GREEN, Robert

Jersey No: 12

Age: 30

Height: 1.91m

Caps: 9

Club: West Ham

Position: Goalkeeper

• The first ever England goalkeeper to be sent off. It happened during the penultimate qualification game for World Cup 2010 against Ukraine which England went on to lose 1-0
• In the 2007 – 2008 Premier League season, Green saved the first three penalties taken against him. The first, against Kevin Doyle of Reading, the second, Benjani of Porthsmouth in injury time and finally Tottenham's Jermain Defoe, again in injury time.

HART, Joe

Jersey No: 23

Age: 23

Height: 1.91m

Caps: 1

Club: Manchester City

Position: Goalkeeper

• Voted as the League Two's best goalkeeper for 2005–2006 by his fellow professionals
• Hart was nominated for the 2010 PFA Young Player of the Year award; the other nominees were Wayne Rooney, Cesc Fàbregas and James Milner.

JAMES, David

Jersey No: 1

Age: 40

Height: 1.96m

Caps: 49

Club: Portsmouth

Position: Goalkeeper

• As of 14 February 2009, James holds the all–time Premier League record of 536 appearances
• James also holds the Premier League record for most clean sheets

CARRAGHER, Jamie

Jersey No: 18

Age: 32

Height: 1.85m

Caps: 34

Club: Liverpool

Position: Defender

• Holds the current dubious honours of scoring more own goals against his club Liverpool, than against opponents
• Carragher is one of the longest–serving Liverpool players, he made his 600th appearance for the club in December 2009

COLE, Ashley

Jersey No: 3

Age: 30

Height: 1.72m

Caps: 77

Club: Chelsea

Position: Defender

• Cole was married to Cheryl Tweedy, a member of popular girl group Girls Aloud. They separated in February 2010.
• Cole is just two caps short of matching the record of 79 caps by a black English player, a record currently held by John Barnes

DAWSON, Michael

Jersey No: 5

Age: 27

Height: 1.9m

Caps: 0

Club: Tottenham Hotspur

Position: Defender

• Drafted in to replace captain Rio Ferdinand after he was injured during training, Dawson is the only uncapped member of the England squad.
• Current captain of the Hotspurs and also their Player of the Year for 2009–2010 season, Dawson's strength has lead Argentina star striker Carlos Tevez to call him 'the best English defender I have played against'.

JOHNSON, Glen

Jersey No: 2

Age: 26

Height: 1.82m

Caps: 20

Club: Liverpool

Position: Defender

• In a situation similar to Ferdinand, Johnson was also called on to save a penalty in a FA Cup game after goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini was sent off late in the match for a tackle outside the box and Chelsea had used up all three substitutions. Unlike Ferdinand however, Johnson saved the free–kick and went on to keep a clean sheet
• Johnson had a three–year goal drought which ended on 20 October 2007 when he scored against Wigan Athletic after dribbling from the halfway line

KING, Ledley

Jersey No: 20

Age: 30

Height: 1.88m

Caps: 19

Club: Tottenham Hotspur

Position: Defender

• The longest serving player in Tottenham, Thierry Henry said King is the only defender in the Premier League that could regularly tackle him without committing fouls.
• King's first goal ever for Tottenham was the quickest goal ever scored in the Premier League, which was achieved against Bradford City in 10.2 seconds back in 2000

TERRY, John

Jersey No: 6

Age: 29

Height: 1.87m

Caps: 59

Club: Chelsea

Position: Defender

• The only English player named to the 2006 FIFA World Cup all–star squad.
• Won the Defender of the Year award at the 2008 UEFA Champions League together with Frank Lampard and Petr Cech who received the same award for their respective positions

UPSON, Matthew

Jersey No: 15

Age: 31

Height: 1.85m

Caps: 19

Club: West Ham

Position: Defender

• In July 2008, Upson's squad number of 6 was retired by the club in memory of Bobby Moore, after which he took the number 15 shirt.
• Upson was a former Arsenal player, making 57 appearances and never scored in his entire four years there.

WARNOCK, Stephen

Jersey No: 13

Age: 29

Height: 1.75m

Caps: 1

Club: Aston Villa

Position: Defender

• Waernock shares the shortest England playing career time of 8 minutes with Jimmy Barrett of West Ham and Peter Ward of Brighton.
• Warnock made 67 appearances with Liverpool but only managed to score one goal.

