2009/mar/15/steven-gerrard-champions-league-best-player-zinedine-zidane "Gerrard provides forceful argument against charge that money conquers all"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174157/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2009/mar/15/steven-gerrard-champions-league-best-player-zinedine-zidane |date=30 December 2020 }} The Guardian (15 March 2009). Retrieved 17 March 2009. On 22 March 2009, Gerrard scored his first ever hat-trick in the Premier League, against Aston Villa, in a 5–0 victory.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7937107.stm|title=Liverpool 5–0 Aston Villa|date=22 March 2009|work=BBC Sport|access-date=23 March 2009|first=Phil|last=McNulty|archive-date=22 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322115022/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7937107.stm|url-status=live}}
On 13 May 2009, 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. Gerrard was delighted and "a little bit surprised" to win the award.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/8047236.stm|title=Gerrard delight at writers' award|date=13 May 2009|work=BBC Sport|access-date=13 May 2009|archive-date=17 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517014912/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/8047236.stm|url-status=live}} On 5 December 2009, Gerrard made his 500th appearance for Liverpool at Blackburn.{{cite news|last=Molinaro|first=John|title=Non-reaction to Gerrard exposes English hypocrisy over diving|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/blogs/2009/12/nonreaction_to_gerrard_exposes.html|publisher=CBC Sports|access-date=21 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829052840/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/blogs/2009/12/nonreaction_to_gerrard_exposes.html|archive-date=29 August 2011}} He ended the 2009–10 season with 12 goals and nine assists from 46 matches.
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Following the 2009–10 season, Rafael Benítez departed Liverpool after six years and was succeeded as manager by Roy Hodgson, who quickly assured fans that Gerrard would not be sold.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/8829753.stm |title=Gerrard and Torres staying at Liverpool – Hodgson |work=BBC Sport |date=16 July 2010 |access-date=4 August 2013 |archive-date=4 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104163633/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/8829753.stm |url-status=live }} To further eliminate any speculation surrounding his future at the club, Gerrard made a statement emphasizing his excitement at the coming season with Liverpool and praising the signing of Joe Cole.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/jul/20/steven-gerrard-liverpool | location=London | newspaper=The Guardian | title=Steven Gerrard all but confirms he is staying at Liverpool | first=Sachin | last=Nakrani | date=20 July 2010 | access-date=13 December 2016 | archive-date=4 January 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104163642/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/jul/20/steven-gerrard-liverpool | url-status=live }} Gerrard soon played his first pre-season match of the 2010–11 season against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 1 August 2010 alongside new signing Joe Cole.{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/our-complete-german-squad|title=Our complete German squad|date=31 July 2010|publisher=Liverpool F.C.|access-date=29 April 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100803114005/http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/our-complete-german-squad|archive-date=3 August 2010}}
Gerrard scored his first goal of the 2010–11 season from the penalty spot in a Europa League qualifier against Macedonian side FK Rabotnički on 5 August 2010.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8886506.stm|title=Liverpool 2–0 Rabotnicki Skopje (agg 4–0)|date=5 August 2010|work=BBC Sport|access-date=5 August 2010|first=Mark|last=Ashenden|archive-date=5 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100805052437/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8886506.stm|url-status=live}} His next two goals came on 19 September at Old Trafford in a 3–2 loss against Manchester United; he scored from a penalty kick in the 64th minute and a free-kick six minutes later to level the game at 2–2.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/9000606.stm|title=Manchester United 3–2 Liverpool|date=19 September 2010|work=BBC Sport|access-date=21 November 2010|first=Phil|last=McNulty|archive-date=13 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113024842/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/9000606.stm|url-status=live}} He followed this up one week later with the second equaliser in a 2–2 home draw with Sunderland.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/9020950.stm|title=Liverpool 2–2 Sunderland|date=25 September 2010|work=BBC Sport|access-date=21 November 2010|first=Mandeep|last=Sanghera|archive-date=14 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314064329/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/9020950.stm|url-status=live}} Eleven days later, Gerrard came off the bench to score a second-half hat-trick in a 3–1 win over Napoli in the Europa League.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/9154975.stm|title=Liverpool 3–1 Napoli|date=4 November 2010|work=BBC Sport|access-date=21 November 2010|first=Mandeep|last=Sanghera|archive-date=6 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306192921/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/9154975.stm|url-status=live}}
Gerrard missed the start of the 2011–12 season due to a groin injury, which had also kept him out of action for large parts of the previous season.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/gerrard-out-for-six-weeks-with-injury-2329130.html|date=31 July 2011|access-date=22 August 2011|first=Paul|last=Short|location=London|newspaper=The Independent|title=Gerrard out for six weeks with injury|archive-date=20 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120135759/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/gerrard-out-for-six-weeks-with-injury-2329130.html|url-status=live}} Gerrard later went on to reveal he rejected the chance to join Bayern Munich in the summer to focus on getting Liverpool back in the Champions League, saying "... a traditional club like Liverpool still has a value, that's the reason why I have stuck around for so long ... it is more important to win a couple of trophies and achieve something that is a lot more difficult than go down the easy road and move to a club where it becomes easier."{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/10219625/Liverpool-captain-Steven-Gerrard-rejected-Bayern-Munich.html | location=London | newspaper=The Daily Telegraph | first=Chris | last=Bascombe | title=Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard rejected Bayern Munich | date=2 August 2013 | access-date=4 April 2018 | archive-date=30 December 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174206/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/10219625/Liverpool-captain-Steven-Gerrard-rejected-Bayern-Munich.html | url-status=live }}
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On 29 October, Gerrard underwent treatment to clear an infection in his right ankle, which was placed in a protective plaster cast. He 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.{{cite news|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/977977/gerrard-ankle-placed-in-protective-plaster-cast?campaign=rss&source=soccernet&cc=5901|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714080404/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/977977/gerrard-ankle-placed-in-protective-plaster-cast?campaign=rss&source=soccernet&cc=5901|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 July 2012|title=Gerrard ankle placed in cast|date=1 November 2011|work=ESPN Soccernet}} On 30 December, Gerrard came off the bench against Newcastle United and scored a fine goal.{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/bellamy-brace-sinks-magpies|title=Bellamy brace sinks Magpies|date=31 December 2011|publisher=Liverpool F.C.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107124438/http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/bellamy-brace-sinks-magpies|archive-date=7 January 2012}}
Gerrard went on to help Liverpool to reach their first cup final in 6 years, and their first at Wembley Stadium in 18 years, as Liverpool beat Manchester City 3–2 on aggregate in the semi-finals. 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.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16405943 "Manchester City 0–1 Liverpool"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174205/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/16405943 |date=30 December 2020 }} BBC Sport. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16606933 "Liverpool 2–2 Manchester City (3–2 agg)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174319/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/16606933 |date=30 December 2020 }} BBC Sport. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17093419 "Cardiff 2–2 Liverpool (Liverpool win 3–2 on penalties)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125212506/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17093419 |date=25 January 2016 }} BBC Sport. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012. On his 400th Premier League appearance for Liverpool, Gerrard scored a hat-trick to give Liverpool a 3–0 victory over rivals Everton in the Merseyside derby on 13 March.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17268066 "Liverpool 3–0 Everton"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126134512/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17268066 |date=26 January 2016 }} BBC Sport. 13 March 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
==2012–2015: Final seasons with Liverpool==
On 18 August 2012, Gerrard played his 250th match as Liverpool captain.[http://www.liverpoolfc.com/match/fixtures/first-team/w-b-a-v-liverpool-7868/last-match-report "Match Report – West Brom 3–0 Liverpool"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923234611/http://www.liverpoolfc.com/match/fixtures/first-team/w-b-a-v-liverpool-7868/last-match-report |date=23 September 2012}} Liverpool F.C. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2012. He scored his first Premier League goal of the season on 23 September, opening the scoring in a 2–1 defeat against Manchester United.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19615059 "Liverpool 1–2 Man Utd"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104163645/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/19615059 |date=4 January 2021 }} BBC Sport. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
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On 15 July 2013, Gerrard signed a contract extension with Liverpool.{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/139494-gerrard-signs-contract-extension|title=Gerrard signs contract extension|date=15 July 2013|access-date=15 July 2013|publisher=Liverpool F.C.|archive-date=18 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130718095151/http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/139494-gerrard-signs-contract-extension|url-status=live}} On 3 August 2013, Liverpool played Olympiacos, against whom Gerrard scored arguably his most celebrated goal, at Anfield for Gerrard's charity fund-raising testimonial match. Liverpool won the match 2–0, in a game where past players such as Jamie Carragher and Robbie Fowler made appearances.{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/liverpool-beat-olympiakos-in-gerrard-testimonial/ |title=Liverpool beat Olympiakos in Gerrard testimonial |first=Ian |last=Whittell |publisher=Fox News |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=3 August 2013 |access-date=1 September 2014 |archive-date=1 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701153657/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/08/03/liverpool-beat-olympiakos-in-gerrard-testimonial/ |url-status=live }} Alder Hey Children's Charity, of which Gerrard is a founding partner, received £500,000 from the proceeds.[http://www.alderheycharity.org/what-we-do/our-patrons/ Gerrard named Founding Partner of Alder Hey Children's Charity] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711203337/http://www.alderheycharity.org/what-we-do/our-patrons/ |date=11 July 2016 }}. Alder Hey Charity. Retrieved 30 May 2014 On 5 October, Gerrard scored in a 3–1 win over Crystal Palace, becoming Liverpool's first ever player to score in 15 successive league campaigns, overtaking the record previously set by Billy Liddell in 1959.[http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/pictures-liverpool-fc-captain-steven-6153713 "In pictures: Gerrard scores for record 15th successive season"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008074549/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/pictures-liverpool-fc-captain-steven-6153713 |date=8 October 2013 }}, Liverpool Echo; retrieved 25 February 2014. Also in October 2013, he became the longest-serving Liverpool captain, 10 years after his appointment by Gérard Houllier on 15 October 2013, breaking the previous record held by Alex Raisbeck, who captained Liverpool from 1899 to 1909.{{cite news|last1=Pearce|first1=James|title=Steven Gerrard story: LFC captain looks to the future|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/steven-gerrard-story-liverpool-fc-5430409|access-date=1 June 2015|newspaper=Liverpool Echo|date=2 August 2013|archive-date=3 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703160752/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/steven-gerrard-story-liverpool-fc-5430409|url-status=live}}
