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.
Jordan Henderson proved everybody wrong to become title winning Liverpool captain
dailystar.co.ukLiverpool captain. Towards the end of chat on a humid night in Malaysia, it was put to him that here he was three years on from nearly being sold to Fulham and he was taking over the reins from Kop legend Steven Gerrard.“It's remarkable, isn't it?” was how he described it.
If that was remarkable then how do you describe the fact he is now a club icon in his own right as a European Cup and Premier League -winning captain?
Few can claim they saw it coming. Mainly, because it was a very different Liverpool then.Brendan Rodgers had been distant with the travelling media pack on the club's pre-season tour feeling, it appeared, unhappy with the criticism following a 6-1 defeat at Stoke which capped a disappointing campaign.There was little title.
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