Raheem Shaquille Sterling MBE is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger and attacking midfielder for the Premier League club Chelsea and the England national team.
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Born in Jamaica to Jamaican parents, Sterling moved to London at the age of five. He began his career at Queens Park Rangers before signing for Liverpool in 2010.
He was awarded the Golden Boy award in 2014. In July 2015, following a lengthy dispute over a new contract, he was signed by Manchester City in a transfer potentially worth £49 million, the highest transfer fee ever paid for an English player at the time.
He went on to help Manchester City win back-to-back Premier League titles in the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons. In the 2018–19 season, he was named to the PFA Premier League Team of the Year and won the PFA Young Player of the Year and FWA Footballer of the Year.
Sterling made his senior debut for England in November 2012. He was chosen in England’s squads for the FIFA World Cup in 2014, 2018 and 2022, and the UEFA European Championship in 2016 and 2020.
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Raheem Sterling’s Parents: Meet His Mother Nadine Sterling
Raheem Sterling is 27 years. Sterling was born in a Christian family in Kingston, Jamaica, and spent his early years there.
His mother, Nadine Clarke, was previously a competitive athlete in the Jamaican national athletics team; Sterling credits her for his unique running style.
His father was murdered in Jamaica when Sterling was two years old. At the age of five, he immigrated to Neasden, London, with his mother, and attended Copland School in Wembley, north-west London.
Due to behavioural problems, Sterling spent three years at Vernon House, a specialist school in Neasden.
The Citizens had been paying him a whopping £300,000 a week, so it is said that Sterling’s new contract would earn him similar numbers.
Sterling will become Chelsea’s highest-paid player after signing a contract for more than £15.5 million a year.
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