Steven Gerrard's international career

After missing the 2002 World Cup through injury, he played in three others, his first in Germany 2006, then as captain for both South Africa 2010 and Brazil 2014.

Steven Gerrard made his debut against Ukraine the day after his 20th birthday in May 2000.

Gerrard's debut in a major tournament is in Euro 2000 where his only appearance is from the bench in a 1-0 victory over Germany. He went on to play in two more European Championships, in 2004 and 2012.

Gerrard scores his first international goal during a 5-1 thrashing of Germany in the September 2001 World Cup qualifier in Munich.

Gerrard became the 105th England captain for a friendly against Sweden on 31 March 2004, but it is not until 2012 that he is named permanent captain by coach Roy Hodgson, in time for the Euro 2012 tournament finals.

He never went beyond the quarter-finals of a major international tournament, with England losing via a penalty shootout in the last-eight clash against Portugal in the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

Gerrard sets up three of England's five goals at Euro 2012 and has the most assists at the finals.

Gerrard received his 100th cap for England before the friendly match against Brazil at Wembley in February 2013. He was the sixth player to win 100 caps and is currently third in the country's all time appearance list.

A lacklustre World Cup campaign see's England knocked out in the group stage. Gerrard's attempted clearing header agaisnt Uruguay fell into the path of Luis Suarez who scored the winning goal in a 2-1 loss for England.

Gerrard's last game for England was against Costa Rica in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. He retires from international duty having scored 21 goals and played at six major tournaments. He ranks third on England's most-capped player list behind only Peter Shilton (125) and David Beckham (115).

Steven Gerrard's retirement was made official whilst on Liverpool's pre-season tour. In a statement released on the FA’s website, Gerrard said: Gerrard said: “I have enjoyed every minute of representing my country and it is a sad day for me knowing that I won’t pull on the England shirt again."