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.
Kemar Roofe will miss both of his side's Champions League qualifiers next season after UEFA quashed an appeal from the Scottish champions.
Roofe was handed a four-game ban by the European governing body for his high tackle on Slavia Prague goalkeeper Ondrej Kolar during the Europa League last 16 second leg in Glasgow.The Czech player received a nasty facial injury and now plays with a head guard after the incident.
However, Steven Gerrard and the Ibrox hierarchy believed four matches was a harsh sanction and decided to appeal. UEFA are pressing on with the original punishment after confirming on Monday that Rangers' attempts have been unsuccessful.Get all the latest Rangers news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our.
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