Steven George Gerrard, is an English professional footballer who plays for Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy as a central midfielder. He spent the majority of his career playing for Premier League club Liverpool, with most of that time as their captain. 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. Zinedine Zidane and Pele said in 2009 that they considered Gerrard to be the best footballer in the world.