Steven Gerrard

Steven Gerrard (born 1980-05-30) is an English football player with Liverpool FC.

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• Two European Cup finals in three years — not bad for a little club.
  • "Quotes of the Week", BBC Sport (2007-05-09)
  • Said by Gerrard, whose team had been called a "little club" by José Mourinho, after the Liverpool Football Club reached the Champions League final at Chelsea's expense

About Steven Gerrard

• To me he is one of the super best midfielders in the world. He is an excellent player.
  • Pelé, three-time World Cup winner, before the 2006 World Cup (Source)

• He is, in my opinion, the best midfielder in the world, and has a track record for delivering on the big occasions.
  • Graham Taylor, former manager of the English national football team (Source)

• He has become the most influential player in England, bar none. Not that Vieira lacks anything, but Gerrard does more.
  • Alex Ferguson, manager of Manchester United FC (Source)

• He is undoubtedly one of the best midfield players in the world.
  • Carlo Ancelotti, manager of AC Milan (Source)

• We are preparing a special weightlifting plan for Gerrard's shoulders because we want him to lift a lot of trophies for us in the next few years.
  • Rafael Benítez, manager of Liverpool FC(Source)

• Steven Gerrard was awesome today. We were just laughing in the dressing room that at one stage we thought he was heading his own crosses in.
  • Gareth Southgate on Gerrard after a Premiership game between Middlesbrough and Liverpool in 2005. Peter Gill. "Lordy, It's The Quotes Of The Week", Football365.com, August 16, 2005 (article offline; cache).

• Is he the best in the world? He might not get the attention of (Lionel) Messi and Ronaldo but yes, I think he just might be.If you don't have a player like Steven Gerrard, who is the engine room, it can affect the whole team.When we were winning league titles and European Cups at Real, I always said Claude Makelele was our most important player. There is no way myself, (Luis) Figo or Raul would have been able to do what we did without Claude and the same goes for Liverpool and Gerrard. 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.
  • Zinedine Zidane(Source)

"An excellent player, in my opinion, he is a modern player because he is a player who runs, marks, knows how to pass, cross, score goals and he is a leader on the field for Liverpool. So he is a player that I would like to have in my team."

Kaka on Gerrard, May 2006^{[citation needed]}

"If you were looking for the player you would replace Keane with, it would be Gerrard, without question," Ferguson told The Sunday Times. "He has become the most influential player in England, bar none. More than Vieira." "Not that Vieira lacks anything, but I think that Gerrard does more for his team than Vieira does, and has way more to his game." "I've watched him quite a lot. To me, Gerrard is Keane. Everywhere the ball is, he seems to be there. He's got that unbelievable engine, desire, determination. Anyone would love to have Gerrard in their team."

Alex Ferguson, May 2004^{[citation needed]}

"Gerrard has been my idol for 10 years and is one of the best players in the world. He is the example of what all midfield players aspire to. He is always there in the heat of the battle, leading by example. He is everywhere you look - in defence, in the middle of the pitch and in attack. I would love to be close to that level."

Daniele De Rossi, June 2012 (Source)