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.
Djibril Cisse recalls Steven Gerrard's Istanbul team-talk again after claim he made it up
mirror.co.ukDjibril Cisse has doubled down on his story about Steven Gerrard's inspirational half-time team-talk in the 2005 Champions League final - despite Jamie Carragher's claim he made it up.
In 2018, former Liverpool striker Cisse recalled Gerrard's rousing speech to kickstart the Reds' miracle comeback from 3-0 down against a star-studded AC Milan side. "Stevie gets up and says that Liverpool is all he has, it is his club, all he has ever known and he does not want to be the laughing stock of the history of the Champions League," Cisse told RMC Sport .
The Frenchman added: "He has a crazy match – but that half time speech will remain imprinted in my mind forever." But Cisse's former teammate, Carragher, was also in the dressing room at
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