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.
John Barnes makes Steven Gerrard Rangers win record claim as former Celtic boss urges fans to 'do the math'
dailyrecord.co.ukSteven Gerrard 's at Rangers. The 55-year-old is a tireless campaigner for black coaches to be awarded more opportunities within the beautiful game and regularly wades into social media debates regarding the highly emotive subject that remains close to his heart.
Former England international Barnes claimed on Friday that Jurgen Klopp would have been sacked by Liverpool hierarchy within his first two years if he was black.
That verdict led to him defending his viewpoint on Twitter before he would go on to cite his own record in Scottish football in comparison to Gerrard's win and loss stats at Ibrox.
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