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.
Cedric Itten given Rangers advice as former manager backs 'aggressive' striker to succeed
dailyrecord.co.ukSteven Gerrard and Gary McAllister at Liverpool.The German has now told former pupil Cedric Itten to hang on to his old Anfield pals’ every word to ensure they enjoy glory together at Ibrox.Babbel wasn’t surprised when he picked up his newspaper back home to find a photo of Swiss international Itten being paraded in a Rangers shirt.The 47-year-old worked with Itten as a raw teenager when he took him on loan to Luzern from Basel, where the striker started his senior career.Babbel reckons the £2.5million signing is a shrewd capture by his old team-mates Gerrard and McAllister and he is convinced they can take Itten to the next level.The former Bayern Munich man believes Gers have snared a striker in the mould of Emile Heskey, another player.
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