David Beckham
Made his debut for England on September 1, 1996, against Moldova, aged 21. Currently playing for Real Madrid, Beckham has 87 England caps and has scored 16 goals for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: May 2, 1975
Height: 1.82m (5ft 11in)
Fact: Shown the red card in matches against Argentina (June 1998) and Austria (October 2005), David Beckham is the first player to have been sent off twice for his country, and the first England captain to have been dismissed by the referee.

Frank Lampard
Made his debut for England on October 10, 1999, against Belgium, aged 21. Currently playing for Chelsea, Lampard has 38 England caps and has scored 10 goals for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: June 20, 1978
Height: 1.83m (6ft)
Fact: One of England's longest-serving players, Frank Lampard comes from a famous footballing family—his father, Frank Lampard, Senior, played twice for England in the 1970s, cousin Jamie Redknapp made 17 appearances for the national team, and uncle Harry Redknapp is a Premiership manager.

Steven Gerrard
Made his debut for England on May 31, 2000, against Ukraine, aged 20. Currently playing for Liverpool, Gerrard has 40 England caps and has scored 6 goals for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: May 30, 1980
Height: 1.85m (6ft)
Fact: Steven Gerrard's vast list of footballing achievements and accomplishments in his eight seasons at Liverpool FC includes winning the League Cup (2001, 2003), FA Cup (2001), UEFA Cup (2001), and UEFA Champions' League (2005), and being named the PFA Young Player of the Year (2001) and UEFA Champion's League Most Valuable Player (2004-2005).

Owen Hargreaves
Made his debut for England on August 15, 2001, against Holland, aged 20. Currently playing for Bayern Munich, Hargreaves has 29 England caps and has scored 0 goals for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: January 20, 1981
Height: 1.81m (5ft 11in)
Fact: Despite playing regularly for the national side, Owen Hargreaves has never actually lived in England—he was born in Calgary, Canada, and has spent his entire professional career to date playing for Bayern Munich, in the German Bundesliga.

Jermaine Jenas
Made his debut for England on February 12, 2003, against Australia, aged 19. Currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur, Jenas has 15 England caps and has scored 0 goals for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: February 18, 1983
Height: 1.79m (5ft 10in)
Fact: Jermaine Jenas was voted PFA Young Player of the Year in 2003.

Joe Cole
Made his debut for England on May 25, 2001, against Mexico, aged 19. Currently playing for Chelsea, Cole has 30 England caps and has scored 5 goals for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: November 8, 1981
Height: 1.75m (5ft 8in)
Fact: Although he was part of the England squad for two major tournaments (the World Cup in Japan and Korea in 2002 and the European Championships in Portugal in 2004), Cole did not play in either competition.

Michael Carrick
Made his debut for England on May 25, 2001, against Mexico, aged 19. Currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur, Carrick has 5 England caps and has scored 0 goals for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: July 28, 1981
Height: 1.83m (6ft)
Fact: Michael Carrick joined West Ham United's youth team when he was 16 years old and played alongside current England counterparts Jermain Defoe, Joe Cole, and Glen Johnson.

Aaron Lennon
Currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur. Lennon is yet to make his full England debut, but is a regular for the England U21 side.
Date of birth: April 16, 1987
Fact: When Lennon made his debut for former club Leeds United in August 2003, aged 16 years and 129 days, he became the youngest ever player in the history of the Premiership.

Stewart Downing
Made his debut for England on February 2, 2005, against Holland, aged 20. Currently playing for Middlesbrough, Downing has 1 England cap and has scored 0 goals for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: July 22, 1984
Height: 1.80m (5ft 10in)
Downing was nominated for the PFA Young Player of the Year Award in 2004-2005 and the same season was voted Middlesbrough FC's Player of the Year by his team-mates.

Strikers

Michael Owen
Made his debut for England on February 11, 1998, against Chile, aged 18. Currently playing for Newcastle United, Owen has 75 England caps and has scored 35 goals for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: December 14, 1979
Height: 1.73m (5ft 8in)
Fact: Currently England's leading goalscorer, Owen was the youngest player to represent England in the 20th century and was voted European Footballer of the Year in 2001.

Wayne Rooney
Made his debut for England on February 12, 2003, against Australia, aged 17. Currently playing for Manchester United, Rooney has 29 England caps and has scored 11 goals for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: October 24, 1985
Height: 1.78m (5ft 10in)
Fact: On making his debut for his country, Rooney became the youngest ever England player aged 17 years 111 days; his first international goal—against Macedonia in September 2003—made him England's youngest ever goalscorer, aged 17 years 317 days.

Peter Crouch
Made his debut for England on May 31, 2005, against Colombia, aged 25. Currently playing for Liverpool, Crouch has 5 England caps and has scored 1 goal for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: January 30, 1981
Height: 1.98m (6ft 7in)
Fact: Although, at 1.98m Crouch is easily the tallest player in the England squad, he is not the tallest footballer likely to be making an appearance in Germany—this honour goes to Czech international striker Jan Koller, who is a towering 2.02m (6ft 8in).

Theo Walcott
Currently playing for Arsenal. Walcott is yet to make his full England debut, but has played for the England U17 and U19 sides.
Date of birth: March 16, 1989
Height: 1.72m (5ft 7in)
Fact: Shock inclusion in the England squad, Walcott has yet to make a senior appearance for Arsenal in the Premiership; his highest level of international experience to date is one game for the U19 side, but his debut, against Slovakia in February 2006, was a memorable one. He missed a penalty but was allowed to retake it, and then successfully converted his second attempt; the game finished 3-0 to England.