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.
Europa League tie against Rangers. The one off play-off will determine who goes through to the lucrative group stages of the prestigious competition.
A win would mean Steven Gerrard has lead his team through qualifying for three years on the bounce and taken significant strides in re-establishing the Ibrox club as a respected European outfit.
The match also has national significance with Scotland currently 12th in the European rankings and Turkey 11th. With a wafer thin margin between the countries as it stands, a victory would mean Scotland are in with a strong shout of gaining an automatic Champions League place for the season after next.
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