Steven George Gerrard MBE (born 30 May 1980) is an English professional football manager and former player who manages Scottish Premiership club Rangers.
He spent the majority of his playing career as a central midfielder for Liverpool, with most of that time spent as club captain, as well as captaining the England national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time,
Gerrard was awarded the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award in 2005, and the Ballon d'Or Bronze Award. In 2009, Zinedine Zidane and Pelé said that they considered Gerrard to be the best footballer in the world.
4 forgotten Rangers stars offered chance to impress Gio van Bronckhorst during first pre-season training session
dailyrecord.co.ukRangers boss Gio van Bronckhorst will have big plans this summer as he looks to revamp the Ibrox squad in a bid to reclaim the Premiership title.
Not only that, after reaching the Europa League final last term there is little doubt that the Dutchman will be targeting an extended run in European competitions next term.
So it was back to the grind for the Ibrox first-team on Monday with the Champions League playoff rounds fast approaching. The likes of Joe Aribo and Calvin Bassey are yet to return with their pre-season extended by international fixtures with Nigeria, with Aribo rounding off last season with a massive 70 games under his belt.
And while Van Bronckhorst and his coaching staff led the session with some of the first names on the team sheet like Connor Goldson and James Tavernier, there were a hand full of lesser spotted stars getting their chance to grab the eye in the absence of Rangers ' regulars. Mateusz Zukowski was put through his paces having made just one appearance for the club since his January move from Lechia Gdansk.
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