Jamie Carragher

James Lee Duncan Carragher (born January 28, 1978 in Bootle, Merseyside) is an English international footballer playing his club football at Liverpool where he is at present vice-captain, behind teammate and fellow Liverpudlian Steven Gerrard.

His determination and attitude on the pitch, his humble nature off it and his professionalism has forever endeared him to the Liverpool faithful. This was proved when he was voted 7th in liverpoolfc.tv's "100 Players Who Shook The Kop"^[1], the highest placed defender on the list.

Many football experts consider Carragher to be one of the best natural "out-and-out" defenders in England,^{[citation needed]} Under Rafael Benitez, he has developed his game going forward from central defence. Carragher has made over 400 first team appearances for Liverpool, more than any other player in the current Liverpool squad and only the 24th Liverpool player in the club's history to do so. He is now settled in the heart of the defence under Benitez though Gérard Houllier preferred to use him as a full-back.^{[citation needed]}

On Saturday 20th January 2007 Jamie Carragher played in his 450th game for Liverpool (in all competitions) and has been offered a testimonial by the club to commemorate 10 years of service. To celebrate this, Jamie won man of the match and kept the defence watertight against the defending champions Chelsea.

Liverpool fans have honored him by displaying a banner reading, "Carragher - probably the best scouser in the world." This was to be seen as a pun on Liverpool FC's long-time sponsor Carlsberg's famous slogan.