Euro 2012

Steven George Gerrard, MBE (IPA: [ˈdʒɛrɑ:d]; born 30 May 1980 in Whiston, Merseyside) is an English footballer who plays for English Premier League club Liverpool F.C. and the England national team. He is usually employed in the box-to-box midfield role, although he has often been deployed as a right-sided midfielder and occasionally as a second striker. Gerrard, who has spent his entire career at Anfield, won his first UEFA Champions League in 2005 following Liverpool’s comeback in the final.
Height :6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Early career

Gerrard started out playing for hometown team Whiston Juniors. He was noticed by Liverpool’s scouts and joined the Reds’ youth academy at the age of nine.[2] Gerrard had trials with various clubs at fourteen, including Manchester United F.C., which he claimed in his 2006 autobiography that this was “to pressure Liverpool into giving me a YTS contract.”[3] He signed his first professional contract with Liverpool on 5 November 1997.[3]
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Hamit Altıntop (born December 8, 1982 in Gelsenkirchen, West Germany) is a Turkish national footballer. He is a versatile midfielder and can play either in a defending or attacking role. He is well known for his flair of long-shot ability, as shown when he played for Schalke 04 and so far with Bayern Munich.

He is the identical twin brother of footballer Halil Altıntop, who was born 10 minutes after Hamit.[1]

Schalke
Altıntop started his professional career in local German club Wattenscheid in 2000 along with his brother. As successful performances grabbed the attention of bigger clubs, he was transferred to Schalke 04 in 2003, where he played in a primarily defensive midfield role. (more…)