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.
Bolton Wanderers midfielder MJ Williams has explained how Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard helped to shape his early career. The 25-year-old Wanderers midfielder came through the youth team ranks at Anfield where he made just one appearance, before having loan spells at Notts County and Swindon Town.
He later moved to Rochdale after a loan spell, before moving to Blackpool in the summer of 2020, before heading to the University of Bolton Stadium earlier this year and earning a promotion winners' medal. READ MORE: Bolton Wanderers stance on recalling Dennis Politic from Port Vale loan spell revealed Williams has established himself in the holding midfield role in Ian Evatt's side and has spoken about how he learned from Kop legend Gerrard
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