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.
Juninho Bacuna has had to scrap and fight for his chance to grab his moment in the Ibrox spotlight. Now the Rangers ace just hopes he’s made enough of an impression on Steven Gerrard he gets his chance to shine at Hampden.
Gerrard spent eight months chasing the Huddersfield ace before finally getting his man in late August.However, it’s been a stop-start introduction to life at Ibrox for the Dutch-born Curacao international, who managed just one start in his first eight appearances.He finally barged his way into a Premiership starting XI for Sunday’s Ross County clash and repaid his manager’s faith with an impressive display, capped off with his first goal for the club.
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