Steven Gerrard is an athlete.
The team captain of an association football team , sometimes known as the skipper , is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team : it is often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad , or a player that can heavily influence a game . The EFL Cup , or simply the League Cup , is an annual knockout football competition in men 's domestic English football . Liverpool Football Club ( [ ˈlɪvərpuːl ] ) is a professional association football club based in Liverpool , Merseyside , England . Steven Gerrard . Regarded to be one of the greatest midfielders of his generation , Gerrard came second to Kenny Dalglish in the `` 100 Players Who Shook The Kop '' , a 2008 Liverpool fan poll , and first in 2013 . He has also been named in the PFA Team of the Year a record eight times , the UEFA Team of the Year and FIFA World XI three times , and was named PFA Players ' Player of the Year in 2006 and the FWA Footballer of the Year in 2009 .