BARRY, Gareth

Jersey No: 14

Age: 29

Height: 1.83m

Caps: 36

Club: Manchester City

Position: Midfielder

• Along with David Beckham, the only other player to have played under every single England manager since they were by selected by Kevin Keegan.
• Barry made 441 appearances with his former club, Aston Villa, one of the longest serving players at the club.

CARRICK, Michael

Jersey No:22

Age: 29

Height: 1.85m

Caps: 21

Club:Manchester United

Position: Midfielder

• Carrick and fellow English players Steven Gerrard and Gary Neville all married their respective partners on the same day.
• Carrick wears the number 16 shirt, worn by former United captain Roy Keane

COLE, Joe

Jersey No: 11

Age: 29

Height: 1.76m

Caps: 53

Club: Chelsea

Position: Midfielder

• Cole once scored 7 of the 8 goals the England youth team scored against Spain in one match.
• Won the Chelsea Fans' Player of the Year award during the 2007–2008 season in recognition for his ability to score brilliant and important goals.

GERRARD, Steven (C)

Jersey No: 4

Age: 30

Height: 1.83m

Caps: 78

Club: Liverpool

Position: Midfielder

• Gerard is the only English player to have ever scored a goal in the FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Cup and Champions League finals.
• Won the 2009 Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year, the first Liverpool player to win the award in 19 years. Runner–up Ryan Giggs lost by only 10 votes.

LAMPARD, Frank

Jersey No: 8

Age: 30

Height: 1.84m

Caps: 77

Club: Chelsea

Position: Midfielder

• Lampard is the highest scoring midfielder in Premier League history with 124 goals .
• Holds the record for the most consecutive Premier League appearances at 164, which is five more than previous record holder David James.

LENNON, Aaron

Jersey No: 7

Age: 23

Height: 1.65m

Caps: 15

Club: Tottenham Hotspur

Position: Midfielder

• The youngest player to ever play in a Premier League game at the age of 16 years and 129 days.
• Lennon was nominated three times in a row for the PFA Young Player of the Year award but had never won.

MILNER, James

Jersey No:16

Age: 24

Height: 1.75m

Caps: 7

Club: Aston Villa

Position: Midfielder

• Gained prominence as the youngest player to have ever scored in the Premier League at the age of 16 days and 309 days in 2002. The record has since been broken by James Vaughan of Everton.
• Milner has played under thirteen different managers and caretakers throughout his career.

WRIGHT–PHILLIPS, Shaun

Jersey No: 17

Age: 28

Height: 1.54m

Caps: 30

Club: Manchester City

Position: Midfielder

• Wright–Phillips is the adopted son of Crystal Palace and Arsenal legend Ian Wright.
• From 2000 to 2003, Wright–Phillips won Manchester City's Young Player of the Year award four times in succession, surpassing Steve Kinsey's record of three times.

CROUCH, Peter

Jersey No: 9

Age: 29

Height: 2.01m

Caps: 37

Club: Tottenham Hotspur

Position: Forward

• At 6ft 7 inches, Crouch is the tallest man to ever play for the England national team.
• His first career hat–trick, a 4–1 win against Arsenal was dubbed the 'Perfect Hat–Trick' as it consisted of goals scored with his left foot, right foot and head.

DEFOE, Jermain

Jersey No: 19

Age: 28

Height: 1.69m

Caps: 39

Club:Tottenham Hotspur

Position: Forward

• Defoe is one of the three players to have scored five goals in one single Premier League match, the other two being Alan Shearer and Andrew Cole.
• Defoe also holds the record of the second fastest hat–trick in Premier League history, with all three goals scored in seven minutes.

HESKEY, Emile

Jersey No: 21

Age: 32

Height: 1.88m

Caps: 57

Club: Aston Villa

Position: Forward

• Heskey once made a six–figure donation to aid a consortium led by English great Gary Lineker in their bid to buy–out his former club, Leicester City, which were experiencing financial difficulties.
• Heskey set a record transfer fee of 11 million pounds to Liverpool in 2000, the highest the Merseyside had ever paid at that time .

ROONEY, Wayne

Jersey No: 10

Age: 24

Height: 1.78m

Caps: 58

Club: Manchester United

Position: Forward

• Rooney has a tattoo of the words 'Just Enough Education To Perform', the title of an album by his favourite band, Stereophonics. The band also played at his wedding reception.
• Rooney made his professional debut with Everton and he scored his first match–winning goal five days before his 17th birthday against reigning champions Arsenal, ending their thirty–match unbeaten–run. It also made him the youngest goalscorer in Premier League history at that time.