On 19 October 2013, Gerrard scored his 100th Premier League goal, a penalty against Newcastle United in a 2–2 draw.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/10392220/Steven-Gerrard-scores-his-100th-Premier-League-goal-to-prove-he-is-still-Liverpools-key-player-aged-33.html "Steven Gerrard scores his 100th Premier League goal to prove he is still Liverpool's key player aged 33"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104163622/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/10392220/Steven-Gerrard-scores-his-100th-Premier-League-goal-to-prove-he-is-still-Liverpools-key-player-aged-33.html |date=4 January 2021 }}. The Telegraph. Retrieved 25 February 2014 On 16 March 2014, Gerrard scored two penalties and missed another in Liverpool's 3–0 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/26502631|title=Man Utd 0–3 Liverpool|date=16 March 2014|access-date=14 April 2014|work=BBC Sport|archive-date=4 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104163633/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/26502631|url-status=live}} With nine career goals against arch rivals Manchester United he is Liverpool's highest goalscorer in the fixture.{{cite news|title=The top PL scorers from Man Utd-Liverpool: Gerrard, Cole, Rashford…|url=https://www.planetfootball.com/quick-reads/the-top-pl-scorers-from-man-utd-liverpool-gerrard-cole-rashford/|access-date=26 October 2021|agency=Planet Football|archive-date=27 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027020129/https://www.planetfootball.com/quick-reads/the-top-pl-scorers-from-man-utd-liverpool-gerrard-cole-rashford/|url-status=live}} On 6 April, he scored another two penalties as Liverpool beat West Ham United 2–1 to go top of the Premier League table with five matches to play. These goals took him above Kenny Dalglish as Liverpool's sixth-top goalscorer of all time.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/26807039|title=West Ham 1–2 Liverpool|date=6 April 2014|access-date=14 April 2014|work=BBC Sport|archive-date=12 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140412212035/http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/26807039|url-status=live}}
On 27 April 2014, Gerrard was involved in what was later labelled as a defining moment of the 2013–14 Premier League season; where Liverpool would ultimately finish second.{{cite news |last=Lawrence |first=Amy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/11/steven-gerrard-liverpool |title=Steven Gerrard walks alone in his thoughts as Liverpool's hopes evaporate |date=11 May 2014 |access-date=2 August 2014 |newspaper=The Guardian |archive-date=30 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174238/https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/11/steven-gerrard-liverpool |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Stanger |first=Matthew |url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11662/9299005/why-liverpools-collapse-at-crystal-palace-makes-a-fitting-end-to-an-extraordinary-title-challenge |title=Why Liverpool's collapse at Crystal Palace makes a fitting end to an extraordinary title challenge |date=6 May 2014 |access-date=2 August 2014 |publisher=Sky Sports |archive-date=8 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808060336/http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11662/9299005/why-liverpools-collapse-at-crystal-palace-makes-a-fitting-end-to-an-extraordinary-title-challenge |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/303149.html |title=Gerrard slip loosens Liverpool's title grip |date=27 April 2014 |access-date=2 August 2014 |publisher=Sky Sports |archive-date=10 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810152334/http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/303149.html |url-status=live }} Liverpool originally topped the league when they faced Chelsea in their third last match of the season. Gerrard slipped while receiving a pass from Mamadou Sakho which allowed Demba Ba to score the opening goal for Chelsea; Chelsea went on to win 2–0, which meant that Liverpool's title hopes were no longer in their own hands.{{cite news|title=Liverpool 0–2 Chelsea|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/27092978|work=BBC Sport|date=27 April 2014|access-date=13 May 2014|archive-date=12 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512151355/http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/27092978|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Bevan|first=Chris|title=Liverpool v Chelsea: Jose Mourinho's tactical masterclass|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/27183104|work=BBC Sport|date=28 April 2014|access-date=13 May 2014|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174258/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/27183104|url-status=live}} Gerrard finished the season with 13 goals and the League's most assists at 13.{{cite web|url=http://eplindex.com/53893/steven-gerrard-adaptable-man-2013-14-stats.html|title=Steven Gerrard: The Adaptable Man – 2013/14 Stats|work=EPL Index|date=17 May 2014 |access-date=25 June 2014|archive-date=25 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625082704/http://eplindex.com/53893/steven-gerrard-adaptable-man-2013-14-stats.html|url-status=live}} Gerrard was a nominee for the PFA Players' Player of the Year award that year,{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/27076251|title=PFA award: Liverpool's Suarez, Gerrard & Sturridge on shortlist|date=18 April 2014|access-date=19 April 2014|work=BBC Sport|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174221/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/27076251|url-status=live}} while he won the 2014 Liverpool Echo Sports Personality Award.{{cite news|last=Sutton|first=John|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/liverpool-fc-captain-steven-gerrard-7044999|title=Liverpool FC captain Steven Gerrard scoops ECHO sports personality of the year award|newspaper=Liverpool Echo|date=29 April 2014|access-date=12 May 2014|archive-date=2 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502032907/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/liverpool-fc-captain-steven-gerrard-7044999|url-status=live}} Gerrard would later refer to this period as "the worst three months of my life".{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jul/30/steven-gerrard-liverpool-worst-three-months|title=Steven Gerrard: the past three months have been the worst of my life|date=30 July 2014|access-date=2 August 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|archive-date=31 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140731205841/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jul/30/steven-gerrard-liverpool-worst-three-months|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Bascombe|first=Chris|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/10998538/Liverpool-captain-Steven-Gerrard-admits-this-has-been-worst-period-of-my-life-after-seeing-title-hopes-slip-away.html|title=Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard admits 'this has been worst period of my life' after seeing title hopes slip away|date=29 July 2014|access-date=2 August 2014|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|archive-date=4 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104163726/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/10998538/Liverpool-captain-Steven-Gerrard-admits-this-has-been-worst-period-of-my-life-after-seeing-title-hopes-slip-away.html|url-status=live}}
In October 2014, Gerrard ruled out retiring at the end of the 2014–15 season and said that he could join another club if he were not offered a new contract at Liverpool.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/players/steven-gerrard/11199303/Steven-Gerrard-interview-Mario-Balotelli-can-still-turn-it-around-at-Liverpool-following-stuttering-start.html|title=Steven Gerrard interview: Mario Balotelli can still turn it around at Liverpool following stuttering start|date=31 October 2014|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=31 October 2014|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174248/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/players/steven-gerrard/11199303/Steven-Gerrard-interview-Mario-Balotelli-can-still-turn-it-around-at-Liverpool-following-stuttering-start.html|url-status=live}} On 1 January 2015, Gerrard announced that he would leave Liverpool at the end of the season.{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/sport/football/article/2015-01-01/captain-gerrard-to-leave-liverpool-at-end-of-season|title=Captain Gerrard to leave Liverpool at end of season|date=1 January 2015|publisher=ITV Sport|access-date=21 January 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102020158/http://www.itv.com/sport/football/article/2015-01-01/captain-gerrard-to-leave-liverpool-at-end-of-season|archive-date=2 January 2015}} Gerrard said he would have signed a new contract had it been offered in the offseason, but said the club did not make an offer until November. By that time, Brendan Rodgers had spoken to him about managing his playing time and he had been left out of the starting line-up against Real Madrid in the Champions League, contributing to his decision to leave Liverpool.{{cite news|url=http://www.espnfc.com/liverpool/story/2230830/steven-gerrrard-says-no-one-is-to-blame-for-his-liverpool-exit|title=Steven Gerrard would have signed new Liverpool contract in summer|work=ESPN FC|date=7 January 2015|access-date=8 January 2015|archive-date=4 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104163625/https://www.espn.com/soccer/liverpool/story/2230830/steven-gerrrard-says-no-one-is-to-blame-for-his-liverpool-exit|url-status=live}} His goal against Basel in the final group stage game of the Champions League was Gerrard's 30th goal in the competition, a club record until it was surpassed by Mohamed Salah in 2021.{{cite news |title=Salah stars as Liverpool beat 10-man Atlético |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58958584 |access-date=19 October 2021 |work=BBC Sport|archive-date=21 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021064523/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58958584 |url-status=live }} On 5 January 2015, Gerrard scored two goals in his first game after announcing his departure in the FA Cup 3rd round tie in a 2–1 win at AFC Wimbledon.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30620966|title=AFC Wimbledon 1–2 Liverpool|access-date=6 January 2015|work=BBC Sport|archive-date=17 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117145729/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30620966|url-status=live}} This followed another two-goal performance in the previous match against Leicester, the first time he scored two or more goals in consecutive games since July 2005.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30691946|title=Steven Gerrard shows Liverpool what they will miss|first=Phil|last=McNulty|work=BBC Sport|date=6 January 2015|access-date=6 January 2015|archive-date=6 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106194242/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30691946|url-status=live}} On 4 February 2015, he made his 700th appearance for Liverpool, in an FA Cup tie against Bolton.{{cite news|last=Jones|first=Neil|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/steven-gerrards-700th-liverpool-fc-8557292|title=Steven Gerrard's 700th Liverpool FC appearance: how he's reached this milestone|date=1 February 2015|access-date=17 June 2020|newspaper=Liverpool Echo|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174256/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/steven-gerrards-700th-liverpool-fc-8557292|url-status=live}}
On 22 March, Gerrard was sent off 38 seconds after coming on as a half-time substitute in a match against Manchester United for stamping on Ander Herrera.{{cite news|title=Steven Gerrard: Liverpool captain sorry for 38-second red card|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32009947|access-date=22 March 2015|work=BBC Sport|date=22 March 2015|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174310/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/32009947|url-status=live}} Gerrard made his 500th league appearance for Liverpool in a goalless draw against West Brom on 25 April; he became only the third player ever to achieve 500 or more Premier League appearances for one club, after Ryan Giggs and former teammate Jamie Carragher.{{cite news|title=West Brom dent Liverpool top 4 hopes|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32363169|work=BBC Sport|last=Rose |first=Gary|date=25 April 2015|access-date=25 April 2015|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174315/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/32363169|url-status=live}} His final appearance for Liverpool at Anfield was on 16 May against Crystal Palace in a 3–1 loss.{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/185208-gerrard-reflects-on-17-years-as-a-red|title=Gerrard reflects on 17 years as a Red|date=14 May 2015|publisher=Liverpool F.C.|access-date=15 May 2015|archive-date=16 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516222330/http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/185208-gerrard-reflects-on-17-years-as-a-red|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/14/steven-gerrard-liverpool-final-anfield-appearance|title=Steven Gerrard on leaving Liverpool: 'I always knew this moment was going to be the toughest'|date=14 May 2015|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=15 May 2015|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174238/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/14/steven-gerrard-liverpool-final-anfield-appearance|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/16/liverpool-crystal-palace-premier-league-match-report|title=Liverpool's Steven Gerrard given inglorious send-off by Crystal Palace|date=16 May 2015|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=18 May 2015|archive-date=19 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519054202/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/16/liverpool-crystal-palace-premier-league-match-report|url-status=live}} His final appearance for the club was eight days later in a 6–1 defeat at Stoke, with Gerrard scoring Liverpool's only goal of the game.{{cite news|last1=Johnston|first1=Neil|title=Stoke 6–1 Liverpool|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32770765|access-date=24 May 2015|work=BBC Sport|date=24 May 2015|archive-date=4 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104163704/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/32770765|url-status=live}}
=LA Galaxy: Final years and retirement=
File:Steven Gerrard 2015.jpg in 2015|alt=Garrard walking across a pitch in a dark blue kit with yellow trimming]]
