The versatile captain has been given an end-of-season award.

The PFA Fans' Player of the Year for the 2008-09 campaign has been awarded to Liverpool 's driving force, Steven Gerrard The Reds captain has embarked on his most prolific season to date as manager Rafael Benitez has shifted him further up field to support silky Spanish striker Fernando Torres.The tactical re-jig has born emphatic results, including a hat-trick against Aston Villa in the Premier League, and a brace versus Real Madrid in the Champions League.Gerrard missed out on the PFA Players' Player of the Year award, that was instead handed to Manchester United veteran Ryan Giggs.The chief executive of the Professional Footballer's Association, Gordon Taylor, is quoted by the club's official website as saying, "Steven has always been a particular favourite of mine and I was delighted when he was nominated by his fellow pros for our Players’ Player of the Year award."Obviously, that particular award went to Ryan Giggs, and rightly so, but I am equally thrilled that football fans up and down the country have acknowledged Steven in this way."Like his many supporters and suitors, I have the utmost respect and admiration for the way he continues to go about his business. He is a top pro and a worthy winner," he concluded.