Raheem Sterling

Raheem Sterling

Sterling playing for Manchester City in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Raheem Shaquille Sterling
Date of birth	(1994-12-08) 8 December 1994 (age 22)
Place of birth	Kingston, Jamaica
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Winger / Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Manchester City
Number	7
Youth career
2003–2010	Queens Park Rangers
2010–2012	Liverpool
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2015	Liverpool	95	(18)
2015–	Manchester City	49	(11)
National team‡
2009–2010	England U16	9	(1)
2010–2011	England U17	13	(3)
2012	England U19	1	(0)
2012–2013	England U21	8	(3)
2012–	England	29	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:21, 6 January 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:22, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:21, 6 January 2017 (UTC).

Raheem Shaquille Sterling (born 8 December 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the England national team. He received the Golden Boy award for 2014 from a pan-European panel of sports journalists, recognising him as the best under-21 player playing in Europe. A 2015 professional study by Soccerex ranked him as the most valuable young player in Europe, with a value of €49 million.

Born in Jamaica, Sterling moved to London at the age of seven and began his career at Queens Park Rangers before signing for Liverpool in 2010. In July 2015, following a lengthy dispute over a new contract, he was signed by Manchester City in a transfer potentially worth £49 million, the highest transfer fee ever paid for an English player.

He represented England at under-16, under-17 and under-21 level before being capped at full level by the national side in November 2012, and performed at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Sterling was born in the Maverley district of Kingston, Jamaica, and spent his early years there. At the age of five, he emigrated to London with his mother, and attended Copland School in Wembley, North West London. His absent father was murdered in Jamaica when Sterling was nine years old.