England Player Profiles

Michael Carrick

England Player Profiles

Written by Dave Allan

Michael Carrick was born in Wallsend in the North East on 28th July 1981 and was soon regarded as a hot prospect with plenty of scouts eager to take him back to their respective clubs.

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Michael Dawson

England Player Profiles

Written by Dave Allan

Michael Richard Dawson was born In Northallerton, England on November 18th, 1983, and is the only player in the current England squad who hasn’t yet gained a senior cap. That is not to say that he has not played for his country and he was a key member of the U-21 set up playing 13 games at that level.

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Peter Crouch

England Player Profiles

Written by Tom Wakefield

Peter James Crouch, born 30 January 1981 in Macclesfield. Striker

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Rio Ferdinand

England Player Profiles

Written by Matt Pitt

Born November 7, 1978 in Peckham, London, Rio Gavin Ferdinand is one of football's rags to riches stories. Despite starting life in one of London's poorest areas, he now commands wages of £130,000 per week and is the recently installed England captain.

Throughout his career Ferdinand's key attributes have been his physical presence and his composure on the ball. Having played for Millwall, Queens Park Rangers and West Ham United youth teams, he made his full pro debut, for West Ham, back in 1996 and went on  to make 127 appearances for The Hammers before being signed by Leeds United for a record £18,000,000 in 2000.

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Robert Green

England Player Profiles

Written by Dave Allan

 Robert Paul Green was born on 18th January 1980 and at 30 years of age is probably at the point of his career where he could be considered as being at his peak.

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Shaun Wright-Philips

England Player Profiles

Written by Dave Allan

Shaun Wright-Phillips was born in South London on October 25th 1981 and is the adopted son of former England striker and Arsenal legend Ian Wright.

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Stephen Warnock

England Player Profiles

Written by Tom Wakefield

Stephen David Warnock, born on 12 December 1981 in Ormskirk, Lancashire.

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Steven Gerrard

England Player Profiles

Written by Matt Pitt

Steven George Gerrard, MBE, was born in Whiston, Merseyside on May 30, 1980.

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Wayne Rooney

England Player Profiles

Written by Dave Allan

Wayne Rooney announced himself to the football world with a brilliant winner against the then-champions Arsenal as a precocious 16-year-old in 2002, which made him the youngest goalscorer in Premier League history at the time.

Although that record has since been surpassed twice, his career has gone from strength to strength and he is now a permanent fixture in the England side.

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