Raheem Sterling

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Raheem Sterling
Sterling playing against FC Gomel in a 2012–13 Europa League qualifying match.
Personal information
Full name Raheem Shaquille Sterling[1]
Date of birth (1994-12-08) 8 December 1994 (age 29)[2]
Place of birth Kingston, Jamaica
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Liverpool
Number 31
Youth career
2003–2010 Queens Park Rangers
2010–2012 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012– Liverpool 25 (2)
International career‡
2009–2010 England U16 9 (1)
2010–2011 England U17 13 (3)
2012 England U19 1 (0)
2012– England U21 2 (0)
2012– England 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:00, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:26, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Raheem Shaquille Sterling (born 8 December 1994) is an English footballer who plays for Premier League club Liverpool and the English national team mainly as a winger. He began his youth career at Queens Park Rangers before signing for Liverpool in 2010. He represented England at under-16, under-17, under-19 and under-21 level before being capped at full level by the national side for the first time in November 2012.

Club career

Queens Park Rangers

Sterling joined the academy at Queens Park Rangers at the age of 10.[3] At the age of 14, he was featured on the front cover of Jamaica's national newspaper The Gleaner who hailed his progress and reported that he had "dazzled the English football world with his prodigious talent".[3]

Liverpool

Sterling warming up before the game against Vålerenga in August of 2011

Sterling was signed in February 2010 by Rafael Benítez for an initial fee of £600,000, which could rise to £5 million depending on how many appearances he makes for the first-team.[4][5] He made his first appearance for the first team in a pre-season friendly against Borussia Mönchengladbach in Germany on 1 August 2010.

Sterling scored his first goal for Liverpool's youth team in a friendly against Hibernian in a 2–2 draw, coming off the bench and scoring a late equaliser. After all the friendlies, Sterling's first Premier Academy League match was a 2–2 draw against Aston Villa. His first league win was at home to Bristol City in a 3–0 win on 28 August 2010. On 15 December, Sterling scored his first FA Youth Cup goal for Liverpool's youth team in a 4–0 win over Notts County with Sterling netting the third. On 14 February 2011, Sterling scored five goals for Liverpool's youth team in a 9–0 win over Southend United in the FA Youth Cup.[6]

On 24 March 2012, Sterling made his senior Liverpool debut as a substitute in a league match against Wigan Athletic aged 17 years and 107 days, becoming the second-youngest player ever to play for the club.[7] On 1 May he made his second appearance, again as a substitute, against Fulham.[8] On the final home game of the season, he made another substitute appearance in a 4–1 win against Chelsea.[9]

In August 2012, he made his European cup competition debut for the club, coming on as an 23rd minute substitute in a UEFA Europa League qualifying match against Gomel, replacing Joe Cole in a 1–0 win.[10] The following week Sterling scored his first goal for the senior team with a brilliant first-half strike in a friendly against Bayer Leverkusen. On 23 August 2012, he started his first game for Liverpool in a Europa League qualifying match away to Hearts in a 1–0 win.[11] He was given his first start in the league three days later in a 2–2 draw at Anfield to Manchester City.[12] He played the full 90 minutes in the loss to Arsenal on 2 September, and the draw with Sunderland on 15 September, where he registered one assist and was named man of the match. On 19 September, Sterling was one of the group of teenagers that travelled to Switzerland to play Young Boys in a Europa League group game. He replaced Stewart Downing in the second half as Liverpool won 5–3.[13] On 20 October, Sterling scored his first senior competitive goal for Liverpool in the 29th minute in a 1–0 league win against Reading with a strike from the edge of the box. As a result he became the second-youngest player ever to score in a competitive fixture for Liverpool, behind only Michael Owen.[14]

On 21 December 2012, Sterling signed an extension to his contract and committed his future to Liverpool.[15] He scored his second league goal for the club on 2 January 2013, opening the scoring in a 3-0 win against Sunderland with a deft lob over goalkeeper Simon Mignolet.[16]

International career

Sterling has represented England at Under-16, Under-17, Under-19 and Under-21 level.[17] He is also eligible to play for Jamaica, his country of birth, and his mother Nadine has stated that she would like to see him play for Jamaica at international level.[18] Speaking of the possibility of playing for Jamaica, Sterling said: "When it comes to that decision, that is when I will decide but if Jamaica calls for me, why not?"[3]

