EX-FOOTBALLER FOR LIVERPOOL AND LA GALAXY BY ZACH THOMAS STEVEN GERRARD EX-FOOTBALLER FOR LIVERPOOL AND LA GALAXY BY ZACH THOMAS

LIFE STORY OF STEVEN GERRARD STEVEN GERRARD WAS BORN ON THE 30TH MAY 1980, WHO IS CURRENTLY MANAGING LIVERPOOL ACADEMY. HE WAS BORN IN WHISTON, LIVERPOOL AND PLAYED FOR WHISTON JUNIORS AT A YOUNG AGE UNTIL HE WAS SCOUTED FOR LIVERPOOL AT NINE.AT FOURTEEN HE HAD TRIALS AT SEVERAL CLUBS ICLUDING MANCHESTER UNITED, BUT HE NEVER GOT TO PLAY FOR ENGLAND SCHOOLBOYS. ON 5TH NOVEMBER 1997 HE SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH LIVERPOOL. HE MADE HIS FIRST TEAM DEBUT A YEAR LATER AGAINST BLACKBURN ROVERS, WHEN HE CAME ON AS A SUBSTITUTE. HE MADE 13 APPEARANCES THAT SEASON. IN HIS FIRST MERSEYSIDE DERBY AGAINST EVERTON, HE CAME AS A SUB FOR ROBBIE FOWLER AND GOT SENT OFF FOR A HIGH FOOT ON KEVIN CAMBELL. LATER THAT SEASON, HE SCORED HIS 1ST GOAL FOR THE FIRST TEAM IN 4-1 WIN AGAINST SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY. THE FOLLOWING SEASON HE MADE FIFTY APPEARANCES AND SCORED 10 GOALS IN ALL COMPETITIONS AS HE WON HIS FIRST MAJOR TROPHIES WITH THE REDS (THE FA CUP, FOOTBALL LEAGUE CUP AND THE UEFA CUP). HE WENT ON TO WIN THE PFA YOUNG PLAYERS OF THE YEAR. HE WON THE CHARITY SHIELD, THE UEFA SUPER CUP AND THELEAGUE CUP AGAIN THE NEXT 2 SEASONS.

LIFE STORY CONTINUED IN OCTOBER 2003 GERRARD HOULLIER (LIVERPOOL’S CURRENT MANAGER AT THE TIME) made steven captain