On 7 January 2015, the LA Galaxy of Major League Soccer (MLS) announced the signing of Gerrard to an 18-month Designated Player contract, reportedly worth $9 million. He joined the team in July, following the end of the 2014–15 Premier League season.{{cite news|title=Galaxy announces Steven Gerrard's 18-month deal on Wednesday|url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/la-sp-galaxy-steven-gerrard-20150107-story.html|date=7 January 2015|first=Kevin|last=Baxter|access-date=21 January 2018|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174337/https://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/la-sp-galaxy-steven-gerrard-20150107-story.html|url-status=live}} On 11 July, Gerrard made his debut for LA, coming on at half time for Ignacio Maganto in a 1–0 loss at Real Salt Lake in the U.S. Open Cup quarter-finals.{{cite news |title=Despite the loss to Real Salt Lake, Steven Gerrard pleased with competitive appearance for the LA Galaxy |url=https://www.lagalaxy.com/news/despite-loss-real-salt-lake-steven-gerrard-pleased-competitive-appearance-la-gal |access-date=14 November 2021 |agency=LA Galaxy |archive-date=14 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114194801/https://www.lagalaxy.com/news/despite-loss-real-salt-lake-steven-gerrard-pleased-competitive-appearance-la-gal |url-status=live }} He made his MLS debut on 17 July, scoring once, while assisting one goal of his former Liverpool teammate Robbie Keane's hat-trick, during a 5–2 defeat of fellow Californians the San Jose Earthquakes at the StubHub Center.{{cite news|url=http://www.goal.com/en/match/la-galaxy-vs-sj-earthquakes/1990126/report|title=LA Galaxy 5–2 San Jose Earthquakes: Gerrard scores and assists on MLS debut|website=Goal.com|date=18 July 2015|access-date=18 July 2015|archive-date=21 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721015812/http://www.goal.com/en/match/la-galaxy-vs-sj-earthquakes/1990126/report|url-status=live}} That month, Gerrard was one of the 22 players to be named to the 2015 MLS All-Star Game roster.{{cite web|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/all-star/2015/news/article/2015/07/18/sebastian-giovinco-kei-kamara-among-22-players-named-2015-att-mls-all-star-g|title=Sebastian Giovinco, Kei Kamara among 22 players named to 2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game roster|publisher=Major League Soccer|date=18 July 2015|access-date=18 July 2015|archive-date=21 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921022035/http://www.mlssoccer.com/all-star/2015/news/article/2015/07/18/sebastian-giovinco-kei-kamara-among-22-players-named-2015-att-mls-all-star-g|url-status=live}} He made 13 appearances across the regular season, scoring one more goal, the team's last of a 3–2 home win over FC Dallas on 27 September.{{cite web |url=https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2015-09-27-la-galaxy-vs-fc-dallas/feed |title=Timeline: LA Galaxy vs FC Dallas |publisher=Major League Soccer |date=28 September 2015 |access-date=17 June 2020 |archive-date=30 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174237/https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2015-09-27-la-galaxy-vs-fc-dallas/feed |url-status=live }}
After the Galaxy were eliminated from the 2015 MLS Cup Playoffs by Seattle Sounders FC, Gerrard announced that he may retire in 2016, saying that he found unexpected difficulty in the long journeys to away matches in the United States, and the diverse altitude and weather across the country.{{cite news|title=Steven Gerrard: LA Galaxy midfielder may retire in 2016|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34710492|access-date=3 November 2015|work=BBC Sport|date=3 November 2015|archive-date=4 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104163635/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/34710492|url-status=live}}
Gerrard played his final game for the Galaxy on 6 November 2016 in a MLS Cup Playoff penalty shoot-out loss to Colorado Rapids. Gerrard took and scored Los Angeles' first spot-kick but the club were eliminated after Giovani dos Santos and Ashley Cole failed to convert.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/nov/06/steven-gerrard-retirement-la-galaxy-mls-playoffs-robbie-keane-colorado-rapids|title=Steven Gerrard could be set to announce his retirement after Galaxy KO|website=The Guardian|last=Dobson|first=Mark|date=6 November 2016|access-date=8 November 2016|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174324/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/nov/06/steven-gerrard-retirement-la-galaxy-mls-playoffs-robbie-keane-colorado-rapids|url-status=live}} Nine days later, he stated he would be leaving on the expiration of his contract.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37992708|title=Steven Gerrard: Ex-Liverpool captain to leave LA Galaxy|date=15 November 2016|work=BBC Sport|access-date=11 February 2018|archive-date=4 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104163644/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37992708|url-status=live}} He announced his retirement from professional football on 24 November, at age 36.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/nov/24/steven-gerrard-retires-playing-professional-football|title=Steven Gerrard retires from football after 'incredible career'|date=24 November 2016|access-date=21 January 2018|newspaper=The Guardian|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174244/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/nov/24/steven-gerrard-retires-playing-professional-football|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37972429|title=Steven Gerrard: Liverpool great retires after a 19-year career|work=BBC Sport|date=24 November 2016|access-date=24 November 2016|archive-date=25 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125043749/http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37972429|url-status=live}}
International career
=2000–2004: Beginnings and early call-ups=
Gerrard made his international debut against Ukraine on 31 May 2000.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/euro2000/teams/england/771951.stm|work=BBC Sport|title=Victorious farewell for England|date=31 May 2000|access-date=28 May 2007|archive-date=4 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204122606/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/euro2000/teams/england/771951.stm|url-status=live}} That summer, he was called up for UEFA Euro 2000, making only one appearance as a substitute in a 1–0 win over Germany before England were eliminated in the group stage.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/euro2000/teams/england/772145.stm|work=BBC Sport|title=Keegan names Euro 2000 squad|date=1 June 2000|access-date=28 May 2007|archive-date=4 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204121733/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/euro2000/teams/england/772145.stm|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/euro2000/795342.stm|work=BBC Sport|title=England beat Germany – at last|date=17 June 2000|access-date=28 May 2007|archive-date=29 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100629214348/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/euro2000/795342.stm|url-status=live}} He scored his first international goal in the famous 5–1 victory over Germany in a 2002 World Cup qualifier in September 2001, and while England qualified, Gerrard was forced to pull out of the squad due to his ongoing groin problems after pulling up in Liverpool's final match of the season against Ipswich.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/england/newsid_1983000/1983928.stm|work=BBC Sport|title=Gerrard ruled out of World Cup|date=14 May 2002|access-date=28 May 2007|archive-date=9 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609151634/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/england/newsid_1983000/1983928.stm|url-status=live}}
=2004–2006: FIFA World Cup debut=
Gerrard scored his second goal for the national team in the Euro 2004 qualifier against Macedonia on 16 October 2002 in a 2–2 draw, his third goal was the opener in a 2–1 win over Serbia and Montenegro on 3 June 2003.{{cite web |url=http://www.thefa.com/England/All-Teams/Players/G/Steven-Gerrard |title=Steven Gerrard |publisher=The Football Association |access-date=4 August 2013 |archive-date=30 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730165504/http://www.thefa.com/England/All-Teams/Players/G/Steven-Gerrard |url-status=live }}
Before the Euros, Gerrard won the only trophy with the national team in his career – the friendly 2004 FA Summer Tournament.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/manchester-3nat04.html|title=FA Summer Tournament (Manchester) 2004|website=RSSSF|access-date=31 January 2020|archive-date=2 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202205210/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/manchester-3nat04.html|url-status=live}}
He was a regular starter in Euro 2004, scoring once to make it 3–0 in England's win over Switzerland in the second Group game of the tournament but England would be eliminated by the tournament hosts Portugal in the quarter-finals losing 6–5 on penalties in a match when Gerrard was substituted off in the 81st minute for Owen Hargreaves.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/euro_2004/3830451.stm|work=BBC Sport|title=Portugal break England hearts|date=24 June 2004|access-date=28 May 2007|archive-date=26 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626193544/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/euro_2004/3830451.stm|url-status=live}}
File:Steven Gerrard before Euro 2012 match vs Italy.jpg at UEFA Euro 2012|alt=Gerrard warming up in a black England shirt]]
He 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.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4991618.stm|work=BBC Sport|title=England beaten on penalties again|date=1 July 2006|access-date=28 May 2007|archive-date=3 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903081657/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4991618.stm|url-status=live}} He was England's top scorer in the tournament.
=2006–2010: Vice-captaincy and "Golden Generation"=
Gerrard was made vice-captain of the England team by coach Steve McClaren,{{cite news |title=Terry named new England skipper |work=BBC Sport |date=10 August 2006 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/4780745.stm |access-date=19 December 2008 |archive-date=6 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070906234915/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/4780745.stm |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite news |last=Stevenson |first=Johnathon |title=England 2–3 Croatia |work=BBC Sport |date=21 November 2007 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/7103110.stm |access-date=19 December 2008 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612224702/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/7103110.stm |url-status=live }} After new coach Fabio Capello took over the team in early 2008, Gerrard was given a trial run as captain but Capello settled on Terry for the role.{{cite news |last=Hodges |first=Vicki |title=Fabio Capello names Steven Gerrard captain |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=5 February 2008 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/2291016/Fabio-Capello-names-Steven-Gerrard-captain.html |access-date=19 December 2008 |location=London |archive-date=30 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174329/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/2291016/Fabio-Capello-names-Steven-Gerrard-captain.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Capello names Terry as captain |newspaper=The Independent |date=19 November 2008 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/capello-names-terry-as-captain-902324.html |access-date=19 December 2008 |location=London |archive-date=24 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224005602/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/capello-names-terry-as-captain-902324.html |url-status=live }} Gerrard was subsequently replaced as England vice-captain by Rio Ferdinand.{{cite news |last=Pearson |first=James |title=Terry keen to keep armband |publisher=Sky Sports |date=13 December 2007 |url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12040_2966102,00.html |access-date=19 December 2008 |archive-date=12 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112084925/http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12040_2966102,00.html |url-status=live }}
Gerrard helped England qualify for the 2010 World Cup, scoring two goals in England's 5–1 win over Croatia.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8244218.stm|title=England 5–1 Croatia|access-date=31 December 2009|work=BBC Sport|date=9 September 2009|first=Phil|last=McNulty|archive-date=11 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511095808/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8244218.stm|url-status=live}} Terry was replaced by Ferdinand as captain in 2010, following revelations about the former's private life,{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8722236.stm|title=Rio Ferdinand out of England World Cup squad|access-date=11 July 2010|work=BBC Sport|date=4 June 2010|archive-date=8 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608043505/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8722236.stm|url-status=live}} and Gerrard subsequently became vice-captain again. When the England team left for the 2010 World Cup, Gerrard was the most experienced player in the squad with 80 caps. During preparations for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, however, Rio Ferdinand was injured, meaning that Gerrard was appointed by Capello as captain for the tournament.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8722236.stm|title=Rio Ferdinand out of England World Cup squad|work=BBC Sport|date=4 June 2010|access-date=13 June 2010|archive-date=8 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608043505/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8722236.stm|url-status=live}} During the tournament, he scored in England's 1–1 draw against the USA, during the group stages of the tournament.{{Cite news |date=13 June 2010 |title=England 1-1 United States |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/match/_/gameId/264043/united-states-england |access-date=3 December 2024 |work=ESPN}} Unfortunately, England exited the tournament with a 4–1 loss against Germany.{{Cite news |last=McNulty |first=Phil |title=Germany 4-1 England |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/matches/match_51/default.stm |access-date=3 December 2024 |work=BBC}}
After the tournament Gerrard, part of a group of England players dubbed the "Golden Generation", confirmed that he would continue to be available for selection, despite suggestions from Capello that he would seek to rebuild the team.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8792940.stm|title=Steven Gerrard eager to prolong England career|date=11 July 2010|work=BBC Sport|access-date=21 January 2018|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174332/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8792940.stm|url-status=live}}
=2010–2014: Captaincy and international retirement=
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In August 2010, Gerrard scored twice in a friendly match against Hungary and helped England to a 2–1 win.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8902576.stm|title=England 2–1 Hungary |access-date=11 August 2010|work=BBC Sport|date=11 August 2010|first=Paul|last=Fletcher|archive-date=4 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104163624/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8902576.stm|url-status=live}} Due to Ferdinand's continued absence through injury, Gerrard retained the captaincy for the opening match of the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign against Bulgaria, which England won 4–0. He was later named permanent captain by new coach Roy Hodgson, in time for the tournament finals.
