Starred alongside Michael Owen in the England Under-18 team which finished third in the European Championships in France.

Won his first major honour in English football when he helped Leicester to victory over Middlesbrough in the Worthington Cup final, repeated in 2000 with a 2-1 victory over Tranmere Rovers and in 2001 when Liverpool beat Birmingham City.

Made his England debut in the friendly game against Hungary in Budapest in a 1-1 draw and on his first start for England, in a friendly with Argentina at Wembley, he gave a performance which won him the man of the match award.

That showing ensured he was in England's Euro 2000 squad. However his two substitute performances in the tournament were poor as England crashed out.

Joined Liverpool in April 2000 in a £11million move that was one of the worst kept secrets in football.

He made his Anfield debut in the Premiership clash with Sunderland and played well but the season finished with continuing doubts about his goalscoring prowess.

During the 2000/01 season Heskey put an end to those scoring worries by smashing home 23 goals for the Reds and rocketing himself up the England striker pecking order.

Continued his scoring exploits against Spain in February 2001 when he scored one of England's three goals in the friendly victory.

Was relegated to the bench for England's next match against Finland but came on for the final 20 minutes of the game for Steve McManaman.

Is a powerful forward option for England and Heskey has also played on the left-wing under Sven Goran Eriksson.

Restored to his forward role for the World Cup qualifier against Germany in September 2001 and scored the final goal in England's 5-1 victory in Munich.

Lost his scoring touch again during the 2001/02 season, but he still managed to score 14 goals for Liverpool.

One of Eriksson's favourites, he was selected in the squad for the 2002 World Cup. Started in the left-wing role against Sweden, but looked far more effective when moved back into the forward line to partner Michael Owen.

Netted against Denmark as England reached the quarter-finals, but many England fans do not believe he is the best option for England's attacking line.