Following the announcement that Raheem Sterling is now a Chelsea player, we have compiled a comprehensive factfile on the latest addition to the Blues squad...
How many Premier League appearances has Sterling made?
Raheem Sterling has played 320 games in the Premier League in 11 seasons, with his whole senior career being spent in the English top flight. Having got 18 goals and 21 assists in 95 games in the competition for Liverpool, he added an impressive 91 goals and 56 assists in 225 Premier League appearances at Manchester City, while lifting the trophy on four occasions.
How many goals has Sterling scored?
Raheem Sterling has scored 154 goals in senior club football since making his debut for Liverpool in 2012. The first 23 of his goals were scored for the Reds before moving to Manchester City, where he scored a further 131 goals. He has also netted 19 international goals for England.
How many goals did Sterling score in 2021/22?
Raheem Sterling netted 17 goals for Manchester City in all competitions last season. Thirteen of those were in the Premier League, in addition to three in the Champions League and one in the FA Cup.
What is the most goals Sterling has scored in a season?
Raheem Sterling’s most successful campaign in terms of goals came with Manchester City in 2019/20, when he hit the back of the net 31 times in all competitions, including his best Premier League tally so far of 20. He also won the League Cup and Community Shield that season.
How many appearances did Sterling make for Manchester City?
In total, Raheem Sterling played in 339 games for Manchester City, more than double his 129 appearances for Liverpool. He was especially prominent at City during Pep Guardiola’s time at the Etihad Stadium, with his 292 matches for the Spaniard more than any other player has made for the manager at a top-flight club.
Those appearances for the Manchester side were spread across seven seasons and produced 131 goals and 74 assists, giving him the highest number of goal involvements for City during that time.
How old is Sterling?
Raheem Sterling was born on 8 December 1994, making him 27 years old at the time of his arrival at Chelsea.
How tall is Sterling?
Raheem Sterling is 5ft 7in – or 1.70m – tall.
What position does Sterling play?
Raheem Sterling is a forward player who can operate in any of the attacking positions. He has played as a centre-forward for Manchester City as well as on the flanks, with most of his 339 appearances for the club coming off the left wing.
Where is Sterling from?
Raheem Sterling was born in Jamaica, in the Caribbean island’s capital city Kingston. However, he moved to Britain at a young age, growing up in north-west London, and chose to represent England in international football.
How many international caps does Sterling have?
Raheem Sterling has made 77 senior international appearances for England, scoring 19 goals for his country. He made his debut for the Three Lions under Roy Hodgson, starting a friendly defeat in Sweden in 2012, and has since featured at four major tournaments, including being part of the teams which reached the last four in the 2018 World Cup and the final of Euro 2020.
Which trophies has Sterling won?
Raheem Sterling has lifted silverware on 10 occasions in his career, all during his time with Manchester City. There he won the Premier League and the League Cup four times each, as well as the FA Cup and Community Shield. That means Sterling has been part of half City’s total of eight top-flight league titles, and five of their eight League Cup victories.
What awards has Sterling received?
Raheem Sterling has been given a number of individual honours both in and away from football, perhaps most notably receiving an MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours in 2021 for his services to racial equality in sport.
His performances on the pitch also saw him named Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year and Professional Footballers’ Association Young Player of the Year in 2019. UEFA included him in their Euro 2020 Team of the Tournament and the Champions League Squad of the Tournament for 2018/19 and 2019/20.