This was the first time that he was named directly the captain of England and not in place of an injured or unavailable captain.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18094258|title=England Euro 2012 squad: Steven Gerrard named captain|work=BBC Sport|date=16 May 2012|access-date=11 February 2018|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174255/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/18094258|url-status=live}} He provided three assists and won two man of the match awards to help England finish top of their group at Euro 2012. Despite their quarter-final exit on penalties to Italy, Gerrard was later the only England player to be named in the UEFA Team of the Tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/mediareleases/newsid=1838241.html|title=UEFA EURO 2012 Team of the Tournament|publisher=UEFA|date=2 July 2012|access-date=2 January 2013|archive-date=3 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303191237/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/mediareleases/newsid=1838241.html|url-status=dead}} On 14 November 2012, Gerrard won his 100th cap for England in a friendly match against Sweden.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20306158|title=Sweden 4–2 England|work=BBC Sport|date=14 November 2012|access-date=11 February 2018|archive-date=18 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118170000/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20306158|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/20273167|title=Outstanding Steven Gerrard deserving of 100-cap milestone|date=12 November 2012|access-date=14 April 2014|work=BBC Sport|archive-date=4 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104163700/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/20273167|url-status=live}}
For the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Gerrard captained England to their first group stage elimination since 1958 and their first elimination after only two matches, after two straight 1–2 defeats against Italy and Uruguay.{{cite news|title=World Cup 2014: England knocked out of World Cup|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/27935803|work=BBC Sport|access-date=24 June 2014|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174337/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/27935803|url-status=live}} Gerrard had played a part in both goals conceded against Uruguay courtesy of his club-mate, Luis Suárez.{{cite news|title=World Cup 2014: Gerrard faces reality that England dream is over|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/27946310|work=BBC Sport|access-date=24 June 2014|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174338/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/27946310|url-status=live}} For England's final game against Costa Rica, Gerrard was replaced as captain by Frank Lampard and used as a substitute.{{cite news|title=Costa Rica 0 England 0|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/25285354|work=BBC Sport|access-date=25 June 2014|last=McNulty |first=Phil|archive-date=4 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104163736/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/25285354|url-status=live}}
On 21 July 2014, Gerrard announced his retirement from international football.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/steven-gerrard-announces-retirement-england-captain-retires-from-international-football-after-world-9619240.html |title=Steven Gerrard announces retirement: England captain retires from international football after World Cup failure |date=21 July 2014 |first=Jack |last=de Menezes |access-date=17 June 2020 |newspaper=The Independent |archive-date=30 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174319/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/steven-gerrard-announces-retirement-england-captain-retires-international-football-after-world-cup-failure-9619240.html |url-status=live }} He represented England 114 times (currently the fourth most capped player), scoring 21 goals.{{cite news|title=Steven Gerrard: England captain quits international football|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28401056|work=BBC Sport|access-date=21 July 2014|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174313/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/28401056|url-status=live}} Jordan Henderson described Gerrard as "probably the best player this country has ever seen – not only as a player, but also as a leader and a captain."{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/166854-henderson-stevie-is-england-s-greatest|title=Henderson: Stevie is England's greatest|publisher=Liverpool F.C.|date=21 July 2014|access-date=22 July 2014|archive-date=22 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722055145/http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/166854-henderson-stevie-is-england-s-greatest|url-status=live}}
Style of play
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Regarded by several pundits and footballing figures as one of the greatest players of his generation,[https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/steven-gerrard-has-been-englands-best-player-of-the-last-decade-says-graeme-souness-8312736.html "Steven Gerrard has been England's best player of the last decade, says Graeme Souness"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104163625/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/steven-gerrard-has-been-england-s-best-player-last-decade-says-graeme-souness-8312736.html |date=4 January 2021 }}. The Independent; retrieved 7 January 2015.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37461598/steven-gerrard-paul-scholes-examples-post-retirement-hype |title=Steven Gerrard and Paul Scholes examples of post-retirement hype |publisher=ESPN FC |last1=Evans |first1=Tony |date=29 November 2016 |access-date=16 May 2020 |archive-date=1 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701113904/https://www.espn.com/soccer/english-premier-league/23/blog/post/3006952/steven-gerrard-and-paul-scholes-examples-of-post-retirement-hype |url-status=live }} in 2009, Zinedine Zidane and Pelé considered Gerrard to be possibly the best footballer in the world.{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/football/news/12016/2379622/pele-gerrards-the-best|title=Pele: Gerrard's the best|work=Sky Sports |access-date=28 May 2016|archive-date=29 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629172112/http://www.skysports.com/football/news/12016/2379622/pele-gerrards-the-best|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/4984191/Liverpools-Steven-Gerrard-hailed-as-worlds-best-player-by-Zinedine-Zidane.html|title=Liverpool's Steven Gerrard hailed as world's best player by Zinedine Zidane|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|first1=Emily|last1=Benammar|date=13 March 2009|location=London, UK|access-date=4 April 2018|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174356/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/4984191/Liverpools-Steven-Gerrard-hailed-as-worlds-best-player-by-Zinedine-Zidane.html|url-status=live}} Known for his versatility and wide range of skills, he was capable of playing in many positions.{{cite news|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/SerieA/Squadre/Milan/Primo_Piano/2009/04/15/dinho.shtml|title=Kakà: "Sta finendo un ciclo Milan, prendi Gerrard"|work=La Gazzetta dello Sport|language=it|date=15 April 2009|access-date=18 December 2014|archive-date=5 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605052229/http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/SerieA/Squadre/Milan/Primo_Piano/2009/04/15/dinho.shtml|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2015/01/07/steven-gerrard-move-los-angeles-galaxy-mls-liverpool/21387349/ |title=Steven Gerrard's move from Liverpool to L.A. Galaxy confirmed |publisher=USA Today |date=7 January 2015 |access-date=16 May 2020 |archive-date=10 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710102152/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2015/01/07/steven-gerrard-move-los-angeles-galaxy-mls-liverpool/21387349/ |url-status=live }} A hardworking box-to-box player with great endurance in his prime, Gerrard was usually deployed as a central midfielder, but he had also been used as a second striker, a holding midfielder, an attacking midfielder, a right-back, and a right winger.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17364275|title=Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard's greatest games|work=BBC Sport|date=14 March 2012|access-date=2 January 2013|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174356/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/17364275|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/2014/05/john-barnes-liverpools-steven-gerrard-world-class-in-new-role|title=John Barnes: Liverpool's Steven Gerrard world-class in new role|work=The Sports Review|date=18 May 2014|access-date=22 August 2014|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174359/https://www.thesportreview.com/2014/05/john-barnes-liverpools-steven-gerrard-world-class-in-new-role/|url-status=live}}
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.{{cite news|title=A decade of Gerrard: from skinny lad to the hero of Anfield|website=TheGuardian.com |date=29 November 2008 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/nov/29/liverpool-steven-gerrard-premier-league|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204122048/http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/nov/29/liverpool-steven-gerrard-premier-league|archive-date=4 February 2009|access-date=18 December 2014 |last1=Rich |first1=Tim }} Nevertheless, Liverpool retained their faith in the youngster, and he was later shifted to a defensive midfield position as he matured, where he excelled as a ball-winner rather than as a playmaker.{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/football/article/steven-gerrard-completes-decade-at-liverpool-d5wq20nm3ck|title=Steven Gerrard completes decade at Liverpool|newspaper=The Times|access-date=18 December 2014|archive-date=18 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218103145/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/sport/football/clubs/liverpool/article2302644.ece|url-status=live}}
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He 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/03/30/retro-premier-league-review-200809-steven-gerrards-peak-season/ |title=Retro Premier League review: Why 2008/09 was Steven Gerrard's peak season |work=The Telegraph |last1=Bull |first1=JJ |date=30 March 2020 |access-date=16 May 2020 |archive-date=30 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174424/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/03/30/retro-premier-league-review-200809-steven-gerrards-peak-season/ |url-status=live }} Under Benítez, he was also used in a supporting and creative role, as an attacking midfielder behind the strikers, or even as a deep-lying playmaker; he was increasingly deployed in the latter position in his later career, in order to compensate for his physical decline, and due to his ability to dictate play in midfield with his vision and passing range.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37359102/2014-world-cup-worldcuprank-no-37-steven-gerrard-england-liverpool |title=2014 World Cup – #WorldCupRank: No. 37 Steven Gerrard |publisher=ESPN FC |date=30 May 2014 |access-date=16 May 2020 |archive-date=30 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174407/https://www.espn.com/soccer/news/story/_/id/1819521/2014-world-cup- |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37425773/steven-gerrard-make-break-2014-resulted-liverpool-exit |title=Steven Gerrard's 'make-or-break' 2014 culminated in Liverpool departure |publisher=ESPN FC |last1=Cox |first1=Michael |date=10 July 2015 |access-date=16 May 2020 |archive-date=10 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710102152/https://www.espn.com/soccer/blog/tactics-and-analysis/67/post/2518006/steven-gerrard-make-or-break-2014-resulted-in-liverpool-exit |url-status=live }}
Besides that, Gerrard, naturally right footed, was able to score goals from distance due to his ball striking ability—he scored many key goals from long range throughout his career, including in three Cup finals.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2014/dec/09/liverpool-v-basel-champions-league-live-report|title=Liverpool vs. Basel 1–1|newspaper=The Guardian|date=9 December 2014|access-date=18 December 2014|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174350/https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2014/dec/09/liverpool-v-basel-champions-league-live-report|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/paul-scholes-steven-gerrard-who-7001944|title=Who is better: Scholes or Gerrard?|newspaper=Manchester Evening News|access-date=18 December 2014|archive-date=4 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104163632/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/paul-scholes-steven-gerrard-who-7001944|url-status=live}} As he entered his mid 30s and his physical capability to get forward and join the attack declined, the number of long range strikes at goal decreased, with most of his goals coming from free kicks and penalty kicks.{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2012/giugno/23/Gerrard_capitano_perfetto_Corre_ragiona_co_9_120623107.shtml|title=Gerrard, il capitano perfetto Corre, ragiona, segna. E ci crede|work=Il Corriere della Sera|language=it|date=23 June 2012|access-date=18 December 2014|archive-date=6 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106234728/http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2012/giugno/23/Gerrard_capitano_perfetto_Corre_ragiona_co_9_120623107.shtml|url-status=live}}
In particular, his tactical intelligence and ability to read the game allowed him to break down the opposition's attacking plays.{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2001/settembre/02/Eriksson_lezione_calcio_alla_Germania_co_0_0109026300.shtml|title=Eriksson, lezione di calcio alla Germania|work=Il Corriere della Sera|language=it|date=2 September 2001|access-date=18 December 2014|archive-date=10 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810094509/http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2001/settembre/02/Eriksson_lezione_calcio_alla_Germania_co_0_0109026300.shtml|url-status=live}} In addition to his footballing attributes, Gerrard was highly regarded for his leadership, determination, and influence on the pitch throughout his career.{{cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.com/club/liverpool/364/blog/post/1968663/all-time-greatest-captain-steven-gerrard-the-rare-leader|title=Steven Gerrard: The rare captain|publisher=ESPN FC|access-date=18 December 2014|archive-date=4 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104163639/https://www.espn.com/soccer/|url-status=live}} Despite being vocal in his criticism of diving,{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/10/29/steven-gerrard-diving_n_2037272.html|title=Steven Gerrard Slams Phil Neville For Diving (VIDEO)|work=The Huffington Post|date=29 October 2012|access-date=21 January 2013|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174422/https://consent.yahoo.com/v2/collectConsent?sessionId=2_cc-session_5e4cecbe-dc88-4fe2-a181-5c088077adb8|url-status=live}} Gerrard was accused of diving himself by certain pundits throughout his career.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/dec/15/england-football-diving-bigotry-hypocrisy|title=Why is diving by English footballers so often overlooked?|newspaper=The Guardian|last=Doyle|first=Paul|date=15 December 2009|access-date=21 January 2013|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174416/https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/dec/15/england-football-diving-bigotry-hypocrisy|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/england/5033004.stm|title=Penalty fuels Gerrard dive debate|work=BBC Sport|access-date=21 January 2013|archive-date=4 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104163618/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/england/5033004.stm|url-status=live}}
Former Spanish striker and Liverpool teammate Fernando Torres hailed Gerrard as the best player he has ever played with. He stated that, "He's as creative as a Xavi at Barcelona, with something extra as well. When you add his energy, toughness, leadership and goalscoring ability and the result is a fantastic all-round player. He is without doubt the greatest player I have ever played with, he has everything."{{cite web |last= |date=30 May 2020 |title=Totti would captain Gerrard in World XI and eight other quotes about Liverpool legend |url=https://talksport.com/football/711444/steven-gerrard-brilliant-quotes-about-liverpool-legend-jose-mourinho/ |access-date=16 November 2023 |website=talkSPORT |archive-date=16 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116103827/https://talksport.com/football/711444/steven-gerrard-brilliant-quotes-about-liverpool-legend-jose-mourinho/ |url-status=live }}
In 2015, a decade after the iconic 2005 champions league final in Istanbul, former Italy defender and AC Milan great, Paolo Maldini, recalled memories of the final and heaped praise on Gerrard claiming that, "I think Steven has been, and is, an absolutely complete player, because he had personality, technique, he could set the play and also defend, and he could score goals – penalty-kicks, free-kicks. So really a modern, complete player," said the former Italy defender.
