<Tr> <Th> 2012 </Th> <Td> Great Britain </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> (2) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22: 20, 23 September 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19: 13, 19 June 2017 (UTC) </Td> </Tr> <P> Daniel Andre Sturridge (/ ˈstʌrɪdʒ /; born 1 September 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Liverpool and the England national team . He plays as a striker, but he has also been used as a winger on occasion . </P> <P> Born in Birmingham, Sturridge spent four years in the Aston Villa academy before moving to Coventry City . He then signed for Manchester City in 2003 . He continued his development at City and played in two FA Youth Cup finals . He made his first - team debut in the 2007--08 season, becoming the only player ever to score in the FA Youth Cup, FA Cup and Premier League in the same season . He left City in 2009 and signed for Chelsea, where he was loaned out to Bolton Wanderers for the second half of the 2010--11 season . After a successful spell at Bolton, scoring eight goals in 12 appearances, he returned to Chelsea for the 2011--12 season . He left Chelsea to join Liverpool in January 2013, where he formed the so - called SAS attacking partnership with Luis Suárez, with Liverpool scoring more than 100 league goals in the 2013--14 season with Sturridge scoring 21--the pair of them having a 1--2 in the goal scoring stats of the league . The following two seasons were curtailed by a myriad of injuries, limiting Sturridge to very few appearances . </P>

First british footballer to play 100 champions league matches