Daniel Sturridge

Daniel Sturridge has established a charitable foundation through which he helps young adults in Portmore, Jamaica develop as footballers with special focus on education. He is also the owner of the Sturr Class Entertainment record company.

He reportedly had a short-lived romance with British supermodel Jourdan Dunn after they first met at the V Festival in August 2013.

In March 2017, he was seen having a lunch date with a mystery woman at London's Cecconi restaurant.

Daniel Andre Sturridge was born on September 1, 1989 in Birmingham, England to footballer Michael Sturridge and his wife Grace, an educator. He has a sister named Cherelle and a brother named Leon.

He comes from a family of footballers as his uncles Dean and Simon Sturridge were successful professional footballers, while his father was signed by Sir Alf Ramsey at Birmingham City. He supported Derby County as long as his uncle Dean played there, following which he became an Arsenal fan.

Daniel Sturridge, who began playing at local club Cadbury Athletic at the age of six, was spotted by the youth academy of Aston Villa one year later. He stayed with the club for four years before moving to Coventry City and joined the youth academy of Manchester City in 2003, for which the club had to compensate Coventry.

The following season, he helped the club win the world's largest under-15 tournament, Nike Cup, as the lead scorer, and was voted player of the season. At 16, he was the youngest player in the Manchester City Youth team for their 2006 FA Youth Cup campaign, during which he scored six goals including two in the final, which they lost 3-2.

At the age of 17, Daniel Sturridge became a professional player for Manchester City and began training with their first team from the start of the 2006–07 season. He secured a bench spot for the senior team following a hat-trick in a reserve match and subsequently made his debut as a substitute against Reading in February 2007.

He suffered an injury following another substitute appearance and was sidelined for the rest of the season. On his return, he scored his first goal for the club against Sheffield United on January 27, 2008 and on his full debut against Derby County, scored his first league goal.

He had limited opportunities in the first team, but again took the youth team to the FA Youth Cup final as the leading scorer in the tournament. That season, he became the first player in history to score in the Youth FA Cup, the FA Cup and the Premier League.

In the next season, he earned praise for scoring a goal and assisting in another after coming on as a 71st-minute substitute against Blackburn Rovers when his team was down by 2-0. He ended the season with four goals from 26 appearances, and was voted the club's 'Young Player of the Year'.

In July 2009, he signed a four-year contract with Chelsea, following which he made his Premier League debut for the club as a substitute against Sunderland on August 18. He subsequently scored a hat-trick against Ipswich Town on September 16 and made his first start against Bolton Wanderers on October 28.