He also stated that, "I have a very clear memory of the final we lost in Istanbul, when he was helping his teammates with difficulties in defence. He started playing at the back and tackled every single player of Milan. It was a very special game during which we actually dominated Liverpool for 110 minutes out of 120. But I must say that what probably made the difference was his example for all his teammates, especially after reaching a draw, in being able to defend and resist, and at the end reach a result that was sincerely and absolutely unexpected after the first 45 minutes."{{cite web |last=Joyce |first=Paul |date=22 May 2015 |title=Paolo Maldini pays tribute to Steven Gerrard and remembers Liverpool's |url=https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/579310/Paolo-Maldini-Steven-Gerrard-Liverpool-Istanbul-miracle |access-date=16 November 2023 |website=Express.co.uk |archive-date=16 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116170224/https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/579310/Paolo-Maldini-Steven-Gerrard-Liverpool-Istanbul-miracle |url-status=live }}
Managerial career
In November 2016, days before retiring as a player, 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.{{cite news|title=Steven Gerrard says MK Dons managerial vacancy came too soon for him|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/38086034|access-date=21 January 2018|work=BBC Sport|date=23 November 2016|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174354/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/38086034|url-status=live}}
=Liverpool Academy=
In January 2017, he was appointed youth coach at Liverpool, effective from February.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38698045|title=Steven Gerrard: Liverpool to hire former captain as youth coach|date=20 January 2017|work=BBC Sport|access-date=21 January 2018|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174309/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/38698045|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/nov/23/liverpool-steven-gerrard-mk-dons-managerial-role-academy|title=Steven Gerrard reveals the reason behind his MK Dons snub|first=Mark|last=Dobson|date=23 November 2016|website=The Guardian|access-date=11 April 2017|archive-date=12 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412063246/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/nov/23/liverpool-steven-gerrard-mk-dons-managerial-role-academy|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/steven-gerrard-liverpool-return-manager-career-coaching-role-a7538201.html|title=Steven Gerrard has officially returned to Liverpool|date=20 January 2017|work=The Independent|access-date=15 September 2017|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174313/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/steven-gerrard-liverpool-return-manager-career-coaching-role-a7538201.html|url-status=live}} On 11 April, it was reported that Gerrard would be taking charge of the Liverpool Under-18 side ahead of the 2017–18 season after impressing Jürgen Klopp and Alex Inglethorpe with his work ethic, knowledge and attitude towards academy coaching.{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/football/article/gerrard-set-to-take-charge-of-liverpool-u18s-npcrszlpc|title=Gerrard will take charge of Liverpool U18 next season|first=Paul|last=Joyce|date=11 April 2017|newspaper=The Times|access-date=22 January 2018|archive-date=10 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610100648/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gerrard-set-to-take-charge-of-liverpool-u18s-npcrszlpc|url-status=live}} However, before he took the next step on the path to receive his coaching credentials, 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/05/22/steven-gerrard-jamie-carragher-make-surprise-liverpool-return/ |title=Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher make surprise Liverpool return for friendly |newspaper=The Telegraph |last=Molloy |first=Mark |date=22 May 2017 |access-date=17 June 2020 |archive-date=30 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174320/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/05/22/steven-gerrard-jamie-carragher-make-surprise-liverpool-return/ |url-status=live }} On 7 September 2017, the club announced Gerrard would manage the Under-19 team in the 2017–18 UEFA Youth League.{{cite web|publisher=Liverpool F.C.|url=http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/academy/274431-gerrard-to-take-charge-of-u19s-in-uefa-youth-league|title=Gerrard to take charge of U19s in UEFA Youth League|date=7 September 2017|access-date=7 September 2017|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174350/https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/academy/274431-gerrard-to-take-charge-of-u19s-in-uefa-youth-league|url-status=live}}
=Rangers=
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In late April 2018, Gerrard entered talks to become the new manager of Scottish Premiership club Rangers.{{cite news|last1=McLaughlin|first1=Chris|title=Steven Gerrard: Rangers confident of appointment in coming days|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43941093|access-date=1 May 2018|work=BBC Sport|date=29 April 2018|archive-date=4 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104163630/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/43941093|url-status=live}} On 1 May, incumbent manager Graeme Murty was dismissed,{{cite news|title=Rangers: Graeme Murty sacked as manager|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43961178|access-date=1 May 2018|work=BBC Sport|date=1 May 2018|archive-date=1 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501085247/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43961178|url-status=live}} with the club confirming three days later that Gerrard would succeed him from 1 June, ahead of the 2018–19 season, signing a four-year contract.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/may/04/steven-gerrard-appointed-as-new-manager-of-rangers |title=Steven Gerrard appointed as new Rangers manager: 'It was a no-brainer' |first=Ewan |last=Murray |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |date=4 May 2018 |access-date=12 November 2012 |archive-date=4 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504152811/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/may/04/steven-gerrard-appointed-as-new-manager-of-rangers |url-status=live }} He made his senior managerial debut on 12 July, when he led Rangers to a 2–0 UEFA Europa League win over Macedonian team Shkupi.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/live/football/44769909|title=Europa League: Hibs hit six, Rangers win in Gerrard's first game|work=BBC Sport|last1=Palmer|first1=Bryn|last2=Southwick|first2=Andrew|date=12 July 2018|access-date=13 July 2018|archive-date=20 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720191405/https://www.bbc.com/sport/live/football/44769909|url-status=live}} Gerrard's first game in charge in the domestic league was a 1–1 draw against Aberdeen, away from home.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44995765|title=Aberdeen 1–1 Rangers|website=BBC Sport|date=5 August 2018|access-date=3 March 2021|archive-date=17 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117133657/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44995765|url-status=live}} Under Gerrard's management, Rangers went twelve matches unbeaten in all competitions from the start of the season before finally suffering defeat on 2 September, losing 1–0 to rivals Celtic in the Old Firm derby.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/45312088|title=Celtic 1–0 Rangers: Steven Gerrard suffers first loss after Oliver Ntcham goal|work=BBC Sport|last=English|first=Tom|date=2 September 2018|access-date=3 September 2018|archive-date=3 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903035449/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/45312088|url-status=live}} On 29 December, in the reverse fixture, Gerrard guided Rangers to their first win over Celtic since 2012, in a game that ended with a 1–0 scoreline.{{cite news|title=Gerrard's Rangers secure first Old Firm league victory for over six years|url=https://www.goal.com/en-za/news/gerrards-rangers-secure-first-old-firm-league-victory-for/sxppcyqriz7k1muhbsx2ra68n|website=Goal.com|date=29 December 2018|access-date=1 April 2019|last=Sherlock|first=Harry|archive-date=1 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401122507/https://www.goal.com/en-za/news/gerrards-rangers-secure-first-old-firm-league-victory-for/sxppcyqriz7k1muhbsx2ra68n|url-status=live}}
Ahead of the 2019–20 season, Gerrard was linked with a return to the Premier League, after the managerial position at Newcastle United became vacant.{{cite web|url=https://cominghomenewcastle.sbnation.com/2019/7/4/20681881/newcastle-united-manager-search-steven-gerrard-a-top-choice|title=Newcastle United manager search: Steven Gerrard a top choice?|publisher=Coming Home Newcastle|date=4 July 2019|access-date=3 March 2021|archive-date=19 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819212654/https://cominghomenewcastle.sbnation.com/2019/7/4/20681881/newcastle-united-manager-search-steven-gerrard-a-top-choice|url-status=live}} The move would have seen him replace his former Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez, who left the club at the end of his contract.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48746689|title=Rafael Benitez: Newcastle United manager to leave club|date=24 June 2019|work=BBC Sport|access-date=3 March 2021|archive-date=9 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709062825/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48746689|url-status=live}} Gerrard reportedly turned down the opportunity to take over as the club's manager, because he was comfortable at Rangers.{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/07/steven-gerrard-rejects-chance-replace-rafa-benitez-newcastle-uniteds-next-manager-10129813/|title=Steven Gerrard rejects the chance to replace Rafa Benitez as Newcastle United's next manager|date=7 July 2019|access-date=3 March 2021|archive-date=19 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819212653/https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/07/steven-gerrard-rejects-chance-replace-rafa-benitez-newcastle-uniteds-next-manager-10129813/|url-status=live}}
During the 2020–21 season, Gerrard led Rangers through a record-breaking season, claiming back-to-back derby wins over rivals Celtic, and topping their Europa League group.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55231015 |title=Rangers win group with 2–0 victory over Lech Poznan in Poland |work=BBC Sport |first=Andy |last=Campbell |date=10 December 2020 |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-date=30 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174420/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/55231015 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.rangers.co.uk/article/goldson-double-secures-old-firm-win/20W7m5bTJVCIj6Q7pLqcxH |title=Goldson double secures Old Firm win |publisher=Ranger F.C. |first=Nick |last=Thomson |date=17 October 2020 |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-date=20 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020135215/https://www.rangers.co.uk/article/goldson-double-secures-old-firm-win/20W7m5bTJVCIj6Q7pLqcxH |url-status=live }} On 7 March 2021, Rangers won the Scottish Premiership title without losing a single league match, receiving 102 points and conceding only 13 goals across 38 matches. It was also Gerrard's first league title as a manager.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56306235 |title=Rangers: Steven Gerrard says 'more to come' after Scottish Premiership title win |website=BBC Sport |date=7 March 2021 |access-date=26 July 2021 |archive-date=7 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307142205/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56306235 |url-status=live }}
=Aston Villa=
On 11 November 2021, 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59238635 |title=Steven Gerrard: Aston Villa name Rangers boss as new manager |website=BBC Sport |date=11 November 2021 |access-date=13 November 2021 |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001203236/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59238635 |url-status=live }} Villa paid Rangers compensation of around £4 million to release him from his contract.{{cite news|last=Percy|first=John|title=Steven Gerrard's £5m-a-year deal to deliver Aston Villa's 'ambitious plans'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2021/11/11/steven-gerrard-appointed-new-aston-villa-head-coach/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2021/11/11/steven-gerrard-appointed-new-aston-villa-head-coach/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=11 November 2021}}{{cbignore}} He led the club to a 2–0 home win against Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League in his first game in charge.{{cite web |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/aston-villa-vs-brighton-and-hove-albion/report/446398 |title=Aston Villa 2–0 Brighton: Late goals get Steven Gerrard reign off to winning start as Villa stop the rot |first=Gerard |last=Brand |publisher=Sky Sports |date=20 November 2021 |access-date=20 November 2021 |archive-date=6 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306033400/https://www.skysports.com/football/aston-villa-vs-brighton-and-hove-albion/report/446398 |url-status=live }} Results under Gerrard were generally mixed and the team finished the season in 14th place, three places lower than the previous campaign.{{cite web | url=https://www.premierleague.com/match/66720 | title=Man City v Aston Villa, 2021/22 | Premier League | access-date=22 August 2022 | archive-date=23 May 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523171920/https://www.premierleague.com/match/66720 | url-status=live }}