Sterling was selected to play for England for the 2011 U-17 World Cup. He scored a long-range goal in England's opening 2–0 win against Rwanda in Pachuca.[19] He also scored against Argentina in the second round in a game where England won 4–2 on penalties.[20]

On 10 September 2012, Sterling was called up to the senior England squad for the first time for a 2014 World Cup qualifying match against Ukraine, where he was an unused substitute.[21][22] In early October he was called up for the first time to the Under-21 squad[23] and made his debut as a substitute during a match against Serbia on 16 October.[24] He made his senior debut for England on 14 November 2012 in a friendly against Sweden.[25]

Personal life

Sterling grew up in the Maverley area of Kingston, Jamaica and was raised by his grandmother.[26] At the age of five Sterling emigrated to London, England with his mother.[3] Once arrived, he attended Copland High School in Wembley, North West London.[27]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 January 2013.[28]
League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
2011–12 Liverpool Premier League 3 0 0 0 0 0 - - 3 0
2012–13 22 2 0 0 1 0 8 0 31 2
Career total 25 2 0 0 1 0 8 0 34 2

International

As of match played 14 November 2012.[29]
National team Year Apps Goals
England 2012 1 0
England 2013 0 0
Total 1 0

Sponsorship

In 2012, Sterling signed a sponsorship deal with American sportswear and equipment supplier, Nike. He appeared in an advert for the new Nike Green Speed II alongside Mario Götze, Theo Walcott, Eden Hazard, Christian Eriksen and Stephan El Shaarawy in November 2012.[30][31]

References

  1. ^ "Premier League clubs submit squad lists". premierleague.com. Premier League. 2 September 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Raheem Sterling". liverpoolfc.tv. Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d Hall, Arthur (11 November 2009). "Jamaican takes UK youth football by storm". Jamaica Gleaner. p. 1. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  4. ^ Johnston, Neil (16 February 2011). "On the Bench ... With Raheem Sterling, a Winger Catching the Eye at Liverpool". FanHouse UK. AOL (UK). Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  5. ^ "10 things you need to know about Raheem Sterling plus video of him in action". Mirror Football. Trinity Mirror. 16 February 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  6. ^ Pearson, James (15 February 2011). "Raheem sterling for Reds' youth". Sky Sports. BSkyB. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  7. ^ "Liverpool 1 - 2 Wigan Athletic". BBC Sport. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
  8. ^ "Liverpool 0-1 Fulham" BBC Sport. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  9. ^ "Liverpool 4-1 Chelsea" BBC Sport. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  10. ^ Bascombe, Chris (2 August 2012). "Europa League: FC Gomel 0 Liverpool 1 - match report". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2 August 2012. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ "Own goal gives Reds advantage". ESPN Soccernet. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  12. ^ "Liverpool 2-2 Man City" BBC Sport. 26 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  13. ^ "Young Boys 3-5 Liverpool" BBC Sport. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  14. ^ http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/rodgers-reveals-work-behind-goal
  15. ^ "Sterling commits future to LFC". Liverpool FC Official Website. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  16. ^ "Liverpool 3-0 Sunderland" BBC Sport. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  17. ^ "Raheem Sterling". TheFA.com. The Football Association. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  18. ^ "'I'd Love To See Him Play For Jamaica'". Jamaica Gleaner. Gleaner Company. 2 March 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  19. ^ "Rwanda beaten by England in World U17 opener". BBC Sport. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  20. ^ "England Under-17s to face Germany in the quarter-finals of the World Cup following victory over Argentina on penalties". goal.com. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  21. ^ "Shock England call for trio". Sky Sports. Skysports.com. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  22. ^ "England 1-1 Ukraine" The FA.com. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  23. ^ "Liverpool winger Raheem Sterling called up to England U21 squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  24. ^ "Serbia U21 0 - 1 England U21". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  25. ^ "Sweden 4 England 2". BBC Sport. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 15 November2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  26. ^ Lowe, André (23 February 2011). "As Hype Grows Around Raheem Sterling". Jamaica Gleaner. Gleaner Company. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  27. ^ "History boys: Dalglish to get teenage kicks in Prague with Liverpool starlet Sterling". Mail Online. Associated Newspapers. 16 February 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  28. ^ Raheem Sterling at Soccerbase
  29. ^ "Sterling, Raheem". National Football Teams. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  30. ^ "Raheem Sterling Wears the Nike GS2". Football Boots. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  31. ^ "Nike GS2 Football Boots". FootballBoots.co.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2012.

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