Paul Gerrard

Oldham Athletic

Born in Heywood, Lancashire, Gerrard started his career as a goalkeeping apprentice at Oldham Athletic. He made his Premiership debut at the age of 19 on 5 December 1992 in a 3–2 defeat at Queens Park Rangers. In all, he made 118 League appearances for The Latics in his first spell.

Everton

Nearly two years after Joe Royle had left Oldham for Everton, he returned to buy Gerrard for £1.5 million in July 1996. He made his debut for Everton as a half-time substitute for Neville Southall in a 7–1 win at home to Southampton on 16 November 1996. When Royle left Everton, Southall returned as first choice goalkeeper for Everton, and Gerrard decided to go on loan to Oxford United in 1997 for regular first team action. However, soon afterwards Howard Kendall took over for his second spell as team manager at Goodison Park and recalled Gerrard from Oxford. In December 2000, he suffered a knee injury in a Premier League match against West Ham United, and sparked a surprise reaction from West Ham striker Paolo Di Canio who spurned the opportunity to score the winning goal in order to attend to the injured Gerrard. This act of sportsmanship saw Di Canio awarded with the FIFA fair play award the following year. Royle, now at Ipswich Town, signed Gerrard on a month-long loan in November 2002, although Gerrard returned to Everton early after suffering from a dislocated kneecap, having made five appearances for Ipswich. During the 2003–04 season, he was signed…

Gerrard never played for England at full international level, but he was capped 18 times by the under-21 side between 1993 and 1996.

Oldham Athletic

Gerrard was confirmed Oldham Athletic's goalkeeping coach on a part-time basis on 30 June 2010. On 20 August he signed a pay as you play contract to provide cover for number one keeper Dean Brill. In July 2011 he was given a full-time permanent contract as goalkeeping coach. He left Oldham on 21 June 2013, with his former club claiming that he was moving to Doncaster Rovers, following former Oldham boss Paul Dickov.

Shrewsbury Town

In July 2010, he was confirmed Shrewsbury Town goalkeeping coach on a part-time basis. This ended in July 2011, when his contract at Oldham was made full-time, with Gavin Ward replacing him in the post.

Doncaster Rovers

On 24 June 2013, he was confirmed as the new goalkeeping coach at Doncaster Rovers. Gerrard left the club on 29 November 2021 by mutual agreement, having worked with seven different managers.

Carlisle United

On 24 February 2022, he joined League Two side Carlisle United as their new goalkeeper coach. From a relegation position, Carlisle retained their League Two status that season, and a successful campaign during the 2022–23 season resulted in a Wembley play-off final promotion to League One. Gerrard left the club by mutual consent at the end of June 2023.

Peterborough United

On 2 July 2024, Gerrard was appointed goalkeeper coach at EFL League One side Peterborough United.

Individual

Toulon Tournament Best Goalkeeper: 1993