After winning just two of their opening 12 league games of the 2022–23 season, Gerrard was dismissed by Villa on 20 October 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12725885/aston-villa-sack-steven-gerrard-after-11-months-in-charge |title=Aston Villa sack Steven Gerrard after 11 months in charge |website=Sky Sports |date=20 October 2022 |access-date=20 October 2022 |archive-date=20 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020215129/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12725885/aston-villa-sack-steven-gerrard-after-11-months-in-charge |url-status=live }}
=Al-Ettifaq=
On 3 July 2023, Gerrard became the manager of Saudi Pro League club Al-Ettifaq.{{cite news |title=Gerrard named manager of Saudi side Al-Ettifaq |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65889461 |website=BBC Sport |date=3 July 2023 |access-date=3 July 2023 |archive-date=3 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703160747/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65889461 |url-status=live }} On 18 January 2024, it was reported that Gerrard had signed a two-year contract extension with the club, with his contract now ending in 2027.{{cite news |title=Gerrard extends Al-Ettifaq contract to 2027 |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68019672 |access-date=2 February 2024 |work=BBC Sport |archive-date=2 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202155846/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68019672 |url-status=live }} He left by mutual consent on 29 January 2025.[https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13298974/steven-gerrard-al-ettifaq-manager-leaves-role-at-saudi-pro-league-side-by-mutual-consent Steven Gerrard: Al Ettifaq manager leaves role at Saudi Pro League side by mutual consent]
Outside football
=Personal life=
Gerrard's cousin, Anthony Gerrard, became a professional centre-back. He came through at Everton, where he did not make the first team, and spent most of his career in the Football League.{{cite news|last1=Ashdown|first1=John|title=Payback time for Steven Gerrard's little cousin Anthony at Wembley|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/feb/24/anthony-gerrard-steven-liverpool-cardiff-city|access-date=1 May 2018|work=The Guardian|date=24 February 2012|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174418/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/feb/24/anthony-gerrard-steven-liverpool-cardiff-city|url-status=live}} The two faced each other in a professional match for the first time in the 2012 Football League Cup final, when Steven's Liverpool defeated Anthony's Cardiff City in a penalty shoot-out in which both Gerrards missed.{{cite news|last1=Bevan|first1=Chris|title=Cardiff 2–2 Liverpool|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17093419|access-date=1 May 2018|work=BBC Sport|date=26 February 2012|archive-date=17 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017002227/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17093419|url-status=live}}
One of Gerrard's other cousins, Bobby Duncan, played for Liverpool's Academy team.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49500705|title=Bobby Duncan: Liverpool reject accusations of 'mentally bullying' youth team player|date=28 August 2019|newspaper=BBC Sport|access-date=8 August 2023|archive-date=10 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810224838/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49500705|url-status=live}}
Gerrard and his wife, Alex Curran, married on 16 June 2007, the same day as the weddings of his England teammates: Gary Neville, and Michael Carrick. The ceremony took place at Cliveden House Hotel in Taplow, Buckinghamshire.{{cite news|title=England stars' wedding hat-trick|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6759285.stm|access-date=1 May 2018|work=BBC News|date=16 June 2007|archive-date=8 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070908063328/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6759285.stm|url-status=live}} They have four children together.{{cite web|last1=Corless|first1=Liam|title="Our family is complete": Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard confirms wife Alex has given birth to their first son|website=Daily Mirror |date=29 April 2017 |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/liverpool-legend-steven-gerrard-son-10320064|access-date=29 April 2017|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174418/https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/liverpool-legend-steven-gerrard-son-10320064|url-status=live}}
Councillors of Knowsley voted to make Gerrard a Freeman of the Borough on 13 December 2006,{{cite news|title=Gerrard honoured by home borough|work=BBC Sport|date=14 December 2006|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/6178009.stm|access-date=30 July 2008|archive-date=1 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101183848/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/6178009.stm|url-status=live}} and two weeks later, he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2007 New Year Honours for services to sport.{{cite news|last=Woodward|first=Will|title=Rod and Zara winners in politics-free New Year honours|newspaper=The Guardian|date=30 December 2006|url=https://www.theguardian.com/frontpage/story/0,,1980243,00.html|access-date=30 July 2008|location=London, UK|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174430/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/dec/30/topstories3.politics|url-status=live}} He received an honorary fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University on 26 July 2008 as recognition for his contribution to sport.{{cite news|title=Footballer gets university honour|work=BBC Sport|date=26 July 2008|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7525297.stm|access-date=27 July 2008|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174439/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/7525297.stm|url-status=live}}
In 2018, Amazon produced a documentary called Make Us Dream detailing the life of Gerrard from a young boy up until his post as Liverpool youth coach.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/amazon-nets-make-us-dream-documentary-about-liverpool-f-c-legend-steven-gerrard-1203016974/|title=Amazon Nets 'Make Us Dream' Documentary About Liverpool F.C. Legend Steven Gerrard|last=Clarke|first=Stewart|date=1 November 2018|work=Variety|access-date=26 November 2018|archive-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126221404/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/amazon-nets-make-us-dream-documentary-about-liverpool-f-c-legend-steven-gerrard-1203016974/|url-status=live}}
=Autobiography=
In September 2006, Gerrard published his first autobiography, 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.britishbookawards.co.uk/pnbb_winners2007.asp?#10|title=British Book Awards – Winners 2007 |publisher=Galaxy British Book Awards|year=2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424111352/http://www.britishbookawards.co.uk/pnbb_winners2007.asp#10|archive-date=24 April 2008}} The autobiography ends with "I play for Jon-Paul". Gerrard's cousin, Jon-Paul Gilhooley, was killed in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, when Gerrard was eight. Jon-Paul, who was 10 when he died, was the youngest of the 97 victims of the tragedy.{{cite news|last=Kelly|first=Jo|url=http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/hillsborough/hillsborough-96/2009/04/15/jon-paul-gilhooley-10-100252-23391181|title=Jon-Paul Gilhooley, 10 – Liverpool FC|newspaper=Liverpool Daily Post|date=15 April 2009|access-date=4 August 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525070051/http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/hillsborough/hillsborough-96/2009/04/15/jon-paul-gilhooley-10-100252-23391181|archive-date=25 May 2013}} "It was difficult knowing one of your cousins had lost his life", Gerrard said. "Seeing his family's reaction drove me on to become the player I am today.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/7994062.stm |title=Gerrard pays Hillsborough tribute |work=BBC Sport |date=11 April 2009 |access-date=1 January 2021 |archive-date=15 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415185616/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/7994062.stm |url-status=live }}
Gerrard released a second book in 2012, Steven Gerrard: My Liverpool Story.{{cite web |title=Steven Gerrard: My Liverpool Story by Steven Gerrard |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16073796-steven-gerrard |website=Good Reads |access-date=31 August 2021 |archive-date=31 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831025057/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16073796-steven-gerrard |url-status=live }}
Gerrard's third volume of autobiography, My Story, written with Donald McRae, was published in September 2015.{{cite book|first=Steven |last=Gerrard|title=My Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qJf8CQAAQBAJ|date=24 September 2015|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-1-4059-2442-9|access-date=4 November 2016|archive-date=6 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806031546/https://books.google.com/books?id=qJf8CQAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/sep/19/steven-gerrard-liverpool-football-interview-donald-mcrae|title=Steven Gerrard: 'I wish I was 25 again and captain, leading Liverpool out'|date=19 September 2015|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=22 September 2015|archive-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018215143/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/sep/19/steven-gerrard-liverpool-football-interview-donald-mcrae|url-status=live}} In it, he opined that the four best players to have played alongside him are former Liverpool teammates Xabi Alonso, Fernando Torres and Luis Suárez and England teammate Wayne Rooney.{{cite news|title=Steven Gerrard book extracts: Liverpool legend opens up on slip, Man Utd and a shocking injury|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/football/premier-league/paper-talk/steven-gerrard-book-extracts-liverpool-legend-opens-up-on-slip-man-utd-and-a-shocking-injury/news-story/afcff0d486514094184207d1388dd588|access-date=1 May 2018|work=Fox Sports|date=15 September 2015|archive-date=10 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710095212/https://www.foxsports.com.au/football/premier-league/paper-talk/steven-gerrard-book-extracts-liverpool-legend-opens-up-on-slip-man-utd-and-a-shocking-injury/news-story/afcff0d486514094184207d1388dd588|url-status=live}}
=Legal problems=
On 1 October 2007, 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 Gerrard's path. He 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.{{cite news|title=Gerrard's gifts for hospital boy|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7024589.stm|work=BBC Sport|date=2 October 2007|access-date=30 July 2008|archive-date=18 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218154222/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7024589.stm|url-status=live}}
On 29 December 2008, Gerrard was taken into custody outside the Lounge Inn in Southport on suspicion of a section 20 assault.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7802932.stm|title=Gerrard arrested in assault probe|work=BBC News|date=29 December 2008|access-date=29 December 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230112950/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7802932.stm|archive-date=30 December 2008}} He and two other men were later charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and affray, relating to an incident which left the bar's disc jockey with a broken tooth and cuts to his forehead.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7804056.stm|title=Charged Gerrard offered support|work=BBC News|date=30 December 2008|access-date=21 January 2018|archive-date=26 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126031820/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7804056.stm|url-status=live}} The three were given police to court bail and were required to appear at North Sefton Magistrates' Court on 23 January 2009, where they all pleaded not guilty.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7846753.stm|title=Gerrard denies nightclub assault|work=BBC News|date=23 January 2009|access-date=23 January 2009|archive-date=26 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126030028/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7846753.stm|url-status=live}} The case was adjourned until 20 March when the assault charge was dropped but Gerrard was required to attend Liverpool Crown Court to face trial for affray.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7954599.stm|title=Gerrard assault charge is dropped|work=BBC News|access-date=20 March 2009|date=20 March 2009|archive-date=21 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321044433/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7954599.stm|url-status=live}} On 3 April, Gerrard again pleaded not guilty.[http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/2009/04/03/steven-gerrard-pleads-not-guilty-to-affray-100252-23304773/ "Steven Gerrard pleads not guilty to affray"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810094043/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/2009/04/03/steven-gerrard-pleads-not-guilty-to-affray-100252-23304773/ |date=10 August 2011 }}, Liverpool Echo, 3 April 2009.
