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.
Steven Gerrard has led the praise on Rangers after their victory over Celtic. A number of Covid cases saw the Ibrox boss forced into quarantine ahead of the first derby clash of the season against their Glasgow rivals.
Gary McAllister revealed the absent boss had been in constant contact with the team on the day, and he will have been punching the air at home after Filip Helander 's second half winner.
It rounds off a hard week for the club which saw them battle through to the Europa League group stage with several first-team stars isolating.Among the big names missing were Allan McGregor, James Tavernier and Nathan Patterson with back-up stopper Robby McCrorie and makeshift right-back Leon Balogun stepping in for the showdown.
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