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.
He's doing quite the job of steadying the ship in the short-term but Gio van Bronckhorst's Rangers reign was always going to be about building for the future.
The Dutchman has quickly righted many of the issues left behind by Steven Gerrard with their sloppy record of conceding early now - even at all in most games - a thing of the past.
But there are bigger challenges ahead at Rangers as Van Bronckhorst navigates the murky waters of an ageing squad with more than a handful of contract concerns.
Early signs suggest he already has a plan in place to combat that, however.Signing young talent seems to be the order of the day, with 18-year-olds Pablo Torre and Xavi Simons high on the agenda while Belgian hitman Francis Amuzu is just 22.Now
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