The case went to trial in Liverpool Crown Court. Gerrard's co-defendants pleaded guilty before the trial but Gerrard maintained his innocence. Gerrard admitted hitting Marcus McGee but claimed it was in self-defence and on 24 July, Gerrard was found not guilty by the jury. Following the verdict, Gerrard said he was looking forward to getting back to playing football and putting the experience behind him.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/8167000.stm|work=BBC News|title=Gerrard cleared after bar brawl|date=24 July 2009|access-date=24 May 2010|archive-date=28 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728095529/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/8167000.stm|url-status=live}}
=Entertainment=
In 2011, Gerrard appeared in the film Will, about an orphaned young Liverpool fan who hitchhikes to Istanbul for the 2005 UEFA Champions League final.{{cite web|title=Will|url=http://www.sky.com/tv/movie/will-2011|publisher=Sky Movies|access-date=31 October 2014|archive-date=1 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101191816/http://www.sky.com/tv/movie/will-2011|url-status=live}} In August 2014, Gerrard participated in the ALS Association's Ice Bucket Challenge and went on to challenge Cardiff City winger, Craig Noone.{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/liverpool-stars-daniel-sturridge-steven-4069183|title=Liverpool stars Daniel Sturridge and Steven Gerrard take on ice bucket challenge as craze continues|newspaper=Daily Mirror|date=18 August 2014|access-date=22 August 2014|last=Prenderville |first=Liam|archive-date=21 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821180159/http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/liverpool-stars-daniel-sturridge-steven-4069183|url-status=live}}
=Sponsorship=
Gerrard has had several different sponsorships in his career including current deals with Adidas, Jaguar Cars and Lucozade.[http://www.tsmplug.com/richlist/steven-gerrard-net-worth/ "Steven Gerrard Net Worth Salary 2013, House, Cars Collection"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109014042/http://www.tsmplug.com/richlist/steven-gerrard-net-worth/ |date=9 November 2013 }}, TSM Plug, 7 August 2013. In 2014, Forbes listed his combined income from salaries, bonuses and off-field earnings at $17.2 million for the previous 12 months.[https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinasettimi/2014/05/07/the-worlds-highest-paid-soccer-players-3 "The world's highest-paid football players"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174421/https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinasettimi/2014/05/07/the-worlds-highest-paid-soccer-players-3/ |date=30 December 2020 }}, Forbes.com; retrieved 30 May 2014 While Gerrard has worn several football boots during his career, he first wore a pair of Nike boots on his Liverpool debut, but soon signed a deal with Adidas in 1998 and has gone on to appear in many Adidas commercials with the likes of Zinedine Zidane, David Beckham, Lionel Messi and Kaká.[https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/behind-the-scenes-at-the-new-adidas-advert-6736668.html "Behind the scenes at the new Adidas advert"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174433/https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/behind-the-scenes-at-the-new-adidas-advert-6736668.html |date=30 December 2020 }}. London Evening Standard. Retrieved 30 May 2014 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, 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.[http://www.footballboots.co.uk/gerrardboots.html "Gerrard's Football Boots"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174428/https://www.footballboots.co.uk/gerrardboots.html |date=30 December 2020 }}, FootballBoots.co.uk, 8 October 2013.
Career statistics
=Club=
{{notelist}}
=International=
:Source:{{NFT player |id=2181 |name=Gerrard, Steven |access-date=13 November 2021}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="15" |England
|2000 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 10 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 13 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 11 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 7 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 7 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 12 | 3 | |
| 2011
|0 |0 | |||
| 2012 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 8 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 6 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total||114||21 |
:England score listed first, score column indicates score after each Gerrard goal.
Managerial statistics
{{updated|match played 25 January 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Managerial record by team and tenure | ||||
| rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From !rowspan="2"|To !colspan="5"|Record !rowspan="2"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{abbr|P|Matches played}} | {{abbr|W|Matches won}} | {{abbr|D|Matches drawn}} | {{abbr|L|Matches lost}} | {{abbr|Win %|Win percentage}} |
| align="left"|Rangers
|align="left"|1 June 2018 |align="left"|11 November 2021 {{WDL|193|125|42|26|decimals=1}} |{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2104&teamTabs=results&season_id=151 |title=Rangers: Results: 2018/19 |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=13 November 2021 |archive-date=13 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113011323/https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2104&teamTabs=results&season_id=151 |url-status=live }} Individual seasons accessed via drop-down list. | ||||
| align="left"|Aston Villa
|align="left"|11 November 2021 |align="left"|20 October 2022 {{WDL|40|13|8|19|decimals=1}} | ||||
| align="left"|Al-Ettifaq
|align="left"|3 July 2023 |align="left"|29 January 2025 {{WDL|59|23|16|20|decimals=1}} |{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} | ||||
| colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|292|161|66|65|decimals=1}} ! |
Honours
=Player=
- FA Cup: 2000–01, 2005–06{{cite web |title=Match Details: Liverpool 1 Chelsea 2 |url=https://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/5325 |website=LFCHistory.net |access-date=9 June 2022 |archive-date=26 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026211114/https://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/5325 |url-status=live }}
- Football League Cup: 2000–01, 2002–03, 2011–12{{cite news |title=Liverpool 2–3 Chelsea |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/4279679.stm |work=BBC Sport |date=27 February 2005 |access-date=8 June 2022 |archive-date=29 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829102401/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/4279679.stm |url-status=live }}
- FA Community Shield: 2006{{cite news |title=Slick Arsenal win Shield |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/2182875.stm |work=BBC Sport |date=11 August 2002 |access-date=13 June 2022 |archive-date=7 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107082047/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/2182875.stm |url-status=live }}
- UEFA Champions League: 2004–05; runner-up: 2006–07{{cite news |date=23 May 2007 |title=AC Milan 2–1 Liverpool |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/6669039.stm |access-date=8 June 2022 |website=BBC Sport |archive-date=24 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524120957/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/6669039.stm |url-status=live }}
- UEFA Cup: 2000–01{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/may/16/minutebyminute.sport |title=Liverpool 5–4 Alavés |work=The Guardian|date=16 May 2001 |access-date=22 April 2011 |location=London |first=Matt |last=Biggs }}
- UEFA Super Cup: 2001{{cite news |date=18 December 2005 |title=Sao Paulo 1–0 Liverpool |work=BBC Sport |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4533980.stm |access-date=8 June 2022 |archive-date=25 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125215759/https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4533980.stm |url-status=live }}
Individual
- UEFA Club Footballer of the Year: 2005{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0250-0c50f41f3c36-73a920d50345-1000--uefa-club-football-awards/ |title=UEFA Club Football Awards |website=UEFA |date=1 May 2011 |access-date=6 July 2020 |archive-date=7 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707015606/https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/awards/news/0250-0c50f41f3c36-73a920d50345-1000--uefa-club-football-awards/ |url-status=live }}
- PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2005–06
- PFA Young Player of the Year: 2000–01
- PFA Premier League Team of the Year: 2000–01,{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1304001.stm |title=Teams of the year |work=BBC Sport |date=29 April 2001 |access-date=23 May 2018 |archive-date=29 October 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021029152206/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1304001.stm |url-status=live }} 2003–04,{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3628905.stm |title=Henry retains PFA crown |work=BBC Sport |date=25 April 2004 |access-date=23 May 2018 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112185450/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3628905.stm |url-status=live }} 2004–05,{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/4478329.stm |title=Terry claims player of year award |work=BBC Sport |date=24 April 2005 |access-date=23 May 2018 |archive-date=3 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803224046/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/4478329.stm |url-status=live }} 2005–06,{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4935884.stm |title=Gerrard named player of the year |work=BBC Sport |date=23 April 2006 |access-date=23 May 2018 |archive-date=13 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113123725/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/4935884.stm |url-status=live }} 2006–07,{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6582201.stm |title=Ronaldo secures PFA awards double |work=BBC Sport |date=22 April 2007 |access-date=23 May 2018 |archive-date=14 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414212009/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6582201.stm |url-status=live }} 2007–08,{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7370319.stm |title=Ronaldo named player of the year |work=BBC Sport |date=27 April 2008 |access-date=23 May 2018 |archive-date=1 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501021313/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7370319.stm |url-status=live }} 2008–09,{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8019726.stm |title=Giggs earns prestigious PFA award |work=BBC Sport |date=26 April 2009 |access-date=23 May 2018 |archive-date=26 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326163636/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8019726.stm |url-status=live }} 2013–14{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27180793 |title=Luis Suarez: Liverpool striker wins PFA Player of the Year award |work=BBC Sport |date=28 April 2014 |access-date=23 May 2018 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112150320/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27180793 |url-status=live }}
- PFA Fans' Player of the Year: 2000–01, 2008–09{{cite web|url=http://www.givemefootball.com/rolls_of_honour/fansplayerofyearroll.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215141352/http://www.givemefootball.com/rolls_of_honour/fansplayerofyearroll.html |archive-date=15 December 2007 |title=PFA's Official Fan's Player of the Year Previous Winners |website=GiveMeFootball.com |publisher=Professional Footballers' Association |access-date=6 July 2020}}
- PFA Merit Award: 2015{{cite web |url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/9/english-football/2015/04/26/11170022/gerrard-lampard-share-pfa-merit-award |title=Gerrard & Lampard share PFA Merit Award |website=Goal.com |access-date=6 July 2020 |archive-date=6 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706203926/https://www.goal.com/en/news/9/english-football/2015/04/26/11170022/gerrard-lampard-share-pfa-merit-award |url-status=live }}
- FWA Footballer of the Year: 2008–09{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/8047236.stm|title=Gerrard delight at writers' award|date=13 May 2009|work=BBC Sport|access-date=6 July 2020|archive-date=17 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517014912/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/8047236.stm|url-status=live}}
- Onze d'Argent: 2005{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/onze-awards.html|title=Onze Mondial Awards|date=6 December 2018|access-date=30 September 2019|archive-date=24 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924125510/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/onze-awards.html|url-status=live}}
- FA England Player of the Year Award: 2007,[http://www.thefa.com/England/News/2008/POTY_GerrardWins 2007 Player of the Year] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807170430/http://www.thefa.com/England/News/2008/POTY_GerrardWins |date=7 August 2020 }}, 6 July 2020, TheFA.com 2012[http://www.thefa.com/News/2013/feb/england-mens-player-of-year-award-steven-gerrard.aspx Gerrard crowned Player of the Year] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807133402/http://www.thefa.com/News/2013/feb/england-mens-player-of-year-award-steven-gerrard.aspx |date=7 August 2020 }}, 6 July 2020, TheFA.com
- Liverpool Player of the Season: 2004,{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/gerrard-delighted-with-player-of-the-year-vote|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612161439/http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/gerrard-delighted-with-player-of-the-year-vote|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 June 2015|title=Gerrard delighted with Player of the Year vote – Liverpool FC|date=12 June 2015|access-date=6 July 2020}} 2006,{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/it-s-official-lfc-player-of-the-season|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612163858/http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/it-s-official-lfc-player-of-the-season|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 June 2015|title=It's Official: LFC Player of the Season – Liverpool FC|date=12 June 2015|access-date=6 July 2020}} 2007, 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/lfc-player-of-the-season-steven-gerrard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612171434/http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/lfc-player-of-the-season-steven-gerrard|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 June 2015|title=LFC Player of the Season: Steven Gerrard – Liverpool FC|date=12 June 2015|access-date=6 July 2020}}
