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 played a 'dangerous game' and lost at Aston Villa - and might come to regret his move to the Saudi Pro League.
That's the view of pundit Dwight Yorke who reckons the former Rangers boss should have hung around for an offer to stay in Europe.
Gerrard takes over Al-Ettifaq after his spell at Villa Park came to an abrupt end and he becomes the latest big name to make the move to the Middle East.
He's made an early move to bring Liverpool skipper Jordan Henderson with him as the Saudi league continues its rise to major worldwide prominence.
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