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.
Upfront Charlie Nicholas admits he scored a Rangers own goal after Steven Gerrard's abrupt Rangers exit. The former Celtic star last week said there was no chance the Ibrox boss would swap a Champions League glory bid for Aston Villa.
But Nicholas is holding his hands up now and reckons leading contender Gio van Bronckhorst faces a challenge but believes the Dutchman has the track record to succeed.
And he has told former team to seize upon the upheaval across the city after Gerrard left with his key Rangers coaching staff, including the revered Michael Beale, by continuing their rich vein of form.
Writing in his Express column, he said: "Whoever comes in as the new boss, there might be players he doesn't fancy - and then you have guys
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