- Liverpool Fans Online Player of the Season: 2005,{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/carra-wins-tv-player-of-the-season|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714195500/http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/carra-wins-tv-player-of-the-season|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 July 2015|title=Carra wins .tv player of the season – Liverpool FC|date=14 July 2015|access-date=9 July 2019}} 2007{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/it-s-official-lfc-player-of-the-season|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612163858/http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/it-s-official-lfc-player-of-the-season|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 June 2015|title=It's Official: LFC Player of the Season – Liverpool FC|date=12 June 2015|access-date=9 July 2019}}
- FA Cup final Man of the Match: 2006{{cite web |title=Steven Gerrard |url=http://www.englandbettingodds.com/lampard.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207083827/http://www.englandbettingodds.com/lampard.html |archive-date=7 December 2014 |access-date=19 November 2023 |website=englandbettingodds.com}}
- FIFA FIFPro World XI: 2007,{{cite web|url=http://www.fifpro.org/en/award-history/fifpro-world-xi-2006-2007 |title=FIFPRO WORLD XI 2006/2007 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302065115/http://www.fifpro.org/en/award-history/fifpro-world-xi-2006-2007 |archive-date=2 March 2014 |access-date=6 July 2020}} 2008,{{cite web|url=http://www.fifpro.org/en/award-history/fifpro-world-xi-2007-2008 |title=FIFPRO WORLD XI 2007/2008 |work=FIFPro World Players' Union |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302075931/http://www.fifpro.org/en/award-history/fifpro-world-xi-2007-2008 |archive-date=2 March 2014 |access-date=6 July 2020 |last1=Beaard |first1=Raymond }} 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.fifpro.org/en/award-history/fifpro-world-xi-2009 |title=FIFA FIFPRO WORLD XI 2009 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302075639/http://www.fifpro.org/en/award-history/fifpro-world-xi-2009 |archive-date=2 March 2014 |access-date=6 July 2020}}
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2005,{{cite web|title=team of the year 2005|url=https://www.uefa.com/community/teamoftheyear/history/season=2005/index.html|publisher=UEFA|access-date=6 July 2020|archive-date=12 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612123436/https://www.uefa.com/community/teamoftheyear/history/season=2005/index.html|url-status=dead}} 2006,{{cite web|title=team of the year 2006|url=https://www.uefa.com/community/teamoftheyear/history/season=2006/index.html|publisher=UEFA|access-date=6 July 2020|archive-date=12 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612123437/https://www.uefa.com/community/teamoftheyear/history/season=2006/index.html|url-status=dead}} 2007{{cite web|title=team of the year 2007|url=https://www.uefa.com/community/teamoftheyear/history/season=2007/index.html|publisher=UEFA|access-date=6 July 2020|archive-date=7 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107235902/https://www.uefa.com/community/teamoftheyear/history/season=2007/index.html|url-status=dead}}
- UEFA Ultimate Team of the Year{{cite web|title=Ultimate Team of the Year: The All-Time XI|publisher=UEFA|date=22 November 2015|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2201679.html|access-date=25 November 2015|archive-date=7 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507174924/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2201679.html|url-status=dead}}
- UEFA Champions League final Man of The Match: 2005
- UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2012{{cite news |title=UEFA Euro 2012 Team of the Tournament |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01ff-0f88101bfd0d-c413275b9060-1000--uefa-euro-2012-team-of-the-tournament/ |work=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=2 July 2012 |access-date=6 July 2020 |archive-date=30 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174446/https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/mediaservices/mediareleases/news/01ff-0f88101bfd0d-c413275b9060-1000--uefa-euro-2012-team-of-the-tournament/ |url-status=live }}
- ESM Team of the Year: 2008–09{{cite news |title=Her Er Europas Hold 2008–09 |work=Tipsbladet |date=22 June 2009 |language=da |url=http://www.tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/generelle/her-er-europas-hold-200809/side/0/1 |access-date=6 July 2020 |archive-date=7 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707015353/https://www.tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/generelle/her-er-europas-hold-200809/side/0/1 |url-status=live }}
- Premier League Player of the Month: March 2001, March 2003, December 2004, April 2006, March 2009, March 2014{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/1575/Steven-Gerrard/overview |title=Steven Gerrard: Overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=13 November 2021 |archive-date=25 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525003144/https://www.premierleague.com/players/1575/Steven-Gerrard/overview |url-status=live }}
- Most assists in the Premier League: 2013–14{{cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/stats/top/players/goal_assist|title=Premier League Player Stats – Assists|website=premierleague.com|access-date=1 June 2022|quote=Select season in the "Filter by season" drop-down menu.}}
- Premier League 20 Seasons Awards (1992–93 to 2011–12), Fantasy Team (public choice){{cite news|url=http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/man-utd-dominate-20-seasons-fantasy-team.html |title=Man Utd dominate 20 Seasons Fantasy Teams |publisher=Premier League |access-date=14 May 2012 |date=14 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518075822/http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/man-utd-dominate-20-seasons-fantasy-team.html |archive-date=18 May 2012 }}
- English Football Hall of Fame: 2017{{cite news|url=http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/halloffame/steven-gerrard|title=Steven Gerrard Hall of Fame profile|work=National Football Museum|access-date=22 September 2017|archive-date=23 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923002826/http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/halloffame/steven-gerrard|url-status=live}}
- FIFA Club World Championship Silver Ball: 2005{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/clubworldcup/japan2005/awards/index.html|title=2005 FIFA Club World Championship awards|publisher=FIFA|access-date=30 July 2015|archive-date=4 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704030052/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/clubworldcup/japan2005/awards/index.html|url-status=dead}}
- Premier League Hall of Fame: 2021{{cite web |title=Gerrard chosen as Premier League Hall of Fame inductee |url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/2147433 |publisher=Premier League |access-date=20 May 2021 |date=20 May 2021}}
- MLS All-Star: 2015{{cite web |date=20 July 2015 |title=Sebastian Giovinco, Kei Kamara among 22 players named to 2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game roster |url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/all-star/2015/news/article/2015/07/18/sebastian-giovinco-kei-kamara-among-22-players-named-2015-att-mls-all-star-g |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921022035/http://www.mlssoccer.com/all-star/2015/news/article/2015/07/18/sebastian-giovinco-kei-kamara-among-22-players-named-2015-att-mls-all-star-g |archive-date=21 September 2015 |access-date=26 October 2015 |publisher=Major League Soccer}}
- Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University: 2008{{cite news |date=25 July 2008 |title=Steven Gerrard receives {{as written|hono|urary [sic]}} university fellowship |work=Liverpool Echo |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/steven-gerrard-receives-honourary-university-3482073 |access-date=19 November 2023}}
=Manager=
Rangers
- Scottish Premiership: 2020–21{{cite news |date=7 March 2021 |title=Rangers: Steven Gerrard says 'more to come' after Scottish Premiership title win |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56306235 |access-date=7 March 2021}}
Individual
- SFWA Manager of the Year: 2020–21{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57077097 |title=Steven Gerrard: Rangers boss wins Scottish writers' manager award |website=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=12 May 2021 |access-date=12 May 2021}}
- PFA Scotland Manager of the Year: 2020–21{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57138081 |title=Rangers: Steven Gerrard and James Tavernier win PFA Scotland awards |work=BBC Sport|date=16 May 2021 |access-date=16 May 2021}}{{cite web|last=Berry|first=Gavin|date=16 May 2021|title=Steven Gerrard completes Rangers Manager of the Year hat-trick after landing PFA Scotland prize|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/steven-gerrard-completes-rangers-manager-24120934.amp|access-date=16 May 2021|website=Daily Record|publisher=Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail Ltd}}
- SPFL Premiership Manager of the Year: 2020–21{{cite web |url=https://spfl.co.uk/news/gerrard-voted-manager-of-the-year |title=Gerrard voted Manager of Year |publisher=SPFL |date=14 May 2021|access-date=14 May 2021}}{{cite web|date=14 May 2021|title=Steven Gerrard: Rangers boss named SPFL manager of the year|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11788/12306043/steven-gerrard-rangers-boss-named-spfl-manager-of-the-year|access-date=14 May 2021|website=Sky Sports|publisher=Sky UK}}
- LMA Special Achievement Award: 2020–21{{cite web|date=24 May 2021|title=The full list of LMA Annual Awards Winners 2020/21|url=https://leaguemanagers.com/news/lma-latest/pep-guardiola-wins-lma-manager-year/#menu|access-date=24 May 2021|website=LMA|publisher=League Managers Association|archive-date=24 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524192022/https://leaguemanagers.com/news/lma-latest/pep-guardiola-wins-lma-manager-year/#menu|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Pilcher|first=Ross|date=24 May 2021|title=Rangers boss Steven Gerrard scoops yet another award after LMA recognise unbeaten season|url=https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rangers-boss-steven-gerrard-scoops-20669817.amp|access-date=24 May 2021|website=Glasgow Live|publisher=MGN Limited}}
- Scottish Premiership Manager of the Month: April 2019,{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11788/11709959/rangers-pair-steven-gerrard-and-scott-arfield-honoured-after-four-wins-from-four-in-april|title=Rangers pair Steven Gerrard and Scott Arfield honoured after four wins from four in April|website=Sky Sports|access-date=31 January 2020|archive-date=31 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131131205/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11788/11709959/rangers-pair-steven-gerrard-and-scott-arfield-honoured-after-four-wins-from-four-in-april|url-status=live}} September 2019,{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50094526|title=Rangers 'deserve' to be top of Premiership, says manager of month Steven Gerrard|date=18 October 2019|website=BBC Sport|access-date=30 January 2020|archive-date=19 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019175736/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/football/50094526|url-status=live}} December 2019,{{cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en/amp/news/steven-gerrard-collects-his-premiership-manager-of-the-month/qlqe0xg8jjtd1ng9q7i624clv|title=Steven Gerrard collects his Premiership Manager of the Month award in Dubai|last=Hasanyan|first=Arian|date=8 January 2020|website=Goal.com|access-date=30 January 2020|archive-date=30 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130135443/https://www.goal.com/en/amp/news/steven-gerrard-collects-his-premiership-manager-of-the-month/qlqe0xg8jjtd1ng9q7i624clv|url-status=live}} August 2020,{{cite web|url=https://spfl.co.uk/news/gerrard-voted-manager-of-the-month-46935#:~:text=Rangers%20boss%20Steven%20Gerrard%20has,wins%20and%20a%20draw...|title=Gerard voted manager of the month|agency=SPFL|access-date=3 December 2020|archive-date=25 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025000100/https://spfl.co.uk/news/gerrard-voted-manager-of-the-month-46935#:~:text=Rangers%20boss%20Steven%20Gerrard%20has,wins%20and%20a%20draw...|url-status=live}} October 2020,{{cite web |url=https://spfl.co.uk/news/awards-double-for-rangers-47117 |title=Awards double for Rangers |publisher=SPFL |date=6 November 2020 |access-date=7 November 2020}} November 2020,{{cite web |url=https://spfl.co.uk/news/november-double-for-rangers |title=November double for Rangers |publisher=SPFL |date=4 December 2020 |access-date=5 December 2020 |archive-date=30 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230174508/https://spfl.co.uk/news/november-double-for-rangers |url-status=live }} February 2021{{cite web |url=https://www.rangers.co.uk/article/gerrard-named-manager-of-the-month/6Euq4E24iE6CHB4CU9bTPS |title=Steven Gerrard Named Manager Of The Month |publisher=Rangers Football Club | work=Rangers.co.uk |date=5 March 2020 |access-date=5 March 2020}}
=Orders=
- Member of the Order of the British Empire: 2007{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6470000/newsid_6476700/6476767.stm|title=Queen gives Gerrard top award|date=21 March 2007|via=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=1 September 2019|archive-date=1 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901155906/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6470000/newsid_6476700/6476767.stm|url-status=live}}
See also
References
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=Bibliography=
- {{cite book |title=Gerrard : my autobiography |first=Steven |last=Gerrard |isbn=978-0-59305-475-8 |publisher=Transworld Publishers |date=2006 }}
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- [https://www.liverpoolfc.com/info/steven-gerrard Profile] at the Liverpool F.C. website
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