retirement from England duty on Monday:
-- The England captain, 34, is number three on the country's
most capped players behind Peter Shilton and David Beckham. He
has played 114 times for England since 2000 and after being
briefly captain in 2008 became full time team leader in 2010. He's
captained England 38 times, winning 20 of those games.
-- Gerrard scored the first of his 21 England goals in a famous
5-1 win over Germany in a World Cup qualifier in September 2001.
-- With his tireless running and vision, Gerrard is considered one
of the best midfielders to be produced by England. He has spent
all of his club career at Liverpool, making 669 league, FA Cup,
League Cup and European competition appearances for the side
and scoring 173 goals.
-- Gerrard has a cousin, Anthony Gerrard, who plays for
Huddersfield Town in the English league. Another cousin, Jon-
Paul Gilhooley, was killed in the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster
at the age of 10. Gerrard's 2006 autobiography ends with the
words "I play for Jon-Paul.
-- In a real life drama, Gerrard appeared in court in 2009
accused of affray after a fight outside a bar. He pleaded not
guilty and was cleared. On the screen, he appeared in a 2011
movie, "Will", about an 11-year-old boy and a Bosnian footballer
who trek to Istanbul to see Liverpool in the 2005 Champions League
final.
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