Former Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard has become the seventh former player to be inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame. The 40-year-old who is the present manager of Scotland side Rangers made 710 appearances for Liverpool in his 17-years at Anfield.
Steven Gerald won nine major trophies, including the Champions League Liverpool, before retiring from professional football. Gerrard is the first inductee not to have won a Premier League title. He joins Roy Keane, Eric Cantona, Frank Lampard, Dennis Bergkamp, Alan Shearer and Thierry Henry.
Steven Gerrard was made Liverpool captain in 2003. He led the side to Champions League success in 2005, scoring the Reds’ first goal as they recovered from 3-0 down to beat Italian side AC Milan on penalties after playing 3-3 in full-time.
European club football’s biggest prize was the highlight of a career in which he collected two FA Cups, three League Cups, a Community Shield, a Uefa Cup and a Uefa Super Cup with his boyhood club. He left Liverpool and had a short spell in the United States with LA Galaxy before becoming a manager.
Gerrard’s inclusion in the Hall of Fame follows his former Chelsea manager and player Frank Lampard to the honour roll on Wednesday. So far, they have selected from a 23-man shortlist based on the most combined votes from the public and a Premier League panel.
Tony Adams, David Beckham, Dennis Bergkamp, Sol Campbell, Eric Cantona, Andrew Cole, Ashley Cole, Didier Drogba, Les Ferdinand, Rio Ferdinand, Robbie Fowler, Steven Gerrard, Roy Keane, Frank Lampard, Matt le Tissier, Michael Owen, Peter Schmeichel, Paul Scholes, John Terry, Robin van Persie, Nemanja Vidic, Patrick Viera, Ian Wright.