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.
Europa League third qualifying round showdown with Willem II. Steven Gerrard 's side were barely troubled and eased through thanks to goals from James Tavernier, Connor Goldson, Jermain Defoe and an impressive double from sub Alfredo Morelos.
It was a night of minimum scares but the first chance came the way of the hosts as Celtic tormentor Lee Casciaro jumped high to get ahead of Tavernier but his headed effort was well over Allan McGregor's bar.Rangers continued to probe and Cedric Itten was cursing his luck when he was unable to get a definitive touch on Borna Barisic's wicked in-swinging delivery from the edge of the box.
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