Age: 28

Club: Liverpool

Position: Midfield

Squad No: 8

Born: Whiston, England

Height: 6″2

Steven Gerrard was born on the 30th May 1980, Whiston, Merseyside England. He is the captain of Liverpool, where he plays in an attacking midfield role and wears the number 8. He is an influential and versatile midfielder and many have labelled him a “match winner”. His weapon of destruction is his ability to score goals from long range and his ability to score the winning goal late in matches.

During his career at Liverpool, Steven Gerrard has won

• PFA Young Player of the Year
• PFA Player of the Year
• PFA Fans Player of the Year
• European Midfielder of the Year
• Premier League Player of the Year (2 times)
• UEFA Club Footballer of the Year
• Nominated for FIFA World Player of the Year 2005, 2006 and 2007.
• Also awarded the MBE for his contributions to Football.
• 5 Feb 2008 was voted by fans the Nationwide England Player of the Year for 2007.

Steven Gerrard started playing his soccer at his local junior club Whiston Juniors. At the age of 9 Liverpool scouts signed him up for the Reds Youth Academy and the rest as you say it, is history. Gerrard signed his first professional contract with Liverpool on the 5th November 1997.

Liverpool Career Stats

Total 449 Appearances 100 Goals 44 Yellow Cards 5 Red Cards

League 308 Apps 56 Goals

FA Cup 23 Apps 8 Goals

League Cup 19 Apps 7 Goals

European/ Others 99 Apps 29 Goals

International Career

Gerrard played his first game for England against Ukraine on the 31st of May 2000

International Goals

Awards and Honors

Liverpool

• 2001 European SuperCup winner (Liverpool)
• 2001 UEFA Cup winner (Liverpool)
• 2001 FA Cup winner (Liverpool)
• 2001 League Cup winner (Liverpool)
• 2003 League Cup winner (Liverpool)
• 2005 Champions League winner (Liverpool)
• 2005 League Cup Finals (Liverpool)
• 2006 FA Cup winner (Liverpool)

England

• European Championship Finals 2000,

• European Championship Finals 2004

Personal Life

Steven Gerrard is married to Alex Curran and the couple have 2 daughters: Lilly-Ella Gerrard and Lexie Gerrard. The couple were married at Cliveden mansion in Buckinghamshire on 16 June 2007.

Semptember 2006 Gerrard published an autobiography titled ” Gerrard:My Autobiography”.

Name: Robbie David Keane

Age: 28

Club: Liverpool

Position: Striker

Squad No: 7

Born: Dublin, Republic Of Ireland

Height: 1.73m

Robbie David Keane was born in Dublin on the 8th of July 1980. Robbie made his senior debut at age 17 for Wolverhampton Wanderers and scored a double on debut. Coventry City bought the striker for a club record £6,000,000. His time at Coventry was indeed successful with the striker scoring 12 times in just 34 games. With his great form, the big clubs came knocking and Inter Milan bought his services for £13,000,000. Marcello Lippi who had purchased the striker was given the flick and Robbie’s time in Italy was spent predominantly on the bench. Enter Leeds boss David O’Leary who after a successful loan period, purchased the striker for £12,000,000. Although many consider his time at Elland Road to be his less successful period of his career, he was then sold to Tottenham Hotspur for a bargain price of £7,000,000.

Robbie Keane had his most successful period at Tottenham dominating for 6 seasons scoring 107 goals in 254 appearances. He instantly became the fans favourite and introduced his trademark gunfire goal celebration. In 2006/07 season he destroyed defences scoring 31 goals in only 40 appearances. The end of 2007 made him the 13th player to score 100 Premiership goals and the 15th Spur player to score a 100 goals for the club.

Robbie Keane has represented his country on 81 occasions and scored 33 goals. Currently he is the captain of Ireland and the record goal scorer for his country. The question left to ask is, can Robbie Keane produce the same magic for the Anfield faithful?

Transfer History

Tottenham Hotspur to Liverpool (28 July 2008) £19,000,000

Leeds United to Tottenham Hotspur (31 Aug 2002) £7,000,000

Inter Milan to Leeds United (25 April 2001) £12,000,000

Coventry City to Inter Milan (31 July) £13,000,000

Robbie Keane’s Stats.

97-98 Wolverhampton 11 Goals 38 Games

98-99 Wolverhampton 11 Goals 36 Games

99-00 Coventry City 12 Goals 31 Games

00-01 Inter Milan 6 Games

00-01 Leeds United 9 Goals 18 Games

01-02 Leeds United 3 Goals 25 Games

02-03 Tottenham 13 Goals 29 Games

03-04 Tottenham 14 Goals 34 Games

04-05 Tottenham 11 Goals 35 Games

05-06 Tottenham 16 Goals 36 Games

06-07 Tottenham 11 Goals 27 Games

07-08 Tottenham 15 Goals 36 Games

08-09 Liverpool FC 1 Goal 6 Games